Lane Kiffin Holding LSU & Ole Miss Hostage Shows Why You Don’t Let a Man-Child Lead

This whole Lane Kiffin soap opera between LSU and Ole Miss is exactly why you never let a man-child coach control the narrative of your program. Both fanbases are sitting around refreshing Twitter like it’s National Signing Day, waiting to see what mood Lane is in today. That alone should tell you everything.

Kiffin thrives on attention. He loves chaos. He loves being the center of the college football universe—even if it means leaving two SEC programs twisting in the wind while he drops cryptic emojis and troll posts. This isn’t leadership. This is a 50-year-old man acting like a teenage recruit stringing schools along for clout.

While LSU is trying to stabilize the program and Ole Miss is trying to protect what they’ve built, Lane is treating this like his own personal reality show. And the worst part? Both programs are letting him. That’s the danger. The minute you allow a personality like Kiffin to dictate the pace, control the speculation, and play games with fan emotions, you’ve already lost leverage.

This is who he is: impulsive, performative, emotionally reactive, and addicted to the spotlight. He loves being the guy everyone is waiting on. He feeds off it. But that doesn’t make him the kind of grown-up leader you trust with long-term stability.

If you’re a serious program, you don’t let a coach hold you hostage with Twitter antics and ego-driven indecision. You don’t let a man-child flip between two jobs like he’s choosing dinner plans.

The fact that Lane has LSU fans and Ole Miss fans pacing the room waiting for his “decision” is the clearest sign yet: entertaining? Yes. Elite offensive mind? Sure. But someone you let dictate the future of your program?


Absolutely not.