# I really want Lane Kiffin to be FIRED!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 8, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345 "2013-09-08T19:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/1 "2013-09-08T19:05:36Z")
There are many jerk coaches in the history of college football. Bobby Petrino, Jimmy Johnson, Gene Chizik , Dennis Erickson, Chip Kelly, Steve Spurrier, just to name a few. Yet, Lane Kiffin takes jerkitude to a new level. Running off from Tennessee after one year. embarrassing the Oakland Raiders, and then firing an unpaid intern for 'deflating the footballs." This scum of the earth managed to take USC from a #1 ranking to unranked in an embarrassing 2012 debacle of a season. Of course, I"m sure he probably voted USC #1. Now, after a loss to Washington State, I so hope he is fired this week. I’d love to be the $10 an hour security guard watching over him as he cleans out his office! I’m a Florida State alum, so I don’t have a dog in this fight except that I watch a lot of Pac 12 football. Kiffin needs to be sent packing, and working the night shift at a Motel 6 in Twinhole, Montana. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/2 "2013-09-08T21:18:25Z")
He definitely needs another line of work. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/3 "2013-09-08T21:47:08Z")
Yeah he sucks. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/4 "2013-09-08T21:52:04Z")
This [stunt](https://twitter.com/LAIreland/status/376812054935375872/photo/1) was really clever. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/5 "2013-09-08T22:24:29Z")
The only drawback to him possibly getting fired from his job at USC is that he will just turn around and piss everyone off by somehow getting an even BETTER job. This man’s ability to fail upward borders on the supernatural. I fully expect that, three or four jobs down the line, he will be Emperor of the Galaxy or something equally prestigious and undeserved. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/6 "2013-09-08T22:58:57Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > firing an unpaid intern for 'deflating the footballs." Que? ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/7 "2013-09-09T00:09:17Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Que? > **[Another deflating moment for Lane Kiffin, USC](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2012/11/08/usc-pac-12-conference-football-lane-kiffin-deflated-football-scandal/1692959/)** > > Deflating football adds to long list of missteps tied to Lane Kiffin's college football coaching tenure ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/8 "2013-09-09T02:47:57Z")
As a University of Tennessee Grad, I feel your pain. The man is some kind of incarnation of the sins of football made flesh. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/9 "2013-09-09T03:02:54Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > As a University of Tennessee Grad, I feel your pain. The man is some kind of incarnation of the sins of football made flesh. As a University of Alabama grad, Lane Kiffin _almost_ made me feel sorry for Tennessee. Believe me, that’s saying a lot. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/10 "2013-09-09T03:13:06Z")
I think he’s doing a great job and just needs a little more time to fully develop the program. Saint Cad, University of Washington grad ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/11 "2013-09-09T03:17:53Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I think he’s doing a great job and just needs a little more time to fully develop the program. > > Saint Cad, University of Washington grad As a UCLA fan I think he should get a lifetime contract. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/12 "2013-09-09T03:38:31Z")
Nepotism in coaching… The Kyle Shanahan’s… Brian Shottenheimer’s… David Shula… (thats for you accidental martyr LOL) Okay you can come back with Nick Saban… but I can easily match you with Derrick Dooley… their is something to be said about working yourself up legit… ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/13 "2013-09-09T03:40:11Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > Nepotism in coaching… The Kyle Shanahan’s… Brian Shottenheimer’s… David Shula… (thats for you accidental martyr LOL) > Okay you can come back with Nick Saban… but I can easily match you with Derrick Dooley… their is something to be said about working yourself up legit… Do you mean Mike Shula? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/14 "2013-09-29T12:23:28Z")
And he’s gone! Don’t let the door hit you in the ass. Perhaps he can whistle rocky top while he’s cleaning out his desk. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/15 "2013-09-29T12:58:04Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > And he’s gone! Don’t let the door hit you in the ass. Perhaps he can whistle rocky top while he’s cleaning out his desk. Pot, meet kettle: [Paul Finebaum calls USC coach Lane Kiffin the ‘Miley Cyrus of college football’ - Yahoo Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/paul-finebaum-calls-usc-coach-lane-kiffin-miley-182259505--ncaaf.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/16 "2013-09-29T14:07:30Z")
I am just sorry that it wasn’t out of a giant cannon into the sun. ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/17 "2013-09-29T15:17:37Z")
People really don’t like him. From his wiki page: > [@](#): > > Lane Monte Kiffin (born May 9, 1975) is a former American football coach, who has been FIRED, once again for his lack of success in leading an established college football program to winning form ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/18 "2013-09-29T17:12:16Z")
Not a USC fan, but Kiffin’s an asshole. Glad to seem him canned. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/19 "2013-09-29T19:53:00Z")
Sorry to see him go, as he and USC were a match made in heaven. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345/20 "2013-09-29T23:55:19Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > [USA TODAY](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2012/11/08/usc-pac-12-conference-football-lane-kiffin-deflated-football-scandal/1692959/) I haven’t been paying attention. This is a news story to me. If anybody believes that the the student manager did this on his own then they should pull all their teeth to get extra money from the tooth fairy. The only reason a student manager is with a team is that they do exactly what they are told. They are people that are willing to be servants in order to be close to the team. That’s fine if that’s what they want to do. I’m not being judgmental. Anybody that thinks they do anything of their own volition that affects the team is deluded. Any semi-reputable coach would show the student manager the door if he/she didn’t keep the balls properly inflated. Thanks for cluing me in on what a sleazeball the guy is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-want-lane-kiffin-to-be-fired/668345.md?page=2)