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Where would this rank in all time coach scumbag moves?

Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:32 pm
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:32 pm
To be clear: I am 100% for it, I want Kiffin at LSU.

I'm just saying, in the pantheon of all time coach "business" decisions, leaving your team before the season even ends when you are almost certainly going to be in a playoff run is pretty up there.
Posted by Party At LSU
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:33 pm to
At least it’s not on Christmas
Posted by TexasTiger_08
Texas
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:33 pm to
Well Brian Kelly did the exact same thing so.
Posted by Kinderman
Member since Oct 2023
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:33 pm to
Would still be below Petrino dipping on the Falcons and leaving them a note.
Posted by JackBauerCTU225
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:34 pm to
Multiple times too lol
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:34 pm to
Right around Tuberville leaving Tech recruits at dinner to take the Cincinnati job.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:34 pm to
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Well Brian Kelly did the exact same thing so.



Nah. Ole Miss is 100% in.

ND's chances were substantially less.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:35 pm to
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Would still be below Petrino dipping on the Falcons and leaving them a note


This
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:36 pm to
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Well Brian Kelly did the exact same thing so.

Yea, but you had to try to like Brian Kelly and you have to try to dislike Lane Kiffin.

Two completely different situations in my opinion.

Look, the way I see it is if Lane does indeed leave Ole Miss before the playoffs, then that says more about Ole Miss than it does about Lane Kiffin. He's got a playoff team at Ole Miss and he's entertaining offers from LSU and Florida. You don't do that if you're happy at your current program. Ole Miss has some soul searching to do regardless of whether he leaves or not. They've got to make some changes to their culture.
Posted by IM_4_LSU
Savannah, GA
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:36 pm to
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At least it’s not on Christmas


For real though.
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:37 pm to
It sounds like Lane was more than willing to finish the run but OM forced his hand to sign an extension or walk. This is more of a scorned lover blowing shite up on OM part rather than LK scumminess
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:37 pm to
It would be up there. Even Kelly had an outside shot when he left. Just know he'll probably do it to us too eventually if he ends up here.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:38 pm to
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Ole Miss has some soul searching to do regardless of whether he leaves or not. They've got to make some changes to their culture
fricking what? It is well documented we have given him everything he wants, are offering him $14 million a year and are one of the largest collectives in the country.

What “soul searching” are you talking about?
Posted by ApexTiger
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:38 pm to
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At least it’s not on Christmas


yep, after losing to Iowa
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:39 pm to
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It sounds like Lane was more than willing to finish the run but OM forced his hand to sign an extension or walk. This is more of a scorned lover blowing shite up on OM part rather than LK scumminess
So Ole Miss is supposed to just let a coach that is not fully committed to them, stay and “coach” while also recruiting his current players to come with him to his new job?

frick off with that dumb arse logic
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 2:40 pm
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:40 pm to
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OM forced his hand to sign an extension or walk. This is more of a scorned lover blowing shite up on OM part rather than LK scumminess
yep that’s that I think too, Lane said watch this and now it’s down to us or Florida.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
127715 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:40 pm to
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It sounds like Lane was more than willing to finish the run but OM forced his hand to sign an extension or walk. This is more of a scorned lover blowing shite up on OM part rather than LK scumminess



Can you blame them?

In this era, being left without a coach in say, January, might be a 2 year death sentence
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:40 pm to
It would be about the biggest I can ever remember
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
24912 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:40 pm to
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So Ole Miss is supposed to just let a coach that is not fully committed to them, stay and “coach” while also recruiting his current players to come with him to his new job?


No? But that doesn’t mean Lane is just bailing mid season on his own accord.

quote:

frick off with that dumb arse logic


You are being emotional and not reading what is being typed
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:41 pm to

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Well Brian Kelly did the exact same thing so.


Yeah, not quite.

ND's season was over. Technically they were still alive for a CFP spot, but that was out of their control.

Ole Miss is in control of their CFP fate. If they beat Miss. State next week they are in.

The only parallel is Bill Frieder accepting the ASU job before the NCAAT started. He still planned to coach Michigan in the tournament until Bo Schembecler told him to kick rocks and that a "Michigan man" would be coaching Michigan. No one talks about that much because the interim coach won the championship after the HC was told to leave
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