re: Charlie Weis Jr. will coach the Ole Miss offense in the CFP

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it's the right move by OM to swallow their ego and do this to give their team a chance in the CFP

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And that's the problem - their ego. I think the right move would have been to swallow their ego 2 weeks ago and let Lane coach thought the playoffs like Tulane agreed to do with Sumrall. The problem is that OM has an unrealistic self image.

What principle disqualifies them?

Ole Miss should be doing exactly what Tulane is doing with Sumrall and allowing them to finish out the season. The players that want to follow Lane are going to do so either way. Everyone's ego is getting in the way of what is actually best for the student athletes.

Exactly. He’s taking a job somewhere else.

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This is really strange. Weiss will be OC and call the plays during playoffs? He is already at LSU. Fans boo'd him, gave him middle fingers, shouted obscenities at him. Here's the strange part--LSU will be the one paying Kiffin for every playoff game OM wins, and pay addtl $1 mil to Kiffin if OM wins the natty. How bonkers is that? Espn and sports writers will have a field day with this one.

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Truly elite programs should take note of how LSU is handling this. This is such a classy and upstanding way to treat stepping stone programs like Ole Miss when you call their coaches up to the big leagues.

Hopefully, people will stop whining about this now.

The confidence Verge puts out there is contagious. Its like he said sure we will let our little brother Ole Miss borrow our guy for their playoff run. They will never get back there again and Weis can promote our great school and show to recruits what we will do for years to come.

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Ole Miss should be doing exactly what Tulane is doing with Sumrall and allowing them to finish out the season.

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Those fans would not allow him to walk onto that field.

And let’s be honest, neither would we in the same situation. Hell would hath no fury.

The head coach is a figurehead as much as anything. A play caller is a bit different.

This was a needed PR move from both sides. If Ole Miss rolls out there with no offensive coaches it’s not a good look for anyone. In divorce the kids suffer most. Good on both parents for working this issue out civilly.

I suppose the folks at OM sat around and said “We really f-ed this thing up”, and called LSU for some help.

What a pack of Numb Knuts’

Ole Miss didn’t eff anything up. You can’t let a guy like Lane Kiffin stick around your football facilities after he’s taken another job. He would be promoting LSU and trolling OM from within the OM facilities. Another reason why it’s not fair to compare how Tulane is handling Sumrall vs. Ole Miss is handling Kiffin - that’s not something Tulane has to worry about.

This is playing out as it should have from the beginning - Lane leaving but leaving the existing staff in-place to coach the CFP before they move onto the LSU. The reaction from OM would not have been nearly as bad if he’d done that from the beginning.

Him leaving and then burning the bridge behind him is how everyone expected him to leave, but it was disappointing to see. Glad he’s walking it back some.