Good thing Tennessee didn’t hire Lane!

[Zues1]

Ole Miss had a great, time consuming opening drive. If they score like the should there, it's probably not the blow out that ensued.

Take the three. Don't go for it at mid field and your twenty five and it's probably a one score / 10 point game in the fourth.
Total idiotic decisions.

 

[DonjoVol]

Mississippi State just beat A&M on the road. Surprised that happened because I've been told on Volnation that Mississippi State has this overrated head coach who won't last much longer in the SEC.

Anyways. Lane really isn't going to have it easy the rest of the year.

 

[JMSqb11]

I guess there are a few reasons to like Kiffin, but way more reasons to hate him. As an offensive coordinator, he can be very effective. Mostly because be doesn't have the responsibility of being the head coach. I would not be surprised if Saban only allowed kiffen to talk to the Qb.

I doubt the manning family will allow him to coach Arch Manning. Which also makes me wonder how he got the ole miss job. Did Archie Manning sign off on that hire? I bet Archie is a booster but I don't think he cares about that level of micromanaging.

As head coach, his team culture is complete garabage. I hoped for his sake that he matured a little bit but apparantly not yet. Outside of Tennessee and Florida Atlantic, his overall record is 29-16. No national or conference championships. Has left every team in a worse situation than when he started.

Kiffen will probably be favored in Neyland but I hope he finds a way to lose. Either way I wouldn't trade head coaches.

Archie and Eli signed off on the Kiffin hire as they obviously would want Arch there under a capable QB developer. This is literally the exact reason Kiffin got the job and the Manning blessing.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Tennessee’s pride has become laughable. Ole Miss sure is enjoyable to watch!!! Wonder how Tennessee would look right now if they’d just swallowed their pride and gone after him when they could have. Tennessee will unfortunately struggle for many more years.

Don't gloat. Fact is, despite Lane's immaturity at the time, he was and still is a good coach. Ole Miss. rarely has top-level talent, and we didn't either during Lane's brief stay at UT. His out manned team butted heads with the #1 team in the country and still scored 21 points. We will see what happens when we meet Bam-Bam too. I hope we not just upset them, but produce 48+ to 10 beat down. But we will see. I don't want Lane here because I hold the contention that once a quitter, always a quitter, and he did quit on FAU like he did us. So, no thanks despite my accolades. If you want to hear some gloating, listen to what the Kentucky people are saying about beating Florida, a team that knocked us down and stepped on us. Yes, yes, yes, you can debate why both games unfolded as they did. But the point here is presumptuous gloating usually means the gloater doesn't know what they're talking about, or know but just want to make some noise. If the Kif gets a decent defense to with his offenses, you and the rest of us will be singing or chanting a different set of lyrics. I wouldn't want him here again even if he started winning championships at Ole Miss, but I can admit he is a good coach. Just ask Compton, or even Saban. Saban? Yes, once, when he nearly laid Bam-Bam low with inferior and undersized UT players. And again when he was OC and had Bam-Bam's offense rolling.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

That is totally wrong. West Tennessee loves the Vols too.

DAYUM YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's a secret! Far as many East Tenn are concerned, all West Tenn. especially the Memphis ones, are just thugs and the western half should cede from the state.

 

[JMSqb11]

Don't gloat. Fact is, despite Lane's immaturity at the time, he was and still is a good coach. Ole Miss. rarely has top-level talent, and we didn't either during Lane's brief stay at UT. His out manned team butted heads with the #1 team in the country and still scored 21 points. We will see what happens when we meet Bam-Bam too. I hope we not just upset them, but produce 48+ to 10 beat down. But we will see. I don't want Lane here because I hold the contention that once a quitter, always a quitter, and he did quit on FAU like he did us. So, no thanks despite my accolades. If you want to hear some gloating, listen to what the Kentucky people are saying about beating Florida, a team that knocked us down and stepped on us. Yes, yes, yes, you can debate why both games unfolded as they did. But the point here is presumptuous gloating usually means the gloater doesn't know what they're talking about, or know but just want to make some noise. If the Kif gets a decent defense to with his offenses, you and the rest of us will be singing or chanting a different set of lyrics. I wouldn't want him here again even if he started winning championships at Ole Miss, but I can admit he is a good coach. Just ask Compton, or even Saban. Saban? Yes, once, when he nearly laid Bam-Bam low with inferior and undersized UT players. And again when he was OC and had Bam-Bam's offense rolling.

FAU in 3 seasons with Kiffin won more games than the 7 years before him.... Not sure how anyone can say he quit on FAU. By your logic, we hired a quitter in Heupel as he quit on UCF.

 

[tennesseeduke]

Sure hope we prove the clown can't coach Oct. 16. That would be a great victory and a big step in the right direction. Especially in recruiting.

That game will not change my opinion of him!

 

[WoodsmanVol]

FAU in 3 seasons with Kiffin won more games than the 7 years before him.... Not sure how anyone can say he quit on FAU. By your logic, we hired a quitter in Heupel as he quit on UCF.

I fear you have a strangely different perception of quit. The Kif left the UT for a "better" job. He did the same with FAU. FYI, he wasn't forced out. He wasn't fired. He didn't even have Urban Meyeritis. He just quite. And you can just go on hating Heupel, some folks just don't know better and don't want to.

 

[tennesseeduke]

He will never win anything except the hearts and minds of much of Volnation

For what? HE IS THE REASON WE HAVE SUCKED FOR 11 YEARS NOW! WHAT PART OF THAT ABOUT HIM MAKES YOU LOVE HIM?
GTFO WITH the one I will not name!

 

[JMSqb11]

I fear you have a strangely different perception of quit. The Kif left the UT for a "better" job. He did the same with FAU. FYI, he wasn't forced out. He wasn't fired. He didn't even have Urban Meyeritis. He just quite. And you can just go on hating Heupel, some folks just don't know better and don't want to.

I'm sorry. But you just said a coach leaving for a better job / situation is "quitting"

By your own logic, we hired a quitter in Heupel. And you said you don't want quitters.....

 

[tennesseeduke]

Why does everyone think Ole Piss coach is so great? He has been a great offensive coordinator but Jeremy Pruitt was a great defensive coordinator! It does not mean you are or will be a great HC! Ole piss coach is in his 4th major job! He failed at the previous 3! Playing in the SEC west he will not win that side as long as Satan is around! Please stop with the F…….. love fest for this guy! First time I pulled for Bama in a game in a while was yesterday and the Ole Piss coach got his ass handed to him again!

AND YES I HAVE A HUGE DISLIKE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE STABBED US IN THE BACK, LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TAKING COACHES AND RECRUITS WITH HIM. SO NO I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN AND WILL NEVER!

 

[WoodsmanVol]

I'm sorry. But you just said a coach leaving for a better job / situation is "quitting"

By your own logic, we hired a quitter in Heupel. And you said you don't want quitters.....

Oh, you just want to contaminate the forum with a senseless argument. But you know what's going on by that conduct, right?

 

[NighthawkVol]

The fans who wanted Lane or Leach were absurd. We got a good one. Let’s roll with him.

 

[West Vol]

For what? HE IS THE REASON WE HAVE SUCKED FOR 11 YEARS NOW! WHAT PART OF THAT ABOUT HIM MAKES YOU LOVE HIM?
GTFO WITH the one I will not name!

He is the reason we sucked in 2010. The rest is our leadership.

Kiffin leaving was bad and definitely set us back. The fact of the matter is the multiple programs have been torn down, rebuilt, and in some cases rebuilt a second time since Kiffin left UT. Furthermore, Baylor and Penn State suffered much worse crises and managed to come back strong.

Hire a decent coach instead of Dooley and Kiffin’s departure is barely a blip in our history. Hire someone decent instead of Butch and we’d have been good for some time now. Have a real coaching search after Butch and find someone worth a damn and again, we are respectable at present. Fire Pruitt without nuking the program by turning ourselves in and then we can have a much better search and aren’t having players leave in droves and we are very well looking at 9 wins this year.

We’ve had multiple chances to come back from the dead and we just keep digging the grave deeper. Hopefully Heupel is the guy, but if so, it was luck that brought him here, not leadership.

 

[Fightmaker]

For what? HE IS THE REASON WE HAVE SUCKED FOR 11 YEARS NOW! WHAT PART OF THAT ABOUT HIM MAKES YOU LOVE HIM?
GTFO WITH the one I will not name!

You interpreted that wrong my man, I was making of those people.

 

[JMSqb11]

Oh, you just want to contaminate the forum with a senseless argument. But you know what's going on by that conduct, right?

You're the one embracing a quitter as UT's coach

 

[LadyinOrange]

DAYUM YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's a secret! Far as many East Tenn are concerned, all West Tenn. especially the Memphis ones, are just thugs and the western half should cede from the state.

Well, they can just

 

[rgvol]

I dont get it. We have our coach. F!@& LK.

 

[rgvol]

It was hilarious watching LK get his butt kicked. It was over in the first quarter.

 

[Zues1]

Mississippi State just beat A&M on the road. Surprised that happened because I've been told on Volnation that Mississippi State has this overrated head coach who won't last much longer in the SEC.

Anyways. Lane really isn't going to have it easy the rest of the year.

Well it appears the jury is still out on the pirate in the SEC. As well for Jimbo.

 

[901 Orange]

He left Tennessee to go to Southern Cal which he was vocal about being his dream job. Given their penalties from Carroll era, 3-5 guys passed the job up. Add in the fact that Mike Hamilton wrote in a weak ass buyout number if Kiffin left, not sure why you are PMS’ing so hard 12 years later for the guy leaving for his dream job. And once again, you wouldn’t bat an eye if Tennessee was in USC’s position with a coach in the same situation.

And sorry to break it to you…. At the time, USC was a major upgrade over Tennessee at the time. Tennessee was a decade removed from the BCS as a whole. USC was ripping off BCS games left and right.

And the ex girl analogy is so overplayed. I’ve never seen people so happy to be miserable than actually risk being wrong.

People would rather lose TO Kiffin than win with him. Pretty comical. Just like they would when Currie was going after Mullen and then last year when Freeze’s name was being rumored given his bad record. Pure comedy from folks.

Whose miserable?? I'm just fine with him being any where but UT. I think we got a damn good playcaller already. How do you know we are going to lose to him or win with him?? If that was the case he would still be at that better job in Cali. The ex spouse argument ain't overplayed bc it's the same damn thing. What part of "I don't care why he left", don't you understand?? The point is he walked out when we needed him. You giving all these excuses but the irony of your comment makes my point. He thought being at USC was better then being at Tennessee. Good riddance. He didn't want to be here and that's fine move on. Why TF would we want to bring someone back who didn't want to be here in the 1st place?? That same USC dream job is open now and I aint heard a soul say bring back Kiffin. He is currently at a school that's further from their last Natty then we were at the time. You wanna root for Kiffin get a Mississippi jersey bc he clearly showed you what he thought of UT right after Al Davis told EVERYONE what he was.

 

[901 Orange]

If you were offered a better job that doubled your salary after one year you would leave.

I think people that are still mad about it are weird.

Wanting to rehire a dude that left you for dead, and was fired at the freaking airport by that same job that doubled his salary is even more weird. Let it go.

 

[901 Orange]

If you were offered a better job that doubled your salary after one year you would leave.

I think people that are still mad about it are weird.

I just wanna know why USC ain't trying to go back to Kiffin if he everything some of yal thinks he is

 

[JMSqb11]

Whose miserable?? I'm just fine with him being any where but UT. I think we got a damn good playcaller already. How do you know we are going to lose to him or win with him?? If that was the case he would still be at that better job in Cali. The ex spouse argument ain't overplayed bc it's the same damn thing. What part of "I don't care why he left", don't you understand?? The point is he walked out when we needed him. You giving all these excuses but the irony of your comment makes my point. He thought being at USC was better then being at Tennessee. Good riddance. He didn't want to be here and that's fine move on. Why TF would we want to bring someone back who didn't want to be here in the 1st place?? That same USC dream job is open now and I aint heard a soul say bring back Kiffin. He is currently at a school that's further from their last Natty then we were at the time. You wanna root for Kiffin get a Mississippi jersey bc he clearly showed you what he thought of UT right after Al Davis told EVERYONE what he was.

I'm sorry you are still dealing with this trauma from Kiffin 12 years ago. Hope you can seek help to get over this. Sounds like you are having a rough go at it day in and day out from a football coach who has no direct impact on your life.

 

[901 Orange]

If you were offered a better job that doubled your salary after one year you would leave.

I think people that are still mad about it are weird.

BTW I'm not a math major but he got 4.5 mil from USC. UT was scheduled to pay him 2.7 mil in yr 2. That's a 1.8mil raise but once you factor in California state tax vs Tennessee no state tax he made 2.1 mil which was 600,000 less then he would have made at UT. This doesn't even count the cost of living in California vs Tennessee. So No he didn't double his pay.