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re: Why is Kiffin the best choice?
Posted on 11/26/25 at 2:44 pm to SlidellCajun
Posted on 11/26/25 at 2:44 pm to SlidellCajun
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Bottom line for me-
With the amount of money reportedly being paid, we don’t want a guy that ignores the awesome high school talent right under his nose in favor of portal guys.
So your bottom line is one of the main 3 or 4 reasons Kiffin might even take the job?
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Posted on 11/26/25 at 2:50 pm to DeathValley85
As long as he recruits. There have been stories about him being less interested in recruiting high school now that he has the portal
Posted on 11/26/25 at 2:53 pm to Lee Chatelain
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So, name a coach......
I’m not an AD.
Can’t help you
Posted on 11/26/25 at 2:54 pm to Lee Chatelain
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Ok, so NAME a coach or coaches that in your opinion fit the bill and validate the point of this thread. LSU football is in a pretty bad spot right now - and could be 1 more bad hire away from making the 90's a reality again.
So, name a coach......
He can’t because they don’t exist. Or he could name Kirby or Ryan Day, but since he has no idea how supply/demand works, a completely dismisses the reality of the market (which should make us dismiss this entire thread tbh), he doesn’t realize that poaching either of those guys from where they’re at would take whatever we wind up paying Lane look like peanuts. It’d take somewhere close to $200 million over 10 years guaranteed for them to even entertain it.
And they likely wouldn’t for very long because Ohio State and Georgia would match it. Or come close enough to where uprooting their families and having to rebuild a program in the hopes it get close to what they already have would make it not worth considering.
AND, they’re both likely to sign extensions that will make them higher paid than Lane after this season regardless. If either one wins another NC, they’ll probably be bumping up close to that $20 million per. Lane might not even be in the top 3 once the dust finally settles.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 3:06 pm to SlidellCajun
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Bottom line for me- With the amount of money reportedly being paid, we don’t want a guy that ignores the awesome high school talent right under his nose in favor of portal guys.
Well, lucky for you, that human being doesn’t exist. But even if they did, they’d be so stupid that you’d have never have heard of them. But you can rest easy if it’s Lane, as that’s likely the #1 reason that he would be taking the job if he did.
Now, if you’re wanting someone to rely 100% on high school guys and dismiss the portal altogether, that human being likely doesn’t exist either. Dabo was probably the closest, but even he has realized he can’t sustain success that way and has changed his tune.
What we want is somebody to, along with the general manager and his staff, determine what that right balance is, and how best to utilize NIL money, on getting guys out of high school, retaining guys already on the roster, or adding those cherries on top every year that can turn a really good roster into a championship contender. All signs so far point to that being Lane, Day, and Kirby. And only 1 of those is available.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 3:08 pm to SlidellCajun
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As long as he recruits. There have been stories about him being less interested in recruiting high school now that he has the portal
At Ole Miss. Because he has to. THAT IS THE MAIN REASON HE IS EVEN ENTERTAINING LEAVING. If you can’t see this clearly, you’re beyond help.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 3:08 pm to SlidellCajun
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As long as he recruits. There have been stories about him being less interested in recruiting high school now that he has the portal
At Ole Miss. Because he has to. THAT IS THE MAIN REASON HE IS EVEN ENTERTAINING LEAVING. If you can’t see this clearly, you’re beyond help.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 3:21 pm to SlidellCajun
If you have to ask this question you should probably stop watching football
Posted on 11/26/25 at 3:21 pm to SlidellCajun
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Is Kiffin the best choice
Yes and it is not particularly close.
Every coach in consideration should be judged over the past 4-5 years.
Kiffin is in the SEC, against the best teams, and at a university that does not and will never have the depth of rosters that Bama, GA, TX, LSU and A&M have.
Despite this, he is 3rd to GA and Bama for wins during the time period, AT FREAKING OLE MISS!
Drink.....can not compare.
Sumrall....has not competed at the SEC level and win totals in a far lesser conference are similar.
Dilly...less of conference, less proven, not as consistent on offense over this time as Kiffin, (I really like him, but he is not the best choice based on data we have)
The rest of the possible hires don't have near the resume of Lane since he has been at Ole Miss.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 3:44 pm to SlidellCajun
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I’m not an AD. Can’t help you
Idiot, I know you're not an AD - but you still started this stupid arse thread addressing your concerns with LSU overpaying a coach that hasn't done Kriby Smart or Nick Saban like things.
How can you address salary without being an AD, but you can't name ONE coach that fits whatever point you're trying to prove in this dumb thread.
Biggest cop out excuse I've ever seen.
This post was edited on 11/26/25 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 11/26/25 at 3:45 pm to SlidellCajun
He's the most known quantity. Successful in the SEC.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 3:55 pm to SlidellCajun
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And what has Kiffin really done in his career to warrant such high dollars?
Ole Miss, traditionally an afterthought in SEC football is now a team consistently ranked and has been closer to the playoffs each year since 2020 than LSU has been, and he’s embraced the portal.
Additionally, he’s a successful O Coordinator at the P4 level and has done so with both mobile and traditional qb’s. With him as HC, you only have to nail the DC higher, not both.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 4:23 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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and has done so with both mobile and traditional qb’s.
This is something we really haven’t talked about nearly enough that makes him clearly the best available candidate. You can’t win shite today without a highly productive QB. And it’s not just the different kinds of QBs that are productive under him, it’s the sheer number of different ones. Lots of coaches, over time, will hit on one or two and have really good-great seasons. Lane gets good-great production out of his QBs every season.
Whether that’s expert evaluations, development, or even just reputation at this point, you know Lane is going to have a really good QB every year, and that his offense will be designed to best fit their strengths. Which means he’s going to have a really good offense every single year barring some disastrous injury luck. And even then, he’s probably going to find a way to field a good one somehow. That is unbelievably valuable.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 4:28 pm to BilJ
….crickets from Slidell on his unicorn candidate
Posted on 11/26/25 at 4:31 pm to SlidellCajun
No one knows if he is the best choice. He might not even be the safest given is past records. He's had recent success and he has decent offenses. What could he do at LSU? No idea but the talent and support is there for him to win.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 4:36 pm to SlidellCajun
He has literally taken a no name QB from Ferris motherflucking state and turned him into a top college QB.
One thing that we won't have to worry about is scoring points.
He will have a Spurrier at Florida type tenure here at LSU. The only difference is I think he'll win more titles than Spurrier.
One thing that we won't have to worry about is scoring points.
He will have a Spurrier at Florida type tenure here at LSU. The only difference is I think he'll win more titles than Spurrier.
Posted on 11/26/25 at 5:29 pm to SlidellCajun
Wonder how Bryce Underwood would fare under Kiffin’s guidance?
Posted on 11/26/25 at 5:33 pm to SlidellCajun
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Why is Kiffin the best choice?
He's a good coach,no doubt, but at the same time I'm not gonna cry over a guy who lost to Billy Napier with a loaded 10 win team led by an NFL QB.
Posted on 11/27/25 at 8:49 am to Lee Chatelain
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Idiot, I know you're not an AD - but you still started this stupid arse thread addressing your concerns with LSU overpaying a coach that hasn't done Kriby Smart or Nick Saban like things
Seriously? You post stuff like this? Are you 10?
I’m not an AD or THE AD. I don’t have to pick the next coach. Neither do you or any of us. LSU had an AD and fully staffed department that ought to know the names of the coaches worthy of consideration. It’s literally their job. It’s not mine.
I question whether Kiffin is the best choice. This is a sports message board. It is not the war room of LSU. It’s we discuss things in various boards. If you have a position on that then go ahead and post it.
Try to grasp that.
Posted on 11/27/25 at 9:27 am to TigerGrad03
The Program and money run the Portal not the coach. Prime Example LSU was top ranked portal class in 2025 you gonna attribute that to BK? 
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