LOS ANGELES (AP) — Monte Kiffin has been coaching long enough to know he probably deserved a tongue-lashing from his boss when his Southern California defense gave up 588 yards and 36 points to Hawaii.
Because the USC defensive coordinator’s boss is his 35-year-old son, the Kiffins decided to skip the fireworks and move straight to fixing the Trojans’ problems.
USC simply couldn’t slow down the Warriors in the respected coordinator’s first game in charge of a unit that lost key depth to NCAA sanctions. Although the Trojans’ offense and special teams salvaged a victory, Kiffin already is making lineup changes to fill holes in his scheme.
Yet head coach Lane Kiffin says the Trojans can’t do any extra work on tackling after several mistakes in Hawaii.
