I've met hayden a couple of times and know people who know him very well. I was very impressed, he seems to be what every AD SHOULD be, and the people who know him couldn't speak more highly of him. On the other hand, if the rich alumns want kiffin gone hayden isn't going to go out on a limb for kiffin. I do know a lot of alumns think this crap is "beneath" USC and aren't happy with it.
he was terrible in that game. That game might have singlehandedly dropped him into the late first round because it really exposed him.