So, interesting choice for a first review, right? College football is still over six months away (shhh, stop crying SEC fans) and our boy Lane hasn’t even coached a game for UT…not even the Spring game. However, Coach Kiffin has given the eleven other SEC schools a treasure trove of great material for decades to come. How could a pre pre-season review be ignored? First, I’ve diagnosed Lane’s problem. He has a mild case of Tourette’s syndrome. I mean, the guy says every bad thought that goes through his overworked brain. Filter, Kiffin, Filter. We could start way back in the NFL for this review, but let’s just focus on the time Kiffin has been coach of UT:
1. Made fun of and belittled a talent rich high school in Florida where he just nabbed a top recruit from UF.
2. Bragged about stealing recruits from other schools on camera.
3. Called Urban Meyer a cheat on camera, which was untrue and landed him a nice reprimand from SEC Commish Mike Slive.
4. Was subsequently reported for two recruiting violations by his own school and his excuse? “Other schools do it, too” (This is the same guy that bragged he got all but one answer right on NCAA recruiting exam).
5. Said he fired a staff member when his driver was 25 minutes late picking him up at the airport (Reason: That was 25 more minutes Urban and Saban had to get recruits). Maybe he is just insane?? UT quickly said no one had been fired and that Coach Kiffin was just running a very “disciplined program”. Are two recruiting violations in his first few months disciplined?
I could give Laney boy a 5 Spork review for making something relevant come out of Tennessee football for the first time in nearly a decade. However, relevant doesn’t equate to greatness in this case. When Urban took over Florida, he immediately focused on football and the fundamentals. He won two national championships in four years. Saban has made similar progress in Babalama by nearly winning the SEC Championship and playing in a BCS bowl game in his second year. The Nutt defeated the last three National Champions and won the Cotton Bowl in his first year at Ole Miss. Even Auburn’s new lackluster coach Chizik has enough brains to just shut up and pray if he works hard enough, something good will happen (see: Ron Zook for results). Instead of focusing on the fundamentals of football, Kiffin has done a knock up job of pissing off his rivals by his accusations, cheating and dirty tricks and at the same time made a bigger joke out of his school. I mean, have you actually heard the lyrics to Rocky Top??? These are huge negatives for a team coming off one if its worst seasons in a long, long time. So for that, kiddin’ Kiffin gets:
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