Lame Kiffin to USC

[russtang]

I'm surprised that so many people are surprised by this.

I am happy for UT and USC. :biggrin:

 

[whitman]

Maybe it's a good thing Fran didn't come back. Can't really believe I just said that.

 

[BAMAHD]

News clip from WBIR in Knoxville.

Hundreds of students have now gathered on Johnny Majors Boulevard and are blocking the road, apparently with the goal of keeping departing Coach Lane Kiffin from leaving the lot.

There are signs that order is breaking down--someone has apparently brought a mattress down and lit it on fire.

 

[sononothing]

Holy smokes! I never would've imagined he'd leave after 1 year. Wow!

 

[crimsonaudio]

Maybe it's a good thing Fran didn't come back. Can't really believe I just said that.

Why? On what level would it have been good for fRan to have come back?

 

[SeattleBama]

One board we are having a hard time getting on now is Volnation. I would expect the server to lock-up soon.

 

[Hamilton]

The hillbillies are rioting! I love it!!

And of course it's a good thing Fran didn't "come back." He was hired before he left, so he could have at least, ya know, faced the players. Even Kiffin had the balls to do that.

 

[Squirrely]

Boy, Bama has one of the best season with all kind of rewards, wins the SEC & BCS Championship, and now Tennessee is probably in meltdown mode......
Could this season get any better or what ??????
LOL


I'm afraid Tennessee might come out of this better off though. I was going to enjoy the Kiffin train-wreck the next few years, but now they might actually get a real coach.


:BigA: ROLL TIDE :BigA:

 

[REBELZED]

You know, with the way that UT tanked in their bowl game, is it possible that Kiffin/Carroll/USC had all been in talks for a while now and old Lame had already mailed it in (a la fRan)?

 

[CrimsonChuck]

Now hearing that Orgeron is telling early enrollees @ UT not to attend school...

What's so out of the ordinary about that? UT players don't attend class anyway? :biggrin2:

 

[Bama1970]

The idiots on espin seem to be taking up for kiffy.

 

[SeattleBama]

Boy, Bama has one of the best season with all kind of rewards, wins the SEC & BCS Championship, and now Tennessee is probably in meltdown mode......
Could this season get any better or what ??????
LOL


I'm afraid Tennessee might come out of this better off though. I was going to enjoy the Kiffin train-wreck the next few years, but now they might actually get a real coach.


:BigA: ROLL TIDE :BigA:

No probably about it. The hillbillies are definitely in meltdown mode and it is so wonderful. This has been the best football season in Alabama history. I hope he takes the best players and leaves the cupboard bare.

 

[Hamilton]

I smell NCAA trouble for UTn.

 

[CapstoneStan]

It's a brilliant move by kiffin to get the vols some free pub. After all anything that gets the vols in the spotlight is good right. ROFLMAO

 

[Crimson Cat]

Its being reported that a couple of UT players had Orgeron and Kiffin on speakerphone offering to take 5 or 6 of the freshman players to U$C with them. Surely they would not be that reckless in offering an enrolled student to switch schools because I believe thats a violation, is it not?. If true, that proves yet again how blatantly idiotic and reckless that staff is.
Anyone got further info on this?

 

[crimsonaudio]

WOW.

Tennessee not only lost head football coach Lane Kiffin and some of his staff to Southern Cal Tuesday night, the Vols also lost their two commitments from Byrnes High School, DE Brandon Willis and DE Corey Miller. "I was just about to leave (Duncan for Knoxville) when that came on," said Willis who was going to join Miller as an early enrollee. "All my bags are packed. I'm talking to my dad right now trying to figure out what to do. I'm back open. I've got one more official visit. I might take it, I might not. UCLA is still in the mix. I won't stay in the state. And I won't go to Tennessee. They had the nerve to call me and ask me to come to Southern Cal. And coach Orgeron had just told me he was going to be my coach at Tennessee. Auburn just called me. I don't know what to say." Willis said Miller also will go elsewhere. "I think Corey will be on his way back," Willis said. "The don't start school until tomorrow. I think his parents are going to get him." Willis has not been available for comment. While Willis is not interested in the in state schools, Miller may be and USC is expected to make contact with him.

It's falling apart...

 

[SeattleBama]

Some selected quotes from the hillbilly boards. Grab some popcorn and enjoy my friends...

Lane,
I hope your flight crashes...I wish u 0- 12 seasons.. To the pilot flying Lane.. Take it down baby.. take it down

I just started a facebook group..."Lane Kiffin Su**s" everyone feel free to join.

Lanes news conference couldn't have been any worse. This is going to set us back four years. We will have to get lucky with the next hire because there is no time to wasted. Maybe its time for Kippy!

I defended the guy and can't sort out my feelings right now. I have to agree with those who say this will kill us for at least five years, UNLESS the new hire is a blockbuster AND he has a dynamite staff already lined up. I don't see how it is possible to save the recruiting class. Right now, it is hard to see how we can even field a team next year.

Dare i say it..? ok, here goes, Butch Davis was right...(that hurt) With Kiffin leaving now our recuiting class is going to be decimated for the next few years so yes, he ran us into the ground

I think I just threw up again in my mouth....

If ya'll didn't see it coming, you're blind as hell. He has been a joke and an embarrassment from day ONE. I have said all along that he was the wrong hire for many reasons, and guess what ..he was. Oh well!!
GO LADY VOLS!!!!!

Well that just sent a program on life support a year ago back to the hospital. It will take 5 years to recover from this hit

Cheers :smile:

 

[crimsonaudio]

More...

Gary Willis, the father of Tennessee recruit Brandon Willis, had planned to drive his son from Duncan, S.C., to Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday night so Brandon could begin classes on Wednesday. "We won't be going to Tennessee now," the elder Willis said.

Willis had narrowed his choices to UCLA, North Carolina and Tennessee. He announced his commitment to Tennessee during Saturday's U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. The elder Willis said the family had spoken to UCLA and North Carolina coaches on Tuesday night after Kiffin news broke. Had Willis set foot in a class at Tennessee, he would have had to obtain a waiver from the NCAA to transfer without sitting out a year. "I'm glad it happened when it happened," Gary Willis said. "It could have been a real mess.""

 

[JohnnyCache]

1: This has been pretty funny this evening.
2: This may ultimately be the best thing for UT.
3: I've seen more than a few people on VolChat asking for the return of Fulmer.
4: I've seen more than a few people on VolChat saying that if that were to happen that they'd be done as fans of the program.

I'm glad Kiffin is gone. UT fans are going to go through the exact same thing we went through with Fran. And I think they'll enjoy watching Kiffin fail at USC. It's amazing to me that he's now landed three big time head coaching jobs without ever really having done anything.

 

[SeattleBama]

It is being reported that Ambles, Jones, Bray, Dixon, Smith, and Thompkins are considering bolting. That might play into our favor with Dixon.