Kiffin’s Tennessee staff ripping off shirts for recruiting
Lane Kiffin is first-year coach at Tennessee (AP)
Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin and his staff made an unforgettable impression on some of the Southeast’s top college prospects on Saturday.
More than 100 high school players, including several of Georgia’s elite prospects, attended Tennessee’s Junior Day. Things started off rather routine. “It was just like your normal Junior Day, with coaches and other people from the college talking,” Brookstone tight end Brian Vogler said. “You could see heads bobbing, with eyes falling a little bit. But the second they split us up from the parents, it got so much more intense.”
The prospects were led to the film room, where Kiffin thanked the recruits for making the trip and considering the Volunteers. “Then this other coach [assistant] got up there and said that Tennessee takes special teams very seriously, that it’s a big key to winning,” recalled Northview defensive lineman Denzel McCoy, who has 31 early scholarship offers.
“That coach said they get real fired up on special teams and yelled for everybody to ‘Get up, get on your feet, and get fired up about special teams.’ Then this other coach ripped off his shirt Superman style. It was crazy.”
Many in the crowd weren’t sure how to react. “The coaches told us to stand up, but nobody really knew what to do. We started clapping, sort of like one of those ‘Ah, this feels awkward’ kind of things,” Vogler said. “The coaches yelled ‘OK, we’re going to give you another shot. We’ve leaving the room. When we come back in here, we want it really to get crazy.’”
Denzel McCoy (AJC)
Douglass defensive lineman Garrison Smith said the lights in the room dimmed. “This one coach stayed behind and walked to the side of the room. Then he kept slamming the [side] doors, as if the other assistant coaches were trying to break it down. It was like an angry dog or some wild animals were on the other side.”
After a few moments, Smith said the doors swung open and the Tennessee assistants ran into the room. “By now, three or four coaches had their shirts ripped off.” Smith said around 10 Tennessee players, including All-America defensive back Eric Berry of Atlanta and quarterback Jonathan Crompton, ran down from behind the recruits to meet the coaches on the floor. “Eric and the rest of the players were chanting ‘U-T, wild boys … U-T, wild boys … U-T wild boys.’” This time, prospects left their seats and joined the celebration. “We were all jumping up and down together, it was cool,” McCoy said.
After things appeared to calm down, Tennessee recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron gave a rousing pep talk, which caused the whole scene to repeat itself, only more intense. “The last time, everybody was hyped up and feeling it,” Loganville tailback Storm Johnson said. “People were jumping all over the place. It was rocking. You should’ve seen it. Even the podium got knocked over.”
All four of the players said they never saw Lane Kiffin lose his shirt. “He was on the side, just watching and smiling,” Vogler said.
Garrison Smith (AJC)
The action-packed introduction pleased the prospects, which each said they had never heard or seen anything like it before. “I talked to some of the Tennessee players afterwards, and they said they had never heard or seen anything like that before when they were recruits and visited colleges,” Vogler said with a laugh.
McCoy: “Personally, I liked it … It was kind of crazy, but it was cool. Coach Kiffin is trying to get everyone fired up about Tennessee football, and it worked. He had everyone in that room fired up.”
Smith: “I loved it, especially when that coach ripped off his shirt like The Incredible Hulk. It was high intensity. I enjoyed the whole day. They [Tennessee] definitely moved up on my list.”
Vogler: “It was awesome. I didn’t know how to react at first. I said to myself, ‘Oh my God, these people are crazy.’ Then after talking to them later in the day, I realized that’s just their style. That’s how they go.”
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284 comments Add your comment
NewJersey
March 2nd, 2009
8:33 am
Richt at UGA would never do anything like that to motivate or fire a kid up or just have fune. Instead he would just promise a kid a certain jersey number. And then he would take the team for a swim and do a flip from the high dive. There is sooooo much difference in him and other coaches.
coladawg
March 2nd, 2009
8:38 am
That just sounds insane.
Love the State of Georgia
March 2nd, 2009
8:39 am
Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, or any other schools outside the state of Georgia SHOULD NOT get any press on the AJC or any other publications in Georgia. Only UGA, GT, GSU, & etc should get press. Don’t give these outside states’ schools any press. Matter of fact, take all the special (outside) schools’ logos off the Georgia plates.
Bubba
March 2nd, 2009
8:41 am
WOW! Just like 12 year old kids at summer camp. Sounds like the councelors are out of control.
GA Tech Insider
March 2nd, 2009
8:46 am
All that bravado sounds well and good; something like Dabo Sweeny might do at Clemson. At the end of the day, however, X’s and O’s on the field win games.
Anyone can inflate a balloon with a bunch of hot air or helium. The question is, once the balloon gets airborne, can you actually pilot it or control, or is it going to sail away on its own. If you can’t, then what good is all that effort?
Give me a good strategist any day; someone who will get the most out of his team; someone who can make adjustments during the games; someone who is creative in his game plans; someone who can control his emotions and his team. That’s someone who will win consistently. That’s someone who will maintain the respect of his players.
Smyrna Man
March 2nd, 2009
8:50 am
U-T, wild boys … U-T, wild boys … U-T wild boys.
ER-IC BE-RRY
Change the AJC to TJC… Love It
U-T, wild boys … U-T, wild boys … U-T wild boys
New Sheriff intown boys and girls of Jawjaw and his name is Lane Kiffin
Sounds like a bunch of scared dawgs crying over spilt milk this morning
Chuck
March 2nd, 2009
8:57 am
“Love the State of GA”….I hate to break it to you, but if the AJC considers itself to be more than just a state newspaper, it has to include other school’s news.(especially the SEC). I am a Bama fan, with a daughter at Auburn, and there are large numbers of GA kids in school at both. Try not to take yourself, and the game of football, so seriously. Whether a team from the state of Georgia wins or loses, I will still take all bets that the sun will come up the next day…..That realization comes with age/maturity. Regarding UT, Kiffin’s time in Knoxville will be entertaining, to say the least. He’s “all in” with these levels of theatrics, with Orgeron leading the show. He will “live or die” by this stuff…I suspect the latter.
HMMM
March 2nd, 2009
9:13 am
FLOYD, it sounds like you are the one that got excited about the no shirts fiasco. you mentioned it first thing.
NJ…what is fune? I don’t want to have fune either.
GTinsider…wow, agree on all points, good post.
Smyrna man…he may be want to be Sheriff Andy, but we all know he’s just Gomer yelling “citizen’s arrest, citizen’s arrest”
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
9:18 am
Are you freaking kidding me??? Kiffin and HIS WHOLE STAFF ARE OVERPAYED LOSERS!!!!!! If you find it necessary to rip your shirt off in front of 100 16 year old kids, VERY CREEPY!!!!!
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
9:34 am
Orgeron must have ignored the memo about ripping your shirt off. Hey ED, it didn’t motivate anyone at Ole Miss, why do you think this crap is gonna work at UT!!! I can just see Lane standing up at the morning coaches meeting and saying, “Alright guys, we have 100 kids coming in today. How can we get these guys fired up?” Orgeron says, “We need to rip our shirts off and have a bunch of smoke!!!” Lane says,”Great idea ED!!!” Monte replies, “why did I leave Tampa!!!”
dap01
March 2nd, 2009
9:36 am
Disturbing….The more we get to know Kiffen, the more…..
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Micheal
March 2nd, 2009
9:41 am
Search youtube for the video of the USC coaches doing the same thing. Pete Carroll even gets into the act in the video. Kiffin is trying to make UT the USC of the east. The only thing he has done different than Carroll is not ripping his shirt off.
'ol sport
March 2nd, 2009
9:51 am
You vol fans have your hands full trying to justify the actions of this 33 year old juvenile. He certainly has much to learn, and it will come on the field this Fall. I have always liked the Vols (my son went there), but this guy is showing a lot of immaturity.
You Vol fans don’t have to respond about his “showing his immaturity” on the field come September. I already know how disillusioned you all are.
FloydLawson
March 2nd, 2009
9:52 am
In other news. The UGA coaching staff will agin this year have a swim party in which their coaches take their shirts off so the players can refocus for the remaining games.
Also, maybe it was LAYLA Kiffing that took her shirt off.
llkj
March 2nd, 2009
9:59 am
GA Tech Insider: This isn’t the pros, it’s college. At the end of the day, it’s the recruiting that matters more than the Xs & Os.
BILLY JACK
March 2nd, 2009
10:00 am
Anybody who does not see major probation here is a fool.This is the way SMU started in the 80’s.Can you say death penalty?
NewJersey
March 2nd, 2009
10:03 am
Again, UGA does the equal and it it genius. Someone else does it, it’s viewd as crazy,immature, juvenile etc. Tell us the difference betweek the UGA staff having a swim party where the coaches dive from the board and the players get to swim with the coaches. That is sooooo coool.
UGADawg88
March 2nd, 2009
10:10 am
That’s really intense and plays up to the type of intensity that recruits are searching for in a program. I gotta hand it to Kiffin, players are excited about UT.
joe
March 2nd, 2009
10:12 am
Sounds like Ol sport needs a new trick…so all Vol fans are disillusioned, eh??? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. If you look up disillusioned in the dictionary, you’ll see a picture of Sanford Stadium with 90,000 disillusioned fans in attendance wondering why they lost to GA Tech 45-42. woof.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
10:18 am
UT sounds and looks more like Sesame Street than a college campus!!!
SEC fan
March 2nd, 2009
10:18 am
So the dramatics were to get the kids “fired up” were so they would commit that day. And how many did? The coaches wanted the kids to use their emotions and not their brains in making a college decision. Any decent coach can get kids “fired up”, this was just showing the prospects the coaches were good actors. Unfortunately for UT, most of these kids know there is much more to winning. There wasn’t a coach in the room that has ever been a winner. If there was, that coach would be in the NFL somewhere. This was just Kiffy and his crew trying to be memorable. If ya can’t win, at least be memorable. Wonder if they are going to rip their shirts off when Florida, LSU, Bama, South Carolina, UGA, etc. kick UTs tails. Good thing they have those high salaries to buy lots of shirts.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
10:31 am
I would like to be at the SEC meetings in a few weeks, Kiffin has been taking shots. Kiff might need some security behind closed doors, Slive might order a code red on baby Kiff!!!
TC
March 2nd, 2009
10:32 am
SEC fan: Uh, hate to break it to you but all schools do these Junior days and they don’t expect a bunch of them to commit to them at that point. It is clearly a process designed to get the recruits interested enough to put them in the top group for recruiting. Every so often you will have that one or two recruits that just know where they are going, but at this point they are just trying to be in the Top 3-5. It appears UT may have made that kind of impression. If they do well on the field (which I agree with you on) then this could reap huge dividends for them. If they don’t they’ll struggle to land the top talent.
NewJersey
March 2nd, 2009
10:34 am
I doubt that they had any thought of a kid committing at a junior camp. But according to the AJC there were several kids that left very impressed. Maybe if Kiffin had promised a kid he could wear a certain jersey he would have committed. ANd how many UGA coaches coached or coaches in the pros? About the same number as any other college program. And why would UT get the death penalty from this? I’m curious now.
GA Tech Insider
March 2nd, 2009
10:41 am
llkj;
You can have the best athletes on the field, but if they are undisciplined, or don’t have a good game plan to work from and the other team is disciplined and does, and your team can’t make adjustments and the other team can, then more times than not, the team with the so-called “better” athletes will lose the game.
Emotions will carry a player just so far in a game, as will physical skills. Intelligence and determination of the players, as well as great Coaching is what will win the games.
There are, obviously, some exceptions to this “rule”. For example, if injuries occur, or if weather conditions affect the game, then these might, perhaps, give an edge to the more “physically” superior team.
GA Tech Insider
March 2nd, 2009
10:45 am
llkj;
I should have stated that my analogy is only applicable in similar situated types of teams; i.e. Tennessee versus South Carolina, or Auburn versus Alabama, or Florida versus Florida State, or UGA versus GA Tech.
Obviously, I’m not speaking of Tennessee versus someone like a Samford (normally)…
KNelson
March 2nd, 2009
10:51 am
Sat what you will about UT , but to me it sounds like they are on fire to make major changes. Is it that far off from having a team dance in the end zone of a team they only beat once every 7 years?
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
10:53 am
Another day, another article in the AJC, another ten points on the Q rating for Tennessee and Lane Kiffin. This constant publicity is paying off big time.
The man has a plan for everything and everything will be done according to his plan. By all accounts so far, Jr. Day was a rousing success for UT. We appreciate the press release from the AJC.
GoDawgs
March 2nd, 2009
11:00 am
All the other SEC homers need to wake up. We can sit here and make fun of UT all we want, it won’t change anything. This fires up the players, is in no way a violation AND it helps get stories written about a new group of coaches. They have an iffy QB situation, but so do we and we play in Knoxville this year. I’m not so quick to write them off this year.
MegaT
March 2nd, 2009
11:01 am
FUTURE AJC HEADLINES: SEC Schools to follow UT’s lead! Auburn coaches teach recruits how to milk a cow. Georgia coaches teach recruits how to do the cannonball. This off season could get real interesting.
bank walker
March 2nd, 2009
11:07 am
Sounds to me as an act of DESPERATION! I know the state of tennerssee is a little short handed on recruits up there, but surely you don’t have to act like a nut to impress high school athletes from other states? Maybe we should donate some MAN genes to tennerssee so they could raise their own players. Then maybe, they wouldn’t have to make asses of themselves so frequent! Grow some viles!! GO DAWGS!!
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
11:08 am
GoDawgs, thank you for your reasoned response. The article clearly states how much the kids LOVED it. That’s all that matters. Getting their attention, capturing their interests, and then, showing them clearly how they fit in at UT.
Kiffin obviously has a plan and is working that plan and the team and recruits are buying into it. May not result in great results on the field this season with the holes we have, but we will not be an easy out.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
11:14 am
THAT plan is to look like he is an idiot, and he is succeeding in all phases!!!!!!!
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The General Feeling
March 2nd, 2009
11:19 am
Yep. Another headline about the University of Tennessee football program in the most read media outlet in talent-rich Georgia. Make fun all you want, boys. But it appears to this reader that the Tennessee football staff is changing the playing field and those who don’t also change or innovate will soon fade away.
NewJersey
March 2nd, 2009
11:22 am
St. Nick, how do you know Kiffin walks around instead of running around? News flash there hotrod, all teams try to do something for the kids to get fired up about before they go out and bust their rear for about 5 hours trying to impress the coaches enough to get an offer.Can you idiots not understand that?
Bamafan
March 2nd, 2009
11:23 am
It sounds like a LIVE FROM NEW YORK IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit!! The Vols wild boys
should be in San Frano not in Knoxville if you catch my drift!! Wonder if Lance (no pants) Thompson
swings both ways!! Any bama fan will enjoy that statement!! Well Vol’s wildboys are crazy and will
do any thing to get the media to talk about its stupid hillbilly university!! VOLS YOU ARE THE LAUGHNING STOCK OF THE SEC AND YOUR TO STUPID NOT TO SEE THE TRAINWRECK COMING AROUND THE BEND!!
Huh?
March 2nd, 2009
11:27 am
Why don’t we wait to see what Kiffen does on the playing field before we start talking a big game about how he’s changing the playing field? That’s the general feeling that I have.
atlg8rfan
March 2nd, 2009
11:34 am
llkj:
Tell Ron Zook that!
Joe
March 2nd, 2009
11:35 am
My God, what an embarrassing, pathetic bunch of people. These Coaches are supposed to be leaders of men. I am sure that the kids who are swayed by this will have lots of respect for their leaders, and will really dig down when things get tough.
Buffoonery looks good in the short term, but is always doomed to failure in the long run.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
11:36 am
Gimmicks, Gimmicks, Gimmicks!!! Is Kiffen really CMR in DRAG?????
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bull-gator
March 2nd, 2009
11:52 am
You can’t spell STUPID without UT…what a sophomoric stunt. If my coaches had ever acted like that, I would have personally kicked the sh*t out of them. What’s next? A group grope?
85Gamecock
March 2nd, 2009
11:55 am
This so story would be SOOOO much better if we found out that Lane’s wife was the one who ripped her shirt off in front of the recruits. Heck, their 2010 class would already be full.
Supes
March 2nd, 2009
11:58 am
There is not such thing as “bad press”…unless you are the Tenn Vols these days and it’s related to football!
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bo stephens
March 2nd, 2009
12:04 pm
Tell New Jersey that Knowshon musta used up all the class that state ever had to offer!. As for Tennessee, Lane Kiffin obviously not only is not a southern gentleman-he can spell class with only 3 letters! Georgia doesn’t want Oakland Raider thugs in their program-and never will. If you can’t have a little class-your university doesn’t build men(or character) it builds something far less. We don’t want a program like Miami used to be noted for-Tennesse can have that-and drag their whole school down with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-jhs
I-20 Reb
March 2nd, 2009
12:04 pm
Enjoy O, UT. Honestly, what makes you think things will be any different for you? You would have been far better off making David Cutcliffe a “co-head coach.”
3 years of an O nightmare (to fans, players, and assistants) were more than enough for us.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
12:05 pm
Orgeron has a bigger cup size!!!!
al
March 2nd, 2009
12:07 pm
i am an ole miss fan and this is the same crap rebel fans had to put up with. wild boyz,ripping off the shirt, thank goodness coach 0 and 8 days are over in oxford. don’t miss this one bit. this is just the beginning, things will get out of control. coach oh my god teams sucked so bad in oxford, if and this is a big if, his teams had been bowl eligible his lst year over 30 players didn’t have the grades to play in it. ut’s mess and embarassing moments are just getting started. everyone wonders why you can’t wipe the big smile off of a reb fans face right now? thank you lord for houston nutt and what he stands for.
Joe
March 2nd, 2009
12:09 pm
This impresses the recruits? How lame. I can’t wait to watch this staff on the sideline the first game they lose.
Andy
March 2nd, 2009
12:12 pm
ok i just had to throw something out there for a sec. I am getting tired of this talk that UT is an embarrasment to the SEC. I just want to
bama12titles
March 2nd, 2009
12:17 pm
I kinda like Lane Kiffin. The guy is growing on me. Every time I read the AJC and it seems like this guy and his staff are always doing or saying something that absolutely cracks me up. Thank God for Kiffin. He is pure entertainment during the dull off season.
Bull-gator. You can’t spell stupid without UT. I like it. And yes. Kiffin and his staff are sophomoric but its funny as in Saturday night live goofy funny. Kiffin keeps me amused and makes me wonder what he’s gonna do or say next. Everybody stay tuned.
Ole miss FB player
March 2nd, 2009
12:19 pm
This is definatly a Coach O invention. i have been involved in quite a few of these raids. i will say they are alot of fun but what isnt fun is when they work you have to death everyday and come gameday they dont have a clue to what the hell is going on. Trust me iv experieneced it first hand. Have fun with that staff TN, it will get old fast. See ya in oxford next year and boy its gonna be sweet! yaw yaw
some sense
March 2nd, 2009
12:21 pm
Cheap gimmick.
Kids who fall for that should go to UT.
Ole Miss
March 2nd, 2009
12:25 pm
The talent we have at Ole Miss is because of Coach O. How do people forget that so easily?
DudeoftheSouth
March 2nd, 2009
12:26 pm
in case no one guessed though In Houston Nutt’s first year the reason for his success involved the fact that he used players that Coach O recruitied
Jim n Buckhead
March 2nd, 2009
12:30 pm
wow…..the coaches should be arrested for hazing or soliciting sex with a minor…..
UT Wild Boyz…..thats just crazy fun….
orangefloyd
March 2nd, 2009
12:33 pm
Old news, David Green and David Pollack ripped each other’s shirts off all the time.
Eston
March 2nd, 2009
12:35 pm
The only gimmick cheaper is to have your entire team run on to the field after scoring your first TD….this is why UGA continues to go after people who could never actually earn a degree….go GATORS…THE TRUE CLASS ACT OF THE SEC
OneSmartGaBoy
March 2nd, 2009
12:42 pm
This sounds reminiscent of Lord of the Flies, with Coach O being Piggy.
Ed
March 2nd, 2009
12:43 pm
Don’t get too fired up Tennessee fans. Orgeron did this same “wild boys” act at Ole Miss.
Charlie
March 2nd, 2009
12:43 pm
Couch Richt would never do that, neither would Coach Fulmer. What a minute! Isn’t UGA the only SEC team with 6 straight top 10 recruiting classes? Didn’t Coach Fulmer beat Coach Richt two out of the last three? Is Coach Richt the new Coach Fulmer?
Eston
March 2nd, 2009
12:47 pm
Coach Richt actually needs to MAN UP and win a title before he becomes the new Fulmer….otherwise he is the reincarnation of Ray Goff….just another great recruiter who can never win it all
Vol-n-ATL
March 2nd, 2009
12:53 pm
Keep talking Dawgs. You guys have not figured out yet the your coach is the next Fulmer. Had some early success and a good run(we won a NC but you UGA guys wouldn’t know anything about that), then became complacent, predictable and overly loyal(I’m lookng at you Willie Martinez). Next thing you know you will be losing to teams you should not be losing to (Tech) and seeing the losses pile up while your coach makes no changes and “works like heck” to fix things. The key indicator is the first time you hear Richt say “I’m going to need to look at the game film”. At that point it’s all over but the crying.
Seriously, for all the talent Richt has brought in recently what have you won outside of a pre-season #1 ranking? The one time you finally beat the Gators your coach spends a year apologizing for showing a little fire and Coach Urban Meyer went on to spank him for it anyway. Richt was scarred going into that game and your team was scarred going into that game. Believe me, I know what it looks like when a team fears the Gators every year, it does not end well.
Say what you want about Kiffin and this staff, the one thing I guarantee you is they will fear no team and our players will play hard. If Urban hangs 80 on us in September I guarantee you he will have had to earn every point, unlike the regular thumping he lays on you guys in Jax.
MS Fan
March 2nd, 2009
12:53 pm
Coach O picked that up from USC. Did the same thing at Ole Miss- what a nightmare. Good luck Vols, you will need it. Wild Boys= Losses
Music City Dawg
March 2nd, 2009
12:53 pm
Gimmicks only work for so long. See ‘blackout’ game vs Bama.
Buddy El
March 2nd, 2009
12:54 pm
Apparently CLK went through the first phase of his plan to find out how many, if any, guys were there that swings from both sides of the plate.
Next step may be to rip off pants. That ought to send the straight guys running out the door.
Buddy El
March 2nd, 2009
12:58 pm
VOL-in ATL: Did you intentionally omit the part where the Gators laid 80(give or take a couple of points)points on UT in 2008?
ThaLaneTrain
March 2nd, 2009
12:59 pm
Seems as though the players enjoyed it for the most part. That means more than any bunch of anonymous names at the bottom of a newspaper article. Get ready to deal with a loss in the Fall and staring up at a top 5 class next Dawgs.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
12:59 pm
Bama and Fla by a combined score of 110 to 14!!!!!
Lifelong Hawks Fan
March 2nd, 2009
1:01 pm
This entire coaching staff reminds me of a big group of clowns!
P Man
March 2nd, 2009
1:03 pm
Personally, I prefer Richt’s approach. It seems to me that Kiffin is promoting style over substance. Me, I prefer substance!
SEC fan
March 2nd, 2009
1:03 pm
TC, I was aware that schools have Junior Days and I fully understand the purposes. So you think the only purpose for the shirt ripping show was to let these prospects know the coaches were excited and therefore could excite the players? Many coaches have prior success that demonstrates their passion and the ability to communicate enthusiasm. Not having a successful record to point to, I guess acting at a Jr. Day event is all these UT coaches could do. Kiffy and his staff are a bunch of failed pro and college coaches. Don’t be surprised if any day now Kif hires Paris Hilton as a trainer. Some of the UT fans and the AJC writers will go crazy. The UT bloggers will point out how she can motivate the players and some of the potential recruits will say “wow, that is really different, I am fired up”. Once the fires die down, the prospects will look at “The Man’s” record. Kiffy has always been different but his record as a head coach was 5-15 before he was fired. With a staff making the money these guys are getting and with their years of experience, I am glad the assistants can give a pep talk. That is a skill they will be needing while addressing next season’s losing record.
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Vol27
March 2nd, 2009
1:16 pm
I love my Vols, but enough is enough. Not sure how any objective minded Vol fan can look at this behavior and be excited.
Fulmer’s time had come, but what have we replaced him with? Guess we’ll really find out in a few months.
Baba O'Riley
March 2nd, 2009
1:16 pm
LOL @ MegaT’s post
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March 2nd, 2009
1:21 pm
Ole Miss fans: Orgeron sure didn’t leave your cupboard bare, did he?
Gator fans: Orgeron sure didn’t leave Ole Miss’ cupboard bare, did he?
Georgia fans: Thanks for all the great players that your state continues to provide to the University of Tennessee.
Bama fans: You guys are idiots.
that is all
GBO
DTC
March 2nd, 2009
1:24 pm
How can the AJC consider itself a national newspaper, when you cannot even get the thing in North Georgia, or even in Chattanooga TN BOokstores, which does have national Newspapers? First they stopped printing yesterdays news, and started printing day before yesterdays news. Then they stopped delivering it up here because the sales were too small. National. They are even statewide.
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
1:25 pm
You guys cracking on O realize he’s just our fourth ranking coach right? He’s not even a coordinator. He’s doing what we need him to do in attracting players and setting a tone. Some of the Ole Miss fans on here understand what he did for their talent level. Plus, he was an excellent position coach at USC, but no one wants to admit they remember that.
This was a sales pitch based on establishing a tone of high energy with the Tennessee program. It worked. Every single HS kid in the article thought it was great. Perfect. Until the ball is snapped, all the guys can do is promote the new energy in the program, and let each one of the kids know exactly how they will fit into the program.
I have no idea what we can do on the field given how poorly Fulmer’s less energetic staff had recruited in the end. Two classes outside the top 20 in the last four years should have never happened at UT, so now, Kiffin and staff have to make the best of the situation.
Dave
March 2nd, 2009
1:27 pm
Sounds about right didn’t Orgeron talk about challenging his players to fight him when he started at MS and you saw what that did to get him some wins. This crowd thinks hype will win games in the SEC it won’t.
Vol-n-ATL
March 2nd, 2009
1:33 pm
Buddy El, it was 30-6 in 2008, still a loss but not quite the 50 Urban laid on the pre-season #1 Dawgs. I do see where you got confued, that 3 must look like an 8 when it is not in block letters and crayon.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
1:35 pm
At spring drills they are gonna play duck duck goose with the 100 man roster!!!! That will fire up everybody!!!!!
cursive
March 2nd, 2009
1:37 pm
Seriously, seriously, seriously. Stop covering Lane Kiffin and all of the stupid garbage that he is doing. It is like a kid; Good attention, Bad attention, it is all the same. Ignore him.
TommyP
March 2nd, 2009
1:42 pm
“Wild boys?” LOL
And then Lane cranked up the Duran-Duran to finish the moment.
hk
March 2nd, 2009
1:45 pm
… said it before and I’ll say it again, this guy is an embarrassment to UT and should be terminated ..
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
1:50 pm
THE University of Tenn at Sesame Street!!!!!
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March 2nd, 2009
1:56 pm
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Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
1:56 pm
For the Fla game Lane has Barney coming to speak at halftime!!!! For the Bama game he invited tickle me elmo!!!
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
1:58 pm
Don’t be so terrified Satan Nick. You might, MIGHT hold off the Lane Train this one year. After that all bets are off.
SEC fan
March 2nd, 2009
2:07 pm
Coaches can normally depend on their prior winning record as evidence of the coaches’ passion for winning and ability to inspire a team. In this case, with Kiffy’s losing record of 5-15 before he was fired, this was the only way to communicate these abilities to the prospects. The new UT coaching staff is a bunch of losers. Don’t be surprised to read that the next addition to the staff will be Paris Hilton as trainer. Fans and AJC writers will go crazy. Potential recruits will say, “this is really different, I am excited”. However, being inspirational and different doesn’t make Kiffy a winner. His is just has a different way of being a loser. Sharp prospects will see thru the smoke before making their decisions.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
2:07 pm
The Lane train is what happened Sat.
jawaan
March 2nd, 2009
2:14 pm
i think kids of today just see this kind of stuff as goofy. trust me, i’m only 22. it might grab a couple of players but no1 seroius about winning and it def wont work in the long run. this guy is making a mockery of the league
Ole Dawg
March 2nd, 2009
2:15 pm
March 2, 2009 11:33 AM | Link to this
Dear “Kiffen is the Man”, Your coaching staff has many flaws that haven’t yet surfaced. Orgeron was doomed from the first day he took over at Ole Miss. He alieniated himself from the “money alums” when he repeatedly used foul language in front of their wifes ( calling one opponents coach a co-ks-cker numerous times) He definitely can’t coach…just look what Nutt did with the same talent.He’s nothing but a Louisiana backwoods scum bag. Lame Kitten has showm himself to be an immature little boy masquerading as a footballl coach who needs his daddy close by to guide the way. Tennessee will be lucky to win 4 games next year and I predict that Lame Kitten will be gone in 3-4 years. The recruits you do land will be the left overs that can’t read or write properly and are easily influenced by the garbage that Kitten and Orgeron will feed them. The smart athletes will see through their BS and sign with other schools. What you Tennessee fans haven’t yet figured out is that money can’t buy integrity or good coaching.
Brock D
March 2nd, 2009
2:19 pm
There’s a reason so many recruits are turning a cold shoulder to UT. Thanks Kiffin! Looks like you just narrowed down Orson Charles’ choices to USC and UGA!
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
2:19 pm
Hey SEC fan, keep hanging your hat on 5-15 in the NFL. A pro record is certainly always a total indicator of how good a college coach someone is…you know like Spurrier, Carroll, and Satan. BTW, how many sharp prospects saw through the smoke at USC and Ole Miss during O’s years. He and Kiffin brought in all that talent after Carroll’s first season…a losing season I believe. That worked out o.k., huh?
And wittle bitty Saint Nick, Lane’s just going to pat you on the head while that train is being pulled on you for years and years and years. Or, until you decide to lie about where your NOT going again and run off like a thief and call your assistants on your cell phone while you’re streaking out of Tuscaloser.
tennezz
March 2nd, 2009
2:21 pm
Love him or hate him, it does not matter, He is here to stay! All your whining and crying will make no differance. You know whats coming, BEND OVER AND GET READY FOR IT!
TylernLuke
March 2nd, 2009
2:25 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvU1×8wcu4
You guys are right; stuff like this will never work. Check the link out and see what other horribly unsuccessful program tries stuff like this.
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
2:27 pm
Ole Dawg, I’ll repeat for the hard of hearing…O is not the head coach. Not the defensive coordinator. He’s a DL coach and recruiting chief, like Rodney Garner. Well, at least someone gave O a shot as head coach. Poor Rodney just fakes interest in other jobs until he realizes he’s not going to be the DC there either. Then he goes back with his tail between his legs and recommits all over again to his true love.
Monte Kiffin is the DC at UT. You might have heard of him. Legendary defensive mind. Cover Two genius. Nothing but respect from the entire coaching fraternity. Mentor to Dungy and Tomlin and others. Coach O and the other recruiting aces will bring in the talent and Monte will coach ‘em up on the D side.
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
2:30 pm
TylernLuke, you just buried all the detractors better than anything that could have been printed.
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
2:31 pm
TylernLuke, you just buried all the detractors better than any words could express.
LSU Lou
March 2nd, 2009
2:35 pm
FYI to all the people that want to know if many young men committ at Junior Day: YES, LSU picked up 4 commits this weekned at their Junior Day.
doodoobailey
March 2nd, 2009
2:43 pm
Grown men jumping up and down taking their shirts off in a dark room; sounds like the f*cking village people, not football.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
2:51 pm
Like I said earlier combined score of Bama and FLa over Tenn will be 110-14!!!! Lane p*ssed in the wrong 2 bowls of corn flakes!!!!Bama and Fla rematch in the dome!!!!
mcdawg
March 2nd, 2009
3:02 pm
and then they started snapping each others’ jocks and running around in underwear jumping into one big tickle pile until finally a recruit said “hey guy this isn’t Ga Tech this is UT,” at that point all promptly got on all fours
GaDawg
March 2nd, 2009
3:02 pm
NewJersey – what is your problem with UGA? I guess your brain is frozen from too many winters in NJ! Remember you’re dealing with 16 and 17 ego crazed (kid) athletes. If they’ve had a certain number since Pop Warner through high school, and if that is all it takes to get ablue chip is to give a certain number, I’m sure even your simple brain could figure that would be a no brainer. To quote an old advertisement, Delta is ready when you are. You can go back to NJ anytime.
Ole Dawg
March 2nd, 2009
3:14 pm
Kiffen is the Man, Are you serious…so what your telling everybody is that Lame Kitten can’t really coach at all….his old daddy will have to do all the coaching….and the other coaches are only there to recruit, including the head coach……sounds like an immature spoiled brat to me. His daddy probably still wipes his but too. You have got to be to dumbest Tenn. fan on earth if you believe the BS your dishing out on this blog…the other SEC teams can’t wait to send your little boy and his old man back to where they belong. Remember you can’t make chicken salad out of chicken sh-t no matter who’s coaching them.
scooby doobie doo
March 2nd, 2009
3:15 pm
Do you think coach Garner is saying, Praise God I stayed at Georgia? How Bout Them Dawgs!
FloridaVol
March 2nd, 2009
3:20 pm
No Georgia is the classy program whose coach told his team he EXPECTED an unsportsmanlike penalty for excessive celebration against Florida 2 years ago. I liked the move, but you can hardly call it classy. This is the same Georgia that had 17 self-reported violations one year ago. This is the same Georgia that stomped and shredded the landmark hedges in its own stadium. This is the same Georgia that tried to change the BCS because it felt it should have gone despite not winning the SEC east. Whine boys. It’ll play out on the field and you’ll choke like you always do.
Vol4ever
March 2nd, 2009
3:20 pm
Man this is great. Saint Nick and all you jealous onlookers. Tennessee cannot be called Phat Phil anymore and you guys can’t stand it. It is funny how others call people (Kiffin) names when they are a little nervous. All I can say to you Saint Nick is How bout them Utes, thanks bama for embarassing the SEC. Dawgs? Preseason Number one and what happened? Gators – I’ll give you your due, you are the best right now!
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March 2nd, 2009
3:20 pm
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Larry
March 2nd, 2009
3:20 pm
NewJersey:
Difference between what Mark Richt’s staff does taking off their shirts at a pool and what Lane Kiffin’s staff does when taking off shirts in a film room = A pool and a film room. Perhaps people wear shirts at pools in New Jersey b/c it is so freaking cold.
Another difference: Doing backflips are natural at a pool with a diving board. “Ripping your shirt off like the incredible hulk and trying to break in like a wild dog” is not natural to a film room. At least any film room that I have ever heard of
These guys are clowns. Wait til it shows on the field.
I still believe Monte Kiffin is way overhyped; he will struggle to have a consistent defense with college players. Kiffin’s defense worked because of consistency in its personnel: Derrick Brooks, Simeon Rice, Ronde Barber, Jermaine Phillips, etc. In college, you get much more raw players year in and year out and when you do find a player who can thrive in the system, he is going to be gone in three years and will have to find another one. Derrick Brooks-like players only come around to a team every 15-20 years.
TylernLuke
March 2nd, 2009
3:23 pm
Saint Nick, I appreciate your enthusiasm; but seriously? Were they not going to try to beat the crap out of UT before he said anything? And, why exactly do you think they can do to Monte’s defense that nobody in the NFL could do?
You got three scenarios; only one bodes well for you:
1. Both teams beat UT senseless (no different than last year.)
2. UT plays both of them really closely (uh oh, he’s not supposed to be good at all, much less this good this fast!)
3. We actually win one or both of those games (insert suicide note here….)
We UT fans don’t expect to win it all this year. In fact, the rational ones know we could easily lose both of those games. But we know, and you better get used to the fact that UT is going to be a player in the SEC title hunt again.
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
3:30 pm
Ole Dawg, I’ll type slowly and use small words just for you. Monte Kiffin is running the D, not coach Orgeron. That’s my whole point for that. I don’t know if Lane Kiffin can coach or not yet. He wasn’t given much imput at all on his staff or players in Oakland. Al Davis would not even let him hire Monte Kiffin to run the defense.
What I do know is that Lane Kiffin was smart enough to ask for less money for himself in order to hire a killer bunch of recruiters and still come in with only the fourth most expensive staff overall. I do know that his plan is based on what he and the rest of the USC staff did to become what they are now…recruit the best of the best…and he did it by taking away some of the best recruiters from other SEC staffs.
Can they coach? I don’t know. I know Monte can. I know Lane helped establish that powerful USC offense. I know Orgeron is a great DL coach. I know Eddie Gran coached a hell of a lot of good Auburn RBs. The rest, I don’t know.
I do know who allegedly had the #1 chicken salad in all the land this year, and I saw them turn it into chicken sh– in three easy steps. Thanks for trying. You lose.
PBR=America in a can
March 2nd, 2009
3:31 pm
This shows how stupid Kiffen is… if he had wanted all of those kids to commit he would have had his wife come in and jump up and down without her shirt on. Stupid Volenqueers
bamafan
March 2nd, 2009
3:34 pm
All the UcheaT fans on this blog need to get there head out of there behind!! YOUR PROGRAM IS A JOKE AND PHAT PHIL’S NEEDS TO COME BACK AND
CLEAN UP THE MESS THAT BOY BLUNDER HAS STARTED!!
Vol4ever
March 2nd, 2009
3:46 pm
bamafan – you better worry about your own backyard afer Utah slapped you in the mouth. The funny thing about bammers is they went to the SEC championship and Florda showed them who is boss then Utah slapped them around like a HS team. Better stick to your own knitting.
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
3:49 pm
Are you freaking kidding me???? TENNESSEE LOST TO WYOMING LAST YEARBAMA LOST TO THE #1 AND #2 TEAMS IN THE FINAL POLL!!!!!!!Wyoming is much tougher opponent than Utah!!!!!!
TylernLuke
March 2nd, 2009
3:50 pm
bamafan:
a Fulmer reference? You’re kidding right? He’s no longer the coach and I can see that is bothering you. Let me guess, you’re the subponea hander outter guy and now you’re out of work.
What mess has Kiffin started? Hiring the best staff? Going after (and stealing a few from UF, LSU, and GA) the best recruits; even though he got to the party 2 years too late? Making everyone in the SEC hate us again (see the late 90’s; that’s not a bad thing for us)?
Please, define the mess.
bamafan
March 2nd, 2009
3:54 pm
Hey VOL4ever,
Bama gave the gators all they wanted idiot!! Bama played like crap against Utah and deserved the beatdown for playing like crap!! UcheaT
is were Bama used to be in the middle of the pack in the SEC!!
Phoney Crap On Rocky Top
March 2nd, 2009
3:56 pm
If it takes phoney high school crap to fire you up about your future, then
I feel sorry for you!
bamafan
March 2nd, 2009
3:58 pm
tylernLuke,
Look at all the stupid things your coach has said and none!! ENOUGH SAID!!
TylernLuke
March 2nd, 2009
4:00 pm
bamafan:
A Fulmer reference? You’re joking, right? Phil is no longer our coach and I see that is still bothering you. Let me guess; you’re the subponea hander outter guy and now you’re out of work.
I’m wondering what mess you’re talking about. Assembling the best recruiters in the country? Hiring one of the best NFL coaches ever? Going after (and stealing some from UF, LSU, and GA) the best recruits in the country, even though he got to the party 2 years late? Emmulating what USC does? Having the rest of the SEC hate us (see the late 90’s. we think that’s a good thing)?
Please help me define this mess you speak of.
TylernLuke
March 2nd, 2009
4:07 pm
bamafan you said nothing. Failing to see the good things he has been doing shows me what you are, a crimson kool aid drinking homer. In your (and I give you props for this, really) one sentence reply you failed to acknowledge anything other than “he said bad things about us and made our coaches want to beat him.” Wake up, they wanted to beat us anyway. If you’re talking about 3 violations you are proving you know very little about the recruiting process. If you’re not worried about him and he’s never going to accomplish anything why are you even writing on here?
I love the smell of fear; it smells like victory!!
gdawginkalamazoo
March 2nd, 2009
4:10 pm
Charlie Weiss did the same stunt at Notre Dame’s junior day when he first arrived. They had to demolish the building because they couldn’t get that banana scent vomit cleaner smell out of the auditorium.
Rock Top’s Off. Now. I agree with 85gamecock way up there. Get Layla Kiffin to pull that stunt.
Kiffin is the Man
March 2nd, 2009
4:17 pm
Phoney, you just insulted all those HS kids whether you meant to or not. You can hate on Kiffin, that’s fine. The point of the article was that the Georgia kids who attended Jr. Day at UT enjoyed the stunt.
It’s not your taste or my taste, but the kids enjoyed it, they’ll remember how much energy the UT staff showed, and maybe they’ll choose to sign with UT in another 11 months. It worked at USC and Ole Miss, so why wouldn’t they try it again at UT?
bamafan
March 2nd, 2009
4:20 pm
TylernLuke,
I give Boy Blunder one thing. He knows how to get UT in the news good
or really bad!! Calling out the gators was really stupid and Saban also
that really stupid!! Monte Kiffin needs to tell junior to SHUT UP and act like a adult. Let your team speak for itself on the field not off it!!
Jay
March 2nd, 2009
4:40 pm
In case you havent seen it yet, here’s Usc’s version that Kiffin clearly brought over…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvU1×8wcu4
Mannie
March 2nd, 2009
4:47 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvU1×8wcu4&feature=channel_page Pete Carroll jumping around with recruits on Jr. day at USC.
Skydawg
March 2nd, 2009
4:52 pm
What a bunch of A$$CLOWNS!!! Truly shows how far Neckville has fallen. Absolutely hilarious!!
BigVolFan
March 2nd, 2009
4:55 pm
That’s right! All you Vol haters and Kiffin haters just keep on running your mouth. I know the chances of us beating Florida, Georgia, Alabama, or even LSU next year are slim at best, but not out of the realm of miracles. All Kiffin and staff are doing is trying to invoke excitement into the players and prospective recruits, and it is working. I believe that is what most of you do not like, the fact it is working. I Kiffin and company can indeed equate the spirit of excitement into success on the field, all of the SEC better look out, even Florida and Alabama. That kind of fever pitch excitement can cause average players to play like studs and all stars. This coming year could be very interesting.
PS. All of you homophobes, please just shoot yourself in the head.
Skydawg
March 2nd, 2009
4:55 pm
If I’m not mistaken, were they saying “I love Lassie, I love Lassie” in that video.
Skydawg
March 2nd, 2009
4:58 pm
Hey BigVolFan…you better worry more about NCAA infractions/violations and sanctions. Kiffin had already committed 3 before the ink was dry on his contract. And he now has the master of deception as his recruiting coordinator. Remember the whole Fulmer and Alabama incident with the Means kid. Karma could be calling very soon with Kiffin in town. Its laughable..and we’re all laughing at you, not with you.
ew
March 2nd, 2009
5:00 pm
gotta have a gimmick to get kids fired up about a team on the downswing.
College Football Fan
March 2nd, 2009
5:08 pm
I cannot believe that Tennessee was stupid enough to drive off Phil Fulmer for Lame Kitten. Yeah, Phil had a tough couple of years. Who doesn’t?
Tennessee Vol fans are going to be sitting in the stands for the next season saying they cannot believe they were stupid enough to get rid of Phil Fulmer for this.
If I had been a kid in that room I would have been thinking that I do not want to go to a school that is so desparate that it requires its coaches and some players to make total fools out of themselves.
Prediction: Tennessee loses to both Vanderbilt and Kentucky this year.
Bob
March 2nd, 2009
5:13 pm
This is the dumbest story I’ve ever heard.
TN man
March 2nd, 2009
5:14 pm
I can know tell that the florda fans, the George fans, and the Alabama fans dont remember when the spread offence started up at first not everyone liked it but everyone had to say it worked but not for everyteam just like kiffin’s way of recruting. Just because Ed Orgen’s recruting method didnt work at old miss doesnt mean it cant work for TN and I really liked the way he did it to all the recruts said they liked it. I also like the way George coachs got to swim with the recruts it builds friend ship and makes your coach look like like a father figer. i hope no other sec fans thought my opinon was disrespectful. i think we all could be more respectful
Ole Dawg
March 2nd, 2009
5:40 pm
Kniffen the Man, You’ve just proven in your response that you don’t know sh-t. Except maybe where you can buy the best trailer for you and your family. All your talk doesn’t mean a thing…its just talk. I’ll take our chicken salad this past year over yours…I believe we threw yours out when you came to Athens…….so did Florida and number of other teams. Florida’s going to kick your a$$ this year along with Georgia, S. Carolina, Vandy,Kentucky and everybody else you play. You talk big but I’m betting your just a pissant squirt thats hides behind this blog. Go put Rocky Top back on and open another bottle of Boone’s Farm…its going to be a long summer, fall and winter on the mountain this year.
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VolManBill
March 2nd, 2009
5:57 pm
Someting like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvU1×8wcu4
TampaGator
March 2nd, 2009
6:11 pm
My response is, “Yikes!” But if the recruits liked it, more power to him. But Kiffin is verifiably “NUTS” in my opinion. Either he is going to completely rule the SEC and get every “energized” recuit out there, or he will go down as the biggest “loony tunes” head coach in college football history. For my money, I would lay my bets with on the later and to with the proven recruiting techniques and coaching styles of Saban, Meyer, Miles, and Richt. They win with professionalism and sanity. This guy wants to win in insanity and no professionalism.
heeldawg
March 2nd, 2009
6:11 pm
Couple of points:
1. The Bama fan above is right–the AJC aspires to be the flagship paper of the South. By that token, it has to offer coverage to schools throughout the Southeast, not just those from Georgia.
2. Kiffin is a nut job, but he clearly has placed a focus upon recruiting. Tennessee is a recruit-poor state, and the program’s success is largely contingent upon their recruitment outside the state. Right now, his perceived success will be based upon his success in recruitment. After next season, however, he will be judged on ths basis of his on-the-field performance. And that is where the rubber will meet the road. For now, the gimmicks may help. But Lane will eventually have to win a few games.
Flafansteponkiffin
March 2nd, 2009
6:27 pm
LOL all these ut fans talking about new sherriff in town.. maybe you have forgotten that your coach doesnt even know the rules of the game.. but I guess not understanding things made tenn fans feel closer to him. Players want to go where they can win and play in the nfl and have a good time doing it not go to the mountains just to get anihilated within hte sec.. and believe me.. all the comments and moves made by kiffin this offseason guaranteed many blowouts of tenn. The comments on Meyer just turned Kiffins sec debut from a 31-14 loss into a 63-6 loss. Tenn fans remember this guy didnt do anything productive prior to signing with tenn and has pissed off your recruiting class by calling it below his expectations. Welcome to the sec Lane.
dawes
March 2nd, 2009
6:30 pm
i belief that coach at tenneese is your his mind if he had one at all he is the all talk and want to start trouble
SOS
March 2nd, 2009
6:47 pm
Orgeron on Kiffin:
YAW YAW YAW YAW Birdchest!!!!!
Flafansteponkiffin
March 2nd, 2009
6:54 pm
That reminds me of the commercial where Abe Lincoln rips his shirt of and breaks a chair over someones head. Dawes are you on drugs? Tenn loses 7 this year.
Eli Roscoe
March 2nd, 2009
7:30 pm
Then after talking to them later in the day, I realized that’s just their style. That’s how they go.=Man, these guys are fags.
Phil Fulmer Revenge
March 2nd, 2009
7:36 pm
If you want some real motivation, have Pearl get it on with Summit in front of the recruits and say nobody gets to leave the room until he commits. You might also have the Head(LOL) of their College of Social Work(MORE LOL)pull Orgeron around by his nipple rings while he downs some Tangueray 10 martinis. I just hope that Lane’s senile demented old man is not exposed to this stuff. The guy will croak on the spot.
I wonder if Lane’s wife had seen her husband engaged in “Not That There Is Anything Wrong With That ” behavior with Orgeron if she still marries him??
PAUL3084
March 2nd, 2009
7:41 pm
That is without a doubt the most immature thing I have ever heard from a group of men that are suppose to LEAD other young men. That crazy nonsense must be some sort of gay porn fantasy by the UT coaching staff. Give me a break!
Tracey Lords
March 2nd, 2009
7:43 pm
Do you have any more details??
John Holmes
March 2nd, 2009
7:46 pm
Phil, I hope your happy. I’m going to have that Pearl -Summit image for at least another hour. AND that isn’t even taking into account the Eddie Nipple Rings. I knew this was KNOXVILLE, BUT man, have you no pride??
10 To 20
March 2nd, 2009
7:49 pm
Paul3084, Doesn’t sound like a fantasy to me. Sounds like reality. Isn’t there a law against disrobing in front of minors in an environment where the minors don’t appear to have the ability to leave.
These guys are sick!! I mean sick!!
Probably not against NCAA Regs, but surely there are some laws being violated here–even if this is TENNESSEE. These are ADULTS with MINORS!!!! ILLEGAL:!!!!!!
Deliverance Remake
March 2nd, 2009
7:52 pm
I’m wondering if there was a film crew fome SkinaMax 0n site. Let’s hope that some kid who ultimately selects Georgia made arecording of this to put on You-Tube. PLEASE!! Tell me we will see this on the Internet.
Tennessee Grad
March 2nd, 2009
7:54 pm
You guys are jelous you’re coaches arent comited. Lane will get it done. The dawgs are dead. Lane will control all of Gergia.
josh
March 2nd, 2009
7:57 pm
it’s all fun and games until Ed Orgeron launches a cooler at you at halftime bc you’re down 13-3 to the Citadel and knocks your teeth out.
bama12titles
March 2nd, 2009
8:01 pm
Tennessee Grad,
I’m an Alabama fan and I’m anything but jealous. I love Lane Kiffin and I’m being dead serious. Here is a 5-15 coach who cracks me up every day. When I get up I get my early morning coffee and turn on my laptop. I always check the sports blogs to see what Lane or his coaches have said or done. They always do something that’s going to make me laugh, put a smile on my face knowing he is the head coach at one our our biggest rivals, and get me through the day grinning about whatever his latest gaffe is. I could not fathom having a more amusing not to mention non-successful coach at one or our biggest rivals. My only fear is that he will be gone after 2 or 3 seasons and I’ll lose a sure source of entertainment.
Civil Union
March 2nd, 2009
8:03 pm
I thought the members of the Village People had died?? I’m wondering if maybe the gay congressman from Idaho was there or maybe Mark Foley from down in Florida.
Assuming they rename the coaching staff the Mountain People, what role would Ed take?/ Would he be the Indian??
Tennessee Grad
March 2nd, 2009
8:06 pm
Bama, You have no clu. We have always owened you and will owen you in the future. We owen Alabama, Florda and Gergia. You’re players couldnt even get into Tennessee.
TylernLuke
March 2nd, 2009
8:12 pm
bama12titles
Remind me again, how did Saban do in the NFL. And, being an honest person you have to know his first year means little to nothing. Your boy went a whopping 6 and 6 his first year. Let’s talk in 2 or 3 years when Lane is still at UT and the inevitibility that is UT being a force again is starting to take place awhile Nick has moved on to his next dream job.
bama12titles
March 2nd, 2009
8:17 pm
Tennessee grad,
Now I know you went to UT. You don’t know how to spell owned. If you miss spelled it once I would just have thought it was a typo. But twice you wrote that you owened us. You so funny! We own UT in the overall series 45-37. We own more conference titles than you 21-13 and we own more national titles than you 12-2. STFU you don’t own anything and you darn sure don’t own Bama, especially in head to head meetings as I clearly just demonstrated to you. You are our beyotch. 29-9 this year in Knoxville in a stadium that was a full quarter full of crimson clad Bama fans. There were 20-25,000 Bama fans there because everyone knew we were going to kick the crap out of you and sure enough we did!
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March 2nd, 2009
8:21 pm
[...] wants to glorify his ego, he’ll go sign with the idiots at Tennessee who have adopted the Ed Orgeron/Ole Miss no-shirt idiocy as their own. And if he just wants to stay being the local guy made good, he’ll go to Kansas [...]
bama12titles
March 2nd, 2009
8:32 pm
TylernLuke,
Let me school you on some knowledge. Saban went 15-17 with the dolphins and they lost they last 3 or 4 at the end of the 2nd season when a lot of their players pretty much gave up because it was apparent Saban was going to Bama. That’s far better than 5-15 and having Al Davis tell everyone what a liar you are. Kiffin is simply a bad coach. No ifs, ands, or butts about that. It is what it is. And the fact of the matter is that UT simply does not have the recruiting base that Ga, Bama, Fla, and LSU have. You have been reduced to irrelevancy in the east. And you’re just going to keep taking your yearly 25 or 30 pt whoopings at the hands of the gators. Good luck with that.
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March 2nd, 2009
8:38 pm
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Boot that 76 yarder
March 2nd, 2009
8:46 pm
Is it my imagination or did the brilliant Lane Kiffin call for a 76 yard field goal attempt with a minute or so left in the 1st half when he was with the raiders. I remember watching that and thinking to myself ” In the history of the NFL has there been any more of an idiotic call than that?” I challenge anyone to come up with a more idiotic call than a 76 yard field goal attempt. That gentleman is the UT head football coach Lane Kiffin.
Vols get crunk…uh…or whatever they were doing at their junior day weekend « Football on the Brain
March 2nd, 2009
8:54 pm
[...] Coach O’s skit that made him famous in Oxford. This is an excerpt from the AJC’s Michael Carvell’s discription of the event based on a few interviews he did with attendees like Brookstone TE Brian Volger– “That [...]
Saint Nick
March 2nd, 2009
9:00 pm
Tennessee hiring this moron as their head coach!!!!!!
rkwilson
March 2nd, 2009
9:11 pm
Wow I would never have dreamed Lane would bring a San Francisco “Bath House” routine from his days on the Bay in Oakland to college recruiting..lovely just lovely. I hope nobody touches those players under 18..At Florida we just send girls to do the shirt thing.
Phil Fulmer Revenge
March 2nd, 2009
9:27 pm
rkwilson, Tell ANY investigator that “I just REMOVED my shirt BUT didn’t touch anybody.” You can imagine the reaction. I’m going to assume these kids were minors. Haven’t we all read that people in Federal facilities(and I don’t mean the renowned Tennessee School of Social Work) tend to be quite angry with individuals involved with children ie.minors.
Harvey Milk
March 2nd, 2009
9:29 pm
Scary Stuff!! Sounds like Michael jackson’s Ranch!! What the Hell is going on?/ Would you allow your child to go there unchaperoned??
Wrong
March 2nd, 2009
9:32 pm
Hey Boot that 76 yarder…don’t let facts stand in the way of trying to make a point. There was 1 second left on the clock, not “a minute or so left”. Also they were winning 15-0 and had the strongest leg in the league who is actually capable of making it (janikowski).
Saint Nick is obsessed with Kiff
March 2nd, 2009
9:37 pm
Saint Nick, after your 93rd post I have come to the conclusion that CLK is so far embedded in your tiny little brain that you will dream about him tonight and will be thinking about him when you wake up. I smell fear Little Nicky. LMAO!
Phil Fulmer Revenge
March 2nd, 2009
9:50 pm
Hey, REALLY!!!! This “initialization” of coach and then first and last name is getting way out of hand. Now, I can understand why it might not be appropriate for the coach at Florida, but it is equally inappropriate to pull the “CLK” for a punk that hires his demented old man and also a nipple ringed MADD candidate as assistant coaches. By the way, I have heard that those Gatlinburg “properties” are going to be looked at by a very strict Federal Government entity.
ballou1024
March 2nd, 2009
9:55 pm
Ypu can say all the negative things you want about Kiffin and TN. They are getting fans and recruits excited about TN football again. Look for TN to be a major player in college football in years to come.
Saint Nick is obsessed with Kiff
March 2nd, 2009
9:57 pm
Here’s a few more initials for you WTF….are you whining about? Gatlinburg…what? IDK…WTF…UR…obsessing about?
Aintry
March 2nd, 2009
9:57 pm
I just read that last line again when the kid says “That’s just the way they go.” Well, if anyone said “Boy, you got a mighty pretty mouth.”, I would hope that people would be bailing!!
Derk
March 2nd, 2009
10:02 pm
Kiff has only done what he said he was going to do!He has put together a staff second to none,his so called antics are going to put together a team second to none and the side effect of all of this is that he is busting the football world right in the mouth…Like it or not…Be scared be very scared….your comments show it all!!!
Aintry
March 2nd, 2009
10:11 pm
I got some INITIALS for you “IRS”, an agency that tends to frown upon people who under report their income. Income can consist of goods and services. A “good” could describe a rustic cabin in a scenic area. A “service” could be construed as a “job” procured for a family member as the result of accepting a scholarship. Now obviously none of this pertains to UT, but any school that suddenly began to turn athletes that previously voiced no inclination to attend that institution might be judged worthy of someinvestigation. Well, not so much the school because they can legally disburse as many properties and cushy jobs as they deem fit, however the athletes better be sure their reported income justifies living arrangements.
NO school in the SEC would ever be suspected, but there may be other schools that fit the profile.
I was in Florida a few weeks back and heard this talk around a bar from some people who seemed well informed.
Aintry
March 2nd, 2009
10:14 pm
Derk, The only thing to be scared of is if you have kids under 18 who are attending gatherings where grown men in a position of power take their shirts off and simulate playful skits. Be Afraid!! Be very afraid!!
78 Dawg
March 2nd, 2009
10:17 pm
I have a son who plays high school football(he is nowhere near a Division 1 candidate),but I guarantee he is not going to any school where the coaching staff appears to have the intellect and judgment of 18 year old frat boys.
USEagle
March 2nd, 2009
10:19 pm
I have to wonder how many serious recruits were turned off by this bizarre display.
Derk
March 2nd, 2009
10:19 pm
Hour coaches can do whatever they want. We will rule the SEC once again and aint no punk A33 coach from Alabama going to stop us. I think that skit was pretty darn funny. ID be proud to have my son attend a fun evening like that.
Derk
March 2nd, 2009
10:21 pm
You Gergia, Gayturds and Saban worshipers have no sense of humore.
Tennessee Grad
March 2nd, 2009
10:23 pm
Go vols. Give them Hell derk. What years were you at Tennessee. I got my degre in 84. majored in english and arkahtecksure.
Raymond
March 2nd, 2009
10:25 pm
You losers can’t even spell. What a disgrace.
JustCallMeChamp
March 2nd, 2009
10:25 pm
So a bunch of grown men ripped off their shirts in front of a bunch of 15 and 16 year old boys to get them excited??? Hmmm…No wonder they waited for the players parents to get on the bus. When they come to Gainesville Sept 19 shirts are not the only thing getting ripped! And this diehard Gator will be the biggest Ga fan the day of Ga vs Tenn. These guys are clowns and they recruit like clowns…
Derk
March 2nd, 2009
10:33 pm
Aintry,with all due respect to your upstanding morals.Why do you have to pull out the sexual card…These are Football Players not sexually confused Manboys!!No reports of table dances,G strings,nipple pinching or hunching…I guess a player getting the butt pat after a good play offends you! Football is a game of agression and passion..Not a Band camp!!
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March 2nd, 2009
10:34 pm
[...] the way, have you seen this Tennessee garbage? Apparently, Lane and Orgeron took it from their time at USC (there’s a video online). Every week [...]
Chinese bandit
March 2nd, 2009
10:42 pm
Table dances, G=-strings, and nipple pinching, now you are talking LSU recruiting. Go Tigers!!
Robert
March 2nd, 2009
10:47 pm
Has anyone filed a complaint?? This does sound like deviate behavior. You know Lane did hang around with a Hugh Hefner clone in Oakland who wore pajamas in the press box. We all know about Orgeron’s rep. The only guy that I would not view suspiciously is Kiffen’s old man.
By the way, if you look up the German translation of “kiffen” you will be quite surprised. Check it out.
Geaux Tigers
March 2nd, 2009
10:48 pm
Chinese, Forget the table dances. We do lap dances.
Rev Mark
March 2nd, 2009
10:49 pm
I guarantee that Mark’s assistant coaches aren’t semi stripping on Junior Day.
Rocket
March 2nd, 2009
11:48 pm
Sounds desperate…did Kiffin tell the players that Richt had cheated and that Chucky (Kiffin) was going to turn the GA coach into the NCAA?
Rocket
March 2nd, 2009
11:50 pm
…oh and seeing Orgeron with his shirt off sounds like seeing Meatloaf with his shirt off.
USAF dawg in Iraq
March 3rd, 2009
12:04 am
NewJersey, the difference in this and Coach Richt letting his players (notice I said PLAYERS) have a day in the pool is that it wasn’t staged or planned AND the media wasn’t all over it. Only school reporters were there. What Kiffin is doing @ UT is WRONG on soooo many levels. He’s trying to sway kids who haven’t decided on a school by theatrics and that, my friends, is what you call PATHETIC. If you can’t get the best recruits by just being yourself then you sit down. Period.
ron martin
March 3rd, 2009
12:07 am
hey! Let’s rip our shirts off, clear the sidelines, and all dance in the end zone when we play Florida! Then the following year they can completely annihilate us!
Tennessee Spud
March 3rd, 2009
12:10 am
Small potatoes. It’s sad to see how far Tennessee has fallen. I hope they enjoy five win seasons.
vavycbfromtinace
March 3rd, 2009
12:21 am
usafdawg you must be a flyboy ,the thin air is effecting your judgement!!! With all due respect!!
navycbfromtinace
March 3rd, 2009
12:26 am
playing in the pool sure made a man of me,,,and i had alot more than a shirt on
Orangedave
March 3rd, 2009
12:29 am
I am a UT fan but I don’t wear the orange colored glasses. I think this entire situation has the chance to go either way. It can be a huge success or a terrible failure. Not a single person commenting here have a clue how this will go, including me. I do believe that his antics have been almost a necessity, not only for recruiting but to energize a fan base that has become as apathetic as the previous coaching staff. I certainly don’t agree with everything he has said or done, but more power to him at this point. He is trying to appeal to the UT fan base hungry to win again and a bunch of HS kids. I gave up trying years ago to figure out why kids choose the schools they do. It is why I quit paying any attention to recruiting. It is all a crap shoot! However, this style has worked well for USC in the past. The bottom line will eventually be wins and losses. For those of you who thinks he struggles this year, check out the schedule. This is without a doubt the best sachedule a rookie coach can have. I think he will struggle more in year 2 than next year. But he should flourish in year 3, if he signs a stud QB next year.
rlinaug
March 3rd, 2009
12:54 am
Are they recruiting for UT or WWE? Really, what parent would want their children to go to a school where the head coach sanctions such manufactured BS?
navycbfromtinace
March 3rd, 2009
1:03 am
Kiffins actions simply translated into words—-Coaches of Collage football,(Step it up or get the heck out of the way)
SEC KappaAlpha
March 3rd, 2009
1:06 am
I understand the frustration that a lot of people on this site are going through. On one hand, the UT fans have been in a drought the past few years and are excited that someone has come and brought the excitement and enthusiasm back into UT football. His means may be unorthodox, but they are getting the attention of not only the recruits, but the people who disagree with him as well.
You all were obviously behooved enough, not only to read the article instead of worrying about YOUR university and their recruiting methods, but to comment on it as well. If you disagree with his methods, that is perfectly understandable. There are things that Kiffin does that I would not do, but I’m not going to publicly chastise him for it. I do not go to UT, but I do realize that what Kiffin is doing is smart. These recruits are still in High School! They enjoy things like this! They love to see excitement in a school’s football program! And too many of you are over-analyzing the message that this recruitment event was trying to do.
Kiffin may not be able to put all the pieces together and transfer all of this on to the field where it truly matters, but he is taking the first step. He is putting the effort in to bring as much talent into the football program at UT as possible. The better talent that he has to work with, the better schemes he can run, and the more opportunities he has to be successful and turn the University of Tennessee back into a successful SEC contender. And there are things that he has done that do not show class, but this is not one of them. He was simply connecting with the kids in a way that most coaches do not. And from the testimonies given by the recruits and the AJC, it sure sounds like it worked, like it or not.
HOUNDDOG
March 3rd, 2009
3:52 am
DAWG FANS, YOU HAD BETTER WAKE UP BECAUSE VOL FOOTBALL WILL BE BACK ON TOP IN THE SEC AND NATION IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. GO VOLS!!! IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND MAKE IT TO THE NFL, YOU NEED TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR “ROCKY TOP” PLAYED WHEN WE KILL THEM DAWGS NEXT YEAR. IN THE WORDS OF PAUL HARVEY “GOOD DAY”.
JustCallMeChamp
March 3rd, 2009
4:16 am
Hey if all the coaching staff ripped off their shirts then doesn’t it make you wonder if Lane Kiffens dad gave them the “full Monte”???? And remember UGA, ALA, SC and FLA fans, you can’t spell ugly titties without a UT!
Bamafan
March 3rd, 2009
4:26 am
YOU CAN’T SPELL SLUT WITHOUT UT!!!!!!!! GO BAMA ROLL TIDE!!
GOOD PIECE FROM SEC KAPPA ALPHA!!!
Scott
March 3rd, 2009
4:44 am
Lane stole this idea from Pete Carroll. Check out “USC – wild boys”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvU1×8wcu4
heeldawg
March 3rd, 2009
5:15 am
Tennessee Grad:
1. Spellcheck.
2. English major? I think not.
3. Kiffin will not “owen” Georgia. Kiffin does not even “owen” Tennessee. Where did the top two recruits in the state of Tennessee go this year? Oh, that’s right. Georgia.
4. I think the odds of Kiffin being put on NCAA probation are greater than the odds of Tennessee winning the SEC East in the next five years.
5. I think the odds of Kiffin being indicted for public indecency are greater than the odds of Tennessee winning the SEC title in the next ten years.
Gimmickry, like your Tennessee diploma, will only take you so far, my friend. At some point, there’s going to have to be some actual substance. My suspicion is that the Vol fanbase will not be quit so enamored with Lane’s antics when he fields a losing football team next season and gets thoroughly humiliated by Florida, Alabama and Georgia.
At that point, they’ll see that the emperor isn’t wearing any clothes. The whole ripping-the-shirt-off thing is sort of ironic in that regard.
Lice
March 3rd, 2009
5:54 am
Ut is about the only school I know of that has separate shower for it’s players. They have always been so timid and old fashioned that this business of a man taking his shirt off in public just shows how far this nation has fallen. It sickens me to see even young women basketball players running up and down the floor in shorts.I think they should wear skirts like they used too. I think track athletes should wear at least a t-shirt instead of these tight things they wear now.I guess times have changed.I must be getting old.
JustCallMeChamp
March 3rd, 2009
6:31 am
Hey Lice, speaking of showers, think if I was a player taking a shower anywhere near a Tennessee coach I’d definitely be wearing “soup on a rope.” Would’t want to take any unneccessary chances seeing how excited they get aroung young men…
Kay Shostak
March 3rd, 2009
7:47 am
For any Vol fan in past years that watched our teams come onto the field for a bowl game and said, “They don’t look ready. They don’t even look like they want to be there.”, this is heaven. I want to see some emotion. And, yes, I want to win. But I want players that want it and want it bad! And AJC – we live in Georgia and love your college football coverage. We lived for 10 years outside Chicago so for us it’s SEC all the way. And like others on here – we bleed orange but pay tuition for kids at UGA! LOve the SEC and AJC!
Mighty Pretty Mouth
March 3rd, 2009
8:21 am
Dear Kay, You go to Tennessee and there weill be more than emotion shown. I’m surprised the state office of HRS was not called in to investigate this travesty. ADULT men STRIPPING from the waist up in front of MINOR boys. I understand it is TEnnessee and the sexual mores extendto incest and bestiality, but usually the partners and the hound dogs are the age of consent.
Where Is The Wife
March 3rd, 2009
8:24 am
Was Lane’s wife involved with the removal of shirts?? If not, you would expect Tennessee to get it all wrong. They have the men go topless to motivate young men instead of the only person within 100 miles that doesn’t look like the product of some “shady” dating patterns.
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
8:25 am
Hey GoDawg,
You’re the only poster on here with a realistic point of view, FEAR King Kiffin and CREW!!!! We WILL make Georgia OUR VOLUNTEER recruiting headquarters!!!!!
Deliverance 2
March 3rd, 2009
8:31 am
BaseballVol13, I went to Florida, do you want to quote me the stats pertaining to that rivalry the last 5 years?? I am becoming a pretty significant Georgia fan as a result of all this stuff.
You used the word “trembling”, it would appear the only people :trembling” would be members of a certain staff in anticipation of possible “conquests”–This is beyond wrong! It’s usually pretty easy to “communicate” with people when they are disrobed. Sick Sick Sick.
lane should venture out to California and recruit that cornerback with some eligibility remaining–Michael Jackson of Magic Ranch, CA. By Tennessee’s standards he is a 5 star prospect.
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
8:34 am
heeldawg,
TENNESSEE has won the East more recently than you ball licking pups, and we’ll win again before uga does!!! King Kiffin has you bit.ches so scared, you’ll barely stick your nose out of the doghouse!!! And with regard to Marlon Brown going to the ball lickers, Memphis is farther from Knoxville than Atlanta and King Kiffin and crew will own Metro Atlanta recruiting for the next several years!!! Might as well get ready to put on the field players TENNESSEE does NOT want!!! FEAR King Kiffin and the VOLS!!!
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
8:36 am
I’m sending all my kids to the Tennessee Junior Day. I’d be proud to see my children involved with some real character adults. And I don’t appreciate the comments on Michael Jackson. When I was younger I spent 5 days at the ranch. That is where I gained all my knowledge about self abuse. Go Vols!! Work them, well, maybe a different expression, get them going, NO, that’s wrong too. Anyhow, let’s go Lane.
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
8:38 am
In fact my wife even wants to go see the Tennessee staff. She believes it might energize our relationship that has grown tired. Of course, I’m usually the tired one.
HRS
March 3rd, 2009
8:40 am
Finally!! Baseball Vol is showing some honesty. Confession is good for the soul.
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
8:41 am
Deliverance,
How do the names Nu’Keese Richardson and Marsalis Teague sound? Faint memories of being committed to the Lizards? King Kiffin started out by attacking the most obvious rival first. Maybe you can go whine to Mr. Slive and get him to convince UT to give back your commitments, they were supposed to sign with UF weren’t they?
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
8:43 am
I’ve been advised by counsel to cease making references to sexual practices that have been tied to me in the past. I have abstained from that type of behavior for many years as my 17 year old/cousin wife can attest.
James
March 3rd, 2009
8:44 am
georgia may not ever do this, but they are always preseason #1 in the sec and usually finish 3rd or 4th. You tell me? GET FIRED UP!!! UT WILD BOYS!!!!
Al Capone
March 3rd, 2009
8:46 am
I would suggest any recruit that was given property and/or a job for a family member in exchange for accepting a scholarship be very dilligent in reporting the income that would accrue to the transaction. The IRS ain’t the NCAA.
Al Capone
March 3rd, 2009
8:48 am
It’s hard to justify a 235,000 cabin on a 24,000 declared income.
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
8:48 am
BaseballVol13 Impostor,
Must be a ball licking puppies fan! Kind of like Georgia being #1, not very realistic!!!
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
8:50 am
AJC, Tennessee Vols hometown news!
BaseballVol13
March 3rd, 2009
9:01 am
That BaseballVol13 is an imposter. Read his comments. He is obviously fixated on masturbation and other sexual practices. He is just trying to make us look bad. Please!! Don’t hold his comments against us. Trust me, if you saw his wife that would explain a lot.
Bill
March 3rd, 2009
9:02 am
His Wife!!! Have you seen his entire family?? Remember those 108,000 at Neyland Stadium are not season ticket holders. It’s a family reunion.
Pago Flyer
March 3rd, 2009
9:07 am
Was barney franks there also?!
Ed Fitz
March 3rd, 2009
9:09 am
I would think this would be viewed as an insult to the intelligence of any young person, but then again, we are talking about college football recruiting where that is simply an impossibility. Whatever happened to the “good old days” of strippers and blow? Who wants to see some homoerotic assistant coaches striptease?
AtlantaVol
March 3rd, 2009
9:16 am
Saint Nick – What’s CREEPY is that you can’t spell “Overpaid.”
Andy
March 3rd, 2009
10:14 am
This would be a good idea if it was Kiffin’s wife taking her shirt off instead of these other clowns.
LMSinATL
March 3rd, 2009
11:45 am
Good times in Rocky Top.
I’ll bet the president is proud. Oh wait … he’s resigning.
I’ll bet AD Mike Hamilton is proud. Oh wait, Kiffin fired him.
No he didn’t. Yes he did. No he didn’t. Yes he did .. along with his limo driver. Coach can’t fire the AD. Yes he can. He fired the president.
Welcome to the SEC, Coach Kiffin, or rather, Lord of the Flies.
razrbakfan
March 3rd, 2009
12:07 pm
How bush league can they get? Kiffin is a joke. They should have just gotten a bunch of kegs to really finish off the fraternity party. Give me a break.
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March 3rd, 2009
12:19 pm
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homelesstopgun
March 3rd, 2009
2:09 pm
I love it! You guys are scared to death! UT is behind the 8-ball in recruiting. We just don’t have the in state talent. This why you pay coaches millions. To get the best talent and then coach em up. If the shoe was on the other foot you would be slobbering on yourself. YOu GA heathens didn’t have problem when your kids bum rushed the endzone against UF. But now it’s not so cool. Just tell the truth, you’re worried about UT now.
Lame is the Dork
March 3rd, 2009
2:15 pm
Hey, “lame is the man”, (Could you be anymore of a hillbilly?), you sound like a child that just got his new Christmas Huffy bicycle trashed by the neigborhood bullies when referring to other posts from non hillbillies about your new found hero, Lame. You’ll, no doubt, be one of the ones calling for his head after 2 years of getting his eyes beat shut by opposing SEC teams.
Personally, the hiring of Lil’ Lame has been great where I’m concerned.
Listening to his sophmoric approach to coaching and watching his childlike antics during his pressers have been extremely entertaining, kinda like watching a circus clown. You guys think he’s your answer? Only if you believe chimps can perform brain surgery! It’s with morbid delight that I’ll enjoy watching this trainwreck as it happens. But, hey, he’s bringing recognition Hillbilly U, right?
Lane Kiffin’s salary… 2,000,000.00
Lane Kiffin’s coaching staff salary pool… 5,235,000.00
Watching Hillbilly U. fold up like a lawn chair
after Florida beats their collective eyes shut…Priceless
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March 3rd, 2009
3:23 pm
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Rockytoptn83
March 3rd, 2009
3:44 pm
Say what you want, but you know Yaw Yaw and Co are doing an awesome job of keeping UT on the radar of these kids. It may take a year or two, but Tennessee is definitely comin back ya’ll!
Lee
March 3rd, 2009
3:50 pm
This is just something stupid he brought from So Cal. Here’s a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvU1×8wcu4&feature=channel_page Yawn.
Ed Fitz
March 3rd, 2009
4:28 pm
The whole thing soundcs like some Gay soft core film. Lets all us guys take off our shirts and dance together. Yee-haw.
One of the kids said, “That’s just how they go.”
He should have added, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”
I guess they can go out afterwards and grind up on some Ho’s to convince themselves they aren’t really gay.
adam
March 3rd, 2009
5:52 pm
Can’t wait for all the Bama fans, Gator fans, and Georgia fans to be proven wrong. Only a matter of time before we are the class of the SEC and possibly the nation. It worked, the recruits loved it. Enthusiasm never hurt anyone, and we are displaying that we have more of it than anyone else and it will pay off in due time. As far as X’s and O’s, need I mention Monte Kiffin? Lane is a very bright man, which some of you are failing to see or just don’t want to give him credit for it. I know this for sure, if it were you’re school doing it, you would be smiling ear to ear just like I am. It’s crazy, it sounds like most of you guys are scared. GO VOLS!!!
adam
March 3rd, 2009
6:06 pm
You guys speak with such hatred, you fear what you do not know or understand, and the fact that you can’t see a good thing depresses me. I give props when props are due, even if this were another school, even in the SEC, I would say to myself that it was a great way to get exposure, hell, a paper that is supposed to be covering YOUR schools is giving us well needed publicity, much appreciated AJC. You just wish your coach would have done it first. Next thing you know Nick will be participating in 7 on 7’s and Urban will be doing cartwheels, and Richt, well he will just keep having his swimming pool parties. GO VOLS!!!
JWS
March 3rd, 2009
6:50 pm
The UT coaches stole this idea from Michael Jackson.
I remember when he used to rip his shirt off in front of boys and then get them real fired up!
JustCallMeChamp
March 3rd, 2009
7:29 pm
Hey Adam, I wouldn’t be too concerned right now about what Bama, Gator, Ga Fans think. Son, I’d be worried about Kentucky and Vandy fans! You better not make those guys mad or else they’re gonna have a piece of you too! And who exactly is your quarterback again??? HAHAHAHAHAHA. But thats OK, Im sure you recruited another Peyton Manning to come in and save you. Oh, you didn’t??? But you DID get some guy from Fla named Nukee. Let it be a lesson to you son, never take another mans Nukee! Boy, can’t wait to see THAT guy go over the middle against Fla! Son, the college football world isn’t laughing WITH you, they are all laughing AT you!!! And the reason I keep calling you son?? It’s because I AM your DADDY!
Lane'S Wife
March 3rd, 2009
10:33 pm
I just wish Lane would take his shirt off around me. He’s so fixated on the coaching staff’s aureolas that he no longer has eyes for me.
Chris Nelli
March 3rd, 2009
11:01 pm
Hey all you rabid SEC fans, do you know that Lane’s father (Monte) coached at NC State in the early 80’s? Guess what? He did the same stupid stunts. After 3 seasons of 0.500 football, he got fired. I’ve talked with many SEC fans at work, etc., but no one has made the connection between what Lane is doing and what his father did. Do your research, you country bumpkins!
Sigh | Heismanpundit
March 4th, 2009
4:31 am
[...] a sign that originality is as far from Lane Kiffin’s mind as possible, he has relented in allowing his staff to follow a practice first used at USC in 2002, then transferred to Ole Miss in 2005 with Ed [...]
Complain In Vain » Blog Archive » Please, No
March 4th, 2009
1:36 pm
[...] just came across this article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about Tennessee’s new football recruiting program. Apparently, Lane Kiffin’s [...]
Trevor
March 4th, 2009
7:56 pm
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Contrasting Styles « Battle Hymn Notes
March 4th, 2009
8:27 pm
[...] the story goes, just after the prospects were separated from their parents and brought into a theater Kiffin gave [...]
TN Kid
March 5th, 2009
1:33 pm
UGA….Please beat GA. Tech before you even open your mouth about anything. Seriously…embarrassing…maybe your coaches should do something to get kids fired up about UGA…or at least do something before the next GA. Tech game….ha ha ahhahah ha hah…say something now..run your mouth losers…..nothing you can say about any other school can over match YOU losing to GA. Tech…ha ha ha hah…lol times 5..UGA Sucks…..losing to GA TECH…ha ha ha hloollll LMAO times five…ha hah
Bill
March 5th, 2009
2:35 pm
Everyone will see come 9/19/09, the beating of a lifetime on UT and Kiffin. He is such a freakin’ tool. His first game in the SEC is on the road in Gainesville at night on national television. It could be so bad UT might fire him that night.
Looking for Free Agents in All the Wrong Places | The D3 Experience
March 5th, 2009
4:57 pm
[...] who is now the youngest NFL coach since Lane Kiffin, whose downward spiral has truly been impressive and spectacular. In his short tenure, McDaniels has already succeeded in alienating pro bowl quarterback Jay Cutler [...]
Top 10 reasons Orson Charles might pick Georgia today | College Football Recruiting
March 6th, 2009
10:11 am
[...] Real Men Say It With Chest-Bumps — If O.C. likes the energy of those famous shirt-ripping assistants at Tennessee, then he also likes the enthusiasm of Georgia assistant coach John Lilly. Charles said the two [...]
The Tailgate: NASCAR Anyone? at The Love of Sports
March 6th, 2009
11:00 am
[...] The Award for Special Achievement in Animated .gifs goes to… LSU Freek, Photoshopper extraordinaire, whose work continues to impress. This week, it was a cerebellum-searing interpretation of the wholesome goodness at Junior Day down on Lane Kiffin’s Fun Farm. Apparently Kiffin’s resident Shrek-on-speed, Ed Oregeron, engineered a, well, not sure how to describe it. Take it away, underage eyewitness! [...]
Mikke
March 6th, 2009
10:59 pm
God, I hope Mangino and Weis don’t resort to this tactic!!
Tennessee_Vols
March 6th, 2009
11:47 pm
Boys, if you scared say your scared. All i have to say is that the players loved it, so did the coaches. So why is this a bad idea agian? Oh and by the way, The Big Orange Nation is coming for ya SEC, better watch your back!!!!!
Colts18
March 8th, 2009
10:33 pm
Hey thanks for the link. This is a good discussion.
http://classic17.wordpress.com/
Bradley's Buzz: Shirtless football coaches wild on video! | Mark Bradley
March 9th, 2009
7:08 am
[...] you’ve read the rather amazing story by esteemed AJC.com colleague Michael Carvell regarding Tennessee’s pitch to high school juniors. If you haven’t, click the link and do so right now. It’ll open in a new window, so you [...]
chazz
March 9th, 2009
11:00 am
Sounds like Tennessee coaches are on roids and coke. What a bunch of egotistical jackasses.
chazz
March 9th, 2009
11:02 am
Does anyone else feel like men ripping there shirts off in front of a bunch of high school boys is a little gay?
Orgeron’s Strip Creating Lots Of Laughs | MrSEC.com
March 9th, 2009
11:05 am
[...] an old Southern Cal recruiting tactic and used it for their Junior Day recruiting push.The tactic: Assistant coaches ripping off their shirts and yelling loudly.Really.As you can imagine, this is getting a lot of play around the SEC where fans of other schools [...]
Saying Yes to Georgia, and No to Tennessee and Southern Cal | College Football Recruiting
March 10th, 2009
2:35 am
[...] ever had to do in my life,” said Orson Charles, who signed with Georgia over Southern Cal and Tennessee on Friday. “But I felt like I owed it to the other schools to call and let them know I [...]
'Rural' Kiffin accuses Urban Meyer of cheating and hates grandmas - Page 22 - BuckeyePlanet Ohio State Forums
March 10th, 2009
4:59 am
[...] you?ve read the rather amazing story by esteemed AJC.com colleague Michael Carvell regarding Tennessee?s pitch to high school juniors. If you haven?t, click the link and do so right now. It?ll open in a new window, so you can come [...]
'10 GA DL Garrison Smith (Official Offer) - Page 2 - BuckeyePlanet Ohio State Forums
March 10th, 2009
12:59 pm
[...] Kiffin and staff? Garrison: Not much Mom, just about how important special teams are and all. Kiffin?s Tennessee staff ripping off shirts for recruiting | College Football Recruiting [...]
Florida State’s probation causes concern among football prospects | College Football Recruiting
March 11th, 2009
1:49 am
[...] Lane Kiffin denies “pumping gas” accusation [...]
Lane Kiffin's staff rips of shirts for recruits.
March 11th, 2009
6:31 pm
[...] written by Michael Carvell for the Atlanta [...]
Football 2009 NCAA Football Off-Season Discussion - Page 22 - Florida Marlins Forum | Teal and Black
March 13th, 2009
1:32 pm
[...] celebration. “We were all jumping up and down together, it was cool,” McCoy said. Kiffin’s Tennessee staff ripping off shirts for recruiting | College Football Recruiting A lot of people are dogging Kiffen but I think he is going to be a absolute recruiting machine. [...]
Sol
March 20th, 2009
5:31 am
Ed Orgeron one of the UT assistants did the same thing when he was at Ole Miss as head coach.
Bruce Pearl’s shirtless rap highlights Vols’ award ceremony | ajc Sports Talk
April 15th, 2009
6:34 pm
[...] In early March, several Volunteer football coaches made an unforgettable impression on recruits by ripping off their shirts “Superman style.” [...]
ArrowJ
May 8th, 2009
9:20 pm
Guys ripping off their shirts does not excite me one bit. Now if you get some great looking women to do the same then you have my attention. I do not see how on earth that excites men unless they are gay.
ArrowJ
May 8th, 2009
9:25 pm
Kiffin is the Man. Well OK if you say so. The boy has not even coached one game but he is DA MAN. YEAH BOY.
The Quad Countdown: No. 39 Tennessee - The Quad Blog - NYTimes.com
July 24th, 2009
2:13 pm
[...] coach). Will we see coaches going shirtless to rile up and impress potential recruits? Oh, we have, and we will [...]
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: UT “Wild Boys” Shirtless Lamborghini Photo Shoot! « Dawg Day Afternoon
August 2nd, 2009
11:03 pm
[...] it was the infamous “crunk incident” during Tennessee’s 2009 junior [...]
TnVol-4-Life
September 2nd, 2009
12:20 am
All you pale faced, overweight, internet bloggers kill me. while u were surfing the site getting Dunkin Donut glaze on ur keyboard, you failed to read the part where the recruits were talking about how much that little “fiasco” as you call it got them hyped up about TN FOOTBALL! each and everyone of them liked the feeling they got from that and in my opinion that was a great recruiting strategy! hey, whatever works, Dont get mad and think you got to bash Kiffin or his staff because while he is making millions on these little schemes of his, you fat armchair QB’s are sittin in front of your computer screen sucking the filling out of twinkies while tryin to bash a coach for his recruiting tactics. I have never seen such a display of jealousy and that makes me feel proud to be a VOL!
News Flash: Cubs In Utter Disarray | Tipsheet | STLtoday
September 18th, 2009
9:14 am
[...] Finally, let us not forget the unfortunate “Wild Boys” recruiting skit from earlier this year — a scene that will live in SEC infamy. [...]
a beastly coaching staff « 16TH & HIGHLAND
November 11th, 2009
8:58 am
[...] Boys” that involves him and his team screaming and ripping off their shirts (it’s been documented that he brought it with him to UT). While O proved to be an incapable SEC head coach, he does a [...]
Lane Train Derailed By The Hokies « Dawg Day Afternoon
January 4th, 2010
3:00 am
[...] be on their way to Knoxville to make their official visits, which will hopefully be as eventful as last season’s trip – Douglass defensive lineman Garrison Smith said the lights in the room dimmed. “This one coach [...]
Somehow, Kiffin Finds Lane To Top | Tipsheet | STLtoday
January 13th, 2010
9:15 am
[...] On the plus side, he and his assistant coaches had lots of enthusiasm. [...]
Lane Kiffin Bags a 13 Year Old « Take Your Skirt Off Tom Brady
February 4th, 2010
11:38 pm
[...] Orgeron was definately prominently involved in this. I like to imagine him pulling his shirt off routine in a junior high gymnasium. Say what you will about Lane and Ed, but dem’ boys can recruit. [...]
One Foot Down — Blog — The week in news- Rule Breakers, Wild Boyz and Hardass Assistants
March 13th, 2010
3:09 pm
[...] Kiffin is back in the news this week after bringing the USC Wild Boyz routine to Tennessee’s junior day. I’m guessing Monte elected not to participate due to age and [...]