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Who else besides Kelly should have been hired four years ago?
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:01 am
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:01 am
The question was raised earlier and I believe deserves an answer, and by how much?
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Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:01 am to Mike da Tigah
Kiffin.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:02 am to Mike da Tigah
quote:
Who else besides Kelly should have been hired four years ago?
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:02 am to whitetiger1234
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Kiffin
All I heard was he was a cancer. Of course, that’s pre Ole Miss. now it’s different
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:02 am to Mike da Tigah
No brainer - everyone knows it's Kiffin.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:03 am to Mike da Tigah
Kiffin
Lanning
Cignetti
Lanning
Cignetti
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:03 am to Mike da Tigah
Kiffin was my realistic choice at the time.
I did have Freeze in there if I want to be fully honest.
Was relieved it wasn't Mel Tucker.
I did have Freeze in there if I want to be fully honest.
Was relieved it wasn't Mel Tucker.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:04 am to Mike da Tigah
Don’t give him a ten year contract. Duh
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:05 am to ipodking
quote:
Lanning
Cignetti
with the benefit of hindsight
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:06 am to Tiger2025
The answer is on paper it was kelly. The mistake was the 10 year guaranteed contract that should have never happened. You didn't need him that bad. Kiffen had a lot of issues going on at the time which may have precluded him from getting the job at the time.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:07 am to whitetiger1234
quote:
Kiffin
Not really - not then. He had not shown he had matured and grown at that point.
Most of the hot board names actually were failures.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:08 am to ipodking
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Kiffin
Lanning
Cignetti
Stop using hindsight. The top candidates were:
Lincoln Riley
Mel Tucker
Lane Kiffin
Jimbo Fischer
Billy Napier
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:30 am to Mike da Tigah
Dan Lanning
Mike Elko
Lane Kiffin
With 20/20 hindsight
Mike Elko
Lane Kiffin
With 20/20 hindsight
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:55 am to mcspufftiger7
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The mistake was the 10 year guaranteed contract
Yep. I would have been cool with Kelly on a 5 yr contract. No coach is ever a sure thing.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:58 am to Alatgr
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I would have been cool with Kelly on a 5 yr contract
And he never would have stepped on campus for that
So the alternate reality is we get Napier. Not being in the playoffs and "elite" has sucked for the last 4 years, but its damn sure better than being a UF fan has
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:59 am to RB10
quote:
Stop using hindsight.
The top candidates were: Lincoln Riley Mel Tucker Lane Kiffin Jimbo Fischer Billy Napier
These were all lazy, media hires.
If Woodward had done a real search, one where finding the “best” coach and not the most popular hire, there were lots of candidates.
And….yes, Lanning would have been included in that pool along with numerous other elite OC’s, DC’s and head coaches at other programs.
This post was edited on 10/31/25 at 11:00 am
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:59 am to Mike da Tigah
Posted on 10/31/25 at 11:01 am to mcspufftiger7
quote:
The answer is on paper it was kelly.
Yeah but no one was even considering Kelly
Posted on 10/31/25 at 11:01 am to whitetiger1234
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Kiffin
That's easy to say now but four years ago it wasn't so easy.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 11:01 am to Mike da Tigah
Dan Lanning - he should have at least been interviewed
Scott had too much power in that search
Scott had too much power in that search
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