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Lane Kiffin, Still Classy!

  • se-alum
    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/recruit-decommits-usc-lane-kiffin-pulls-scholarship-three-165651928--ncaaf.html

    Not sure why anyone would want to play for this guy.
  • ptown_trojans_1
    Well, how much of the NCAA limit on scholarships came into play on this one?
    He could still sign, he would just have to wait until the fall.

    Looks like a senior was going to stay on, and USC, with the restriction, had to hold up and say wait until the fall.
    The douche move is not telling the kid until late.
    But, hell if the kid wanted to head to USC really badly, wait until the fall, take the spring off or something.
  • Footwedge
    Pat Haden is the bafoon here. Yesterday, he fired the wrong head coach. The top ranked football team went 7-6.
  • wildcats20
    Footwedge;1366644 wrote:Pat Haden is the bafoon here. Yesterday, he fired the wrong head coach. The top ranked football team went 7-6.

    This.
  • ernest_t_bass
    He gets his scholarship in the fall. I see nothing wrong with this. But they at least should have told him from the get-go, that his scholarship would not be effective until the fall after his senior HS year.
  • karen lotz
    ernest_t_bass;1366667 wrote:He gets his scholarship in the fall. I see nothing wrong with this. But they at least should have told him from the get-go, that his scholarship would not be effective until the fall after his senior HS year.

    It was effective until they got a 5 star safety commit at an all American game that also wanted to early enroll.
  • ernest_t_bass
    karen lotz;1366670 wrote:It was effective until they got a 5 star safety commit at an all American game that also wanted to early enroll.
    If this happened in the fall, I would say it is BS. Just stay in HS, and come back in the fall when your scholarship is effective.
  • karen lotz
    ernest_t_bass;1366674 wrote:If this happened in the fall, I would say it is BS. Just stay in HS, and come back in the fall when your scholarship is effective.

    He's already graduated from high school.
  • vball10set
    ernest_t_bass;1366667 wrote:He gets his scholarship in the fall. I see nothing wrong with this. But they at least should have told him from the get-go, that his scholarship would not be effective until the fall after his senior HS year.
    That's why it's so shitty, 'cause they didn't. That, and this...
    Fitts talked to a couple USC coaches at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 5 and they said they were ready to have him on campus
  • ernest_t_bass
    karen lotz;1366676 wrote:He's already graduated from high school.
    Then work out on your own, live with your parents, and come to campus in the fall. Big deal.
  • cats gone wild
    They only have like 14 verbals. Its not like they dont have room for him.
  • karen lotz
    cats gone wild;1366702 wrote:They only have like 14 verbals. Its not like they dont have room for him.

    If he would have enrolled early, they'd have 76 on scholarship right now. They don't have room for him.
  • se-alum
    The kid did all the extra work to enroll early, because he was told he would be able to. Two weeks ago he was told everything was ready, then they just shut him out. It's a big deal because kids enroll early to get in and learn the system, and have a better chance to actually play during the season. It was a dick move by Kiffin and USC.
  • vball10set
    se-alum;1366779 wrote: It was a **** move by Kiffin and USC.
    /thread
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    For the life of me I have no idea how Lane Kiffin was hired at Tennessee, let alone USC. That guy must have pictures of some AD in a precarious position. The guy's done nothing in his life and was hired at two "top" programs.
  • wkfan
    http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/college-football/story/_/id/8849887/usc-trojans-scuffle-following-bowl-defeat-sources-say

    Great team leadership at the top of this program.
  • Fly4Fun
    The USC football brand is just taking on water fast...
  • vball10set
    Fly4Fun;1367222 wrote:The USC football brand is just taking on water fast...
    ...and if Chip Kelly's announcement today is an indication of bad things on the horizon, I wonder how long it'll be before Oregon's joining them?
  • ernest_t_bass
    vball10set;1367239 wrote:...and if Chip Kelly's announcement today is an indication of bad things on the horizon, I wonder how long it'll be before Oregon's joining them?
    What was his announcement? I know that google.com exists, but ohiochatter.com/vball10set is quicker.
  • ernest_t_bass
    vball10set;1367239 wrote:...and if Chip Kelly's announcement today is an indication of bad things on the horizon, I wonder how long it'll be before Oregon's joining them?
    ernest_t_bass;1367260 wrote:What was his announcement? I know that google.com exists, but ohiochatter.com/vball10set is quicker.
    Nevermind. Google was faster. You suck.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/sports/football/the-eagles-hire-oregons-chip-kelly.html?_r=0
  • Heretic
    Manhattan Buckeye;1366964 wrote:For the life of me I have no idea how Lane Kiffin was hired at Tennessee, let alone USC. That guy must have pictures of some AD in a precarious position. The guy's done nothing in his life and was hired at two "top" programs.
    With one of those programs (Tenn) having fallen to (at best) second tier in their conference since he's been there and the other (USC) looking pretty damn mediocre with him as coach last year.

    It's turning into one of those things where I want ANY program I dislike to hire Kiffin for a year or two, just so they can both get infractions and completely fall apart.
  • dlazz
    Lane Kiffin was never a good coach. Not sure why USC and Tennessee were sold on him.
  • Fly4Fun
    dlazz;1368116 wrote:Lane Kiffin was never a good coach. Not sure why USC and Tennessee were sold on him.
    I was saying it all pre-season. There is no reason USC should have been a #1 ranking (or title contender) as Lane Kiffin has yet to prove anything as a coach.

    He's the John Calipari (the "flash" required for recruiting and certain slimeyness about him) without the in game success.
  • -Society-
    Fly4Fun;1368121 wrote:I was saying it all pre-season. There is no reason USC should have been a #1 ranking (or title contender) as Lane Kiffin has yet to prove anything as a coach.

    He's the John Calipari (the "flash" required for recruiting and certain slimeyness about him) without the in game success.
    Wow...you are the greatest. Now please...go away.
  • karen lotz
    SC offered the freshman sister of Eddie Vanderdoes a basketball scholarship.