Lane Kiffin dumps UT

Listen to this interview with Joe Schad who first broke the story.......they were in Orlando for a convention and he wouldn't talk. By the time Kiffin commented, USC had already announced the hiring and all the media was running with it.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4820772&categoryid=2564308

 

espn mentions that UT is targeting muschamp

 

yeah, as much as they all got screwed over by this guy, they're all going to come out looking like the bad guys after this one

 

I bet Tommy Tuberville is kicking himself right now.

 

no they're not pissed for screwing over in that sense....perhaps you misunderstand my earlier post

it was more the while getting everyone's hopes up, saying he's staying at UT to build them up, talking about the great recruiting class etc

in less than a day he just goes "oh hey, i got offered a job at Southern Cal and i'm taking pretty much the whole staff with me...so see ya" and bolts (w/ a p.s. recruits come with me to USC)

he promised everyone he was there to stay for improvement and rebuild and then he used them as a one year stepping stone; and not only that (worse than the bowl game) he leaves less than 3 weeks before signing day, so all the guys who were going to enter early are now gone, and UT has no coach so a team that's rebuilding has to scramble to find someone so that they can salvage something out of this class cause most of these 23 commitments are now gone, more likely to rival sec schools or to southern Cal at that as well.

When things looked like they were getting better, he left them high and dry in a position that hurt the school/team for 3-4 years...they pretty much now have to hire an entire coaching staff in less than a week if they want to lessen the blow however much they actually can (it's like when Dennis Francione bolted from Alabama and just left the players notes)

if anything, these people are devastated because after offering hope and promises, he just used them to get somewhere else after 1 year. (someone used the analogy of snake oil salesman) He used them as a stepping stone to get to where he wanted and then bolted leaving them pretty much in the same or possibly worse state than they were...for his own gain



the screwed over part was about him leaving 3 weeks before signing day and how that's going to hurt UT in the next few weeks, and even few years; noone called him for the gun problems or the hostesses thing, they're upset about this right now, that's where he screwed them over

they bought what he was selling and then he just up and left them quicker than...well i cant think of a good metaphor this late; they feel very betrayed right now

 

Tuberville just signed it (and is classier); i dont think he can just get out of it easily in less than a year (of course too, it makes you look like a dick as a coach and hurts future job prospects)