That's an ugly thing for us. My guess is they will talk about it asome point for the good of the university.
Wonder if Kiffin will invite some poor folks from Pahokee over for a swim to make up?
Surely you are not dumb enough to think he was making fun of anyone. He was setting the scene/environement he was recruiting and explaining tot he crowd how tough it is to recruit there. And this guy was the principle not the coach.
Did I miss something?
let's just keep that overblown drivel going and say that, rather than the football coach at UT, he is an amabassador of the US to the rest of the world.He was doing it to be dismissive of the area where his mouth got him into trouble the first time. It was like a 9 year old saying everyone else sucks because he couldn't be the pitcher.
I know I have no credibiltiy saying this, but if I were a UT fan I would be very concerned right now with whether this guy can handle the job. You may not think he is an ambassador for the entire state of Tennessee, but he sure is one for the university and right now ... well, let's just leave it at that.
He was doing it to be dismissive of the area where his mouth got him into trouble the first time. It was like a 9 year old saying everyone else sucks because he couldn't be the pitcher.
I know I have no credibiltiy saying this, but if I were a UT fan I would be very concerned right now with whether this guy can handle the job. You may not think he is an ambassador for the entire state of Tennessee, but he sure is one for the university and right now ... well, let's just leave it at that.
He was doing it to be dismissive of the area where his mouth got him into trouble the first time. It was like a 9 year old saying everyone else sucks because he couldn't be the pitcher.
I know I have no credibiltiy saying this, but if I were a UT fan I would be very concerned right now with whether this guy can handle the job. You may not think he is an ambassador for the entire state of Tennessee, but he sure is one for the university and right now ... well, let's just leave it at that.
let's just keep that overblown drivel going and say that, rather than the football coach at UT, he is an amabassador of the US to the rest of the world.
oh really? he said he was sorry specifically to pahokee and the community? which brings me to another point- he apologizes like an little biatch too. "i apologize if my statements offended anyone"? I would smack my kid if he ever uttered that clown apology.he did apologize bottom-feeder.
meyer and the people of florida are sure acting like kiffen scares the crap out of them.
if he's realy an idiot and is going to run tenn into the ground why not let him hang with his own rope?
oh really? he said he was sorry specifically to pahokee and the community? which brings me to another point- he apologizes like an little biatch too. "i apologize if my statements offended anyone"? I would smack my kid if he ever uttered that clown apology.
bottom feeder? two nc's in 3 years. I know, nothing like going 5-7.
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perfectly valid observation is probably right, the inferences from said observation are simply amusing.Or better yet, we could take a perfeclty valid observation, rephrase it as something completely different, and then poke at the new version as though it were the origial point.
Yeah, he was just doing a travel review for Expedia.
oh really? he said he was sorry specifically to pahokee and the community? which brings me to another point- he apologizes like an little biatch too. "i apologize if my statements offended anyone"? I would smack my kid if he ever uttered that clown apology.
bottom feeder? two nc's in 3 years. I know, nothing like going 5-7.
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maybe I'm crazy, but I'm thinking much of PJs post went smoking right over your bottom feeding head.oh really? he said he was sorry specifically to pahokee and the community? which brings me to another point- he apologizes like an little biatch too. "i apologize if my statements offended anyone"? I would smack my kid if he ever uttered that clown apology.
bottom feeder? two nc's in 3 years. I know, nothing like going 5-7.
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Three points here:
Number One: It's not about Lane Kiffin, it's about the person in the position of Tennessee head football coach
Number Two: The comment was made in a public forum, so for the apology to carry any weight, it needs to be made in a public forum as well
Number Three: Poverty is nothing to thumb your nose at. What we have, as individuals, and as a society, should not be taken for granted.
I realize not everyone is sensitive to other people, and I know that winning football games is a top priority for many people.
But this is Tennessee football, and this is a place where it is a part of our society. Whoever holds the position of head football coach at Tennessee should realize that, and not just pay lip service to it.
That's my opinion. Everyone is entitled to their own.
BTW, I am on twitter now, for those on it who are interested: @mgrif32
So anybody who criticizes your column is insensitive to other people and cares more about winning football games than poverty, huh? Awesome.
I expect my elected officials to fix poverty; I expect my football coach to win football games. I don't confuse the functions of the two, and while I think it's generally a good thing to have a decent concern for other people's feelings, I don't inflate "sensitivity" up the point where I confuse it for being anything tangible or important. Kiffin needed to apologize for his comments, and he did. The citizens and football players of Pahokee can choose to hold a grudge or not. I see no point in burning the jet fuel to fly UT's plane down there because his apology will somehow mean more if he reiterates it in person, just like I see no point in writing a pious column about how awful Kiffin's comments were two months after he already apologized for them.