From RIvals: Frank Wilson joins LSU staff today. . .

Lane Kiffin announced it this morning on Gameday

"I think that is going to happen here a lot," Kiffin said of schools seeking staff members. "I think we have hired a great staff. Guys are going to come after them. They see what we are doing on the field and what we are doing in recruiting. Whenever you are having as much success as we are, people are going to come after them. So we have to do everything in our power to keep them here." LOLOLO @ Kiffen! WTF has he done thus far ? Run his mouth!

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Wilson will be the Tigers running backs coach and recruiting coordinator.

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da frick? he can't take yano's responsibilities...

Welcome home Coach Wilson. I like this hire.

Kiffin is kind of like John Calipari. When he first got to Memphis, he talked a lot of crap about Memphis being a "National Program" and how they were above the "Regional SEC Schools" in the area. He spouted it to anyone that would point a mic at him. Of course it was all a complete fabrication, and at first, and nobody was really listening. As he began to have success, the fans started to buy in. Then the media started paying a little more attention. Then, it actually became the truth in the end. Kiffin is trying to cultivate an image, and so far, it is working for him.

Welcome home coach Wilson. I think this will go a long way to keeping kiffin saban and nutt at bay in louisiana... Love this hire.

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Anyone remember what he did at OP Walker?

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give up 4 players to Saban for a job then get played and left behind to become head of NOLA YMCA?

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give up 4 players to Saban for a job then get played and left behind to become head of NOLA YMCA?

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As a wunderkind coach- he'd been named head coach at the age of 27- Wilson had transformed hardscrabble O. Perry Walker High's football program in New Orleans into one of the state's great success stories. He instituted mandatory study halls and pre-school breakfasts. Players had to wear dress shirts and ties every day. They had to sit in the front row of the classroom. Wilson arranged for an academic counselor, who got paid through a grant funded by the NFL's Play It Smart program. In one year, the team's GPA jumped from 1.5 to 2.5. The team also gave John Curtis Christian its first district loss in 25 years. By his third season, Wilson had the school playing in the state title game.

-"Meat Market" by Bruce Feldman

Two years later he was hired as RBs coach at Ole Miss, three years later at UT, and now at LSU.

But thanks for playing.

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Kiffin is kind of like John Calipari.

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Yeah, except missing the success of course.