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Sounds like you got it all figured out. A lot of assumptions and insinuations. A little mind reading thrown in there as well. Impressive
Yep. Ole Miss is not the first SEC team that Lane has quit on. That is what Lane did, he quit on Ole Miss and their players.
And yes, NCAA needs to do something about but will they? They have to ban school from talking to coaches who are still under contract, during the season.
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So upgrading jobs is quitting on your team?
You do know this was Saban approved, right?
Wow, @ the spin.
I think most are administrative positions going with him and lower level guys getting upgrades to his regime. It’s going to be tough job for him and I hope him the best because he is cool dude. I wish we could have kept him another year but I’m more surprised that he stayed 2 years as a Co OC.
Yes it is quitting on his team. The job would be available in the off-season. All Kiffin has to do was communicate with LSU through his agent that he was interested in the job and they would talk in the off-season. I guarantee you, LSU would have waited. LSU is a punk for pursing a coach during a playoff run, and Kiffin is a punk for allowing to happen in the first place. If you can not see it, then I do not know what else to say.
As for Saban, he is not infalliable to giving bad advice. I do believe Saban gave bad advice. It happens.
TBF I think LSU had 2 names in mind and they were kiffin and Sumrall. I doubt that they would’ve waited until Monday for Kiffin so I do think Kiffin had to decide this weekend.
I don’t think so but it’s possible. I don’t see Kiffin as a Saban or harbaugh rock star hire in which you wait to get the one guy you really need. Especially when you are risking an early signing day and massive February fallout if you wait. Kiffin is way too unpredictable in what he will and won’t do. Sumrall was never going to survive this weekend with Florida missing out on kiffin and Drink off their board. I think at that point LSU would’ve seriously be hoping an unexpected coach be available or would have settled with a guy that no one really wanted from the G5.
Then we have no idea what Sark will do either. So if Texas comes available a job at LSU is far less attractive. I think the plan was force Kiffin to respond and unload on Sumrall if he says no. I don’t think LSU was waiting another three weeks to find out what Kiffin wanted to do. But maybe they had assurances but then again trusting Kiffin with a secret deal with LSU is like trusting Michael Scott with a secret.
Hodges is the one probably the best, he helps in recruiting, very good recruiter I've heard, but like has been said, upgrades for all these guys
Nah man he was hanging around to give ultimatums to coaches to leave with him and convince players to opt out of the CFBP and enter the Portal to go to LSU.
OM made him leave to keep him from burning their program to the ground.
Kiffin is a major piece of crap human.
Kiffin has created the illusion that he's the most in-demand coach in the country. He's created a ton of hype that he will now be taking out on the recruiting trail and into the portal when that time comes. He's the guy that said any publicity is good publicity while he was in Knoxville. How much of this entire saga was created purposely...only CLK knows.
Regardless, all eyes are now on Kiffin and LSU when they should be on those 12 brave teams trying to get in the playoffs. I expect he'll have the LSU roster fully stocked by the time spring gets here. He'll do his best to poach the rosters of his competition in the SEC. He'll have some success because he made sure the whole country knows how big their bag of cash is since it got widely publicized during this sordid affair.
Smart, in a sick way only Kiffin could appreciate.
Regardless, all eyes are now on Kiffin and LSU when they should be on those 12 brave teams trying to get in the playoffs. I expect he'll have the LSU roster fully stocked by the time spring gets here. He'll do his best to poach the rosters of his competition in the SEC. He'll have some success because he made sure the whole country knows how big their bag of cash is since it got widely publicized during this sordid affair.
Smart, in a sick way only Kiffin could appreciate.
Seems to me there should be a "Kiffin to LSU" thread cuz thissun has become an argument about his decision.
And for what it's worth, I personally never wanted CLK at Alabama as HC. And yeah, I would've stayed at Ole Miss. But values and priorities vary. And as Coach Saban stated, this isn't just a CLK conundrum, it's a CFB conundrum. Rules for coach contact and athlete signing windows need to NOT be a factor in these debacles.
And for what it's worth, I personally never wanted CLK at Alabama as HC. And yeah, I would've stayed at Ole Miss. But values and priorities vary. And as Coach Saban stated, this isn't just a CLK conundrum, it's a CFB conundrum. Rules for coach contact and athlete signing windows need to NOT be a factor in these debacles.
Not quit on his team in the middle of the season.
It's pretty simple. I'm unwilling to ignore his proven character flaws, which continue (publicly) to this day.
You are unwilling to judge him based on these flaws.
IOW, you're a kiffin fan, I'm not.
I'm just glad he's not Bama's problem.
Nowadays; having "a couple of million" in the bank is far from a "comfortable" retirement scenario. BIG difference between having $2 million; or $6 million; much less $10-20 million.
He has quit in the most important part of the season, a place Ole Miss has never been.
It’s this simple: lame tells lsu if they want him they can wait till the Ole Miss season is over.
All this nonsense is manufactured by lame.
His current (former) annual salary at OM was $9m.
I'm guessing he could somehow figure out how to scrape by.
That’s the thing, so what if he doubled his salary when he tripled his expectations and quadrupled the clowns in his circus?
He could tell the truth instead of using "making a tough decision" as a cover for leverage
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"I'm sorry the NCAA has put us all on such a stupid calendar. If you want me to be the coach at LSU, you're gonna want me to finish what I start. That's what I'm gonna do for these players at Ole Miss. If you can make that work, I'd love to be your coach. If not, I understand and wish you the best."
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LSU & Kiffin are both convinced that they're the BEST (not "better" or "upgrades") ... thus they create false urgency that the majority of the sane world can spot and can't stand
When the Buccaneers or Cowboys come calling in 3-4 years, we already know how he'll handle it
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