USC great Riki Ellison called for athletic director Pat Haden to step down in a lengthy essay posted to the Trojan Football Alumni Club Facebook page Thursday, citing the failed vetting of Steve Sarkisiand and poor management of the athletic department.
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“Pat Haden’s failed leadership is severely damaging the future of the USC football program to recruit the best players and the hiring of a great head coach, his incompetency in leadership is negligent to the current and past football student athletes experiences at USC and his unaccountable leadership has tarnished the global/national public perception of the University of Southern California,” Ellison opined in the more than 3,000 word indictment of Haden.