Southern California's Running back Anthony Brown has shocked not only his team but also coach as well after he made a decision to quit the football team. But what caught everybody's attention was Brown post on social media which shows a photo that has words written in it "Couldn't play for a racist man!!!!" The caption states" Sark treated me like a slave in his Office." Then added the hashtag "Fighton." Currently the post has already been deleted.
Coach Steve Sarkisian was stunned over the post. He knew about the post last Thursday shortly after USC finished practice and had called it ridiculous. He said "'If you ask anybody in our building, any of our players ... that's about the furthest thing from the truth. Quite honestly, I'm shocked."
Brown is a senior who has started six games at cornerback for the Trojans, filling in when the school had particularly thin depth due to NCAA sanctions. He played in only two games last year due to injuries, and he switched positions to running back for his senior year.
Sarkisian said that he had encourage Brown to play saying "I wanted him to play. I didn't want him to quit, and I thought he could get healthy."
He added "We thought he could be an asset to our team, especially when healthy. (USC) really tried to make it a point to accommodate the position change. He wanted to move to running back. We did so. He unfortunately got injured and was working his way back in training camp, and decided he didn't want to play anymore."
Several players took to social media to defend the coach. According to a Twitter post from USC receiver George Farmer "Coach Sark is who we all believe him to be. Accusations like those couldn't be more untrue."
The first-year USC coach and former Trojans assistant has not even appeared on the Coliseum sideline this season before getting a taste of the turmoil that seems to follow this vaunted program.
Coaching life has been getting tougher and tougher for Sarkisian after one of his players was also embroiled in a controversy about lying about his injury.
