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re: Kiffin wanted the Florida job till he met with the AD
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:14 am to Hugh McElroy
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:14 am to Hugh McElroy
Thanks. The original article is from CBS so it threw me off when I saw the NYP.
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Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:20 am to StopRobot
quote:Correct. But he ended up at LSU because they put constraints on him (a GM with NFL experience that the AD would hire) that were not acceptable.
Really wanted to be at Florida tho
Wait your turn. He wants Bama as his final goal in the SEC.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:22 am to Windy City
quote:A better job opened.
Kiffin wanted the Florida job till...
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At the time, Florida was the biggest job available
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 10:23 am
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:25 am to NFLSU
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Then he talked to Nick Saban who repeated how his biggest regret in life is leaving LSU because it’s the #1 job in all of college football.
All Nick Saban has ever said was leaving college for the NFL was his greatest regret. He has never publicly stated LSU is the #1 job in college football that's just you wishcasting.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:08 am to NFLSU
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Then he talked to Nick Saban who repeated how his biggest regret in life is leaving LSU because it’s the #1 job in all of college football.
In recent statements, Saban has expressed that while LSU has a great history, its status as the "best job" is debatable because of how the sport has changed. He believes that the most crucial factor is now the amount of money a school can spend to build its roster, not just facilities and fan support
Source: LINK
Alabama or Georgia are the best jobs in CFB right now. Can that change? Sure.
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 11:10 am
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:10 am to StopRobot
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“At the time, Florida was the biggest job available and had the leverage to dictate some of its terms. That included wanting a general manager with an NFL background who wouldn’t report directly to Kiffin,” the report stated, citing sources with intel on Kiffin’s perception of the conversation.
WTF?
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:13 am to Bham Bammer
Over the last decade, Florida has transitioned into more and more of a basketball school.
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 11:14 am
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:51 am to PSS101
Sadly LSU cares more about winning football games than us the past decade.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:53 am to SEC Doctor
quote:So that's why his family flew to Gainesville a month after BK got shitcanned.
Sounds like he had all but eliminated Florida from consideration even before the LSU job became available.
Makes sense
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:55 am to StopRobot
nah, he didn’t
Posted on 12/2/25 at 12:01 pm to hookem33
LSU fans have this bizarre, weird desperate desire for Nick Saban to say something nice about them.
They are the crazy high school ex gf that stalks their happily married ex on Facebook even after they have a new boyfriend. Looking at pics of his happy family and their wonderful life while using AI to impose their face over the wife's in the pics.
They are the crazy high school ex gf that stalks their happily married ex on Facebook even after they have a new boyfriend. Looking at pics of his happy family and their wonderful life while using AI to impose their face over the wife's in the pics.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 12:14 pm to Chad4Bama
quote:HE LOVED US FIRST
LSU fans have this bizarre, weird desperate desire for Nick Saban to say something nice about them.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 12:31 pm to StopRobot
Can't say I blame him. LSU was an absolute last resort but the pro of coaching there is he'll be blessed with a massive buyout when they fire him in 2030. It dwarfs the hell their fans will put he and his family through when he loses to a 4 win Kentucky team...
Posted on 12/2/25 at 12:33 pm to Chad4Bama
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LSU fans have this bizarre, weird desperate desire for Nick Saban to say something nice about them.
They are the crazy high school ex gf that stalks their happily married ex on Facebook even after they have a new boyfriend. Looking at pics of his happy family and their wonderful life while using AI to impose their face over the wife's in the pics.
It really is something to see. I'm not one to criticize fan bases, especially considering how some of ours are, but seeing them on this board is pretty wild. For a guy who hasn't won a damn thing.
I think he will do well there....but, to this point, he's mostly just proven that he's a world cass troll
Then again after a few more years of Sark I, myself, will probably cry tears of joy when he's finally fired.
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 12/2/25 at 12:34 pm to TDsngumbo
Saban and Sexton told him where to go even after he and his family felt UF was best mix of personal and professional.
LK is a 50 year old still wanting and needing to be led by father figures.
He said this himself last week.
LK is a 50 year old still wanting and needing to be led by father figures.
He said this himself last week.
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 12/2/25 at 1:16 pm to SM1010
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Sadly LSU cares more about winning football games than us the past decade.
Yup. You can’t be a serious program hiring sun belt Billy.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 1:38 pm to Pimphand
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He has never publicly stated LSU is the #1 job in college football that's just you wishcasting.
Factual statement detected.
Here's his quote:
"When I left LSU, that was probably professionally the biggest mistake that I ever made," Saban said. "Not because we didn't have success in Miami, because I enjoyed coaching in Miami. But I found out in that experience that I like coaching in college better because you could develop players — personally, academically, athletically and all that — a little more than in pro ball."
Posted on 12/2/25 at 1:54 pm to Ingeniero
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I agree with him that LSU is the best job in football
LSU firing three successful coaches with multiple championship game appearances and two national championships between them is evidence that it clearly isn't.
At a school that should be considered the best job, national championship coaches wouldn't be one and done.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 2:11 pm to StopRobot
Not surprising..I met Scott once..wanted to commit suicide after. But I am religious, so didn't.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 2:11 pm to NFLSU
Last night after the MNF game Ryan Clark (former lsu safety) called out three of the last four LSU coaches. That's a run of coaches over more than 20 years that were disrespected by a former player.
That's not reflective of the best that ever was.
That's not reflective of the best that ever was.
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