re: Potentially good hires a sizeable portion of the fanbase would hate

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Because he outrecruited the frick out of us at Tennessee and signed a couple LA boys?

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Out recruited? Kiffin was Tennessee coach in 2009. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on timing and look at 2009-2010 recruiting rankings on rivals.

2009 LSU - 2 Tennessee-10
2010 LSU - 6 Tennessee- 9

Or 24/7 composite rankings

2009 LSU - 1 Tennessee-8
2010 LSU - 8 Tennessee- 9

In reality, 2008 is his only real recruiting class.

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Regarding his head coaching...how much more success would you expect at a program on a significant probation

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Well Orgeron did better than Kiffin did with Kiffin's recruits. If we apply the same criteria to Kiffin we did to Miles, he won with Carroll's recruits, by his third year he had a losing record. in fact, during the 2012 season, Kiffin became the first coach since 1964 to take the pre-season #1 ranked team to unranked by the end of the season.

Don't want as HC, would tolerate as an OC but expect him to bolt at first opportunity.