re: Is Lane Kiffin&#39;s coaching career too crazy to be made into a believable movie?

Posted by Adam Banks

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:16 pm to SlowFlowPro

The coaching talent on the pete Carroll era usc rivals Saban lsu.

Posted by SPEEDY

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:19 pm to SlowFlowPro

Saw something earlier that pointed out Lane and his good buddy O have both been head coaches at USC, Ole Miss, and LSU now

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Posted by SirWinston

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:21 pm to SlowFlowPro

Hes on his hero's journey. This is hopefully the end of Act II and the beginning of Act III

I love him and hes been my fav college coach since he landed at OM. Im beyond excited for this era of LSU football. Ive never been an LSU superfan before (I was always Saints first despite graduating from LSU) but Im about to become one.

All my heroes are very flawed. I love the redemption arc so much - its why Ive been such a fanboy for Trump.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:23 pm to SPEEDY

quote:
Saw something earlier that pointed out Lane and his good buddy O have both been head coaches at USC, Ole Miss, and LSU now

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:25 pm to SirWinston

quote:
Hes on his hero's journey.

This is hopefully the end of Act II and the beginning of Act III

This is the sequel to his Hero's Journey. That redemption was at Ole Miss, where the culmination of him getting his shite together led to a sort of reclamation project with Layla, even. His son was the QB of the local high school. He got a shitty stepping stone program into the playoffs (After failing in their "all in" year).

...then he turned heel again

Posted by NIH

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:52 pm to SlowFlowPro

People forget how hilarious the Kiffin/O/Monte tenure was in TN.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:56 pm to NIH

supe's old avatar

O is fricking GEEKED out in that pic

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:58 pm to NIH

We were so young back then. They look like boys.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 4:59 pm to The Boat

TIL Jim Chaney and James Cregg were on that staff

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Posted by NIH

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 5:03 pm to The Boat

You know O and Kiffin tore up Knoxville together

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 5:10 pm to NIH

I'm sure Monte sat in many hotel corner chairs during that brief stint

Posted by usc6158

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Posted on 11/30/25 at 5:41 pm to SlowFlowPro

Monte and Coach O lived at the Raddison across the street from USC which is also student housing (or at least used to be). Monte was shooting the shite with students and hotel guests on a regular basis.

A great guy by all accounts