"All of this stuff about media attention, well, look at the results thus far. Top 10 recruiting class, No.1 player in the country, first time that's ever happened at Tennessee. I don't think it's very hard to figure out, if that other stuff didn't happen, our recruiting success doesn't happen.
You don't go 5-7, you don't come in and not have your staff signed until one month before signing day and have the success we have recruiting without the national attention.
I don't love the way that I've had to do everything. But I was not hired to please fans of other schools . I was hired for three people: the people of Tennessee, our current players and the recruits."
That was a statement that Lane Kiffin told TSN's Matt Hayes.
Does he really believe that? Does Kiffin think what spews from his mouth is helping his cause?
Because he needs to realize that after he goes 4-8 (and I looked at the schedule. That is VERY possible) the recruits won't still be lining up to come and play for him. They will realize it was PETE CARROLL that was having all of the success out there in SoCal and not Lane Kiffin. We saw what has happened with Kiffin tried to run a program/franchise....Al Davis fired him and moreorless called him an immature idiot.
Interesting how I am now siding with Al Davis on the issue of Kiffin. WOW.
There is some talent on the Tennessee sidelines. With Eric Berry and at the Running back spot, Fulmer didn't leave the cupboard completey bare. It will be interesting to see how Kiffin botches it up. Because Urban Meyer and Florida will crush him....Saban will slaughter him....Richt will beat him in Knoxville...Spurrier will take him down....heck Bobby Johnson will outcoach him (beat him is another question)...Kentucky game is in Lexington if I remember correctly (Advantage: UK)...oh, yeah and Rick Neuheisel at UCLA is also on the schedule.
And I highly doubt the recruits will still want to come and play for Laney when he has a losing record and likely continues to make an ass of himself. They just won't.
Keep pissing off the state of South Carolina and Florida and the city of Memphis. That'll endear you to your potential recruits.
At some point the circus will stop and people will see the exposed clown. And in three years the act will grow old and Tennessee will be looking for a new coach.
But it just boggles my mind that he might actually think that what he is doing is helping. Bro, after a while Urkel killed Family Matters. Yeah, it was cute at first, but then Urkel hit puberty and then it was just sad. That's you Kiffin. You are on the way to becoming a 17-year old Urkel. It wasn't pretty then and it won't be pretty in two years. But at least his wife is hot...
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Yeah there are 4 wins built into the schedule. I think they are loaded at RB. I think the DC is probably the best position on the team.... all this said.
Their coach is a master of panic to quote shaq. He is going to freak out. That is not a recipe for QB success...especially when they aren't good to begin with.
I see them playing a lot of teams very tight on defense... and playing a lot like.... Mississippi State. Run Run Run... oh crap throw. 5-6 wins this year... maybe 7 if they get lucky. They will not win 10 games until they manage to land a really good QB. Say Lane Kiffin is Steve Spurrier (which is a huge stretch obviously) How many elite QB's has Steve Spurrier managed to land in his tenure at South Carolina?
I don't see Kiffin succeeding where Fulmer failed...except maybe he gets a few extra linebackers or DB's.... WR's.
The dumb kid positions that relate to coaches acting like morons.
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