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During these trying times, Lane Kiffin still good at trolling Alabama
Posted on 8/11/20 at 9:20 am
Posted on 8/11/20 at 9:20 am
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Lane Kiffin
@Lane_Kiffin
6 year anniversary?!? Time flies I guess @OleMissFB @AlabamaFTBL
9:05 AM · Aug 11, 2020
Posted on 8/11/20 at 9:32 am to paperwasp
Never seen so many grown arse men act like children after that game. From VHS to our car 3 different groups tried to start shite with us
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Posted on 8/11/20 at 9:33 am to paperwasp
Makes you wonder who our OC was that year?
Posted on 8/11/20 at 9:35 am to paperwasp
The ex girlfriend who just can’t move on.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 9:36 am to JackieTreehorn
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The ex girlfriend who just can’t move on.
Still mad about daddy chewing his arse out in front a national TV audience.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 9:54 am to 14&Counting
I love Kiff. He was an unbelievably imaginative OC. The guy turned Blake Simms, a running back for most of his time at Alabama, into an all-time leading passer for the Tide.
His wizardry in 2015 with Coker down the stretch is still awe-inspiring.
If anything else, I love that he has that "frick you" (like Saban) approach to the blue-hair alums and fans that think their opinion of the program actually matters. He marches to the beat of his own drum, and I think that OM program will be better for it.
His wizardry in 2015 with Coker down the stretch is still awe-inspiring.
If anything else, I love that he has that "frick you" (like Saban) approach to the blue-hair alums and fans that think their opinion of the program actually matters. He marches to the beat of his own drum, and I think that OM program will be better for it.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 10:03 am to ATLabama
I don't mind Lane, but he and Ole Miss will both be back in trouble again soon. Neither one can help themselves.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 10:13 am to ATLabama
Guys like Kiffin are great for the game of football.
As much as Saban seems to tire of his antics publicly, behind closed doors I bet he respects Kiffin for knowing who he is and running with it.
I'm sure they've learned a lot from each other.
As much as Saban seems to tire of his antics publicly, behind closed doors I bet he respects Kiffin for knowing who he is and running with it.
I'm sure they've learned a lot from each other.
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High achievers don't like mediocre people.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 10:49 am to paperwasp
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As much as Saban seems to tire of his antics publicly, behind closed doors I bet he respects Kiffin for knowing who he is and running with it.
I'm sure they've learned a lot from each other.
Agree with this.
While I'll take Steve Sarkisian against the field for the HC position after Saban leaves, if Lane does a good job at Ole Miss, he should get a look.
I know he's an SOB, but go look at what Saban looked like at his age - they're both very, very similar. Those folks at Michigan State and LSU have plenty of stories about what Nick was like in his hell-raising come up as a head coach.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 11:16 am to ATLabama
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I love Kiff. He was an unbelievably imaginative OC. The guy turned Blake Simms, a running back for most of his time at Alabama, into an all-time leading passer for the Tide.
His wizardry in 2015 with Coker down the stretch is still awe-inspiring.
Kiffin had an amazing offensive imagination. He also could very well become a very real liability with his vision of the big picture. Pretty much the reason coach Saban felt compelled to reel him in with some of his gameday innovations. Kiffin often said he didn't believe in offensive identity and he coached like it. He always seemed more interested in what defenses were showing and not enough appreciation for what the offensive talent was built to accomplish.
Some of his personal philosophy about horizontally stretching teams was ridiculous and far too redundant. Defenses were teeing off on our poor WRs on those jet sweeps and bubble screens. Defensive teams with very average D-lines would get constant penetration at the LOS, even on running places against his offensive schemes. The Ohio State game was a mismanaged mess, the Washington game was just bad overall, and rewatching the Huskie game you can see why coach Saban stopped believing. I truly get the coach in 2016, that was enough of that.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 11:20 am to bamameister
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The Ohio State game
Too soon.
Those last minutes of the first half still haunt me.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 11:29 am to paperwasp
To me, Kiffin always focused too much on winning a single battle instead of winning the war. He didn't get the big picture. He would waste 5 plays setting up a master stroke later in the game and was very successful at doing that, but the 5 wasted plays might have killed 5 drives to get to that point. He left yards and points on the field by maneuvering the defense into what he wanted for one kill shot.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:07 pm to paperwasp
Wasn't that the year that Ole Miss's salary cap exceeded that of most NFL teams?
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:24 pm to forestwhitackersgood
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Wasn't that the year that Ole Miss's salary cap exceeded that of most NFL teams?
Yes, this was from 2014, when they ultimately vacated wins.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:27 pm to phil4bama
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He would waste 5 plays setting up a master stroke later in the game and was very successful at doing that, but the 5 wasted plays might have killed 5 drives to get to that point. He left yards and points on the field by maneuvering the defense into what he wanted for one kill shot.
Man you know that was working Nick's last nerve.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:39 pm to paperwasp
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Too soon.
Those last minutes of the first half still haunt me.
I feel you, bro. I'm not even over Ara Parseghian.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 2:49 pm to bamameister
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The Ohio State game was a mismanaged mess
I cannot begin to understate how limited Blakes Simms is as a quarterback in a short-to-medium passing game.
Ohio State had guys like Eli Apple and Marshawn Lattimore as corners, so, you couldn't just beat them on streaks off a bootleg play action.
Our attempt to "surprise" Auburn in the 20 yards and under passing game was a woeful experience filled with tipped balls, under/overthrown routes, and interceptions.
OSU just got us that game. They were better.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 6:49 pm to paperwasp
Who celebrates a 6 year anniversary?!?
Posted on 8/12/20 at 6:44 am to paperwasp
Lane Kiffin is an assclown. He always has been and apparently always will be.
Posted on 8/12/20 at 6:46 am to ATLabama
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I cannot begin to understate how limited Blakes Simms is as a quarterback in a short-to-medium passing game.
Kiffin chose him over Jake Coker. Jake came into the Florida game when Sims got dinged and promptly drove the length of the field for a TD. He looked more than capable and just as advertised by Jimbo Fisher. The next season, it was Kiffin who was still messing with the QB spot when he allowed Cooper Bateman to try out for the next Blake Sims role. Coker had performed well vs Wisconsin and really up to the Ole Miss game. That was Kiffin and it's the visions in his head of what he wanted to see.
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Ohio State had guys like Eli Apple and Marshawn Lattimore as corners, so, you couldn't just beat them on streaks off a bootleg play action.
Henry and Yeldon were criminally underused all season and neither had a 1000 yards going into the playoff so it wasn't news to Ohio State that Kiffin would keep milking the Sims/Cooper connection. That was Kiffin and to not exploit our running game as a mismatch was shortsighted and mismanaged.
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Our attempt to "surprise" Auburn in the 20 yards and under passing game was a woeful experience filled with tipped balls, under/overthrown routes, and interceptions.
I thought Sims came out hot vs the barn. He just quit throwing the ball with confidence during the middle part of the game and the gus bus thought they broke the code. Saban read the riot act to Sims and was just about to put Coker in the game and it got Sims head back where it belonged. He responded with a huge bomb to Cooper and we never looked back. Sims got smoking hot again.
That really wasn't the Kiffin gameplan for my take, it was more a QB getting tentative and tight in a hugely emotional game. It's happened to all our QBs in big games. Well, maybe not Tua.
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