re: Official Coaching Search Thread

Who are you quoting

It reads like a Neal post.

The long awaited WhiskeyDick opinion that none of you asked for.

Lane truly does like it here for his family and himself. He’s got arguably more program control, comfort, etc than any other active coach not named Saban in a town with his parents (and now children) who love him. He’s a rockstar in Oxford with no signs of that changing, even if he stumbles a few years here and there. I think he stays, especially after seeing us step up to his borderline ultimatum on the NIL front that we not only met, but exceeded. With an expanded playoff, he can keep us in the mix year in and year out. I’ll speak the truth even if people hate me for it, I’m not sure any coach in the world can make Ole Miss compete for a championship every year without the expanded playoff. The SEC is a meat grinder and with LSU bouncing back and on the rise, making Atlanta is a tough battle without a lot of balls bouncing your way in the current system, especially for a small school swimming in a sea of monsters.

That said, if he’s offered guaranteed generational wealth (90mm+) then he’s an absolute idiot to not leave. His great grandkids will never have to work a day in their lives. We can talk about how coaches are competitive and want to win all day, but at the end of the day it’s still about money. He’s not an idiot, he knows he’s on the hot seat starting day one due to Auburn’s history of chewing through coaches and spitting them out unless they consistently compete for a Natty. He also knows he won’t have near the control he currently has. He will have a shot with Auburn resources, but if he fails, he effectively won the equivalent of a major Powerball jackpot and can be a guest commentator on ESPN and ride off into the sunset on a jet ski tweeting from the beach. If he wants to coach, he knows he’s starting over and going back to a Florida Atlantic type situation, but with that kind of money, he can hang up the clipboard and not grind again unless he wants to.

I’m not mad if Kiffin leaves, he was the right guy at the right time. He convinced the world Ole Miss could be competitive year in and year out. He turned our small school into a household name, it’s amazing how for two decades most people didn’t know who Ole Miss even was, to random strangers approaching me on the street when I’ve got a Rebel shirt on asking me about the team (I’m now far removed for the Sip in a place where literally everybody had a blank stare after asking me where I went to school) . He taught us how to effectively work the portal, and did the impossible with the NIL progress we’ve had. We needed the social media star power to get that up and running, and I’m not sure any other coach could have made that progress for us like he did. He earned his paycheck and more. I’m not so sure Kiffin actually is a championship caliber coach as there’s a lot left to prove. We might actually be better off now with a different coach, and I’m personally not all-in throwing the bank at him to keep him here. Again, he was the right guy at the right time for us, not necessarily who we need going forward. I think we’ll be fine either way as long as we don’t completely frick up the next hire with a Luke like pick. I don’t think Keith does that, and we have enough money now to not make a desperation hire, so I’m not that concerned.

Nuance is lost on a few posters here. They can’t get past black and white.

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WhiskeyDick

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Good post.

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Unless he really wants to be in the SEC I think this is just a name people throw out.

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both of these could potentially be true.

As was stated earlier....it's more than worth throwing the offer out. Make both him and OSU say no.

I admire his thoughtfulness. Kudos whiskey

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The long con

Is he fat?