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Lane Kiffen dumps Tennessee, takes USC job.
- Thread starter Stemp
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pbat488
gig 'em
Carr Bombed
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Dumping a major football program after only one season is not going to help him on the recruiting trail at his new job.
TexanSam
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Looks like USC fans aren't all that happy with the selection
http://usc.rivals.com/forum.asp?style=1&sid=995&fid=521&pid=
EDIT: this forum looks a little more level headed.
http://wearesc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3
http://usc.rivals.com/forum.asp?style=1&sid=995&fid=521&pid=
EDIT: this forum looks a little more level headed.
http://wearesc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3
Stemp
Brew Master
They need someone who will look the other way with superstar rule breakers. Shades of Sampson to IU while OU was under the microscope.
The Pencil Neck
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Wow.
I just saw it on the crawl on NFLN.
I don't know what to say. I did not expect this at all. Why would you even offer it to this guy?
I just saw it on the crawl on NFLN.
I don't know what to say. I did not expect this at all. Why would you even offer it to this guy?
He was 7th on the list after Riley, Peterson, Fisher, Del Rio, Mooch, and Herm Edwards....
Monte is moving west with him.
Hagar
Drink up yall, its the Texans!
Texan4Ever
All Pro
WOW, this I never expected. Just when I thought that Kiffin was a Volunteer for a few more years to come, he made it seem like he had strong feelings about turning the program around...
I have lost ALL rescept for him. I feel for the Tenneessee fans and hopefully they can get someone better.
I have lost ALL rescept for him. I feel for the Tenneessee fans and hopefully they can get someone better.
HoustonFrog
Dallas Frog
This guy was a loose cannon at Tennessee in only one year and had rogue players. Now USC, who could be in trouble, brings him there. What a cluster-eff
Hardcore Texan
Magnet Man
I agree with this and most of the other sentiments here, the guy is a complete tool.
Kaiser Toro
Native Mod
Kippy Brown was a coach here for four years.
Silver Oak
All Pro
I saw the thread headline, and seriously, the first thought through my mind was a joke thread.
Guess the Volunteer MB's are melting down about now...
Guess the Volunteer MB's are melting down about now...
Carr Bombed
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LOL, Urban Meyer at the Kentucky basketball game, receiving the news...
Hagar
Drink up yall, its the Texans!
He's smiling because he just picked up 3 Tennessee Vol recruits.LOL, Urban Meyer at the Kentucky basketball game, receiving the news...
Texan_Bill
Hall of Fame
If true, that's ****ed up.
Ole Miss Texan
Hall of Fame
I think it's pretty sh*tty for him to leave a major college football program in a major bcs conference after one year. It shows a lack of character and loyalty. I think USC is dumb to hire him and could have found someone better... but then again we don't know much about how many people they interviewed first.
Smart move taking his pops and Orgeron with him. Coach O is a really good recruiter and DL coach... one of the best. He was at USC before going to Ole Miss for the HC gig (epic fail). But he recruited some awesome talent. After not winning a single SEC game his final year, Nutt came in and took the same players to the Cotton Bowl and won. As a DL coach and recruiter though, he's one of the best.
This looks very bad on Kiffen for recruiting purposes at USC though. The only plus to this is that this job is his dream job, to be Head Coach at Southern Cal so I can't totally fault the guy. In my perspective, he's not going to get up and leave this job like he did in Oakland and Tennessee, this is where he wants to be. On the downside, he's probably going to get fired after 2 seasons for sucking.
It will be interesting to see what sort of sanctions Tenn and USC will be under for ncaa violations from previous years.
Smart move taking his pops and Orgeron with him. Coach O is a really good recruiter and DL coach... one of the best. He was at USC before going to Ole Miss for the HC gig (epic fail). But he recruited some awesome talent. After not winning a single SEC game his final year, Nutt came in and took the same players to the Cotton Bowl and won. As a DL coach and recruiter though, he's one of the best.
This looks very bad on Kiffen for recruiting purposes at USC though. The only plus to this is that this job is his dream job, to be Head Coach at Southern Cal so I can't totally fault the guy. In my perspective, he's not going to get up and leave this job like he did in Oakland and Tennessee, this is where he wants to be. On the downside, he's probably going to get fired after 2 seasons for sucking.
It will be interesting to see what sort of sanctions Tenn and USC will be under for ncaa violations from previous years.
ChampionTexan
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Read Post #13 in this thread.
bah007
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They have racked up at least six recruiting violations in just the one year that Kiffin was there.
ChampionTexan
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Not in any way shape or form a USC fan, but if I were, I think I'd be clinging to the hope that Kiffin was hired because he's gonna be easy to fire in a year or two.
Tennessee will be far better off once all is said and done.
Tennessee will be far better off once all is said and done.
I heard that as well and would think that Tennessee would have very good ground for a lawsuit against Kiffin and Co..
That's what I get for not reading the whole thread.
GP
Go Texans!
Urban Meyer has no need to be stressed our anxious anymore.
Outside of Alabama, he has NO competition for his Gators team.
USC is officially done.
Other than Alabama and Florida, the landscape looks pretty flat. Even mack brown is going to have problems with the departure of Colt. Stoops is probably not going to bounce completely back next year, either.
Outside of Alabama, he has NO competition for his Gators team.
USC is officially done.
Other than Alabama and Florida, the landscape looks pretty flat. Even mack brown is going to have problems with the departure of Colt. Stoops is probably not going to bounce completely back next year, either.
ChampionTexan
Hall of Fame
Blake
MMQB
What a retarted move by USC. How do you hire a guy like Lane with the track record he has to coach your football team that is probably about to be put on NCAA probation?
The NCAA also needs to take a hard look at the affect that coaches who switch after 1 year or so, have on the players, and the school.
Lane Kiffin is officially a snake in my book. Dude is messed up in the head.
The NCAA also needs to take a hard look at the affect that coaches who switch after 1 year or so, have on the players, and the school.
Lane Kiffin is officially a snake in my book. Dude is messed up in the head.
Mr teX
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Uh oh....Muschamp to Tennessee?.......again?
http://startelegramsports.typepad.com/colleges/2010/01/will-muschamp-to-tennessee-probably-not-but-hell-be-tempted.html
http://startelegramsports.typepad.com/colleges/2010/01/will-muschamp-to-tennessee-probably-not-but-hell-be-tempted.html
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ChampionTexan
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Blake
MMQB
I dont think any UTexas fan is worried about losing Muschamp. He has a guarantee for the job he wants. Anyone who would pass on the UTexas head coach job is a moron. And Muschamp is no moron.
Texecutioner
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Sorry, but college football is not about the student athletes and all of that other giz. It's a huge business just like the NFL and people are kidding themselves when they try separating one from the other. I might even argue that there is less integrity all over the board in college football with the way the NCAA runs things.
Has anyone asked themselves what Tennessee might have done had Urban Meyer called them up and told their AD that he would much rather coach there than at Florida if they would just get rid of Kiffin?
This doesn't make Kiffin a scumbag at all to me. He was offered a better opportunity and so he took it. He has already coached there before, he knows how to recruit there, and this was probably a dream job for Kiffin. He should just say no, because he recently signed on with Tennessee and miss this once and a life time opportunity? I don't think so. I think he's good hire there and a much better fit over than he would have been at Tennessee any way. He's been there before and he's got ties to the program. He's young and energetic and I think that he'll have some similar success there unless USC ends up getting sanctioned like many suspect. If not, then I think Kiffin's a good hire for USC.
Has anyone asked themselves what Tennessee might have done had Urban Meyer called them up and told their AD that he would much rather coach there than at Florida if they would just get rid of Kiffin?
This doesn't make Kiffin a scumbag at all to me. He was offered a better opportunity and so he took it. He has already coached there before, he knows how to recruit there, and this was probably a dream job for Kiffin. He should just say no, because he recently signed on with Tennessee and miss this once and a life time opportunity? I don't think so. I think he's good hire there and a much better fit over than he would have been at Tennessee any way. He's been there before and he's got ties to the program. He's young and energetic and I think that he'll have some similar success there unless USC ends up getting sanctioned like many suspect. If not, then I think Kiffin's a good hire for USC.
Blake
MMQB
Taking a SEC headcoaching job with millions of followers, then leaving after 1 season happens all the time?
Yes, coaching changes happen every year. But not like this.
Blake
MMQB
I doubt you feel that way if you are one of his recruits.
Mr teX
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Yeah, b/c Tennessee surely can't compete with UT right? Give me a break. The Tennessee HC job is just as attractive of a job as the Texas job. Great tradition, great facilities, great fan base & great conference, good recruits...etc.
Texecutioner
Hall of Fame
I'd probably be ticked off, but that's part of the business and that's part of the real world. Would Kiffin have taken the Tennessee job had he known that Carroll would have left USC out of nowhere and then all of a sudden been offered the job there? Obviously not. He got offered a great opportunity to coach and recruit at what is arguably the best program in the country that he's already coached at, so why shouldn't he do that if that's what he's always wanted. That is selfish from fans and recruits to think a person shouldn't take that opportunity.
And funny how Kiffin gets all of this criticism from all of this and his recruits get mentioned, but yet when Carroll pulled this same stint out of nowhere just last week no one said any of this about Pete Carroll just leaving out of nowhere and called him a snake and scumbag for it. Many people called him smart, because they figured USC was going to get sanctioned, and hell he's obviously been part of all of that and most likely is running from the consequences of USC's transgressions. I'd say that's a hell of a lot more of being a snake than what Kiffin is doing.
So why aren't you questioning Carroll's recruits since he just left and did the same thing?
Yea that's true. They made a big deal last year that after Brown retires the job is his. And I think they gave him a huge raise.
Goldensilence
hipster elite
When they let him do his thing Gilbert didn't look too bad at all in the title game, considering his first meaningful collegiate action was in a title game against one of the best defenses in the nation. Aside from losing Shipley the receiving corps looks like it has a ton of speed going into next year and Newton looks like might capable of filling the void at RB. They also havea Freshman coming in next year Sheed, who i saw in the Army all-american game. Kid has wheels.
I think OU will rebound. Landri Jones will have a year under his belt and the team can build off the Sun Bowl win. He still recruits well.
TCU is going to be returning a lot of people next year, I just think they came out flat against a good Boise Team. Speaking of which they are returning pretty much everyone as well.
Far as Florida goes they lose Tebow and Charlie Strong took a deserved HC gig. They also had some close calls in the SEC this year.
Auburn gave Alabma all they could handle could handle as well.
Maybe the landscape looks flat from the sky, but when on the ground it doesn't look that way to me.
Mr teX
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Everyone 1 of these teams u mentioned except for TCU has a top 10 recruiting class as of now. So i don't think it looks flat at all.
Blake
MMQB
Haha. You are nieve. Muschamp would have taken it when Fulmer was fired if he wanted that job.
Besides, Muschamp has already informed Tennessee that he is not interested. So yeah, it sounds like Tennessee cant compete with UT.
mariowillshine15
All Pro
Not exactly a classy move my Kiffin but the guy wasnt known for being an honest guy.
He took one of the top 5 jobs in college its not his fault the AD was stupid enough to offer it to him.
I just feel bad for the recruits who were recruited by them. You think your coach is going to be there and then leaves and has the balls to ask you to come with him.
College Football is a nasty business.
He took one of the top 5 jobs in college its not his fault the AD was stupid enough to offer it to him.
I just feel bad for the recruits who were recruited by them. You think your coach is going to be there and then leaves and has the balls to ask you to come with him.
College Football is a nasty business.