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I think Kiffin is actually happy at Ole Miss. He seems to enjoy his time there. Sure, if a blue blood opens up and he's been asked to interview I'm sure he would leave, but otherwise I think he and his family like living there.  JMO

Less pressure and media attention at ole miss.  Kinda like Gundy's gig at okie lite.  Lane would be a great NFL assistant coach for a team in California or Florida.

But I wouldn't be surprised to see Lane stay at ole miss for several more years, even if other high profile offers come his way.

 

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Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin.

A decade later and it’s still baffling that the two not only joined forces in Tuscaloosa but that the odd couple survived (nearly) three full seasons.

A new book set for release next week offers some new context to their dynamic when Saban hired the castoff head coach as Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2014 straight through the messy breakup at the end of the 2016 campaign.

The insight comes from an excerpt obtained by AL.com of “The Price: What It Takes to Win In College Football’s Era of Chaos,” a new tell-all from veteran journalists Armen Keteyian and John Talty (formerly of AL.com), set for release Aug. 27.

A chapter dedicated to sports agent Jimmy Sexton leads with the Saban/Kiffin relationship and Sexton’s role in their union. The CAA agent reps both coaches, and according to the book, it was Sexton who encouraged Saban to offer the fading star a second chance after Kiffin was dumped by USC.

Saban explained the hiring at the time as Alabama needing to modernize its offense at a time when the game was shifting from the run-heavy pro-style to a wide-open, pass happy attack.

“When I met with him about coming here, I said we have to change, we have to study and we have to figure out all these RPOs and all this spread offense and these motions and all these things we do,” Saban said in a 2022 radio show appearance. “And Lane is a really smart guy. So he was a good guy to really dive into this.”

While Saban, at the time, tamped down speculation that their contrasting styles were creating friction, the book offers insight into what could be a caustic relationship.

One such moment came when Kiffin called Sexton warning him that an angry Saban was about to call. Why? The offensive coordinator told the head coach “he didn’t know what he was talking about” in a meeting.

True to form, Saban’s less-than-cheerful call came within minutes.

“That son of a bitch,” Saban said to his agent, according to the book. “I’m going to fire you, Jimmy, for ever talking me into hiring that narcissistic prick.”

The agent who reps a solid majority of the SEC coaches (including Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer and Auburn’s Hugh Freeze) had to talk Saban down that day but the two would continue to have their moments.

The book quoted a Saban conversation with another former assistant about Kiffin being the only assistant who constantly questioned Saban and “refused to adapt Saban’s preferred approach.”

“I ain’t never had a f------ coach I can’t control,” a disgusted Saban told this assistant.

At times, it was Sexton who had to coach Kiffin.

The book chronicles one such phone call, which Kiffin made just hours before a November 2015 kickoff in Tuscaloosa. The offensive coordinator called his agent to ask about a head coaching position that was coming open.

Sexton was enraged.

“I was screaming at him,” Sexton said, according to The Price. “‘Let’s go play the game today. Let’s win the game today. If you win games, you’ll get a job. People don’t hire guys who are losing; they hire guys who are winning.’”

Kiffin was not hired in that season’s round of coaching musical chairs so he returned for what would be his third and final season in Tuscaloosa. He almost got to the finish line but after struggling to juggle his Alabama offensive coordinator duties with building his Florida Atlantic staff after being hired as the head coach, Saban famously fired him between the CFP semifinal and the national title game.

Before that, Saban defended his hiring of Kiffin on multiple occasions. One such memorable defense came just a month into Kiffin’s first season.

“We communicate well,” Saban said in the Sept. 23, 2014 news conference. “He’s very respectful in terms of presenting the information I need and when I make suggestions, he always respects them. We communicate well during the game so it’s always been good is the way I would put it.”

Saban paused.

“If I did what you all thought when I hired the guy, he wouldn’t even be here. So maybe that was the assumption because nobody thought it was a good hire that all of a sudden there was something bad. But I thought it was a good hire. Nobody else did. You know, I got beat up like a drum over doing it and now, all of a sudden, it’s great.”

Kiffin would coach FAU for three seasons before being hired at Ole Miss before the 2020 season. He went 0-4 in games against Saban there, ending with a 24-10 loss last September in what would be their final meeting.

Kiffin has also publicly praised Saban, notably on social media, since his time in Tuscaloosa. He credited Saban with saving his career after he was fired from his dream job at USC.

“I’m so very appreciative to him those three years and really him taking a chance on me,” Kiffin said last month at SEC Media Days in Dallas. “Not just ‘OK what did I learn when I got there,’ which is all over our program whether that’s coaches hired, former players hired, principles process over outcome. But the opportunity that he gave me to come there. I feel like a lot of people wouldn’t. It was controversial and I give him credit.”

 

  • 3 weeks later...

Lane having fun with Freeze's comment...

Two weeks in and we're making manhood jokes about Auburn's season. 

 

Ole Miss/Kiffin beat Wake Forest so bad they are paying $1 million to not travel to Oxford next year for a second blow out.

 

pretty shitty if you ask me

Not reading this entire thread. Did Kiffin go to Ole Miss?

I'm just sad he doesn't get to play A&M this year.

Freshwater makes college football better

We definitely need Joey Freshwater!
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Lane is gonna rebuild Florida real fast next year.

My daughter is a freshman at Ole Miss. Kiffin’s daughter is a sophomore. Word on the street is that the daughter has asked Lane to stay at Ole Miss at least until she’s graduated. Take that for what it’s worth.

About to put a big 70 on the scoreboard today vs the Cats. 

She looks better with less makeup. WOULD

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2 minutes ago, Nivek said:


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She's in college. Has to be an adult.

If she isn't I retract my would and replace with would NOT

7 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

She's in college. Has to be an adult.

If she isn't I retract my would and replace with would NOT

She is 19 I believe.

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

About to put a big 70 on the scoreboard today vs the Cats. 

Home team has been dodging bullets so far. Nearly lost the opening kickoff and should have been flagged for end zone DPI a moment ago. But Kentucky looks as witless as its head coach, so I don't see an upset brewing.

Ole Miss isn't nearly as good as advertised. They can't legally cover even one receiver for UK, much less what Sark would unleash on them. 

The Rebels put up only 7 points in the first half and Dart’s numbers are rather meh.

4 minutes ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

They look terrible vs UK right now

Only 8mins TOP in 1st half...   WOOF 

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8 minutes ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

They look terrible vs UK right now

aggy chose wrong passing on Stoops

6 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

aggy chose wrong passing on Stoops

They only make hunnert year dershurshuns, like wasting an entire decade in the SEC.

Jermey Maclin has a son old enough to play at UK already? Damn I'm getting old. 

1 minute ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

It occurs to me now how stupid Aggy looks calling Texas, "sips" with two mississippi teams in the conference lmao

It just occurred to you that aggy looks stupid?

Kiffin has been outcoached by Stoops

Dart has been outplayed by Vandagriff

SEC! SEC! SEC!

Oh nevermind, this was cousin on cousin violence.  

I’m willing to give that blonde with the big tits some comfort

Kentucky is a dangerous team, old school SEC ball control team.

Just now, Stunns38 said:

Kentucky is a dangerous team, old school SEC ball control team.

We should win convincingly.

4 minutes ago, Sal said:

Kiffin has been outcoached by Stoops

Dart has been outplayed by Vandagriff

Kiffin seemed far from poised/calm at the half

Same old shit from Kiffin and Ole MIss. 

 

Edited by Hank Kingsley

After Dart completed the long 4th down pass on their final drive, the ole miss playcalling was just terrible...  

 

 

Edited by LTtxfan

1 minute ago, Homesickhorn said:

Somebody shoot me.

I believe that’s a crime, even with your consent.

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