3 Years in and I wish we had Kiffin

100% agree. Kiffin was the home run hire back then. Contrary to popular belief, I bet he stays at Ole Miss for the long haul. With the playoff expanding, he has no reason to leave, at this point, for a job not named Alabama or Georgia.

I'm with Chesh, I don't think he's going anywhere

I was the biggest anti-Kiffin guy on here a few years ago, and for good reason.

His tenure at USC at the end was a disaster, and his players were openly fighting each other in the locker room at the Sun Bowl in 2012. He drew Saban’s ire constantly and got unceremoniously fired at Alabama for how he handled the coaching transition to FAU. He spends more time on Twitter than some influencers.

That said, his time at Ole Miss has been impressive. He won 10 games last year and will again this year with a different QB. He made good coordinator hires in Durkin and Lebby, and his new DC looks to be solid. His team plays hard and physical. I envy them.

Kiffin is a lot like Petrino in that he brings expertise on offense and is essentially his own OC. His tenure here probably would’ve been like Petrino — lots of fun and winning with an abrupt ending with a sex scandal involving a blonde.

I’m not out on Pittman yet. I do have reservations because we’re losing some games we shouldn’t and still seem to have some Bert and Chad stank on our program. Time will tell, but I’d be wrong if I said I saw this coming with Kiffin at Ole Miss.

I’ll pass.

Look…we had to hire someone to bring stability to the program and bring respect back. We’ve done that. While we haven’t finished in the top 10, Pittman has had our program ranked back in the top 10, two years in a row.

We still have Morris holdovers on the field. We just came off a 9 win season after going through an 0’fer two year SEC stretch just not long ago. I think expectations jump up too damn high sometimes and we forget the entire program was a complete rebuild. There’s going to be bumps along the way. For me, Pittman is the perfect guy to keep us stable and get us back to respectability. He isn’t a long term national title contending coach…but he is what we needed and as far as I am concerned, he gets the chance to lose his job on his own terms.

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He isn’t a long term national title contending coach…but he is what we needed and as far as I am concerned, he gets the chance to lose his job on his own terms.

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I was Kiffin guy. I believe he would have left us as quickly as he did Tennessee had a job he wanted came open.

I thought with Sam the worst thing we would get is 4-5 years of someone who actually recruited good kids for the next coach to make something out of.

I think Sam was the better hire for what we needed after watching both. Kiffin inherited an elite QB. He’s a good coach, but he hasn’t had the schedule Sam inherited. I’m anxious to see how Ole Miss navigates the back end of their schedule.

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That being said, Kiffin was never coming here.

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I disagree. He was interested but was told he was too immature or something to that effect.

excellent post

I know one thing, after hearing Poole and Sanders earlier... Yeah, I am solidly looking forward to what Pittman does the rest of the season with what he has available.

He has the right focus, that is for sure. Unlike Bert, Chard, and Nuttz. HDN was a middle to good HC overall... But not good enough and an ego the size of Texas.

Pittman is down to earth and trying to right a ship that was completely rudderless for so dang long

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Mike Irwin

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First person to push Sam Pittman because they were friends.

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His “Wittle Wayne Kiffin” nickname for him is extremely cringe. Yet he keeps saying it on his show.

You know it has the double digit IQ’d boomers on Hogville belly laughing, but it’s dumb and not really funny.

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I don’t really listen to any Arkansas media, and that’s kind of why I quit. Everyone is cringe as shite. But that sells because half this fan base if you look at any FB group or forum, are mouth breathers.