Lane Kiffin’s gone, and the Big Orange is mournin’
So how do you feel now, Vol fans? Your brash young coach is no longer your coach at all. The guy you defended whenever he committed one of his secondary violations, which was hourly; the guy you believed would recruit his way to the top of the SEC … well, he’s in the wind, and you’re up the creek.
This is what you get when you entrust your program to a brat. He hits town talking big, and he leaves you in a Big Orange lurch. Ten years from now — heck, 10 minutes from now — we’ll be looking on Lane Kiffin’s season in K-Town and saying, “What the heck was that?” Called Urban Meyer a cheat, choppered down on Georgia high school stadiums, smirked at every abrogation of NCAA bylaws and then … poof, he’s gone.
Like Keyser Soze. Gone so fast you wonder, “Was he here at all?”
What do you do now, Vol fans? Gonna go hire yourselves another fast talker? Jon Gruden, maybe? Gonna let your heart be broken by another guy with an eye on the escape hatch?
Say this for the guy deposed to make room for Kiffy: Phillip Fulmer was a loyal Volunteer. He won you a national title and two SEC championships and never ran off to California or Connecticut or anywhere in between. He wasn’t glib and goodness knows he wasn’t sleek, but by gosh he was a Vol. That orange jersey meant everything to him. (Heck, he wore the thing.) Know what it meant to Kiffin? A way back to L.A.
Apart from signing a few players and making a slew of enemies and beating Georgia by 26 points, what exactly did Kiffin do? His one and only team finished 7-6. And if you were looking for his second team to topple a Tebow-less (and perhaps Urban-less) Florida, you can forget it. There’ll be no second team. Just another coaching search, another new man, another season of transition. Only this time — surely — at lower volume.
I feel for you, Vol fans. You gave your hearts to the brat, and he tore them out and stomped those suckers flat. (Apologies to Lewis Grizzard.) He’s gone to Southern Cal with his lovely wife and his professorial dad and his henchman Ed Orgeron. And you’re sitting at home in Caryville and Oak Ridge and Sewanee and Chattanooga weeping tears of rejection.
Weep not, I say. Or at least not for long. For all the turmoil you’re about to undergo, yours is the luckier program. You’ll find yourselves a coach and go forward and try to forget this ever happened. The Trojans, meanwhile, have traded the NCAA scrutiny left in Pete Carroll’s wake for the heavier dose sure to come under Kiffy and Eddie O. And here’s the darnedest part: Nobody is yet sure if Kiffin the Younger can coach a lick. (Career record: 12-21.)
You can do better than him, Vol fans. You knew as much all along, but you let yourselves be charmed by glitz and brass and promises now rendered as empty as the West Town Mall on a day when the Vols are playing. Deep down you’ve known all along this would never work. Deep down you knew the proud program of Cafego and Atkins and White and Holloway and Majors and Gen. Neyland was never a place for a brat.
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Mark Richt
January 12th, 2010
11:05 pm
there’s no guys from to choose
the longer this goes the more hair i lose
i’d bring back willie
but that’d be silly
and all would know its a rouse
C from Marietta
January 12th, 2010
11:06 pm
To all you UT fans,
I really feel terrible for you guys. Your better off without him.
He is a jerk.
JESUP
January 12th, 2010
11:06 pm
ALOT OF THE VOLS ON THEIR BOARDS ARE WANTING FULLMER BACK, NOW THEY SEEM TO APPRECIATE LOYALTY. http://twitter.com/Swiperboy
PMC
January 12th, 2010
11:06 pm
Monte Kiffin is the big loss anyway.
Vince Dooley
January 12th, 2010
11:06 pm
I’m tired of hearing about lame Tennessee, lets talk about my former proud program….We’ve got 4 national championships, The oldest and most winning college football stadium in history, two of our coaches have 2 prestigious awards named after them, 2 of our coaches have coached in Super Bowls…………….OHHH, WAIT A MINUTE …..THAT’S THOSE DEAD GUM TECHIES……..DEAD GUM IT WE’LL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS THEM !!!!
I’m tired of hearing about lame Tennessee, lets talk about my former proud program….We’ve got 4 national championships, The oldest and most winning college football stadium in history, two of our coaches have 2 prestigious awards named after them, 2 of our coaches have coached in Super Bowls…………….OHHH, WAIT A MINUTE …..THAT’S THOSE DEAD GUM TECHIES……..DEAD GUM IT WE’LL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS THEM !!!!
I’m tired of hearing about lame Tennessee, lets talk about my former proud program….We’ve got 4 national championships, The oldest and most winning college football stadium in history, two of our coaches have 2 prestigious awards named after them, 2 of our coaches have coached in Super Bowls…………….OHHH, WAIT A MINUTE …..THAT’S THOSE DEAD GUM TECHIES……..DEAD GUM IT WE’LL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS THEM !!!!
Jeff G
January 12th, 2010
11:06 pm
I can see it now. He was in a recruits living when he was offered the job by text. He was telling the kid that he wanted him at UT then suddenly changed it to USC. LOL
rook76
January 12th, 2010
11:07 pm
Do you think Kiffin would have left if he had a quarterback who could throw a fit…and Berry stayed?
Fred
January 12th, 2010
11:07 pm
Dicky V. sitting 10 feet from Calipari groaning about cheating in baseball. Love reading you rabid SEC fan comment- tough guys cutting each other down on on a blog?
Denver Dog
January 12th, 2010
11:07 pm
Stoops to UT, I think that would be a plus for UGA. I think that he was at one of the premier schools and didn’t really get it done very well most of the time. Look at the talent pool and the results. The young Turks are the ones that will hurt UGA the most.
Blue Ridge Dawg
January 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
I so enjoyed your article and am reveling in this amazing story. Damn, it’s just fun.
Gumby
January 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
Well the first thing you know ol Lane’s a millionaire,
Kinfolk said “Kiff move away from there”
Said “Californy is the place you ought to be”
So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly.
Hills, that is. Reggie Bush, NCCA sanctions
Furthermore
January 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
Tuberville To Tennessee?
TDAWG
January 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
Smarts going to UT. I thought he had a reason.
Jeff G
January 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
I posted the comment last week if anyone thought the clown would take his circus act back to USC.
Vince Dooley
January 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
I’m tired of hearing about lame Tennessee, lets talk about my former proud program….We’ve got 4 national championships, The oldest and most winning college football stadium in history, two of our coaches have 2 prestigious awards named after them, 2 of our coaches have coached in Super Bowls…………….OHHH, WAIT A MINUTE …..THAT’S THOSE DEAD GUM TECHIES……..DEAD GUM IT WE’LL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS THEM !!!!
GT STILL IS A 4TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
January 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
UGA FLIES RICHT TO ROCKY TOP. HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA AIN’T THAT FUNNY. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A KIFFIN QUIP.
Tide Rising
January 12th, 2010
11:08 pm
UT fans may not know it yet from the current shock they are in but this is a huge blessing in disguise. This idiot was making a mockery of the UT program and him moving on is the best thing that could have happened to the vols. It will kill them in the short term with recruiting and with the fact that they will be starting all over again. But it will be well worth it for them to get rid of the idiot.
Besides, who knows? They may end up getting a great established coach like the coach at Utah or Boise or they may get an outstanding coordinator like Kirby Smart or Charley Strong.
BUZZTIME
January 12th, 2010
11:09 pm
Hey Mr. Bradley I beat you to the punch( 8 Minutesto be exact) on Stoops check out the link and the time.http://www.bbuzzoff.com/forum3/18612.html
Does this mean we think alike?
lewis
January 12th, 2010
11:09 pm
elvis is dead and i don’t feel so good myself.
Good job Brownie
January 12th, 2010
11:09 pm
That 7-6 record should have gotten Kiffin fired anyway.
JESUP
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
“He will try to destroy that university like he tried to destroy the Raiders” – Al Davis
The man is a prophet…
Urban Meyer
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
Lane my shrink’s cell numbers this
by talking to him you cant miss
at first he said go
then turned it to no
now my mind’s in an abyss
Vince Dooley
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
wish UGA had a blog about how good our program is……dead gum Techies !!
Urban Meyer
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
Lane my shrink’s cell numbers this
by talking to him you cant miss
at first he said go
then turned it to no
now my mind’s in an abyss
RETARDED AIN'T NICE WORDS
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
PLEASE STOP CALLING ME RETARDED? THAT AIN’T NICE.
YOUR FRIEND,
I KNOW WHO I AM.
Denver Dog
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
Don’t look now but here comes Zook
son_sir
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
I agree with one of the above posters. Loyalty and integrity is a vanishing quality in the ranks of major college football coaches. The dollar and ego reigns supreme. I am a proud Jacket fan, but believe we do have two coaches in the state in CPJ and CMR who still put some stock in loyalty and integrity. In that, all Georgians can be proud.
Larry Munson
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
Look at the trojans falling out of the sky! Look at the trojans folling out of the sky!
D K
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
Maybe the Vols should hire the coach from Middle Tennessee. That was one team from Tenn in the Final Top 25 this year
maddawg
January 12th, 2010
11:10 pm
someone earlier said UT fans were the most obnoxious. I completely disagree. I’ve been to a few road games including 3 trips to Knoxville. Every team has their idiot fans (including us) but I found the people in Knoxville to be the nicest and most gracious even in defeat. they congradulate when they lose and say “nice game” and “good luck the rest of the way” when they win. I can’t say the same for the majority of FLA and BAMA fans. All that said I always thought Fulmer was a no class jackass and was glad they canned him but the fans there deserve better than an even lowere class PUNK like Kiffen.
Hang in there Vol fans, hopefully this time you get a descent coach with some class and morals!!!!!!
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GT STILL IS A 4TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
January 12th, 2010
11:11 pm
OR RATHER UGA JET WITH DAMON AND RICHT REROUTES TO ROCKY TOP, BOTH WILL IN PRINCIPLE BE VOLS. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Larry Hall
January 12th, 2010
11:11 pm
Hey I wonder if June Jones would be in the mix? All the guy does is win!
Dawg Tired
January 12th, 2010
11:11 pm
This verifies what most of us knew all along. Kiffin is an absolute jerk. Apparently his dad is no better. I’m guessing even the Vol Nation has that figured out by now, although their irrational defending of the jerk was bizarre.
TDAWG
January 12th, 2010
11:11 pm
IT’s all about money.
Jeff G
January 12th, 2010
11:12 pm
I just heard that Tuberville was on a plane to Knoxville. He has resigned at Texas Tech to get back in the SEC.
rook76
January 12th, 2010
11:12 pm
I will now call the SEC East WIDE OPEN,,,,no DC at UGA….no coaches at Florida…Brooks retired…no coaches at UT………………………….put your money on Vandy
VOLSFORLIFE
January 12th, 2010
11:13 pm
I’m a Falcons fan and a Vols fan. What are the odds that 2 coaches would leave my favorite teams in a similar fashion in the span of 2 years?
Hopefully UT rebounds like the Falcons did and we land a respectable coach. I liked Kiffin due to how much energy he injected into the program. I defended his antics and thought everything would turn out ok. Boy was I wrong.
Aahahahahahahhahahaha I can't breathe
January 12th, 2010
11:13 pm
Rocky Top just became rocks will be thrown thru Blame’s Hollyywood home now. The UT players new song?? I am busting rocks now for a living. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA You FOOLS. Y’all are laughing stocks. Now we know why Kiffen said UT will never lose with me to UGA. He was right in his ONE game. HAHAHAHHA we are gonna pound you fools
Aaaaaaaahahahahhahahha ….it is so funny. Think of the fools that were signing up with him. HAHAHA Think of those moron Orange Girl thugs in SC that thought UT was “the right place and their new home”. HAAHAHAHA
See you in Athens Big Fools um, I mean Big Vols. Laughing stock stock of the nation you are.
Go Dogs.
Volsfan4life
January 12th, 2010
11:13 pm
June Jones would be a hell of choice!
UGA grad '08
January 12th, 2010
11:14 pm
As a Georgia fan, I send out my sympathies. That really sucks, but maybe UT will now hire a good head coach. who knows.
Jeff G
January 12th, 2010
11:15 pm
Fulmer says he available and would start at the bottom as a waterboy if he had to.
Willie
January 12th, 2010
11:15 pm
Is Tennessee hiring??
willie martinez
January 12th, 2010
11:15 pm
i understand chan gailey has expressed interest in the job.
Willie
January 12th, 2010
11:15 pm
Is GT hiring??
GT
January 12th, 2010
11:15 pm
Old Lane kind of tickled me with that slow moving Tennessee crowd. It is like going to a party and being tricked into taking your clothes off and walking into a room of laughing people with their clothes on. You have got to feel a little foolish, but it is better to get it over with now before your program turned into SMU ,with the death sentence. That big stadium would look like that scene of the Statue of Liberty in the Planet of the Apes by the end of this tale. Let LK head on over to tinsel city where he belongs and set you watch and calendars to see how long he rocks over there before he take those Trojans to the same grave that had Tennessee on it and thank your stars you dodged that bullet.
Troup
January 12th, 2010
11:16 pm
Go Gators, Go SEC, Good luck Vols; Go to hell lame you lying cheat, and go NCAA get’em in LA!
volunteerindallas
January 12th, 2010
11:16 pm
June Jones biggest upset of the bowl season SMU over Nevada!
CHARLOTTE DAWG
January 12th, 2010
11:17 pm
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….UT’S win at all cost attitude finally caught up to them.
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer group of fools. Why feel sorry for them? They did it to themselves by hiring that tool. Besides, UT will get Cutcliffe who kills Georgia everytime he faces them. So don’t feel sorry for them….just enjoy this moment of agony for the UT nation.
And all you idiot tennagers and foolish, uneducated parents that bought into Kiffin’s crap….I laugh at you and hope you lie in that bed you made.
Fools! “He cool….he ride a helacopper’ to see me….my name Markeith Ambles….I gets in on yo!”
rook76
January 12th, 2010
11:17 pm
well put GT
Dawg Fan Stuck in Jackson MS
January 12th, 2010
11:18 pm
Mark, nice reference to Usual Suspects, of course the same usual suspects will be mentioned for the now available position. Kiffin knows USC is gonna be on probation big time after the Bush/Agent lawsuit. Why take that job. Did he realize he was never gonna considered in the same breath as Meyer and Saban?