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Kiffin: (Replacing Saban) would be the dumbest follow ever.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 9:59 am
Posted on 7/8/22 at 9:59 am
https://www.si.com/college/olemiss/football/rebels-college-football-lane-kiffin-nick-saban
Now, we all know that Alabama will cut a check and get the person they want but Kiffin may not be the one. I don't see Saban coaching much longer considering that he is 300 years old.
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Would Lane Kiffin be eager to replace Nick Saban at Alabama? The head coach himself says "not so fast."
The leader of the Ole Miss Rebels program recently spoke with Blake Toppmeyer of the USA Today network, and the prospect of replacing Saban for the Alabama Crimson Tide was a topic of conversation. Alabama has the resources. It certainly has the history of success. Who wouldn't want to be the Crimson Tide head coach?
For Kiffin, it's not as cut-and-dry as that.
“What could you possibly do right if you don’t win the national championship every year?” Kiffin said. “‘You’re going to follow Nick Saban at Alabama?’ No, that would not be a good decision for anyone.”
Kiffin's father, storied coach Monte Kiffin, used to tell his son that the wisest career path is following lackluster coaches, not legends, at good programs.
Even so, Kiffin, in his past, didn't always heed his father's advice when it came to career moves
“I didn’t listen to him very well,” Kiffin said. “I followed two Hall of Fame coaches in Phillip Fulmer and Pete Carroll. Not smart. So, you see how USC ended. (Replacing Saban) would be the dumbest follow ever.”
The question was bound to come up for Kiffin who constantly refers to Saban on Twitter as "the goat (Greatest Of All Time)." Kiffin spent seasons as Saban's offensive coordinator at Alabama, and his quick rise to success at Ole Miss has many speculating what his next move could be.
Should "the goat" retire in the near future, however, it appears that Kiffin wouldn't be quick to pull the trigger on a move to Title Town after all.
Now, we all know that Alabama will cut a check and get the person they want but Kiffin may not be the one. I don't see Saban coaching much longer considering that he is 300 years old.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:01 am to Landmass
Bill O’Brien is Alabama’s head coach-in-waiting.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:01 am to Landmass
Might swell be Joey Freshwater
Anybody following Saint Saban is not going to fare well.
Anybody following Saint Saban is not going to fare well.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:03 am to NFLSU
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Bill O’Brien is Alabama’s head coach-in-waiting
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:03 am to NFLSU
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Bill O’Brien is Alabama’s head coach-in-waiting.
Does the head coach in waiting thing ever actually play out?
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:05 am to Landmass
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Does the head coach in waiting thing ever actually play out?
Jimbo at FSU
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:05 am to Cheese Grits
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Might swell be Joey Freshwater
Anybody following Saint Saban is not going to fare well.
He's making a base salary of $7.25 million at Ole Miss, where he can pretty much do whatever the hell he wants for as long as he wants. I'm not so sure he would cash out of a gig like that to make a little bit more but for a much shorter time frame.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:14 am to Landmass
Law 41: Avoid stepping into a great man’s shoes
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:15 am to SidewalkTiger
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Jimbo at FSU
The rare exception. (Of course that would be Jimbo)
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:18 am to Landmass
Coach O. is going to come out of retirement to lead Alabama into the future.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:19 am to Landmass
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He's making a base salary of $X million at (insert school), where he can pretty much do whatever the hell he wants for as long as he wants. I'm not so sure he would cash out of a gig like that to make a little bit more but for a much shorter time frame.
Never heard that before....
No, it wouldn't be. Nobody will be excited about following the most successful coach in history and JFW might be only one who is not only an established product but has the BDE to actually pull it off. There are tons of worse picks and not just from a literal sense
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:23 am to RedDirtSooner
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Coach O. is going to come out of retirement to lead Alabama into the future.
I don’t think there is a descriptive word for the meltdown that would occur.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:27 am to Landmass
quote:Would Lane consider the Auburn job though?
He's making a base salary of $7.25 million at Ole Miss, where he can pretty much do whatever the hell he wants for as long as he wants. I'm not so sure he would cash out of a gig like that to make a little bit more but for a much shorter time frame.
Harsin is a short timer and many of my AU friends would love to get Kiffin on the Plains.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:28 am to Landmass
LOL at Ole Miss fans thinking Kiffin didn't ask this question himself just so he could answer it and start the discussion about the possibility
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:29 am to Mr Sausage
All hell would definitely break loose.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:30 am to Landmass
He is really going to be hard to follow and a lot of top coaches would like a (bad) buffer in between Saban and trying to coach at bama.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:53 am to RedDirtSooner
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Coach O. is going to come out of retirement to lead Alabama into the future.
Might be worth it from a pure entertainment standpoint.
The press conferences would be the stuff of legend.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 10:58 am to Landmass
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He's making a base salary of $7.25 million at Ole Miss, where he can pretty much do whatever the hell he wants for as long as he wants. I'm not so sure he would cash out of a gig like that to make a little bit more but for a much shorter time frame.
All he has to do is look at Mullen leaving state for UF. That didn’t work out too well
Posted on 7/8/22 at 11:19 am to Landmass
“Now, we all know that Alabama will cut a check and get the person they want but Kiffin may not be the one. I don't see Saban coaching much longer considering that he is 300 years old.”
This is such a tired argument. No matter if you’re the next coach or 3 removed from Saban your expectations will be no different. You will be a national player or you will be gone. Had saban not won to Bama standards he would be no different and would have been shown the door. People say oh ray Perkins never had a chance because he followed Bryant. No ray Perkins never had a chance because he sucked.
Gene stallings went 7-5 his first season, had he done that again in 91 he would have been axed but he finished 11-1 and 5th in the country.
No coach at Bama is going to get 5 years to be competing for the national title. If you don’t believe you can coach at Bama then you probably can’t or shouldn’t be coaching anywhere.
With that said, I don’t want kiffin. The Bama job is not for him. He’s probably right where he needs to be.
This is such a tired argument. No matter if you’re the next coach or 3 removed from Saban your expectations will be no different. You will be a national player or you will be gone. Had saban not won to Bama standards he would be no different and would have been shown the door. People say oh ray Perkins never had a chance because he followed Bryant. No ray Perkins never had a chance because he sucked.
Gene stallings went 7-5 his first season, had he done that again in 91 he would have been axed but he finished 11-1 and 5th in the country.
No coach at Bama is going to get 5 years to be competing for the national title. If you don’t believe you can coach at Bama then you probably can’t or shouldn’t be coaching anywhere.
With that said, I don’t want kiffin. The Bama job is not for him. He’s probably right where he needs to be.
Posted on 7/8/22 at 11:23 am to Landmass
I would never follow Saban at Bama. You want the job after the first guy gets run out of town.
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