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During a recent interview with Vanity Fair, LSU coach Lane Kiffin said he spoke with multiple coaches before deciding to leave Ole Miss, and none of them told him to stay in Oxford:
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“Are you letting down these fans, you know, Oxford, that’s been so good to you?” Kiffin says he asked himself last November, as he weighed a decision. The tone of his voice grows more passionate. “No coach I talked to at any point ever said, ‘stay there’... You got one life. People do it all the time. Players and free agency, coaches, magazines—people change. It’s your story. That’s why I did okay with it because I’m like, man, it’s my story. And I choose for this to be the next chapter.”
Kiffin previously said he consulted with Nick Saban and Pete Caroll before deciding to leave Ole Miss, so it wouldn't be surprising if they were the coaches that he was referring to.

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SteveLSU35•10 hours
He made the right career move. Timing sucked, but sometimes that's life.
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pitchandcatch27•6 hours
Pretty sure 9 out 10 college football coaches would have made the same move. For 91mil and a state full of great players and lots of NIL cash. I'm so glad he is at LSU.
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p226•5 hours
Yep 9 out of 10 coaches would have done exactly what he did.

Now …. How many out of 10 would have bragged about it in Vanity Fair. Let the world know he feels guilty about doing it. That he needed to call all these other coaches to see if they think it’s alright.

Moving to LSU is OK.

Dramatizing it, introspecting about it, for Vanity Fair?

I don’t think 9 outta 10 coaches would have done THAT.

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DonJuanDaMiles•3 hours
Or you could say how many coaches other than Lane would vanity fair care about doing a story on? Probably not many if any
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king47•2 hours
To be fair.. vanity fairy isn’t asking 9 out of 10 coaches to give an article. Could be positive or negative depending how you look at it. LSU is the place to be now for top players. And it’s because of the way lane is.
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LSU Tiger Eyes•8 hours
The "MIssissippi Burning" movie comes to mind!
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CajunBullet•3 hours
LSU should have hired Lane in place of Brian Kelly!
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how333•2 hours
Am I actually reading an LSU football story from Vanity Fair?
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panzer•9 hours
That stings
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IamPatman•6 hours
Well...when you are a douchebag, your social circle or the peers you associate with are generally also douchebags or douchebag wannabe's
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TouchdownTony•10 hours
Dang Lane. Scorched earth. Dude, please stop with the “all these other people said take the job”. Be accountable and say what YOU wanted to do. One of two things is happening here. He really didn’t want to leave Ole Miss OR he isn’t feeling all warm and fuzzy about his ability to come through with a 40 million dollar roster and all the onus is on him to deliver a championship immediately that he didn’t have to do at Ole Miss. Dude needs to work on his leadership skills. Quit throwing other coaches and colleagues names around and instead say this is what Lane wanted and if it fails it’s because of Lane. Stop being a petulant adolescent.
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PurpleSingularity•9 hours
He literally said that in the last couple sentences of the quote referenced. He is qualifying his decision with commensurate advice. Read more carefully.
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TheRouxGuru•9 hours
Ok touchdown tony on fricking Tigerdroppings LMAO… imagine some dweeb on the internet thinking lane kiffin needs his advice
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BlackPot•9 hours
He said he made the decision. He's just letting the world know that every other coach that's held in high regard also said "Bro, take that job".
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