Reactions to Lane Kiffin’s departure from UT
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DOMINOE 1
The Dominoes began to fall this weekend when Seattle Seahawk head coach, Jim Mora, was fired.
Suddenly USC Football Czar Pete Carroll emerges as the next coach in the Emerald City.
Troy is stunned and saddened as top notch, five star recruits take off their SC hats, replacing them with Gators and Bama and Longhorns.
Cardinal & Gold faithful are shocked and feeling hollow.
How the mighty have fallen.
DOMINOE 2
Fast forward to Tuesday night when sneaky USC Trojans inside a figurative Trojan horse sneak attack into Vol-Land. The Trojan staff steal the renegade coach, and just like that, Lane Kiffin is now a Trojan, thank you very much.
Lane Kiffin would seem to be perfect for USC. He comes complete with Hollywood good looks and adorable wife. This is the same Lane Kiffin, who only 14 months ago sang Rocky Top and put the cross hairs on Urban Myer.
Kiffin was part of the Trojan Machine that dominated college football in the middle of the decade. He was there to hoist national championship trophies, and apparently he was willing to sell out the Rocky Top faithful to sit behind the legend’s desk in Heritage Hall.
Tuesday night, ESPN went crazy with breaking news that Lane Kiffin, and perhaps more importantly, Defensive Guru Monte Kiffin were heading West. Some would argue that even bigger than Lane and Monte is the addition of Ed Orgeron, arguably the best recruiter in the country. He too was there for the Trojan glory years. And all three Vol Coaches are going back to Exposition Blvd.
Knoxville exploded with anger. Kids protested in the Quad with signs that proclaimed: We hate Lane Kiffin.
That about says it all.
Wednesday morning sports radio was over flowing with rancor.
On 104.5 the zone.
Frank Wychek quoted ESPN articles saying “Paris Hilton has paid more dues than Lane Kiffin.”
Mark Howard questioned: “whether Kiffin ever felt comfortable as a Vol.”
A caller said “Kiffin was running as far from the SEC as he could get, to the less competitive PAC 10.”
Out on the street, the anger was just as visceral.
When asked what he thought, one man, not even a Vol fan said:
“I think Mr. Kiffin and his daddy defecated on the University of Tennessee.”
A U.T. fan full of anger said: “I think he is a worm. I hope the Smoky Mountains hit him in the ass on the way out. I never liked him. He was always squirrely.”
DOMINOE 3
Last Week USC fans felt this kind of anger and resentment and hollowness at Pete Carroll.
Now the Trojan program has caused another school’s faithful to feel the same anguish.
I’m sure it is just a matter of time, before U.T. announces its new head coach from X Y Z UNIVERSITY.
Then that school’s fan base and recruits will take the torch of displeasure and storm the quad with signs that say: WE HATE COACH SO AND SO.
And UT will be to blame.
Sadly, this is the ugly cyclical mechanism that is College football.
Back to Lane Kiffin.
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I am ecstatic to see Lane Kiffin leave UT!!! Why would he want to stay with a “university” that has more arrests than Snoop Dogg and is currently under investigation. Granted USC is also under investigation. They don’t recruit from the county jail though.
Tennessee is a great college. and it is in the best conferance in america. what the heck is wrong with you kiffin? all of tennessee hates you now. you have ruined the university of tennessee for years to come. yu are the dumbest coach tennessee ever had. who the heck stays for 1 season? oh my bad “a kiffin does”. your name might has well be LAME KIFFIN. all i got to say is me and every vols fan will forever hate YOU and the USC trojans. thanks alot!
I guess I will be burned in effigy but lets get real here. Its just football. People are dying in Haiti by the hundreds if not thousands. We are a country involved in two wars, high unemployment and a the worst amount of home foreclosures since the Great Depression. The terrorists seem to be closer to bringing their fight to our shores and attacking our civilians. Why is this guy even on our radar?