‘The antithesis of Pete Carroll’: Could stoic and steady Dave Aranda win big at USC?
LA TimesDay after day, the search stays quiet. Flipping through Aranda’s treatise 17 years later, each quote presents a small window into the formation of a man’s football soul — surely informed by that philosophy degree he earned at Cal Lutheran: “True battle in athletics has less to do with external events than with internal battles against losing enthusiasm, courage, fearlessness, and compassion.” “The goal as coach is to protect, not destroy, the athlete’s spirit and sense of self.” “Serve and be served.” “Avoid special treatments. “He’s more of a Tony Dungy type.” Could USC and Dave Aranda be a fit? “I don’t know if USC is his place, per se,” said Squires, his coach at Cal Lutheran. “I tell you what, if USC could get him, that’d be a heck of a steal in my mind.” There are coaches for USC to target who have much more head coaching experience than Aranda.
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