Guess the rumors about the Mannings not liking Kiffin were true

I dug this up for a Gator board I'm on in trying to explain that there's a lot more to why Ole Miss got better in the last six years than just Kiffin and that Kiffin was a pretty controversial hire here at the time.

LINK

The pertinent quote being:

quote:

---

You ask me, it depends on which Kiffin he hired. Kiffin has been called a football genius. He also has been called brash, immature and worse. His hiring is a calculated risk. Carter believed he needed to make a big splash with this hire because of an apathetic fan base. He strongly believes that revenue generated by increased ticket sales and athletic donations will more than make up for the millions this coaching change will cost. And he might be right.

But not all Ole Miss people are so enamored with Kiffin’s hiring. Archie Manning, the school’s all-time athletic hero, has been noticeably reticent on the subject. He was not part of this hiring process.

There are others.

---