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re: How are the new Head Coaches in the SEC doing?

Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:43 pm to
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:43 pm to
Remember when Sidewalk would post Brian Kelly’s winning percentage in every thread? Those were fun times.
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
69427 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:43 pm to
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I don't recall a lot of these people saying anything about him being a bad coach or anything like that until he was hired at LSU. Seems like all of these spirited comments about him at LSU would have been made before. Very strange times.


You have to look back at what they said prior to the hire, for a true indicator.

For instance, here's Reek:

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Posted by captdalton on 10/19/25 at 6:34 pm to Crappieman

He is in his sixth season at Ole Miss. He is on his way to his fourth double digit win season and third in a row. Ole Miss has had four 10 win seasons in the past 50 years. Kiffin is responsible for three of them the last four seasons. He will do it again this season. He has turned Ole Miss, Ole Miss, into something they haven’t been for over 50 years - nationally relevant.

Kiffin has turned a perennial doormat into a nationally relevant winning program.

Meanwhile, your guy has turned a nationally relevant program into a series of gifs and memes.




This was prior to Kiffin leading Ole Miss to the playoff.

And now he says it was a bad hire.
Posted by NFLSU
Screwston, Texas
Member since Oct 2014
20272 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:48 pm to
Gumps hiding their fear of Lane Kiffin at LSU like…



Posted by GatorBait24
Pensacola
Member since Jul 2016
6189 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:49 pm to
LSU stacked SEC fricked.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
22717 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:50 pm to
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And now he says it was a bad hire.


Absolutely. LSU spent over $130 million dollars to hire Lane Kiffin. $130 million for Lane Kiffin. That is beyond bad, it is insane.
Posted by NFLSU
Screwston, Texas
Member since Oct 2014
20272 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:50 pm to


Who do you expect to be QB1 at Florida in 2026?
Posted by GatorBait24
Pensacola
Member since Jul 2016
6189 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:53 pm to
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Who do you expect to be QB1 at Florida in 2026?

Aaron Philo I expect that position to be very average. UF will play defense and run Jaden Baugh. 8 wins would be a success. We are a basketball school now.
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
69427 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:55 pm to
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Absolutely. LSU spent over $130 million dollars to hire Lane Kiffin. $130 million for Lane Kiffin. That is beyond bad, it is insane.


Well, no.

They spent $93mil. The money owed to Kelly was a sunk cost. And they had to pay someone to coach the team anyway.

Do some research into the sunk cost fallacy, Reek.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
22717 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:02 pm to
Remember when LSU fans unanimously agreed that Cam Cameron was a better coordinator than Lane Kiffin?

Better Coordinator: Cam Cameron or Lane Kiffin

Remember when LSU fans agreed that Lane Kiffin was a curse, destined to fail, even an intentional attempt by Saban to sabotage Alabama football?

Alabama Hires Lane Kiffin

I can keep going, there are so many incredible takes about Lane Kiffin by LSU fans. Amazing how their opinion of him did a 180 when LSU hired him.
Posted by NFLSU
Screwston, Texas
Member since Oct 2014
20272 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:05 pm to
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UF will play defense and run Jaden Baugh

Pretty funny that Baugh told Jabbar Juluke and UTranny’s blank check to go frick themselves.

It’ll be even funnier when he runs through UTranny’s defense…yet again.

Imagine losing to Billy Napier right before he got fired
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
69427 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:05 pm to
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Remember when LSU fans unanimously agreed that Cam Cameron was a better coordinator than Lane Kiffin?

Better Coordinator: Cam Cameron or Lane Kiffin

Remember when LSU fans agreed that Lane Kiffin was a curse, destined to fail, even an intentional attempt by Saban to sabotage Alabama football?

Alabama Hires Lane Kiffin

I can keep going, there are so many incredible takes about Lane Kiffin by LSU fans. Amazing how their opinion of him did a 180 when LSU hired him.


Well it has been a whole decade, Reek
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
22717 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:06 pm to
No one forced LSU to fire Kelly and Woodward. That $60 million in buyouts was completely avoidable. It wasn’t a sunk cost until LSU desperation once again reared its head.

LSU spent over $130 million dollars to hire Kiffin.

The same Lane Kiffin that LSU fans all agreed was a horrible coach in previous years.
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
69427 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:10 pm to
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No one forced LSU to fire Kelly and Woodward. That $60 million in buyouts was completely avoidable. It wasn’t a sunk cost until LSU desperation once again reared its head.


Research the sunk cost fallacy, Reek. When you're in a hole, you don't keep digging.
Posted by pgaddxn
between here and there
Member since Jul 2008
1087 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:26 pm to
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YOU'LL ALWAYS. REGRET, IF YOU DON'T
GOTOLSU, IT'STHE
BEST JOB IN AMERICA


Well this is certainly going to piss some people off around here. Why would The GOAT say such a thing?
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
22717 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:32 pm to
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Well it has been a whole decade


Less than two years ago, when LSU beat Ole Miss, there were some scathing posts by LSU fans about Lane Kiffin. For example this is a very small sampling.

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by TN Tygah 10/13/24 at 1:40 pm to Tactical Syrup

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Ole Miss has a ceiling. It's not the coach.


Horse shite. Ole Miss could be dangerous with a good coach. Lane Kiffin is the most overhyped coach in the NCAA


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by nicholastiger 10/13/24 at 5:17 pm to SouthMSReb

I’m sure debust will hire him as an analyst


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by WilliamTaylor21 on 10/12/24 at 11:40 pm to The_Ultimate_Warrior

Muh popping corn

Kiffin is a joke


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by SidewalkTiger 10/9/24 at 10:53 pm to OleVaught14

I mean he'd still have a higher win percentage than Kiffin.


Yep, Kelly had a higher winning percentage than Kiffin then.

No, LSU fans were not very high on Lane Kiffin in the fall of 2024. Fast forward a year and they all said he was one of the best coaches in football.


Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
22717 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:34 pm to
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Why would The GOAT say such a thing?


A guaranteed contract paying $13 million per year. Regardless of what happens, LSU owes Kiffin over $72 million dollars.
Posted by Dawgs2122
Member since Dec 2024
2269 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:34 pm to
We good
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
22717 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:35 pm to
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When you're in a hole, you don't keep digging.


You certainly do.
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
27223 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:37 pm to
That is Fisher kind of money without even a championship to his name. That right there is a good salesman.
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
69427 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:38 pm to
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Fast forward a year and they all said he was one of the best coaches in football.


Like you said, he turned a doormat into a nationally relevant program.

He also understands the portal and NIL, I don't think BK ever really adjusted to this era.


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