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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Lane will be gone after this year. If you’re a NCAA coach, you HAVE to strike while the iron is hot. That money won’t be there forever, and neither will the loyalty of the fans or AD of your current job. It’s a cut throat business.

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by SicemDawgz View Post
    Lane will be gone after the C-USA Conference Championship. If you’re a NCAA coach, you HAVE to strike while the iron is hot. That money won’t be there forever, and neither will the loyalty of the fans or AD of your current job. It’s a cut throat business.
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    Re: Lane Kiffin

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    I'd bet he leaves before the championship game. Early signing period...

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Kiffin headed back to Tennessee???? That's the rumor. Well, that's "a" rumor. There are/will be lots of such rumors, until one of them becomes true.

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by dawg80 View Post
    Kiffin headed back to Tennessee???? That's the rumor. Well, that's "a" rumor. There are/will be lots of such rumors, until one of them becomes true.

    I called this 6 or 8 weeks ago. But he may not want to go back there.

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Skippy will be in Fayetteville before Kiffin goes to UT as the Vols HC.

    And Skippy aint going anywhere.

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post
    Skippy will be in Fayetteville before Kiffin goes to UT as the Vols HC.

    And Skippy aint going anywhere.
    Never underestimate the hubris of the SEC though. UT hired DD for crying out loud.

    Skip's in Ruston as long as he can keep bleeding TMac dry.

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Dawg View Post
    Never underestimate the hubris of the SEC though. UT hired DD for crying out loud.

    Skip's in Ruston as long as he can keep bleeding TMac dry.
    T-Mac may run the risk of being the next Jeff Long. A lot of T-Mac's future depends on how well Skip does next season.

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    T-Mac may run the risk of being the next Jeff Long. A lot of T-Mac's future depends on how well Skip does next season.
    You're not giving me a lot of reasons to root for Skip for the next 10 seasons or however long we're stuck with him

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    T-Mac may run the risk of being the next Jeff Long.
    Hahaha! Not much risk of that. Long is one of the best in the business. He won't be on the market long.

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    Art Briles.
    That would be funny just to see all the heads explode

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post
    Hahaha! Not much risk of that. Long is one of the best in the business. He won't be on the market long.
    Best in the business? Are you ever right about anything?

    Just kidding. I've never been impressed with Jeff Long. After Bobby Petrino self destructed at Arkansas, Long hired John L Smith for 1 season to replace Petrino, and the Hogs promptly went 3-9. Then Long hired Bret Bielema, and ended up foolishly giving Bielema a 6-year contract extension after Arkansas' 7-6 finish to the 2014 season. Not only that, Long more than doubled Bielema's buyout from $6.2M to more than $15M in the process. Make no mistake, Arkansas fans were pissed.

    So, he doesn't hire well and he can't manger contracts well. I'd say that's a recipe for disaster in the AD role. Yeah, somebody may be stupid enough to hire him again, but they will have some real "selling" to do to their alumni.

    By the way, I know Jeff long is very well connected. He's the ultimate insider. But he's also a slime ball. He is to college sports what "swampers" are to Washington DC politics. When they talk about draining the swamp, they're talking about guys like Jeff Long. And he's no friend to G5's either. He hates G5's.

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post
    Proportionally, is that any bigger than Skip's?

    I'm just wondering. Their total athletic budget is just over $128 million. His buyout amounts to 31% of their athletic budget.

    I could see Kiffin at A&M or UCLA. Could he be a dark horse at a place like Florida? Probably not, but it would be a really interesting hire for them.
    UCLA would be pretty funny--imagine the sportswriters waiting at airport for Kiffin--arrives at runway where Pat Haden did not let him get on Plane with team and fired him 2 years ago. I would rule out LA--he's about as popular there as Weinsteen and Republicans. Not sure his "wild child" personality would sit well with AM-- lot of big time programs looking for coach but he still has a lot of "fresh" baggage--think any decent AD would ignore him after looking at resume....

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by SicemDawgz View Post
    Lane will be gone after this year. If you’re a NCAA coach, you HAVE to strike while the iron is hot. That money won’t be there forever, and neither will the loyalty of the fans or AD of your current job. It’s a cut throat business.
    I agree he would take a big time job --just think his resume would keep AD from putting big money on table-- winning CUSA tirle is not what qualifies you for 40-50 million commitment--- just my opinion

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    Re: Lane Kiffin

    Quote Originally Posted by HogDawg View Post
    Best in the business? Are you ever right about anything?

    Just kidding. I've never been impressed with Jeff Long. After Bobby Petrino self destructed at Arkansas, Long hired John L Smith for 1 season to replace Petrino, and the Hogs promptly went 3-9. Then Long hired Bret Bielema, and ended up foolishly giving Bielema a 6-year contract extension after Arkansas' 7-6 finish to the 2014 season. Not only that, Long more than doubled Bielema's buyout from $6.2M to more than $15M in the process. Make no mistake, Arkansas fans were pissed.

    So, he doesn't hire well and he can't manger contracts well. I'd say that's a recipe for disaster in the AD role. Yeah, somebody may be stupid enough to hire him again, but they will have some real "selling" to do to their alumni.

    By the way, I know Jeff long is very well connected. He's the ultimate insider. But he's also a slime ball. He is to college sports what "swampers" are to Washington DC politics. When they talk about draining the swamp, they're talking about guys like Jeff Long. And he's no friend to G5's either. He hates G5's.
    just read your post and you did a much better job tan me--- AD putting career on line hiring a loser like Kippen

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