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Canada gets larger contract than Kiffin
Posted on 12/14/16 at 7:54 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 7:54 am
I know that probably 95% of all assistant coaches want to be a head coach eventually, but accepting anyone just for namesake is utterly stupid. Coordinators at power 5 schools don't take head jobs at bottom of the barrel C-USA, MAC, or Sunbelt schools. Maybe in the American or Mountain West but that depends on the school. Nothing personal against FAU but that's a springboard job for an FCS head coach or group of 5 coordinator. Kiffin should've held out another year for something bigger.
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 7:57 am to AmazinGrace
quote:Kiffin wasn't going to get anything bigger. He's still damaged goods. This is the only way he can work his way back to a power 5 HC job. He wasn't going to repair his image by continuing to be a coordinator.
Kiffin should've held out another year for something bigger
Posted on 12/14/16 at 7:58 am to AmazinGrace
Just firing from the hip here but boca raton seems like a place kitten wants to be
Posted on 12/14/16 at 7:58 am to AmazinGrace
It wasn't about money for Kiffin. It was all about rebuilding his reputation as a leader for a possible power 5 head coaching job down the road.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:02 am to AmazinGrace
He's betting on himself.
This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 8:03 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:03 am to papz
What difference does $300K per year for two or three years make to Kiffin at this point? He's made plenty of money. He can handle making a little less at this stop in hopes that it pays off on the next one. If it doesn't work out there, he'll have no trouble finding work as a high-paid coordinator once again. It's worth the risk for him at this point. It's not like he's old.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:08 am to Bham Bammer
Almost a million dollars after 3 years.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:10 am to AmazinGrace
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I know that probably 95% of all assistant coaches want to be a head coach eventually, but accepting anyone just for namesake is utterly stupid. Coordinators at power 5 schools don't take head jobs at bottom of the barrel C-USA, MAC, or Sunbelt schools. Maybe in the American or Mountain West but that depends on the school. Nothing personal against FAU but that's a springboard job for an FCS head coach or group of 5 coordinator. Kiffin should've held out another year for something bigger.
I think there was the preception he wasn't going to get the type of job he wanted with out proving something (who knows what?) I would think he would need to be there a few years to make people comfortable they don't UT'ed
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:10 am to AmazinGrace
Just think of the poon Joey Freshwater will pull in FL.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:13 am to Dire Wolf
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Just firing from the hip here but boca raton seems like a place kitten wants to be
It's where his ex-wife and their kids live.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:16 am to AmazinGrace
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Kiffin should've held out another year for something bigger.
or taken this one since it was likely he wouldn't have gotten a power 5 offer....somehow I think he and his agent probably have a better perspective, based on talks with teams and people in power, of what he needs to do to get a HC job at a power 5 but what do I know
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:28 am to OneMoreTime
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Kiffin wasn't going to get anything bigger. He's still damaged goods. This is the only way he can work his way back to a power 5 HC job. He wasn't going to repair his image by continuing to be a coordinator.
This.
Plus, I'm not wholly convinced Kiffin has the maturity and self discipline to be a HC. He's a great OC no doubt, but he was also on a very short leash under Saban who is by all accounts the most type a, most controlling coach in CFB.
I'll be curious to see how he responds to being HC now. But for the record, put me soundly in the "glad he's not at LSU" camp.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:36 am to Cadello
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Almost a million dollars after 3 years.
Which means what to a guy who has already made probably $20 million and he's barely into his 40's?
This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 8:40 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:42 am to Bham Bammer
By your logic why negotiate at all? You seriously think those guys dont care about 300 large? Ah well Bammer i guess you are serious. Kiffin to agent. Dont worry about the 300k im good. Lol yeah right
Posted on 12/14/16 at 8:45 am to Jaydeaux
I'm not saying that $300K means nothing. I'm saying that in the grand scheme of his career, at 41 years old, he's willing to take that hit now in order to open up doors down the road. He's not an accountant making this gamble. He's a high-paid coach, who will always be able to get work as a high-paid coach. The point is that the lost salary is made up for by the opportunity, in his mind. I didn't realize that would be so hard to comprehend.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 9:09 am to Mudminnow
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Just think of the poon Joey Freshwater will pull in FL.
Braden Gall on Athlon Sports radio said that Charlie Strong was going to slay it at USF and Kiffin was going to slay everything at FAU, and he did mean everything.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 9:25 am to AmazinGrace
Kiffin is where he should be and needs to be and I for one am very glad about that.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 9:47 am to AmazinGrace
If Kiffin wants to be the HC at Bama or OSU or Texas or USC or FSU or LSU in 3 years, then he needs to repair the image that he's not damaged goods.
USC and Tennesee came out and said they don't like him
USC and Tennesee came out and said they don't like him
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:42 am to OneMoreTime
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Kiffin wasn't going to get anything bigger. He's still damaged goods. This is the only way he can work his way back to a power 5 HC job. He wasn't going to repair his image by continuing to be a coordinator.
Kiffin is who he is. Even if he does well, he's still the biggest douche former head coach in the last 100 years. He's had three chances at coveted jobs and has failed at all three.
He might act ok for a while but give him time and the douche will come out eventually. Any power five AD that gives him a shot gets what they deserve.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:02 pm to AmazinGrace
Kiffin has never proven himself anywhere. Where's he's been successful there was already a successful coaching staff in place. I'm VERY interested in seeing how he does this time around. If he crashes he's done for a very long time.
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