re: Lane- on why he left-More 5 star recruits than in 6 yrs at other place

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Nick saban never said that. He has actually said Georgia head coach is the best job in college football. He has said leaving lsu was his biggest regret because it made him realize how much more he enjoyed college football. But lsu fans pretend the rest of the quote didn’t happen. The him saying lsu is the best job is just more delusion derived from the original delusion that won’t let them process the full quote.

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Lane himself said Nick told him that so either Nick did in fact tell him that or Nick is fine with letting Lane put words in his mouth because Nick has not denied Lane's story to this day

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I can google where nick saban said Georgia is the best job in the sec. I can google where lane claims nick said lsu job is best job in America. Two things I can’t do is google nick saban saying lsu is the best job in college football and trust what lane kiffin says

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Ok well regardless of what you do, Nick has not said anything denying Lane's story since he uttered it so have fun I guess

what's public record is Lane said he spoke with Saban and Pete Carroll and they both told him he'd regret it if he didn't take the LSU job and how great that job is, neither Nick nor Pete have denied that story so do with that what you will

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I understand the power of the LSU brand, but if you are talking about brand it is not shite on Texas, OSU, Bama, UGA and Notre Dame for that matter. LSU had an incredible run, because yes, they are the only major Division 1 school in the state. NIL levels the playing field a bit. Will a Louisiana kid go to LSU over other SEC programs if the money is all the same, probably. Are they turning down an extra $5k to go out of state, probably not.

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Program with the most Nike endorsements of any in the sport and it isn't even close for 2nd place, first offensive lineman with a Nike endorsement, also more 5-star high school recruits than his 6 years at OM

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And give it a rest on the Saban thing, do you expect him to publicly shite on LSU now that he's on ESPN and arguably the face of college football? Lane couldn't even get an interview with Bama after Saban retired. If Saban loved Kiffin that much, he would have told them to hire him. He gave Lane advice, as I'm sure he offers the same to everyone that has coached for him. Nick telling Lane he has a better chance to win championships at LSU is not the same as saying LSU is the best job in the country.

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You're the one who brought it up and Nick hasn't denied Lane's story so either Nick indeed told Lane that or he's fine with letting Lane put words in his mouth, either way it helped LSU

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Because this is what this rat does. If he gets in a corner he chews his way out of defending it.

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When a LSU fan gets in a corner he leaves Tiger Stadium at halftime. To beat the traffic, not because Texas A&M or Alabama is beating them by 3 touchdowns.

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What the frick are you even talking about? What is your point?

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Despite what LSU fans think, Nick Saban does not care for LSU after the way their fans demonized him for so many years. He knows who and what Lane Kiffin is - Kiffin cost him a national championship by bailing the week before the national championship game. To get back at LSU - and to pad Jimmy Sexton’s bank account - he pushed Lane to LSU knowing that eventually he will self destruct and leave LSU a burning dumpster fire.

Ever big time P4 or NFL job he has had he has left wreckage in his wake. The Raiders, Tennessee, USC, Alabama, Ole Miss - ugly breakups every time. None of those fanbases particularly care for Kiffin, and some loathe his existence.

But this time will be different.

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Ole Miss - ugly breakups every time.

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Ole Miss's fault moreso than Lane's, they tried to have their cake and eat it too and dragged their feet as both the Florida AND LSU jobs came open

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Despite what LSU fans think, Nick Saban does not care for LSU after the way their fans demonized him for so many years. He knows who and what Lane Kiffin is - Kiffin cost him a national championship by bailing the week before the national championship game. To get back at LSU - and to pad Jimmy Sexton’s bank account - he pushed Lane to LSU knowing that eventually he will self destruct and leave LSU a burning dumpster fire.

Ever big time P4 or NFL job he has had he has left wreckage in his wake. The Raiders, Tennessee, USC, Alabama, Ole Miss - ugly breakups every time. None of those fanbases particularly care for Kiffin, and some loathe his existence.

But this time will be different.

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Well, LSU signed up for him, gave him the biggest contract in the sport, stacked his roster, got a bunch of his players Nike endorsement deals, we'll see what happens.

Have fun having the worst rushing attack in the SEC again this season

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Ole Miss didn't drag their feet, asked our coach in the midst of a great season to commit to the program that was committed to him and avoid all the publicity of him looking at other jobs.

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Well when the Florida and LSU jobs come open and you're at Ole Miss, that goes out the window. Moreover, Carter and Co delaying the inevitable probably cost you the opportunity to join the coaching search earlier and caused you to pull an LSU-Coach O and rush Petty Pete to the podium as full-time HC.

How long was his extension offer on his desk by that point?

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When we forced him to make the decision, he tried to have his cake and eat it too.

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And y'all barring him from coaching the playoff while his offensive staff remained probably cost you a national championship or championship game berth so whatevs

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He said the same 2 days ago and acknowledged it was a mistake.

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Fair, and he was honorable to cop to that but I honestly don't think he was in the wrong at that time in wanting to coach the team during the playoff, I mean Sumrall got to coach Tulane and he was leaving for Florida, Kirby Smart and the future Georgia defensive staff coached Alabama in the 2016 national title game, etc. It's not Lane Kiffin's fault the college football calendar is the way it is, it makes stuff like this awkward, deal with it.

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It's baffling to me how Keith Carter wasn't working with other candidates that were available, like Sumrall.

Per the reports at the time, Sumrall preferred Ole Miss and Judge and Golding were likely staying regardless.

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Exactly, I think Carter and Co got way too arrogant and deluded themselves that Lane wouldn't possibly dare look at clearly better football programs that just came open when they were about to make the playoff, clearly dismissing the fact that his extension offer had been on his desk for months and hadn't been signed. Should've taken that as a signal to start their contingency plans instead of just rushing Petty Pete to the podium.

LSU fans have first hand knowledge of this almost same situation going down in 2016 with the Joe Alleva/Tom Herman fiasco and not conducting a thorough vetted coaching search that they panicked and rushed Coach O to the podium and made the football program look like total shite

It's like Ole Miss people ignore this when talking about Lane and possibly Sumrall coming had they started the search sooner instead of dragging their feet

The entire coaching world knew Lane was leaving. Only question was the destination. The PoS wasn’t remotely engaged with his team on the edge of the playoffs.