# Lane Kiffin Sucks! \*Trying not to flip out\* **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809 "2010-01-13T18:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/21 "2010-01-13T19:40:29Z")
What I don’t get is why USC would want this head case, he’s proving Al Davis may have had a pretty good point. Maybe USC decided they wanted his wife there as one of the better looking women of men’s football coaches. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/22 "2010-01-13T19:41:42Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > 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: > > 1. Kiffin is a poor coach anyway > > 2. 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. > > and… > > 1. UT is Texas. Duh. Heh. Four straight. Suck it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/23 "2010-01-13T19:42:23Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Other than the fact that it was about a prominent sports coach? Yeah, you really got me there.:rolleyes: > > Not our fault you’re too stupid to click on the relevant link provided at the very top of the page. > > No. > > You’re right about that. You need a permanent tattoo. Never heard of the guy. Still wish I never had. Go back to arguing with the other children now, please. I won’t bother you any more. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/24 "2010-01-13T19:44:10Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Never heard of the guy. Still wish I never had. Go back to arguing with the other children now, please. I won’t bother you any more. Promise? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/25 "2010-01-13T19:46:15Z")
> [@villa](#): > > It appears some Tennessee students worked harder than others at the recruiting aspect under Lane Kiffin. > > [But of course, he is **going** to a dirty program, not coming from one.](http://deadspin.com/5422400/tennessees-hostess-program-catches-recruits-and-ncaas-eyes-updated) It’s both, which is why this is the dumbest hire in a long time. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/26 "2010-01-13T19:51:36Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > It’s both, which is why this is the dumbest hire in a long time. Thw worst part is he may have made it dirty. Fulmer wasn’t exactly a saint, but I don’t recall anything like this coming out during his time. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/27 "2010-01-14T00:26:00Z")
Fulmer was too busy eating to break NCAA rules. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/28 "2010-01-14T04:26:56Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Fulmer was too busy eating to break NCAA rules. The Great Pumpkin is displeased with your remark. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/29 "2010-01-14T04:53:14Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > You sound exactly like the rest of the SEC did one year ago. There was more laughter then, because most of us knew this would end badly. Ha! Twenty-five years ago, we in Minnesota were shafted when Lou Holtz skipped town to go to Notre Dame. (And left behind a bunch of rule violations that we paid for later.) All these athletic coaches talk about loyalty & team effort & working for the good of all – but the minute they can get more money elsewhere, they jump ship. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/30 "2010-01-14T16:29:07Z")
> [@villa](#): > > It appears some Tennessee students worked harder than others at the recruiting aspect under Lane Kiffin. > > [But of course, he is **going** to a dirty program, not coming from one.](http://deadspin.com/5422400/tennessees-hostess-program-catches-recruits-and-ncaas-eyes-updated) Every school uses sorostitutes to recruit. The only difference here is that UT is actually \*sending them \*to suck off recruits at their high schools instead of just waiting for the campus visit like everyone else. God, I really hate college football. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/31 "2010-01-14T16:32:50Z")
I got no doubt that they do. I just found the OP’s attitude that Lane Kiffin was going to a dirty program kind of ridiculous, seeing as the Vols are as dirty as anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/32 "2010-01-14T16:34:15Z")
Meh. That’s not dirty. Colleges have two major resources in abundance: hot slutty chicks and dumb drunk men. The latter aren’t much good for anything except filling the stands at football games. Why not put the former to use? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/33 "2010-01-14T16:44:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Every school uses sorostitutes to recruit. Sorostitutes. Lovely. Didn’t get any from them as an undergrad, I take it. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/34 "2010-01-14T17:07:22Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > Sorostitutes. Lovely. Didn’t get any from them as an undergrad, I take it. I don’t know about him, but I got my share from them, and that’s why I refer to them as “sorostitutes”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/35 "2010-01-14T17:28:23Z")
What he said. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/36 "2010-01-14T17:33:35Z")
Ah, because a women who enjoys having sex is just a slut, right? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/37 "2010-01-14T17:38:41Z")
Not _just_. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/38 "2010-01-14T17:41:43Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > Ah, because a women who enjoys having sex is just a slut, right? A woman who fucks high school kids to get them to come and play football at her college just might be. ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kearsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/39 "2010-01-14T17:44:30Z")
Strictly a business decision. Does he get upset when they let him go mid-season because he isn’t winning football games? Loyalty _should_ go both ways but alas it doesn’t seem to go either way in regards to football coaches. He was looking out for his self interest plain and simple. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809/40 "2010-01-14T18:06:26Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > Ah, because a women who enjoys having sex is just a slut, right? Yes. It’s just _precisely_ that simple. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-kiffin-sucks-trying-not-to-flip-out/524809.md?page=3)