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

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hohenfelsvol said:
You say Potat-O I say Guinness.
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9296potsguy said:
Hmmm....I've had that feeling too. I think I'm going to do some reseach later today with those 3 sixers my beer man left me. I'll need it before I visit the in-laws tomorrow.
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rexvol said:
Jake, Im in total agreement, I dont think Tennessee can lose with either Kelly or Kiffin. I will say that it would not surprise me if ND jumped out there and fired Weis just to get Kelly before us.
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i still can't see ND coming up with the money for Weiss's buy out right now...how much is that thing again?
 
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rexvol said:
Jake, Im in total agreement, I dont think Tennessee can lose with either Kelly or Kiffin. I will say that it would not surprise me if ND jumped out there and fired Weis just to get Kelly before us.
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ND does not want Kelly bad enough to make any rash decisions. Trust me.
 
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Repeatedily lied to reporters about Al Davis involvement. I know this for a fact! He wanted out of Oakland so bad, he didn't care what it took. Now, with that being said, his situation wasn't the best in Oakland. He knew what he was getting into when he took the job, that being Al had absolute "say". He put his interests over his teams, which makes him no better than Petrino.
 
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$20 Million...they will keep him around for another year...which is great I laugh everytime I think about Jimmy Clausen and his limo ride into spring ball a few yrs ago...:eek:lol:
 
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TNRaider said:
Repeatedily lied to reporters about Al Davis involvement. I know this for a fact! He wanted out of Oakland so bad, he didn't care what it took. Now, with that being said, his situation wasn't the best in Oakland. He knew what he was getting into when he took the job, that being Al had absolute "say". He put his interests over his teams, which makes him no better than Petrino.
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Every coach lies to reporters.
 
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badkarma said:
$20 Million...they will keep him around for another year...which is great I laugh everytime I think about Jimmy Clausen and his limo ride into spring ball a few yrs ago...:eek:lol:
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tks....i'm sure they can swing the cash, but i just don't know they can with stand firing another coach after making ANOTHER poor decision.

everything has to be telling them.....patience.

they made their bed, now they have to lie in it.
 
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TNRaider said:
Repeatedily lied to reporters about Al Davis involvement. I know this for a fact! He wanted out of Oakland so bad, he didn't care what it took. Now, with that being said, his situation wasn't the best in Oakland. He knew what he was getting into when he took the job, that being Al had absolute "say". He put his interests over his teams, which makes him no better than Petrino.
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I don't think so. Totally different circumstances. You may like Al cause you guys have won a couple SB's but, he has lost his mind. Very hard place to work right now.

He may turn out to be a bad coach I don't know but, how many coaches in College aren't full of themselves
 
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jakez4ut said:
tks....i'm sure they can swing the cash, but i just don't know they can with stand firing another coach after making ANOTHER poor decision.

everything has to be telling them.....patience.

they made their bed, now they have to lie in it.
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Thats exactly what will go down unless the new AD decides to make a career decision. If there are no results early on next year the hunt for the next ND head coach will start.
 
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Although i agree w/TNRaider that Kiffin is not the best prospect.... i disagree with the he wasnt a good pro coach argument.... the list goes on and on with coaches who were unsuccessful in the pros but were good in college
 
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I don't think so. Totally different circumstances. You may like Al cause you guys have won a couple SB's but, he has lost his mind. Very hard place to work right now.

He may turn out to be a bad coach I don't know but, how many coaches in College aren't full of themselves
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Oakland won it's last Super Bowl when I was one. I have no allegiance to Al Davis, as a matter of fact, I wish he would retire. Im a Raider fan, not an Al Davis fan. My point is you may have a hard time believing what Im saying, I did as well, but it is what it is.
 
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so a coach lied to reports who didn't do their job and verify what he said? Imagine what he's going to do to the KNS writers
 
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my honest feeling is for Lane Kiffin, we wouldn't know much about what kind of person he is until he gets here and implements his type of change.

No one has survived in Oakland's stable for the last 5 years, and even then Al Davis was impossible to work for. He would talk down to the younger coaches, and controlled a team similar to the yankees before Torre became a coach and took the reigns. He would do what he was told to avoid his ultimate fate, he could not be truthful to reporters if his owner and GM were telling him to lie or else he is fired. It is a similar situation as if you are being blackmailed just to retain your job every week. I actually think this guy had some class, when a stupid beat reporter would blantantly ask him "Coach Kiffin, has Al Davis spoken to you about being fired or being replaced, because we have reports he has said this to numerous people"......if that was anyone on here posting you would tell that guy to tell Al Davis to shove inanimate objects up his candy azz.

All insults aside I look forward to see him "trying like heck" to turn this program in a new direction and to bring some respect back to have the word TENNESSEE on our schedule.
 
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Although i agree w/TNRaider that Kiffin is not the best prospect.... i disagree with the he wasnt a good pro coach argument.... the list goes on and on with coaches who were unsuccessful in the pros but were good in college
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Im not saying he wasn't a good coach, he just didn't have enough time, or clout to be successful. No doubt about it he was turning the team in the right direction, but the way he acted was somewhat like how a teenage girl would act. Hopefully he has grown up since then, and turns this team around
 
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my honest feeling is for Lane Kiffin, we wouldn't know much about what kind of person he is until he gets here and implements his type of change.

No one has survived in Oakland's stable for the last 5 years, and even then Al Davis was impossible to work for. He would talk down to the younger coaches, and controlled a team similar to the yankees before Torre became a coach and took the reigns. He would do what he was told to avoid his ultimate fate, he could not be truthful to reporters if his owner and GM were telling him to lie or else he is fired. It is a similar situation as if you are being blackmailed just to retain your job every week. I actually think this guy had some class, when a stupid beat reporter would blantantly ask him "Coach Kiffin, has Al Davis spoken to you about being fired or being replaced, because we have reports he has said this to numerous people"......if that was anyone on here posting you would tell that guy to tell Al Davis to shove inanimate objects up his candy azz.

All insults aside I look forward to see him "trying like heck" to turn this program in a new direction and to bring some respect back to have the word TENNESSEE on our schedule.
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I respect your intelligence to the situation, you're right it is a very bad situation, but he still bailed on his team. If he is hired as the coach, all is forgiven, but if he pulls this crap at TN, I will personally hunt his ass down
 
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TNRaider said:
Repeatedily lied to reporters about Al Davis involvement. I know this for a fact! He wanted out of Oakland so bad, he didn't care what it took. Now, with that being said, his situation wasn't the best in Oakland. He knew what he was getting into when he took the job, that being Al had absolute "say". He put his interests over his teams, which makes him no better than Petrino.
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I respect the hell out of any coach who realizes that that senile old dbag has no businesses having any "say" in how a football team is run, and hasn't in quite some time.
 
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I see people saying, "Saban and Spurrier didn't do well in the NFL either."

Big difference in those two and Kiffin. Saban and Spurrier had proven themselves before at the college level by winning National Championships.

Kiffin has proved two things. He can ride on Pete Carroll's coattails, and he sucks as an NFL HC.

I'm sure some of you whose panties get moist everytime Kiffin's name is mentioned, will now get those same panties in a wad. How dare me question the great Lane Kiffin? :whistling:
 
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Kiffin may not be the best option, but I think he is the best available option and willing option. Given our options and all the variables, I think this makes the best sense.
 
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