re: And people called Meyer Cocky" RE:Kiffin

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Yes, they are being funded by our donors. Trust me, Tennessee has plenty of them.

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Exactly, so money doesn't really factor into the equation. In all honesty, who would you rather have as HC: Lane Kiffin or Jon Gruden?

Kinda reminds me of NC St a few years ago, with Amato...had Norm Chow and a bunch of very highly paid assistants.

They broke up after 5 years I think, and 8 National Championships...

Eddie Gran made it clear that he wanted to remain at Auburn, but Gene Chizik decided not to retain him. Eddie Gran's only two options were the unemployemnt line or working at Tennessee. I have never heard anybody else claim that Eddie Gran was Auburn's best recruiter either.

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With the staff now complete, not only do we have the best recruiters in the SEC but some of the best in the country," Kiffin said. "To be able to take South Carolina's recruiting coordinator, Mississippi State's recruiting coordinator, Alabama's best recruiter and Auburn's best recruiter over the past 10 years was a great accomplishment for us.

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So who's going to actually COACH the team???

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I think he gets the UThugs back to dominating bama before he touches the gaytors.

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That would seem to be the obvious sequence, if ever.

Mike Shula had like 5 former head coaches on his staff and look how that turned out.


Kiffin was turned down for the University of Minnesota job before accepting the job at Oakland.

So you just hired a guy the Gophers didn't even want simply so you could bring in an amazing DC who is what.... 80?

You realize Mike Shula's dad was Don Shula one of the NFL's greatest coaches and look what it got him!

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In my book, if CLK is pissing other SEC fans off, i say keep up the good work.

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Haha you can talk when the dude actually proves himself in the conference. Until then, all of his fabricated and outrageous claims are just laughable to the other major schools.

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You realize Mike Shula's dad was Don Shula one of the NFL's greatest coaches and look what it got him!

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Shula was way under rated - AND he had to deal with the NCAA sanctions. Same # of losses in his last 2 seasons as saban in his first 2.

Just sayin'.....

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call me crazy but i do think he will get tennessee back to elite status. may take some time but UT has always been a school that can get the big recruits

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Only main problem is that they will have to recruit many out of state athletes. Not saying that they won't be able to, but we'll have to wait and see.

With the support/money that UT has it was inevitable that they would build a solid incoming staff. Hopefully their coaching is not as good as their recruiting :)