Lane Kiffin (Head football coach of the University of Tennessee)

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#76
peaygolf89 said:
Kiffin has never done anything in college or nfl. As OC at USC, Carroll and Sarkesian(sp) called the plays. Just because he coached at USC, does not make him great. He is not the answer.
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Pete Carroll has called the same number of offensive plays at USC that you have. He's a defensive guy.
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#78
#78
The man was a OC at USC, he was obviously good enough to be a HC in the NFL, why the hell would he not be good enough to be a HC here? I don't know any HCs in college that had a great career in the NFL
 
#79
#79
peaygolf89 said:
ok. Kiffin still has not done anything, anywhere.
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I wouldn't go so far as to cast him off as not a legitimate consideration for the job at UT, should it even come open. Look, Kiffin is a hell of an OC. And while he was 5-15 with Oakland, the Raiders were competetive in about 80% of his games from the beginning of last year. He can coach. Is he a good fit for Tenn? It's highly debatable.
 
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MTSUDaff said:
I wouldn't go so far as to cast him off as not a legitimate consideration for the job at UT, should it even come open. Look, Kiffin is a hell of an OC. And while he was 5-15 with Oakland, the Raiders were competetive in about 80% of his games from the beginning of last year. He can coach. Is he a good fit for Tenn? It's highly debatable.
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there are many here that are in love with him. why? what has he done.
 
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VolsByNature said:
The man was a OC at USC, he was obviously good enough to be a HC in the NFL, why the hell would he not be good enough to be a HC here? I don't know any HCs in college that had a great career in the NFL
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He probably had better paid atheletes in the Garnet and Gold that he had with the Silver and Black.
 
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#86
LANE KIFFIN
Offensive Coordinator
Wide Receivers
Recruiting Coordinator​
Lane Kiffin, the son of longtime pro and collegiate coach Monte Kiffin, is in his sixth year at USC. He joined the Trojan staff in February of 2001 and spent the 2001 season handling the tight ends. He became the wide receivers coach in 2002. In 2004, he took on the additional duty of passing game coordinator. In 2005, he was promoted to offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator, in addition to continuing as the wide receivers coach.
In 2005, he was named one of the nation's Top 25 recruiters by Rivals.com. Wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett was an All-American first teamer and Biletnikoff Award finalist. Troy's offense was in the national Top 6 in every offensive category, including tops in total offense (579.8) and second in scoring offense (49.1), and set Pac-10 records for total offense yardage, first downs, points scored, touchdowns and PATs. The Trojans, who scored 50 points a school-record 7 times, won games by an average of 26.2 points. USC became the first school to have a 3,000-yard passer, a pair of 1,000-yard runners and a 1,000-yard receiver in a season.
In 2004, Jarrett was named a Freshman All-American first teamer. The Trojans won their second consecutive national championship.
Wide receiver Mike Williams was a consensus All-American first teamer and a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award in 2003 (he finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy balloting) as he set the USC career (30) and season (16) touchdown reception records, while fellow wide receiver Keary Colbert set the USC career reception record (207) and was a NFL second round pick. Troy won its first national championship since 1978.
In 2002, Williams was a Freshman All-American first teamer and the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year as he and Colbert became USC's first pair of 1,000-yard receivers. Also in 2002, wide receiver Kareem Kelly became the Trojan career reception leader and was a sixth round NFL draft pick.
USC played in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl, 2003 Orange Bowl, 2004 Rose Bowl, 2005 Orange Bowl (BCS Championship Game) and 2006 Rose Bowl (BCS Championship Game).
Kiffin, 30, was the defensive quality control coach for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars in 2000 (he worked with the secondary).
He began his coaching career at Fresno State, his alma mater, where for 2 seasons (1997-98) he worked with the quarterbacks, wide receivers and defensive backs.
 
#88
#88
This forum is like swimming through a pile of crap to get to a nugget of Gold. 95% of posters are morons, and 5% know what they're talking about.

Kiffin is a great candidate. That doesn't mean he's the best fit, but as of right now, he's a great candidate for a job, that isn't even officially open. All the nay sayers of kiffin probably don't even know what he has done as a coach.
 
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#90
TrueOrange said:
i dont know what to think of him. He's done little to nothing up at oakland (unless al likes him he'll get fired). I know he's got that tie into carrol at So cal too, but does that necessarily make him into a good coach?
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Orgeron was also tied to Carroll. So, no.
 
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#91
VOLnMiami said:
Yes...I have..What point are You attempting to make?..They are terrible offensively, Even worse defensively...You are so in this guys jock it starting to make me wonder?..What exactly is the attraction?...He's a loser as a head coach so far....I just don't get it.
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Seriously, you have no idea what you are talking about. I am a Raiders fan, and I have seen every minute of every game for the past few years. The Defense is NOT complete crap. They held San Diego to 3 points in 3 quarters. The held Buffalo to 7 points in 3 quarters. The reasons why they lost those games? One, because the offense has a young qb, horrible tackles, and no good completely healthy WR's. The O couldn't get a first down when they needed it. Also, 3 of the best 5 defensive players are hurt. Burgess has a torn tricep. Warren has a torn pec. Asomugha has a fractured elbow. All of that happend in the early part of the 4th quarter against Buffalo. Most of Oakland's starters are decent, but the backups are pretty horrible. Who else (other than Bruce Pearl) has come into a terrible situation (the Raiders were 2-14 the year before he was hired) and turned it around in a year? Seriously, guy, watching a couple of highlights on Sportscenter doesn't count as watching a team or their games.
 
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#95
SuperVol said:
Butch Davis sucked in Cleveland
Pete Carrol sucked in New England
Bobby Petrino sucked in Atlanta
Steve Spurrier sucked in Washington D.C.
etc.

A lot of college coaches suck in the NFL. Idk a ton about Kiffin, but I've always like his dad and thought he was one of the best DC in the league.

Edit: Maybe I was too harsh on Carrol. He did not suck, but I wouldn't of called him good when he was with the pats.
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Lou Holtz sucked in New York Jets.
 
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#97
Folks, I agree that the game has passed Fulmer by and a graceful exit would be wonderful bringing in a new head coach that can actually win, but I've heard a lot of talk about that guy that coached the raiders ya know oh what's his name, Lane LOSER! He would not do anything for this program, if he became head coach at Tennessee, we would go 0-12 every year, he couldn't win with the Raiders and he defitnely couldn't do anything here. He sucks, he needs to quit coaching and maybe possibly take the money he made coaching and just manage a CFL team or something.
 
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fulmermaniac said:
Folks, I agree that the game has passed Fulmer by and a graceful exit would be wonderful bringing in a new head coach that can actually win, but I've heard a lot of talk about that guy that coached the raiders ya know oh what's his name, Lane LOSER! He would not do anything for this program, if he became head coach at Tennessee, we would go 0-12 every year, he couldn't win with the Raiders and he defitnely couldn't do anything here. He sucks, he needs to quit coaching and maybe possibly take the money he made coaching and just manage a CFL team or something.
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You probably said the same thing about Saban at Miami.
 
#100
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G'Town Vol said:
Orgeron was also tied to Carroll. So, no.
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Orgeron was a great defensive line coach. Coordinating an offense and teaching a guy how to chase a quarterback are a tad different. Ole Miss never should have offered him a position so obviously above his qualifications.
 
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