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[Rocky Mtn Bob]

If true, that indicates how desperate lsu was to get him...

 

[The Ols]

I understand all the arguments against Kiffin coaching Ole Miss in the playoffs, but is it cutting off your nose to spite your face, in a sense? No one knows the personnel and offense better than Kiffin. By not allowing him to coach, you are pretty much guaranteeing you won't host a playoff game.

And what coach gives that team the best chance to win? Does anyone really believe it's Pete Golding?

Give him a month to hang around players and recruits and coaches convincing them all to go with him…which is exactly what would have happened.
He’ll still get a bunch, but not like if he’d have stayed.
We got soooo bent @ Kirby , deservedly so, for the way he left. Imagine giving Lane Kiffin a month
to “take pictures of your board.” Nope…

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

Lane, is that you?

 

[The Ols]

So if LSU was this smitten with Kiffin, why did they not go after him when they hired Kelly?

He hadn’t done much at Ole Miss yet at that point so not as much buzz around him?

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

I'm betting Brian Kelly is SUPER-DELIGHTED to no longer be the most hated man in college football.

 

[mlh]

Kiffin had better lace up his booties and get busy. If he doesn't win a NC at LSU in 4 years, he'll be back on the coaching carousel...only not as popular as he is now.

 

[bamajas]

IIRC, when Urban Meyer retired tOSU promoted Ryan Day from OC to HC. That hasn't worked out too bad.

To be fair, Urban & tOSU both knew immediately they wanted him to take over. It was almost presented as if, "If we don't go ahead and promote him, he'll leave to be HC elsewhere."

PSU could've named him permanent weeks ago and been ahead of this bonkers timeline

 

[81usaf92]

Lane, is that you?

1st- LSU is only good because Nick Saban set the expectations that they should be good. Before that they were a second to third tier program.
2nd:

NFL Today gets it!

He doubled and tripled down on Kiffin this morning. As a Steelers fan, Cowher is probably my favorite NFL coach of all time. He left the game when he clearly had more to give because he knew there were more important things in life than football (to be with his family as his wife was getting deathly sick). I have always respected the man and he is the model that a coach should be.

 

[Elefantman]

So if LSU was this smitten with Kiffin, why did they not go after him when they hired Kelly?

 

[RdunawayTX]

Kiffin had better lace up his booties and get busy. If he doesn't win a NC at LSU in 4 years, he'll be back on the coaching carousel...only not as popular as he is now.

He can get less popular than now?

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

[Cowher] doubled and tripled down on Kiffin this morning.

THIS is solid gold!

 

[Toddrn]

I used to draw Chuck Yeager’s blood. We had a saying.

“The difference in God and Chuck Yeager is that God will not tell you he is Chuck Yeager.”

Been there, done that with Fran Tarkenton.

 

[BamaInBham]

I applaud Lane for getting sober and taking steps to improve his relationship with his family. I actually believe he has trouble deciding what to do. I just think he could’ve handled the things differently.

However, when we got CNS, we were on a wild ride with him. The media forced him into saying he wasn’t taking the Bama job and then roasted him when he did. Fast forward to 2023, he’s doing the Pat McAfee show during the season. Something some people here, including myself, couldn’t believe. I think CNS was on the way out and plans were in place for him to land at ESPN.

I wish Lane no ill will.

IMO, there are no parallels between the Saban-to-Alabama and Kiffin-to-LSU moves. In fact, there were complete contrasts in the important matters.

I’m not as outraged as most who are commenting, but I do feel for many of the the OM players and fans. Also, OM had some meaningful idea of the type of person Kiffin was when they hired him.

 

[BamaInBham]

All excellent points. In a way, I feel a bit of sympathy for Golesh. He's about to enter uncharted territory in his brief HC career. Not only is he the head guy at one of the premier SEC teams, but a desperate one that just finished with another losing season, 5 altogether with 3 different head coaches at the helm!! The expectations and pressure will be through the roof again with an impatient, rabid fan base that he will find out soon enough. He's getting paid very well for his service no doubt, but will his mental state be intact?? Time will tell.

I don’t know that I would characterize AU as a premier SEC program.

Combination of history, resources, current state. In order:

“Premier”: Alabama, UGA, LSU, UTx, OU, UTn.
“Good”: UF, AU, A&M
“Solid”: Ark, Mizzou, OM
“Decent”: USC, MSU, Vandy, UK

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Interesting report:

Ole Miss Players Reportedly Confronted Lane Kiffin amid LSU Rumors, Overshadowing CFP

John Talty of CBS Sports reported multiple players "confronted" Kiffin when reports started to circulate that the head coach threatened to take the school's offensive staff with him to LSU if he was not allowed to coach in the CFP.
"I'm not making them go," Kiffin told the players. "They can do whatever they want."

 

[GrayTide]

Oregon OC Will Stein to UK as new HC

MSN

 

[teamplayer]

I understand all the arguments against Kiffin coaching Ole Miss in the playoffs, but is it cutting off your nose to spite your face, in a sense? No one knows the personnel and offense better than Kiffin. By not allowing him to coach, you are pretty much guaranteeing you won't host a playoff game.

And what coach gives that team the best chance to win? Does anyone really believe it's Pete Golding?

I'd rather have Golding as a head coach than as a defensive coordinator.

 

[TideMan09]

I think Kiffin was nuts leaving Ole Miss, he had a legit NC contender at Ole Miss with less pressure, than what he's walking into in Baton Rouge..

Kiffin was treated like Trump at Ole Miss, walked away from being treated like a king, into a cajun hell that he'll never survive once a few losses adds up..

 

[Bamaro]