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Ole Miss's hatred of Lane Kiffin
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:54 am
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:54 am
Can someone rationally explain to me the hatred of Lane Kiffin leaving Ole Miss?
- Was it the timing (i.e., before the Playoffs)?
- Was it due to not coaching in the Playoffs?
- Was it due to leaving Ole Miss for LSU, arguably Ole Miss's biggest rival?
- Was it due to all the offseason behavior (trying to roster the 3 players)?
- Was it the timing (i.e., before the Playoffs)?
- Was it due to not coaching in the Playoffs?
- Was it due to leaving Ole Miss for LSU, arguably Ole Miss's biggest rival?
- Was it due to all the offseason behavior (trying to roster the 3 players)?
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:56 am to GentleJackJones
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:56 am to GentleJackJones
1,000 threads discussing this very thing. Use the Search function. You can find more than you could possibly read in a life time.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:57 am to GentleJackJones
The Runts have never had a more successful 6 year stretch in their entire existence. That's the reason. Don't overthink it.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:58 am to GentleJackJones
With Lane it's never about him leaving. It's how he leaves. It's always a spectacular bridge burning.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:01 am to GentleJackJones
Timing was part of it and being spurned for another is another, but it was likely more the loss of hope and venture back into the unknown. Ole Miss has been mediocre to really bad for a long time. Lane had them regularly nationally relevant and hopeful for the first time since Vaught was coaching, outside of a few blips on the radar.
Bigger ?? is why did UTk have such a bad reaction. They still carry that bruised ego over Lane today. That one is weird.
Bigger ?? is why did UTk have such a bad reaction. They still carry that bruised ego over Lane today. That one is weird.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:04 am to Che Boludo
I can’t enough of reliving the thousands of twitter posts about how Lane isn’t leaving and loves Ole Miss and it’s just as good of a job as LSU
And all the fans yelling we love lane at the game when the rumors started
Then he dumps your arse and you always hated him and he sucks as a coach. lol never change.
It’s like losing a 5 star to a rival and saying we didn’t need him anyways. We’re happy with our 3 star that really wants to be here.
And all the fans yelling we love lane at the game when the rumors started
Then he dumps your arse and you always hated him and he sucks as a coach. lol never change.
It’s like losing a 5 star to a rival and saying we didn’t need him anyways. We’re happy with our 3 star that really wants to be here.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:07 am to GentleJackJones
If it weren’t already true, just imagine your wife all of a sudden, fricking your best friend.
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Then he dumps your arse and you always hated him and he sucks as a coach
aka Crazy Ex-GF Syndrome.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:09 am to GentleJackJones
Jilted lover syndrome
Same way LSU hated Saban and Bama
Same way LSU hated Saban and Bama
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:09 am to GentleJackJones
Reality check. We got told time after time Kiffin wouldn't leave. No way he will leave this team. LSU isn't a better program. Blah blah blah blah blah. Kiffin leaving gave them the truth that they wouldn't accept.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:10 am to fr33manator
His comments about the scuffle between the drunk LSU loser and the OM frat boys didn't help as well.
This post was edited on 9/16/26 at 10:12 am
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:18 am to GentleJackJones
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Can someone rationally explain to me the hatred of Lane Kiffin leaving Ole Miss?
Look at the way Sumrall left Tulane as compared to how Lane handled the situation, you have your answer
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:20 am to GentleJackJones
Jfc.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:22 am to fr33manator
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Jilted lover syndrome
Same way LSU hated Saban and Bama
I'm sure there are some of those. I simply want the guy to go on his merry way and never mention Ole Miss again, and maybe stop spending so much time trying to burn down our program. I wish we had fired him after his loss to Kentucky in 2024.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:27 am to GentleJackJones
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Ole Miss's hatred of Lane Kiffin
Reminds one of LSU's reaction when Saban left. And then when he took the Bama job they went ballistic. Bama still lives in their heads from that 20 years later.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:28 am to Landmass
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those. I simply want the guy to go on his merry way and never mention Ole Miss again, and maybe stop spending so much time trying to burn down our program
Go on his merry way- He Did
Never mention OM- haven’t heard him refer to the school by name in a long while. He refers to it as “our previous stop.”
Stop trying to burn Om program down: He asked his assistants who wants to join him at LSU. Some came. Some did not. He took 3 players from the roster. How is trying to burn the program down exactly?
This post was edited on 9/16/26 at 10:29 am
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:28 am to GentleJackJones
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Can someone rationally explain to me the hatred of Lane Kiffin leaving Ole Miss? - Was it the timing (i.e., before the Playoffs)? - Was it due to not coaching in the Playoffs? - Was it due to leaving Ole Miss for LSU, arguably Ole Miss's biggest rival? - Was it due to all the offseason behavior (trying to roster the 3 players)?
Can't speak for all of our fans, but for me it is a combination of a few things. I recognize lsu as a better job and he should be free to choose to go where he thinks he'll be happier. Don't fault him for that. He had annoyed me in the past with how unappreciative he was of what Carter and the school/town did for him and being understanding of a lot of things. It felt like when he did that special, maybe he was finally recognizing that. Even after all that, him leaving would be fine with me if that's what he wanted to do. Having planes come in from Gainesville and Baton Rouge to fly your family out when your football team is competing for the playoffs was a slap in the face. They couldn't drive an hour to Memphis and hop on sexton's plane to do it and avoid that? And then of course the main frustration is his reaction to not getting his own way when he said he was leaving. While he has acknowledged he handled it poorly now after talking with PR professionals, his immediate reaction to the people who have had his back for 6 years was to try and ruin everything. A normal adult, would understand ole miss's position, say he understands but he'd be available to help if they wanted it and he'd actually be rooting for them to win. Those kids and coaches who worked their asses off for him, the families he had dinners with and were at his parent's funerals, the ad and nil director who did everything they could for him, he said frick you I hope you all lose because I didn't get my way. That's the part that is unforgivable to me and just shows what kind of man he is.
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:35 am to Covingtontiger77
For me, it is all about football. All of this other shite is just useless noise. I really don't care about Kiffin one way or another. He's an a-hole, but everyone knows that and that is part of what makes him a good coach. But I just want to win games. LSU is just another SEC team to me.
This post was edited on 9/16/26 at 10:36 am
Posted on 9/16/26 at 10:36 am to GentleJackJones
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