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I'm just going to leave secondary violation talk out of this. It only serves to camouflage what is important.... the progress that has been made in restoring some competitiveness to Tennessee football.
In the two most important places, the field and the recruiting trail, Kiffin incorporated has proven to be a mainline shot of adrenaline for the Volunteers.
Spring practices were by all accounts the most high energy, full speed, learning intensive sessions that have taken place on The Hill in a very long time. Where are results going to be found? The practice field, and I could not have been happier to see all out intensity return.
The recruiting story has been well documented. Too little time netting almost surreal results from a staff that eats, sleeps, and drinks high school game tape.
But I did say 2 outta 3 ain't bad, which brings me to three....
Of the three, it is best that Lane Kiffin lack in this one because relative to performance on the field, this matters least.
In my opinion, Lane is downright awful in front of a TV camera.
His sessions with the media on the practice field are easy and comfortable, and the reporters genuinely appreciate his forthrightness about the team's progress. But set up some lights, sit him in a chair, clip on a mic, start asking prepared questions and Lane turns into a fish out of water. His responses become almost stuttery and his eyes glance in all different directions. Not a body language that instills trust from the viewer. And one reason I think that so many do not yet trust in what they see.
Throw in a few loose comments that leave Mike Hamilton signing letters to the NCAA and I arrive at htis one small critique of Lane Kiffin so far..... work on your public speaking skills. You're going to be needing them.
Still, two out of three ain't bad.
In the two most important places, the field and the recruiting trail, Kiffin incorporated has proven to be a mainline shot of adrenaline for the Volunteers.
Spring practices were by all accounts the most high energy, full speed, learning intensive sessions that have taken place on The Hill in a very long time. Where are results going to be found? The practice field, and I could not have been happier to see all out intensity return.
The recruiting story has been well documented. Too little time netting almost surreal results from a staff that eats, sleeps, and drinks high school game tape.
But I did say 2 outta 3 ain't bad, which brings me to three....
Of the three, it is best that Lane Kiffin lack in this one because relative to performance on the field, this matters least.
In my opinion, Lane is downright awful in front of a TV camera.
His sessions with the media on the practice field are easy and comfortable, and the reporters genuinely appreciate his forthrightness about the team's progress. But set up some lights, sit him in a chair, clip on a mic, start asking prepared questions and Lane turns into a fish out of water. His responses become almost stuttery and his eyes glance in all different directions. Not a body language that instills trust from the viewer. And one reason I think that so many do not yet trust in what they see.
Throw in a few loose comments that leave Mike Hamilton signing letters to the NCAA and I arrive at htis one small critique of Lane Kiffin so far..... work on your public speaking skills. You're going to be needing them.
Still, two out of three ain't bad.
