Report: Lane Kiffin new coach at UT

[Husker_OS]

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Why the hell would Kiffin leave Tampa Bay for Tennessee? Kiffin makes $2 million here. And he's going to take 1.5 million pay cut to go to a school in a conference with Urban Meyer, Mark Richt, and Nick Saban? The only way I can understand that is if Monte is going to retire in 2 years.

[LPU]

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Why the hell would Kiffin leave Tampa Bay for Tennessee? Kiffin makes $2 million here. And he's going to take 1.5 million pay cut to go to a school in a conference with Urban Meyer, Mark Richt, and Nick Saban? The only way I can understand that is if Monte is going to retire in 2 years.

I doubt money is an issue for him. He's been making big bucks for awhile. The lure of coaching with his son would probably make up for any pay cuts.

[bkrich83]

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I read Monte Kiffin to UT is a done deal as well.

[MassNole]

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Wow that is probably the best addition they made. I am not sold on Kiffin as a HC regardless of what Al Davis thought. He is beyond is level with Meyer, Spurrier, and Richt in the same division.

Question for USC fans, was he at least the coach who helped pull Patrick Turner out of Tennessee? So maybe he has some ties to the area.

[throwmonkey]

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I think if he really was that interested in the Pac 10, he would have taken the UW job.

UW didn't have interest in him

[av7]

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Why the hell would Kiffin leave Tampa Bay for Tennessee? Kiffin makes $2 million here. And he's going to take 1.5 million pay cut to go to a school in a conference with Urban Meyer, Mark Richt, and Nick Saban? The only way I can understand that is if Monte is going to retire in 2 years.

Not everything is about $$, this is a chance for him to coach with his son and it happens to be with a prestigous college football team and I'm sure Monte loves football no matter what.. he's already got his ring on top of it all.

[fsquid]

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This move screams that they don't want to spend the bucks.

1. Why do you need to conclude this search already?
2. 2 million salary is chump change in the SEC
3. How big a woody does Saban and Meyer have knowing they don't have to worry for the Vols for 3 more years at least.

[warrenb]

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UT, You guys are in trouble. I will give 4 years. Good luck.

[RockyTop1]

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This move screams that they don't want to spend the bucks.

1. Why do you need to conclude this search already?
2. 2 million salary is chump change in the SEC
3. How big a woody does Saban and Meyer have knowing they don't have to worry for the Vols for 3 more years at least.

Expected coming from you

1. Hamilton didn't want to wait another month and a half until the bowl games were over to talk to any of the other coaches. Kiffin blew him away two weeks ago when he first interviewed. There are about 8 recruits that are either committed or have decommitted that are mid-term enrollees, which means they would have had to make their decision in about 2 weeks. Wait until mid-January for a coach and you likely lose out on all those guys (Giles, Boyd, etc)

2. Your point? It'll be 2.5 after incentives. Did you think they'd throw 3.5-4 mil at him?

3. No way it takes him 3 years. We'll end up with a top 10 class, mostly offensive players with plenty of freshmen seeing the field in the fall. Will we go undefeated? Of course not, but with a relatively easy schedule next year (UCLA, Western Ky, Auburn, Georgia, uSC, Vandy, Ohio, Memphis all at home), I see 2 losses, 3 losses max, which is slightly better than 5-7

[Husker_OS]

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10-2 with a new coach in the SEC? No way in hell.



Also..please tell me he didn't say this...

"It's going to be fun hearing 'Rocky Top' after we beat Florida next year," Lane Kiffin said.

[jujuhound]

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10-2 with a new coach in the SEC? No way in hell.



Also..please tell me he didn't say this...

"It's going to be fun hearing 'Rocky Top' after we beat Florida next year," Lane Kiffin said.

If we had even a remotely competent QB on the roster, I think it would be possible to go 9-3. With Crompton and friends running the show, 7-5 is more likely. O-Line needs to improve as well.

[Husker_OS]

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If we had even a remotely competent QB on the roster, I think it would be possible to go 9-3. With Crompton and friends running the show, 7-5 is more likely. O-Line needs to improve as well.

Unless Eric Berry learns the QB position, I don't see UT doing better than 3rd in the East next season.

[Coach Bryant]

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Unless Eric Berry learns the QB position, I don't see UT doing better than 3rd in the East next season.

Plus another beatdown of the Vols by the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa is on the way!

Pretty funny article with guess who right in the middle of the action? The Ol' Ball Coach.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...n=ncaaf,125819

South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier questioned whether new Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin broke an NCAA rule when he called a recruit a day before he was introduced as the Volunteers’ new coach.

According to a story published on VolQuest.com, part of the Rivals’ network, Kiffin and former Gamecocks recruiting coordinator David Reaves called Tampa running back Jarvis Giles on Sunday and left him voice messages.
[...]
"You’re supposed to have passed the NCAA test and be on board, I think. But maybe he was just calling him as an interested observer," Spurrier said today, laughing. "I don’t know. But technically to be able to recruit you’re supposed to pass the NCAA test."

Wow, kid. Unless you're Nick Saban, it usually takes at least a winning season before opposing coaches start accusing you of recruiting violations. They're already accepting you in the club! (If you're going to get accused, anyway, just make sure your next alleged violation really counts).

Meanwhile, Kiffin was determined to show during his introduction today that he may be naive and unprepared to lead a major program, but he's not backing down: Echoing Jim Tressel's "In 310 days in Ann Arbor" speech at Ohio State, Kiffin told reporters "It's going to be fun hearing 'Rocky Top' after we beat Florida next year." Cute, but a little forced.

I'm not saying Tennessee's not going to beat Florida next year in Gainesville. But has Lane Kiffin ever heard "Rocky Top"? Played 200 times over the course of three hours? He's not from Tennessee, you know; he hasn't been immunized to the repetition, or bred to appreciate the intricate sublimity of "Corn from a jar." Win or lose, by the end of the game, he'll be calling his agent about NFL openings just to get away from it.

UPDATE: A couple very concerned Vol fans have asked me to note that Kiffin addressed the test in question at his press conference, and said he took it last week. So there you go. The post is about Spurrier, since -- like most allegations of recruiting malpractice within the ranks -- this barb would be exceedingly petty even if true. But for what it's worth: Kiffin said he passed the test.

[jujuhound]

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Unless Eric Berry learns the QB position, I don't see UT doing better than 3rd in the East next season.

He played there in high school. He really couldn't do any worse than Cromp and company. I just hope Tajh Boyd sticks to his verbal and actually pans out.

[larrygiterdone]

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http://iwoulddolaylakiffin.com/