This thread is no the first Kiffin thread, but I’m trying to vent here without messing with the rest of the thread. I am also trying not to swear too profusely.
Disclaimer: I attend UT. I didn’t know about the Kiffin mess until this morning, as I was out of contact.
Good GOD man, what’s wrong with you? DO you simply not care? Do you simply not give a damn flip about anyone else? What the HELL?
It boggles the mind that you would do something like this. UT has had an on-again, off-again program, sometimes being at the pinnacle or awesome and sometimes dropping down into the heap. It’s just our way. We called you in because the aging Fulmer just wasn’t as energetic as he once was. And we bloody well treated you like a King.
Even the people who didn’t think you were the right choice graciously appreciated your work and character and capabilities. Even after you started acting a bit… erratically vis-a-vis certain rules and customs of the NCAA, you had ample support. I may not be the most connected person around, but I’ve heard of not the slightest hint of a rumor that anyone here was anything less than kind, gracious, and pleased with your presence. Even the usual carping over the athletics budget was more muted than I remember in a long while. Nobody complained that you brought an entire team with you… which you are now planning to move out. And trying to steal the players you recruited for us.
Well, that’s all gone now, your jerkassness.
Now you’re just another vile, disreputable, scum-sucking degenerate. You’re a traitorous dog who frankly deserves to be in a dirty program. Hell, USC is way too good for you. I sincerely hope you learn the hard way that honor comes first, not last.
I knew he’d jump ship, I just didn’t expect it to be after one lousy, fucking 7-6 year. I only hope they don’t bring back Fulmer. I mean, go take David Cutcliffe a suitcase full of cash and bring him back with you. Hell, go buy Steve Spurrier. I don’t care. Just not Fulmer.
Oh, and fuck Lane Kiffin in his stupid ass. Congratulations, USC, for getting a selfish dirtbag who will, in fact, hop away at the first opportunity. That is guaranteed.
And USC is USC. They were just in, what, eight straight BCS bowls? And the SC part means a bit better location for him on top of that.
Being angry is one thing, because he’s an awful human being, but the boggling is on you, I’m afraid. Why on earth wouldn’t he go to USC? He couldn’t have known Carroll was going anywhere, and he took the Tennessee job because it was the best he could get. USC is objectively a better job than UT, and there are several factors that make it subjectively much more appealing to Kiffin. What’s he supposed to do?
Get over it, SEC fans. Deceive yourselves all you want, the fact is USC is a better job than any SEC school. Any SEC school. Kiffin was an assistant at USC and was able to land one of the top jobs without ever really proving anything in his own coaching career. Now he’ll have a couple years of low expectations to settle in (assuming they get hit with sanctions) and will end up being “laid back surfer dudebro coach ” redux. Can anyone honestly blame him for jumping ship from the 5th or 6th best program in the SEC?
It’s a better job than UT, that’s for sure. But I am not sure it is better than Florida or 'Bama. Or Vandy. Come on - you get to live in Nashvegas, you get paid lots of money, and you aren’t expected to succeed? Where is the downside in that?
I tell you what I would’ve done. I would have waited for the interim scapegoat to fail in three years, then headed to USC. I’d be in a better position, and I’d have a much better public image. Instead, Kiffin decided to sign up as the resident scapegoat. Too bad he’s too stupid to realize it.
On top of that, the USC folks must be dumber than a bag of hammers. Hiring Kiffin is like spray painting “Fuck You” on the front door of the NCAA headquarters in red and gold.
What kind of moron wanders into a pit thread he knows nothing about, then decides to actually participate in it? Next time, tattoo “dumbass” on the bridge of your nose.
Well, he hadn’t skipped and ran before, and he put up enough fo what we now realize was a show for our amusement that we thought he was serious. He first season wasn’t ideal, mind you, but we thought we saw some real potential to grow and strengthen.
And in a way, yeah, USC is possibly a little better than UT. Even despite having more money, less competition, and a lot more talent pool than we’re handed, though, it’s only a little better. As in, were UT and USC constant comeptitors, I wouldn’t expect them to simply dominate us. We’d given them heavy and consistent fights, and might well win out in the long run. It’s not like down here where we’ve got the the 10 meanest teams in the country all fighting like rabid dogs.
I guess what I’m saying is that he left a chance for statuesque glory in order to become a glorified statue. He can coast at USC, at least until or unless they turn on him or he gets so dirty they have to toss him. Or somebody offers him another chance to move around and leave his failures.
I didn’t think he’d skip town, but I knew it wouldn’t end well. There’s just something wrong with someone who mouths off that much. I’ve been listening to his “Sing Rocky top all night long after beating Florida” and his “I’m going to turn in UM right now” speeches for several months now, and they never fail to deliver a chuckle.
Not trying to kick you when you’re down, as I see this as a net gain for UT.
There is no clue from the thread title that this was about sports idiocy. I wanted to see why somebody sucked, and the OP didn’t even answer THAT question.
So, they suck becuse they’re sports coaches who take jobs for the ‘wrong’ teams or the ‘wrong’ leagues?
I don’t think I’m the one in thread needing a dumbass stamp.
Please, UT hasn’t been able to outrecruit the SEC, you think they could recruit enough to consistently compete with USC? Southern California high school football prospects >>> eastern Tennessee. Hell, USC could probably outrecruit UT in their own backyard if they bothered to try.
Being in the SEC doesn’t give your team magic powers. When UT gets around to winning the SEC again you can talk.
I agree with a lot of your post, but this is idiotic. USC is really good at recruiting because they are the most prominent school in the most talent rich state in the US. If anything, UT has outrecruited 99% of schools in the country, because they have to work a lot harder at it.
Wait – are you saying this behavior surprises you? Hello, that’s the sine qua non of these pit folks that think they are smart.
Also, I wish to point out three things in order of ascending importance:
Kiffin is a poor coach anyway
SEC football is second only to Notre Dame in the category of “completely overrated”. Oh wait, I forgot Michigan and Ohio State, the only two decent teams in the big ten. I guess that makes the SEC 3rd.
” redux. Can anyone honestly blame him for jumping ship from the 5th or 6th best program in the SEC?