For the Kiffin haters what exactly should he have done different?

I love it when LSU fans purposely leave out key facts to make it seem like Lane is the victim. It’s incredible.

Shouldn’t matter anymore because Golding is their man and reason for success.

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Waited until after the playoff.

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Wasn’t an option. Ole miss made it that way. So he was supposed to pass on that opportunity because his current employer was trying to block him?

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I love it when LSU fans purposely leave out key facts to make it seem like Lane is the victim. It’s incredible.

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Then make it credible and inform us. I'm curious to know what you guys think happened.

It wasn’t an option. They told him to sign the extension or get lost.

Once again waiting till after the playoffs was NOT an option. LSU couldn’t wait 6 weeks without naming a coach considering signing date , portal , etc.

Wasn’t an option for LSU. Question was what Kiffin should have done.

The question was only posted so LSU could come in like an angry woman and yell, no, it was their fault, it was their fault.

First the calendar had to be adjusted to be fair to schools. Second LSU would have absolutely waited on Kiffin until end of season. They can actually afford to wait. Most Louisiana recruits are going to LsU regardless. The transfer portal also addresses any deficiencies left in roster. Kiffin should have said I will address this at the end of the season once my team has finished playoffs nuts only fair to the kids I agreed to coach. LSU fans would want the same treatment if the shoe was on the other foot. No one should blame Kiffin or whoever for wanting to go to LSU. He and LsU could have waited until the end of the season. There should be a rule in place to protect schools that until a teams season has concluded be it November or January that a coach cannot be contacted. Similar to NFL.

Just heard the Yexas Tech coach address these very issues. I’m sure the interview can be pulled up online. He made some great intelligent well thought out points.

Truth is there's no ideal way for a coach in that situation to handle it. It's comes down to the degree of how poorly a coach who is leaving handles a situation.

Kiffin could have handled it the same way Saban did when he left the Dolphins. Saban brushed off questions for a solid month and at one point flatly denied interest in leaving the Dolphins for Alabama and did so to coach out the remainder of the Dolphin's regular season which he
did.

Saban caught absolute hell from the
national media, Miami area media,
and a lot of rival SEC fans saying what a scumbag and snake he was for "quitting" on the Dolphins despite coaching out the entire regular season schedule. His only mistake was lying the one time when he flatly denied interest in the Bama job about a week or so before being introduced as the new Bama coach.

The media was pissed at Saban because they had spent over a month laughing at Alabama administrators, Bama AD Mal Moore, and Bama fans and mocking them as delusional for thinking they had a chance in hell at luring Saban away from the Dolphins. Saban made the media look like fools when Alabama fans turned out to the right. Instead of humbly admitting they got it wrong the media doubled down on attacking Saban, the Alabama administration, and Alabama fans.

Ideally, Lane could have let it be known to LSU officials that he would leave OM at the end of OM's playoff run and insisted that LSU keep everything on the down low until after OM's playoff run was over. Lane and LSU both could have avoided a lot of criticism handling it that way instead of announcing and making the move when they did.

It is funny looking back at how much the money has changed in college football the last 20 years. Everyone thought Alabama had lost their fricking minds when they offered Saban an 8 year, $32 million dollar guaranteed contract. LSU will end up paying Lane the equivalent of Saban's entire initial 8 year Alabama contract by the midway point of Lane's 3rd season at LSU.