Lane Kiffin (HC Ole/Young Miss & Twitter Troll King)

[Gatorubet]

 

[Gatorubet]

Supposedly an actual highway billboard in Tennessee...which might be true as they got the possessive wrong.

 

[stxbuck]

First the earthquake, now a deluge of Kiffin UT shirts......what did the Haitians do to deserve this? Retailer plans to donate Kiffin shirts to Haiti - College Football - Rivals.com

 

[Muck]

......what did the Haitians do to deserve this?

They made a pact with the devil with their voodoo black magic.

Sheesh sometimes I swear it's like you people just don't pay attention AT ALL!

 

[Gatorubet]

As Lane Kiffin is introduced, so is a bit of suspicion - latimes.com

I post this for no other reason (post count increase aside ) than it reveals that Lane will have no Honeymoon period with the Press in Hell La like the new guy usually gets. This could get bad before it even gets off the ground.

 

[NFBuck]

For those unfamiliar with what an absolute piece of trash Orgeron is, I offer this:

Controversy
In 1991, while an assistant at Miami, a "permanent injunction of protection" was granted to a woman by a Dade County court against Orgeron prohibiting "any act of domestic violence." Orgeron was ordered into a 26-week domestic violence counseling program. Subsequently, a "highly intoxicated" Orgeron was arrested in a Baton Rouge, Louisiana bar fight in 1992 and charged with felony second-degree battery among other charges. The charges were eventually dropped but Orgeron was placed on probation by the Miami athletic department.[10]
Calling those moments of his life "shattering," Ed Orgeron returned home to his family in Larose, LA, to get his life back in order. Said Orgeron of the troubled period, "I stayed home with my parents and my younger brother (Steven), and got back to my roots and let everything pan out like it should."[11][12]
Controversy arose for Mississippi and Orgeron after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. One of the most affected institutions was Tulane University. After Tulane football players were displaced by Katrina, Athletic Director for Mississippi, Pete Boone, suggested that Orgeron contact Tulane over the future of their football program and the possibility of player transfer.
Tulane head coach Chris Scelfo was less than pleased with the idea. Scelfo attacked Orgeron after the incident, called those coaches or administrators connected to the Tulane controversy "lower than dirt" and later stated that "there's people in our business who do not belong in our business". The Southeastern Conference investigated the alleged infractions but found that no league or NCAA rules were violated and exonerated Mississippi and Coach Orgeron.[13]
In 2007, 20 Mississippi football players were placed on indefinite probation by the University for having stolen pillows and clock radios from hotels in which the team had stayed. All 20 players paid for the stolen items and therefore no NCAA rules were broken, according to the NCAA. Coach Orgeron stated that the incident would be dealt with internally and that no one would miss the season finale against arch-rival Mississippi State, because none of the 20 players had been a discipline problem before. For the same reason, that being no previous discipline issues, the school refused to release the names of the players.[14]
Orgeron was the subject of the 2007 book "Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting" by Bruce Feldman that highlights the recruiting season during Orgeron's time at Ole Miss.[15]
After his departure from the University of Tennessee, reports surfaced that he called midterm enrollees at the school to offer them a scholarship at his new school, USC. This was just hours before they were scheduled to begin classes, which would have limited their transfer options. Furthermore, some of these calls were purported to take place during a team meeting, with the players turning on their speaker phones so that their new teammates could listen to him talk.

Ed Orgeron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I don't know how to put it into words, but Cowherd is trying to spin the Orgeron thing into a good thing.

I've said it 100 times. Cowherd is good as long as he isn't saying stupid shit just to get ratings. When he does that, just turn him off. Looks like Pandora will be taking me through the rest of the work day.

 

[Taosman]

Telling that only ESPiN loves this hire. This was a desperate hire, Kiff was the 4-5 choice. Maybe it all turns out OK, but history has shown these guys are arrogant and ruthless. A reflection of the athletic department? The NCAA will be forced by all the outrage to react as harshly as it is possible. Which may not be that much in the end.

 

[gracelhink]

For those unfamiliar with what an absolute piece of trash Orgeron is, I offer this:



Ed Orgeron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For all those wondering what caused this strange alignment of the planets, USC, Kiffin Sr. Kiffin jr. Orgeron et. al.
Is it just a coincidence that a University which is about to get hammered by the NCAA hires a group of coaches and recruiters who have blatantly violated NCAA policy yet heretofore have escaped the wrathful consequences of investigations, and are now locked into binding contracts to coach under penalties that have not yet been announced?

 

[Holy Buckeye!]

Lame Kiffin you my friend are offically an


HB

 

[BuckeyePride]

I'm not a Lane Kiffin supporter or anything... But he's 34 and wanted. His tactics of recruiting are wrong. Knowing that USC wanted him. That says a lot about USC.

as far as the move to USC... I believe 90% of folks would have taken more money and USC job (compared to Tennessee).

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

If he wasn't such a douchebag in every other aspect of life, I wouldn't really have a problem with him leaving Tenn after one year. That is probably his dream job and nobody thought it would be open this soon.....and who knows when it will be available again. If that was his only discretion, I'd have no problem with him.

 

[wadc45]

It's an all-out assault on Kiffin, Garrett and USC | Jeff Schultz

A few excerpts...

If there were a stock car race between all the frauds, egomaniacs and two-faced weasels I’ve ever covered, Lane Kiffin would have the pole position all to himself.

Kiffin is a spin doctor without a medical degree. He thinks truth comes in different shades of gray. He demands loyalty, but gives none himself.

Kiffin is a used car salesman with a whistle. Wait, that’s not fair to used car salesmen. He ditched Tennessee for USC after just 13 games. The remaining five years on his contract, the players he left behind, the nine high school recruits who enrolled early, they all meant nothing to Kiffin.

USC, which is facing a multi-sport, department-wide NCAA bloodletting next month, just hired a guy who in his tenure at Tennessee was a walking secondary violation (six of them), had two players booted off the team after an attempted armed robbery and leaves with NCAA investigators looking into how the program used recruiting hostesses. And, of course, he was a Trojan assistant when the compliance trouble USC must answer for began.

Now, with the NCAA finally dragging its USC investigation(s) to the finish line, USC athletic director Mike Garrett just hired … Lane Kiffin. Lane Kiffin, Mike? Really? What happened? Did Barry Switzer say no?

Lane Kiffin: You’re the next contestant on This Coach is Full of Crap. Come on dooowwnnn!

Paris Hilton has paid more dues than Lane Kiffin.

 

[LightningRod]

Orgeron stood against a wall as if waiting for his mug shot to be taken when surrounded by reporters. First day on the job and he was already citing the 5th Amendment.

 

[NFBuck]

This is going to end well.