I just don’t see how anything that starts this rotten can work out

He's a dead man walking. LSU fans are already setting themselves up for serious disappointment with their laughably absurd expectations (like they do every single year). They legit think Kiffin's gonna walz in there and easily go 16-0 every year. The reason? He won with less... just like Brian Kelly, Billy Napier and Hugh Freeze. They're going to melt so hard when he loses his first game next year, things may get violent. Especially when reality slaps them in the face. Kiffin is a good coach but he's notorious for losing games he shouldn't. And when he gets pantsed by another SEC team with zero conference wins, it's gonna get ugly. He'll have a very short leash.

Plus you saw how Kiffin reacted when a beat reporter called him a ho. Dude won't be handle the heat from LSU fans. Theyll call Lane and his family every name in the book, threaten his children, stalk his girlfriend, etc. I legit think Kiffin only took this job for the payout. He knows how insane their fans are, how the administration treated Kelly and the fact that they wont tolerate 9-3 seasons at LSU unlike Florida and Ole Miss. But I bet he'll coast until he gets thay buyout just like Kelly did.

They do have a pretty manageable schedule next year unfortunately. All their tough games are at home.

Yes agree.

He will probably do well his first year to ease him into a 9+ win season with a favored schedule.

Schedule flips on him in year 2. That is probably when everyone will realize if he is a contender or a pretender. (I think he will be the real deal and a potential dynasty in the making at LSU)

In today's era of NIL/transfer portal football, I'm not convinced LSU is THAT much better of a job. He's giving up a lot of leeway and good will at Ole Miss to go to a program that's equal parts tradition and psychotic dysfunction. And he's doing it at a time when the value of tradition is at an all-time low.

The mess he leaves at his former employers is not a problem for LSU. Realistically, LSU is a "terminal position" for head coaches in the 21st century. He's either going to flourish there and coach until he wants to hang em up OR he's going to crash out and decide whether he wants to restart his path through the coaching cursus honorum. I suppose there is a chance the NFL may call his name. However, I suspect that chances of that happening are slim to none because he went out of Oakland on terms that probably blackballs him with NFL owners.

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The Kiffin Krashout at LSU will be spectacular. The Baton Rouge/New Orleans media won't cover for him for long with his off field antics. Guy is a walking train wreck and he is going to a place that won't have guardrails on him.

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If you're waiting for LSU to be outraged by any of his off field antics, I'm afraid you'll be waiting a long time. As long as he wins big, he's golden. Now, if he doesn't meet their expectations for winning, they'll be able to use his off field antics to renege on their contract.

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If you're waiting for LSU to be outraged by any of his off field antics, I'm afraid you'll be waiting a long time. As long as he wins big, he's golden. Now, if he doesn't meet their expectations for winning, they'll be able to use his off field antics to renege on their contract.

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Yep...They''ll excuse Joey Freshwater and trolling on twitter and basically being an a-hole.

But will they excuse going for it on 4 and 1 from their own 25-yard line because the analytics tell him to?

Or his reliance on the portal? The difference between LSU and FSU is really small when you think about it, and Lane lucked out tremendously on a D2 QB doing well in the SEC. Part of that was a good evaluation on his part, but it was a huge, huge risk.

I don't know if Kiffin is capable of winning championships at LSU, but I do know that he is capable of costing LSU a Championship or 2 because he has done that here at Alabama.