re: So, who do we get?

Bob, let's just agree to disagree on this. DELETED

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Maybe it goes back to him getting wasted in his first year and being caught fricking in a public restroom

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Wait, are we talking about Lane or BLD?

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You're focusing on the distinctions

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Yes. I am focusing on the differences of the two situations. As one should when looking at two situations to see if they’re different or not.

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the ultimate fact that you might lose your coach ahead of the most important run in program history.

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This has already been explained to you.

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I think it is similar but there are a few differences: -He hasn't it let it become a spectacle the way Kiffin has. His name came up as interviewing for Florida and he immediately shut it down. -Kiffin has said he doesn't discuss during jobs during the season and that in and of itself would be fine if he didn't have his agent actively negotiating with multiple schools and very publicly send his family to check out those locations. -Nobody is expecting Sumrall m or trying to get him to leave in the middle of a playoff push. I don't think you will hear anything about him taking another job until his season is actually over (I could be wrong, but just a feeling). All Kiffin had to do is say I don't discuss job opportunities until after the season, and then live by that. Don't have your agent do it. Say if you are interested in hiring me, talk to me after the playoffs. (It's different if it is not a year you are in playoff contention) Or he could have told LSU and Florida, one word gets out about this and we are done.

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You hit it perfectly.

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In 5 years, no Ole Miss fan is going to be talking about "how" Lane left...

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When you're in love with someone and they leave you, it's not how they left. It's just that they left.



You can gripe all you want about Lane's antics. But rest assured that in 5 years, you won't be thinking about a flight he took to Baton Rouge. You'll be thinking about the dream of confetti falling on his shoulders for a national championship only to realize that you weren't enough for him.

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buddy Tennessee fans still hate that mf with a burning passion after 16 years. You think OM fans will just forget and stop mentioning “how” he left after all this?

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Quite literally today it was posted about how he called recruits in the middle of the night.

You shouldn't be biting your tongue. You should be praying he stays.

I think y'all are misunderstanding my point. If a successful head coach leaves, it's very common any program takes a step back. If your next coach goes 3-5 years without a 10 win season, you're going to be more sad that Lane left. Caring about "how" he left will be secondary. You can talk about Tennessee or USC fans all you want, but he never won at either of those places like he did at Ole Miss, nor did he stay for 6 years.

Don't read this coming from a State fan, I promise that's not my angle. I think this frustration and hope that he leaves is guided by a misplaced belief that the program won't miss a beat if he does. The grass is rarely ever greener on the otherside in situations like this.

Pete golding attended delta state and graduated from there . Never attended ole miss and is not an ole miss alum

I agree with you. I don’t care and will not care why or how he leaves. I will be sad unless we strike gold again with the next hire. Tough ask in the current coaching carousel.

The only reason I did not initially like the hire was that leaving was clearly in his DNA and if Lane did well at OM he would move on. That is a bad look for a program especially where said program already had it happen once (tuberville). Essentially the fateful leaving has already happened once (Auburn 22) and is clearly happening now.

I have definitely enjoyed the ride, but I would give it up if we had hired a “good coach“ that was much less likely to leave at some point. .

The hire was a gamble by Keith that Lane would do well and more importantly if Lane was successful that somehow he could keep him. That “somehow” happened once already in 2022. - his daughter.

I believe after 6 years some level of roots exist to Oxford/OM (good) and the more wins as time goes by (good), the more likely the “somehow” he stays could happen again. I think Keith Carter has been playing that card masterfully.

If Lane does stay the perception that Ole Miss as a legit big boy program will continue to grow (by his retention. playoff appearances, 10 win seasons, winning recruiting battles, etc etc) and more importantly, eventually Ole Miss will achieve stand alone big boy value with or without Lane. Lane would be. a victim of his own success with less and less leverage in his contract.

Time is our friend in this shite show but it is running out. Once it is clear Lane is actively damaging the future of our program Keith Carter will have no other choice but to show Lane the door.

It is going to be really interesting to see what KC/Lane do tomorrow if/when we win the egg bowl.