re: Neal McCready believes Kiffin is about to hold Ole Miss hostage

We fans create our drama and project what we think they are thinking....meanwhile we don't know shite. All we know is that maybe 500 emails and 60or 70 angry messages and the same 10 or 20 people on the radio is enough to get a coach fired

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OM firing LK and not having an offset and owing $36M is the primary reason for the delay.

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What does 1 playoff game have to do with a $36 million buyout?? Isn't his contract through the 2031 season?

Ole Miss can't fire him period - now, in January, or next August - without owing a sizable buyout. Unless Lane leaves on his own.

Lane has all the leverage between he and Ole Miss - but he has to decide soon (such as this Saturday) because his other potential suitors will move on if he doesn't. Ole Miss's only leverage here is the timeline.

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However, it’s hard for me to believe that LSU would be OK with waiting until Ole Miss is eliminated to get anything signed. Even if you ignore the recruiting calendar issues, that’s just an enormous risk to take on a handshake deal. Whatever happens, you can’t risk getting left at the altar in January.

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Exactly this.

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Then there wouldn’t be the smoke about Saturday this coming to a head. OM firing LK and not having an offset and owing $36M is the primary reason for the delay.

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I’m not sure I understand the logic here. Kiffin has 6 years left on his contract after this season. Ole Miss can’t fire him next week any more than they can fire him today (at least, without cause).

Ole Miss is stuck until either A) they believe they have cause to fire him or B) he signs a deal somewhere else. That’s still true whether it happens next week or next year.

I do wonder if Lane has a bunch of performance incentives that kick in after the end of the regular season. That could be a compelling reason for him to drag a decision out until then.

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Brian Kelly just did it last search lol. And they were ranked higher.

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The situations aren't analogous.

In 2021 there was only a 4 team CFP. Now there are 12 teams. At the end of the regular season Notre Dame was NOT among the top 4 teams ranked in the CFP poll. They were 6th. That means they were NOT in the CFP unless two teams ranked ahead of them fell out of the top 4. All 4 of the teams ranked ahead of ND were playing in conf. championship games. ND was not. That mean the likelihood of them getting in the CFP was already low. It was even lower due to the fact one of the teams ahead of them, Cincinnati, who was undefeated, had already beaten ND earlier in the season. There was ZERO guarantee ND was in the CFP. In fact, they would not have made the CFP even if Kelly had stayed.

In this scenario, Ole Miss is in the CFP if the season ends today. If they beat MSU, they are firmly IN. There's no waiting to see if things fall their way in the championship games.

For Kelly there was a low risk he was walking away from a CFP team. For Kiffin (assuming a win Friday) it would be a certainty he would be walking away.

I don’t get the Ole Miss fans claiming to be held hostage. He is about to lead them to the national playoffs. They have not been this close to relevance in 50 years and likely won’t be for another 50 after how pissy they are acting. They better enjoy the next several weeks.

He's gone 100%

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Well you better buckle up - you get drama like this every year.

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He will be at LSU not Ole miss big difference who's gonna come calling?

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Well you better buckle up - you get drama like this every year.

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The LSU chicken littles always need something to freak out about.