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re: Sumrall built different from Lane
Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:26 pm to OleVaught14
Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:26 pm to OleVaught14
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Coaches change jobs all the time while still knowing they will finish out their contract with you professionally on the way out. They didn't trust Lane to behave professionally on the way out.
And neither did Saban. It's not like it's just us who don't trust Lane to act appropriately when he's already accepted another job.
Sure, but if Lane tells CWJ to tamper with someone, why wouldn't CWJ do it? His loyalty is to Lane at this point, his future success hinges on being successful at his next stop.
Also, coaches take players with them all the time. It's basically expected now. Cignetti basically imported JMU to Indiana.
Ole Miss really just couldn't have Lane on the sideline while the TV guys blathered on about him taking the LSU job, and I get that. But as far as tampering, it could've still happened either way. We all know Lane messages these guys on social media.
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:32 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Sure, but if Lane tells CWJ to tamper with someone, why wouldn't CWJ do it? His loyalty is to Lane at this point, his future success hinges on being successful at his next stop
Right or wrong we trusted CWJ and the others to act like professionals and handle things the right way. And other than the RB coach, by all accounts they did.
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Also, coaches take players with them all the time. It's basically expected now. Cignetti basically imported JMU to Indiana.
Doesn't mean you just want to roll over and make it as easy as possible for that to happen.
Plus, it is different when players are going from the Sun Belt to the Big than inter-conference.
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Ole Miss really just couldn't have Lane on the sideline while the TV guys blathered on about him taking the LSU job, and I get that
Letting Lane coach would have been like subjecting yourself to the cuck chair. In no world can you do that. The LSU AD himself has come out and said he would handle the situation the exact same way.
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But as far as tampering, it could've still happened either way. We all know Lane messages these guys on social media.
Oh it 100% still happened. But it's easier to limit when it's just on social media / phone calls than being 24/7 in the locker room / on the practice field.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:39 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Sure, but if Lane tells CWJ to tamper with someone, why wouldn't CWJ do it?
Is that same plan he used leaving UT?
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The Poaching AttemptsThe Telephone Incident:
While Kiffin was attempting to hold a team meeting in Knoxville to announce his resignation, his defensive line coach Ed Orgeron was reportedly on the phone in the background calling mid-term freshman enrollees.
The Speakerphone Confrontation:
Orgeron called several freshmen (including five-star Ja'Wuan James) to offer them scholarships at USC. Tennessee players found out, answered the phone, and angrily told Orgeron to stop calling their teammates before the players took away the phones and hung up.
No Class Pivot:
Orgeron explicitly instructed the recruits not to attend their first day of class so they could follow the coaches to Southern California.
This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:40 pm to OleVaught14
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Letting Lane coach would have been like subjecting yourself to the cuck chair. In no world can you do that. The LSU AD himself has come out and said he would handle the situation the exact same way.
I agree with that part. I think the tampering stuff was somewhat overblown though. I don't think it's drastically worse with Lane there in person.
There was definitely some tampering going on from Frank's end as well.
Functionally. Lane being there wouldn't have been drastically different than Sumrall or the JMU coach coaching the playoff IMO, it was just a bad look because of the programs being in the same conference and being rivals.
I don't think the results really look any different either way though.
This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 5/27/26 at 5:10 pm to FreedomBarefoot
Easy to say when he knew his team was not getting past round 1 of the playoffs.
So righteous and noble of him to “wait till the season’s over” (another week), so he could “coach his team” aka stand on the sideline and watch his team take a 31 point arse kicking while daydreaming about being in Gainesville.
So righteous and noble of him to “wait till the season’s over” (another week), so he could “coach his team” aka stand on the sideline and watch his team take a 31 point arse kicking while daydreaming about being in Gainesville.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 5:11 pm to ManBearSharkReb
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quote:Lane tried to coach Ole Miss in the playoffs. Their AD wouldn’t allow it after Lane took the head coaching job at their arch rival mid season before a playoff run. Do LSU fans realize how fricking insane this request was?
How insane was it? Y’all let his entire coaching staff stay on other than Lane. Sumrall and several others stayed on to coach their teams. Your AD, who seems to spend the majority of his time arguing with your fans on Twitter, got his panties in a wad and made a panic hire. You’re about to find out what a terrible hire it was too.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 5:29 pm to TigerFanFromBama
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Sumrall you're comparing Apples & Oranges. Two rivalry teams in the same conference.
He wasn't making a comparison, you are. He said for him in his situation, not for anyone else in their situation. Kiffin is of course a completely different situation. Why are all the LSU fans making the comparison? Tulane wasn't bitter about him moving on because he didn't move to a conference rival.
I don't know why I am wasting my breath, LSU fans are going to hate the shite out of this guy one way or another.
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