This guy unloads on Kiffin.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/schrager-lane-kiffin-flees-tennessee-for-USC-011210One and done. That was the Lane Kiffin Era in Tennessee. Without a notable win on his pro or college head-coaching resume, Kiffin’s now leaping from one national powerhouse to another.
It’s one hell of a gifted lilly pad, too. One that ignores three players being arrested in November on attempting armed robbery charges, while wearing Tennessee football garb. One that turns a blind eye to dragging Urban Meyer, one of the classier gentlemen in all of college football, through the mud without Meyer ever being there to defend himself. One that took countless pot shots at SEC officials throughout the year. One that responded to losing to UCLA at home by noting afterwards, “We should have won by multiple touchdowns.”
Class all the way...........
Back in October 2007, the media jumped to call Al Davis everything from “crazy” to “senile” when the Raiders owner fired Kiffin under the most bizarre circumstances imaginable. With an overhead projector exhibiting a hand written letter he had penned to Kiffin, Davis referred to his then 32-year-old coach as a “flat-out liar" and said he was guilty of "bringing disgrace to the organization."
On June 8, 2009, the Raiders organization issued a statement about Lane Kiffin’s hiring at Tennessee. The statement read: "Lane Kiffin is a flat-out liar. He lied to the team, he lied to the fans, and he lied to the media. He will try to destroy that university like he tried to destroy the Raiders."
At the time it was released, the media viewed it as nothing more than sour grapes. In hindsight, Davis was right on the money. Once a weasel, always a weasel.
Now, the rat will have his cheese (and some wine) in Southern California.
After he fired Kiffin in ’07, Davis famously noted, “It hurts because I picked the guy. I picked the wrong guy."
The University of Tennessee now knows just how Davis felt.
And if history tells us anything, so — eventually — will USC.
