Look, Lane Kiffin is the single most hated person by current UT fans (and I include Spurrier, Saban, Brandon James, etc., on this list). Coming on this website to discuss Kiffin, especially with respect to his potentially poaching the best recruit in Tennessee this recruiting cycle, and being surprised by a less than friendly response is kind of like Cal, in Talladega Nights, being surpised that Ricky Bobby doesn't want to come to his wedding when he is marrying Ricky's ex-wife.
Lane Kiffin came to Knoxville and promised to be here for the long haul, along with his all-star coaching staff. He had a decent first season and was building an impressive recruiting class before he high-tailed it out of town leaving UT at the worst possible time for the program (in the midst of closing recruiting) and forced UT to scramble for a new coach to salvage the recruiting class. Beyond that, he then began poaching players that he recruited to UT, including Orgeron telling players that were on campus as early enrollees not to go to class. I could go on and on about how he did awful things and we defended him to other fans and any number of his other classless and/or traitorous actions. In short, for making me believe he was here for the long haul, the cowardice and the classlessness he exhibited in his departure (and while here), and setting my beloved UT back at least two years by his antics, violations of NCAA rules and regulations, recruitment of low character players, and departure at the worst time in the football recruiting year, I will never forgive him. I despise him and always will. I have always rooted against USC but now I will root against them even if they play Alabama, Florida, or Georgia. In sum, everything about USC and Kiffin offends me to the core.
