With all the talent why does USC under perform year after year? My theory.

Everyone hears about how USC reloads every year with 4 and 5-star athletes. Their class is consistently ranked near Alabama, Ohio State, and other blue blood schools. So why aren’t they consistently getting to the New Years bowls? Well, I have a theory….there is a Ted Talk called, “Super Chickens”, it discusses what happens when you have too many stars on your team. In a nutshell, USC has too many stars and they can’t get along and work as a team. I’m sure it comes down to leadership and that’s why you see Urbans and Sabans of the world be successful. They’ve figured out how to prevent the stars from killing each other. Here is the link to the talk summary. Story of the Super Chickens

 “scientists at Purdue University set out to build a flock of successful chickens by selectively breeding the best of the flock. “What should have amounted to a breed of “super chickens” turned out to be a lesson in the world around us. The “super chicken” flock ended up with only three living birds—the unfortunate result of the chickens killing each other off—while the original, “average” flock ended up thriving, plump and healthy. It turned out that the success of the “super chickens” was only found by eliminating the competition, and not by working together—that was the flock’s downfall.”