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Lane leaving OM and the facts being distorted by the national media & narrative followed..
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:40 am
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:40 am
Lane is a sought after coach by MANY
LSU emerged as leader
OM gets antsy, and forces Lanes hand by demanding a signature on restructured deal
Lane tries to postpone and ride out season and commitment to team
OM press and gives hard deadline
Ultimately, OM forces Lane out, fires him, and refuses to let him remain although asked by him AND THE TEAM to let him finish the title run
Fast forward to the lead up to this game. Every single reporter, tv host, radio podcast, et etc etc are saying "Lane quit on his team and the players". All saying it, and all the same narrative.
Why would no one be stating the truth? OM got rid of Lane, period. So why is the media in lock step to stay away from explaining that truth?
LSU emerged as leader
OM gets antsy, and forces Lanes hand by demanding a signature on restructured deal
Lane tries to postpone and ride out season and commitment to team
OM press and gives hard deadline
Ultimately, OM forces Lane out, fires him, and refuses to let him remain although asked by him AND THE TEAM to let him finish the title run
Fast forward to the lead up to this game. Every single reporter, tv host, radio podcast, et etc etc are saying "Lane quit on his team and the players". All saying it, and all the same narrative.
Why would no one be stating the truth? OM got rid of Lane, period. So why is the media in lock step to stay away from explaining that truth?
This post was edited on 9/18/26 at 9:46 am
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:45 am to ChatGPT of LA
Just win Sat and all the noise goes away. Win and everyone will know Lane made the correct decision
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:45 am to ChatGPT of LA
That is a pretty skewed take.
The fault lies with the NCAA and when they set the date for transfer portal/recruiting to be before the college football season is over. (some problems there due to spring semester already in session before final CFP game(s)).
Therefore, if a coach with a CFP-bound team is leaving for another school, they need to jump before the final game(s) are played to be able to effectively recruit/secure players at new school. If that were not a time/date conflict, then Lane would have coached OM through the end of season and then gone to LSU.
OM would still be pissed, but all of the negative BS pointed at Lane doing OM dirty would not be there.
NCAA fecklessness strikes again.
The fault lies with the NCAA and when they set the date for transfer portal/recruiting to be before the college football season is over. (some problems there due to spring semester already in session before final CFP game(s)).
Therefore, if a coach with a CFP-bound team is leaving for another school, they need to jump before the final game(s) are played to be able to effectively recruit/secure players at new school. If that were not a time/date conflict, then Lane would have coached OM through the end of season and then gone to LSU.
OM would still be pissed, but all of the negative BS pointed at Lane doing OM dirty would not be there.
NCAA fecklessness strikes again.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:45 am to ChatGPT of LA
It is pretty annoying that people don’t even try to put the real facts out there and instead run with this “quit on his team” narrative.
In reality, ole Miss brass fricked themselves and the best chance they will ever have to win a title because they let their ego get in the way.
But it’s cool, they’re gonna have decades to think about that.
In reality, ole Miss brass fricked themselves and the best chance they will ever have to win a title because they let their ego get in the way.
But it’s cool, they’re gonna have decades to think about that.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:48 am to BEATIGER
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That is a pretty skewed take.
Ill ask simolybso you dont feel skewed.
Did lane quit or did OM force him to stop coaching the team?
Pick one
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then Lane would have coached OM through the end of season and then gone to LSU.
Simply not true. No matter what, Lane begged to stay. It had nothing to do with recruits. Not sure what else he could do
This post was edited on 9/18/26 at 9:56 am
Posted on 9/18/26 at 9:56 am to ChatGPT of LA
OM gave LK a deadline. That deadline was there because of the uncertainty surrounding his status for 2026 and recruiting.
Decision to not let Lane coach by OM AD had to do more with fear of how it would affect their program going forward - LK poaching more OM players, and what would he be telling recruits/targets for both OM & LSU football if he had declared - as he did - that he was leaving.
While technically you are correct that OM didn't let LK coach through the playoffs, you seem to miss the reason for the decision and the facts around why an AD would choose a certain path of action.
My point was in highlighting the timing - and why the NCAA is to blame for it - which created the LK did OM wrong narrative by having him leave when he did - whether forced or not.
Decision to not let Lane coach by OM AD had to do more with fear of how it would affect their program going forward - LK poaching more OM players, and what would he be telling recruits/targets for both OM & LSU football if he had declared - as he did - that he was leaving.
While technically you are correct that OM didn't let LK coach through the playoffs, you seem to miss the reason for the decision and the facts around why an AD would choose a certain path of action.
My point was in highlighting the timing - and why the NCAA is to blame for it - which created the LK did OM wrong narrative by having him leave when he did - whether forced or not.
This post was edited on 9/18/26 at 10:00 am
Posted on 9/18/26 at 10:14 am to BEATIGER
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Decision to not let Lane coach by OM AD had to do more with fear of how it would affect their program going forward - LK poaching more OM players, and what would he be telling recruits/targets for both OM & LSU football if he had declared - as he did - that he was leaving.
While technically you are correct that OM didn't let LK coach through the playoffs, you seem to miss the reason for the decision and the facts around why an AD would choose a certain path of action.
Ok you arent wrong, but thats missing the point.....IT WAS OM's DECISION to terminate the relationship early. No matter what their excuse was. No matter what Lanes intentions were, he would have coached the championship.
And now, they are acting like Lane bailed in them. Im confused on how they are feeding the false narrative.
This post was edited on 9/18/26 at 10:18 am
Posted on 9/18/26 at 10:34 am to ChatGPT of LA
Just don't care anymore about sorting out the facts. There are so many misquotes, words taken out of context, rumors, lies, etc. that there is just no point fighting it anymore. Our heels are dug into the ground, and our collective attitude ought to be that we just do not care what is being said about us moving forward. We can make our own decisions on how we feel about what we know to be true, and that's good enough for me. I see national guys start saying something that I know is false or out of context? I stop watching and go about my day. It just doesn't matter anymore. In past years, I've wanted to defend LSU tooth and nail, but we are now so polarizing that there's just no point caring about the opinion of the public. The people who love us will defend us blindly, and the people who hate us will oppose us blindly. That makes for a lot of unbearable bullshite.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 10:40 am to ChatGPT of LA
Pissing on a forest fire, my guy. It doesn't matter to most national pundits what the facts were/are....only what feeds their narrative.
Disgusting place journalism is in these days.
Disgusting place journalism is in these days.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 10:47 am to BEATIGER
quote:Your analysis ignores two points:
That is a pretty skewed take.
The fault lies with the NCAA and when they set the date for transfer portal/recruiting to be before the college football season is over. (some problems there due to spring semester already in session before final CFP game(s)).
Therefore, if a coach with a CFP-bound team is leaving for another school, they need to jump before the final game(s) are played to be able to effectively recruit/secure players at new school. If that were not a time/date conflict, then Lane would have coached OM through the end of season and then gone to LSU.
OM would still be pissed, but all of the negative BS pointed at Lane doing OM dirty would not be there.
NCAA fecklessness strikes again.
(1) LSU told Kiffin and Ole Miss that Kiffin could remain to coach at Ole Miss.
(2) The mystery about HCs was over. Ole Miss recruits would know that Golding would the HC at Ole Miss and Kiffin would be the HC at LSU.
In short, the NCAA was not the big problem. Ole Miss hubris was the big problem. The media emphasized LSU as the problem, and then the NCAA as the problem when it got out that LSU acquiesced.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 10:50 am to ChatGPT of LA
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Why would no one be stating the truth?
Do news broadcasts lead with stories about puppies being rescued or about trains blowing up?
Negative drives clicks. Negative drives ratings.
You’re going to watch because you love LSU, but you’re also going to watch because frick them. They are distorting the facts.
Ole Miss is going to watch because they love their school, but they are also going to watch because frick Lane.
Everyone else is going to watch because it’s a circus and the media doesn’t care because hate watching is still watching.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 10:51 am to ChatGPT of LA
Do you believe that the truth and the media have anything to do with one another?? Hahahaha
Posted on 9/18/26 at 11:28 am to ChatGPT of LA
The media loves to have a villain and Lane fits right in with that.
They absolutely hate that he landed at LSU and are scared to death of what is about to happen to college football.
LSU finally has a legit coach who knows how to dominate opponents.
In the last twenty years, when they've had competent coaching, LSU has been at or near the top of the food chain.
Everybody, whether they admit it or not, knows Lane is one THE TOP coaches in the country and can't stand that they don't have him.
Hence the lies.
Let 'em gnash teeth and lie, and let the big dog eat.
They absolutely hate that he landed at LSU and are scared to death of what is about to happen to college football.
LSU finally has a legit coach who knows how to dominate opponents.
In the last twenty years, when they've had competent coaching, LSU has been at or near the top of the food chain.
Everybody, whether they admit it or not, knows Lane is one THE TOP coaches in the country and can't stand that they don't have him.
Hence the lies.
Let 'em gnash teeth and lie, and let the big dog eat.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 11:28 am to ChatGPT of LA
quote:Simple: the media profits from viewers, clicks, and user engagement on social media platforms.
Why would no one be stating the truth? OM got rid of Lane, period. So why is the media in lock step to stay away from explaining that truth?
And nothing engages people more than anger and hate. Presenting an accurate and fair perspective (as you described) wouldn't provide half the interest and engagement that the current rage-bait narrative provides.
It's all about the money.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 11:48 am to ChatGPT of LA
At the end of the day, even if all of these horrible stories are true, what does it have to do with the outcome of the game?
Will it make Kiffin a bad coach? Will it intercept a pass? Will it make Golding a good coach?
Will it make Kiffin a bad coach? Will it intercept a pass? Will it make Golding a good coach?
Posted on 9/18/26 at 12:29 pm to Lsustev
It’s like TDS no matter what is said or done ,truth or not their minds are filled with hate and are dead to the facts.It was a one sided divorce where only hate survives.
Posted on 9/18/26 at 12:34 pm to BEATIGER
quote:
The fault lies with the NCAA
It’s amazing how many times this is true yet seems to go underreported when it pertains to Lane
Posted on 9/18/26 at 12:36 pm to ChatGPT of LA
Modern media is all about creating victims, and championing victimhood. That's all you need to know.
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