After getting blown out by ASU, Kiffin was fired by USC. I really hope this is the last we see the guy in college football.
After getting blown out by ASU, Kiffin was fired by USC. I really hope this is the last we see the guy in college football.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
So with his career path we can expect him to be....the next coach at Texas? Never seen an undeserving coach get so many good jobs like he has.
redsfanmia (09-29-2013),Sea Ray (09-30-2013)
What boggles my mind is that everyone could see this coming, except USC. If there was ever a time where I was certain it was going to end badly, it was Kiffin to USC (and Rich Rod at Michigan).
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
To be fair, current AD Pat Haden didn't hire Kiffin; former AD Mike Garrett -- who didn't even know who Gene Keady was when Keady called to express interest in the Trojan hoops opening in '96 -- did.
Unlike Kiffin, Rich Rod was a proven head coach when Michigan hired him. One can also present a strong case that ponying up 750,000 to pry Greg Mattison away from the NFL to become Michigan's DC has had a larger impact on Michigan's resurgence than hiring Brady Hoke as HC and if the Michigan powers-that-be had done so for Rich Rod, he's still be there.
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Kiffin was a total joke. I went to two USC games this year and I've never seen an offense with so much talent be completely wasted by inept coaching. Play calling, scheme, rotations...everything was mismanaged and awful. With even half way decent coaching this team could win every game left on the schedule minus Stanford.
Tom Servo (09-29-2013)
Pulled him off of the bus as the airport to fire him.
Classy, USC. Classy.
Joseph (09-29-2013)
I think Kiffin's problem is he didn't cheat enough. he should have taken some tips from his predecessor, Pete.
I honestly don't know much about what he did/didn't do. But pulling him off of the team bus at the airport to fire him isn't how you go about it. Call him to your office after the game. This wasn't a situation where he and his boss got into it and it led to an on the spot firing. They planned this. It was in poor taste.
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Maybe it was a match made in heaven.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I think even his dad saw the writing on the wall and got out.
His one year in Tennessee told me everything I needed to know about the guy. How he treated other coaches, and ultimately how he left Knoxville. I'm a UK fan but I felt sorry for the Vols when he upped and left.
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