From the Daily Breeze:

Friday should have been one of the biggest days in USC women's basketball history. A big news conference, TV news cameras, the whole team sitting in the audience behind a row of distinguished alumni such as Lisa Leslie, Tina Thompson and Paula McGee.

Michael Cooper, the former Lakers star and two-time WNBA champion coach of the Sparks, is the Trojans new women's basketball coach.

A splashy, flashy hire if there ever was one.

But instead of pomp, there was a whole lot of weird circumstance.

Instead of flashy, there was a huge splash of cold water.

Everything about the way the exit of the previous coaching staff and hiring of this new one was handled poorly.