The most hated man in sports is the raging brat Lane Kiffin
People hated Al Davis when his Raiders were winning. People hated Red Auerbach because his Celtics hoisted banners on an annual basis. People hated George Steinbrenner because he spent big and bought seven World Series rings for his money.
The common thread: People hate winners.
Which only goes to show how remarkable it is that Lane Kiffin, with a career record of 12-21 as a head coach, is the most despised man in American sports. A (partial) list of loathers:
• The aforementioned Davis, himself once the most hated man in sports.
• Raider Nation, a fan base that models itself after a biker gang.
• Urban Meyer, one of the two best coaches in college football.
• Recruiting analysts, who saw Kiffin’s ballyhooed Big Orange class of 2009 fall apart before it could get on the field.
• NCAA investigators, who are sick of hearing the words “secondary violation.”
• Mike Slive, the most powerful man in college football.
• Tennessee fans, who were left brokenhearted by this carpetbagger.
• Administrators at Florida, Alabama, Oregon, Washington and Fresno State — each school having received an apology from Kiffin’s latest employer over his unfounded charges that it had cheated.
• And now Jeff Fisher, who coaches the Tennessee Titans and who played collegiately at — wait for it — Southern Cal.
Fisher was peeved that Kiffin stole Kennedy Pola, who coached the Titans’ running back, a week before training camp commenced and did so without calling the NFL team to ask permission. (Of all the things Kiffin does badly, asking permission is among the worst.)
This guy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a raging brat. He calls to mind Jim Mora the Younger — the son of a famous coach, entitlement dripping from every pore, arrogance personified. But Mora actually won a little with the Falcons, at least at first, and he didn’t have to apologize one-tenth as often as Kiffin has.
Regarding Kiffin, there are two things that don’t compute: First, that big-name teams keep hiring him, and second, the incongruity of Monte Kiffin, a prince among football men, having sired this jerk. He we have living proof that sometimes the acorn does fall far from the ol’ tree.
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
164 comments Add your comment
30-24 Dawgs - We Run This State!
July 26th, 2010
1:53 pm
I hate Lane Kiffin! (but Layla ain’t so bad..)
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
1:57 pm
Duly noted, 30-24.
POAD
July 26th, 2010
2:02 pm
You forgot Bobby Patrio the Arkiesaw coach.
mclOUTh
July 26th, 2010
2:03 pm
Nate McLouth is the most hated man in Atlanta though.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
2:04 pm
Petrino doesn’t compare to Kiffin.
POAD
July 26th, 2010
2:05 pm
30-24 you hate Kiffin cause he is a joke with a better looking thiner wife, he is prettier than Richt, and by the way HE BEAT THE DAWGS. Now that is the real reason you hate him.
POAD
July 26th, 2010
2:06 pm
I don’t know MARK he did leave a note when he left.
mclOUTh
July 26th, 2010
2:06 pm
POAD…I am UT Fan…please stop making our school look like idiots. He was and is an idiot with a big mouth who can’t cash the checks.
45-19
July 26th, 2010
2:07 pm
45-19
Nachos
July 26th, 2010
2:07 pm
Figured you still had Saban # 1.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:07 pm
Maybe douchebaggery is a recessive gene. Both parents had to have it.
Taylor
July 26th, 2010
2:07 pm
Nate McClouth, Bobby Petrino, and Lane Kiffin
You had to kill one, let one coach your football team, and let one hit #8 for the braves. GO
mclOUTh
July 26th, 2010
2:07 pm
What would I rather have….Lane Kiffin coaching my team….or Nate McLouth playing CF? Hmmmmm…that is a tough call.
Dawg House
July 26th, 2010
2:08 pm
Don’t forget Mark Bradley. The most hated man in and around Athens when it comes to him beating dead horses.
David
July 26th, 2010
2:08 pm
Most people hate Lane Kiffin. Understood. But he is relentless in his quest to make his team and program better. Obviously, he doesn’t mind stepping on other peoples toes. It doesn’t faze him in the least to piss off the likes of Meyer, Saban, Richt, or Fisher. He works for his program and nobody else. He plays cutthroat in a cutthroat business.
mclOUTh
July 26th, 2010
2:08 pm
Petrino coaches my team, Lane bats 8th…and well we know what that does to Nate
Whopper Dawg
July 26th, 2010
2:08 pm
Mark, I would disagree, Kiffin has more numerous “transgressions”, but nothing that compares to the timing and the way that Petrino left the Falcons. That is the definition of a “no class”, but I will admit Kiffin runs second.
WayDog
July 26th, 2010
2:09 pm
Frankly, I love Lane Kiffin. It’s hard to beat the entertainment value. As long as he’s not the coach of one of my teams, I hope he stays around awhile. There are other organizations out there that deserve a Lane Kiffin, so let’s hope he keeps making the rounds.
POAD
July 26th, 2010
2:10 pm
I am guessing Isner didn’t win the Match Sunday? The dawgs haven’t been barking all day. Well, I guess they are all on-line filling out their UGA AD applications while slamming back some Jack on the rocks and dabbing the sweat from their pits with red panties. Sorry I had to say it. The Panty thing is going to have to last for the whole season unlike bobo’s good play calling.
mclOUTh
July 26th, 2010
2:11 pm
Can POAD be banned Mark? Does the AJC blog have that option?
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
July 26th, 2010
2:12 pm
i wouldn’t hold your breath, kiffin will be gone from USC in 3 years tops!!
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:12 pm
Do you remember when blog comments used to be clever and witty? Neither do I.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
2:13 pm
We have that option, mclOUTh.
Tweets that mention The most hated man in sports is the raging brat Lane Kiffin | Mark Bradley -- Topsy.com
July 26th, 2010
2:13 pm
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mark Bradley, Alaina Smothers and Andrew DeMillo, Steve Jones. Steve Jones said: MarkBradleyAJC The most hated man in American sports? The raging brat Lane #Kiffin. http://bit.ly/dx1Lhs [...]
Nachos
July 26th, 2010
2:15 pm
POAD owns the puppies.
Nice work!
POAD
July 26th, 2010
2:16 pm
did I upset you mcIOUTh? with what?
Cotton Top
July 26th, 2010
2:16 pm
I think I agree with you on this one MB… yikes, that’s scary! I’m looking forward to Kiffin and Harbaugh locking horns soon. BTW wonder what Kiffin will do when Mitch Mustain’s momma shows up? Epic
mclOUTh
July 26th, 2010
2:17 pm
Mark you have hit two home runs today. Quickly becoming my favorite columnist. I’ll buy the beer next time I’m at the Ted. Just keep the pressure up ok?
Pi$$onaDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:17 pm
what is up MARK?
mclOUTh
July 26th, 2010
2:18 pm
Anybody who speaks HIGHLY of CLK is just sad. I’m a UT fan and yes he beat the Dawgs, but I’m not proud of him being at our university. He is an embarassment to his father and the profession. Ask Jeff Fisher what he thinks of him today.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:18 pm
As an upperclassman, I wonder if Mustain is considering transferring? Sounds like Houston Nutt could use a new QB. Wouldn’t that be ironic.
KimZ'sPackage
July 26th, 2010
2:18 pm
slow news day with this one MARK you picked an easy target.
MyPatooti
July 26th, 2010
2:18 pm
A word of warning, if you come to TN. DO NOT under any circumstances even mention the name of Lane Kiffen. You could very easily end up with a black eye or broken nose. It has now become just a reflex, so be prepared. Here’s how bad it is, and this is BBBBBAAAAADDDDD! Even Vanderbilt students and players hate him! I do believe he would be considered an “illegal alien” if he tries to cross the border into TN. Now his wife, that’s a totally different story. That brings up an interesting question. How in “tarnation” did she end up with him? Dang, she must be a Saint!!!!
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
2:20 pm
Petrino can at least coach at the college level. The big Falcon fan in me wants Georgia to roll 70 + on Ark this year. The gambler in me loves Petrino and his OVER-whelming offenses. I couldn’t OVER-state how much I like Petrino as a college coach. Even the OVER-time rules in college haven’t helped me as much as Petrino’s high scoring teams. This post is finally OVER.
KimZ'sPackage
July 26th, 2010
2:21 pm
Slow day? Kiffin is an easy target.
The General Feeling
July 26th, 2010
2:22 pm
Mark, you are so right on this one! Volunteer fans held our noses all the while we supported him as our battle captain. The Volunteer Nation is much better without him around.
Time Out
July 26th, 2010
2:24 pm
Check out the “IT”S TIME (Lane Kiffen)” youtube video from a uTee fan.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:24 pm
James Adams – I’m not sure that Petrino’s proved yet that he can win at the big time college level. Conference USA, yes he dominated but he’s been pretty underwhelming in two years at Ar-Kansas. With Ryan Mallett as his QB, I think he has a lot to prove this season.
POAD
July 26th, 2010
2:26 pm
mcIOUTh kiffin is far from the first to bring disrespect to UT and he will not be the last. Enter Da’Rick Rogers! He is ready to carry on the UT tradition. Hold your head up mcIOUTh Your new coach now sounds and looks better than the VANDY coach. It has been deacdes since that has happened.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:26 pm
Who’s more hated in the SEC over the last 20 years – Lane Kiffin or Steve Spurrier? Don’t factor in Spurrier’s more recent kinder, gentler grampa demeanor.
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
2:27 pm
GeoffDawg….I think you OVER-looked my point.
It's a shame what he did to that dog
July 26th, 2010
2:27 pm
“People hate winners.”
No, actually people like winners. What people hate are people in the media who build up teams like USC and call those teams the “greatest ever” all while said team is cheating to win.
Also, people hate it when certain people build up players like Strasburg before they ever play a game.
St. Clarkston
July 26th, 2010
2:30 pm
Mark, don’t sell yourself short!
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:31 pm
I do see a trend forming James Adams.
Phat Phil
July 26th, 2010
2:31 pm
If Lame worked at Home Depot (no offense to HD employees), Layla would not have given him the sweat off her butt to take a pill with. So glad Lame, Monte, and Orangutan are gone from KnoxVegas and I wish them many years of ill fate in Californication. Rocky Top!
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
2:31 pm
My name was placed in nomination by our of AJC.com sports editors, St. Clarkston.
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
2:33 pm
One other thing. I GUARANTEE you, if ESPN did a ‘most hated’ poll solely between LeBron James and Lane Kiffin. LeBrone James West gets at least 65% of the vote. Hell, neither one of them are winners. ‘You may be heading SOUTH, but yo’ mama is riding WEST!’….heh heh heh..never gets old.
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
2:35 pm
It’s true, GeoffDawg, I won a lot of money (fake money of course) on the Boise-Lousiville bowl game years ago. I’ll never forget the old coward for that.
Asheville Dawg
July 26th, 2010
2:35 pm
How many wins does Lame Kitten come up with this year? Probation will be unkind to the Trojans. Oh well he did bring Layla along.
Bubba
July 26th, 2010
2:39 pm
Rocky Flop will always be home sweet home to me.Hows Derrick Rogers doing?
F-105 Thunderchief
July 26th, 2010
2:40 pm
Now Jeff Fisher hates him. He has aristobratic tendencies I’d say.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:41 pm
I’m sure it was just monopoly money James Adams.
Mark, why don’t you put a poll with Lane Kiffin, Lebron James, and you? For the record, you’re alright in my book.
Asheville Dawg – I’m sure the combination of Layla and a $4 million salary will get Lane through the rough patches.
Gbal
July 26th, 2010
2:41 pm
Geoff- People hated Spurrier because he was a winner and then talked a little “smack” …. but he backed it up on the field while at UF. Now that he’s at USC and not winning like he was… he has sense enough to lay off the Smack. Sure if he makes another run he will go back to his old ways!
DOO DOO LEE
July 26th, 2010
2:42 pm
hard to declare the sorriest clown of the SEC bunch, Saban and Petrino give Kiffin a run for his money..not an ounce of loyalty or character between the 3 of them but they all expect the players to walk the line. In other words, “do as I say and not as I do or have done”
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
2:43 pm
You know, it’s weird. I wouldn’t have thought LeBron James was anything but admired heading into this summer.
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
2:43 pm
James Adams – If the Arkansas defense didn’t improve any over the offseason, UGA will hang 80 on them. UGA stunk up Fayettevill in the first quarter if my memory servers and still scored 50. Sheesh.
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
2:45 pm
Typos all over the place. No more 6:00 A.M. calls with people in Europe.
FromtheBARstool
July 26th, 2010
2:45 pm
LeBron was just so wrong in the whole way he made a cicrus of his choice.
athensdawg
July 26th, 2010
2:45 pm
can’t say much, he kinda handed us our butts on a platter………
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
2:46 pm
If you did a Kiffin/James-West poll on the AJC it would sway towards Kiffin because we are in college football country. Mark Bradley said the most hated man in ’sports’ which implies the country.
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
2:48 pm
Well, gosh, Mark, I’m sure OJ Simpson would have had a high mark on a public opinion poll before committing a double murder. I didn’t know this was a retroactive situation.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:49 pm
Re: Lebron, I don’t have any issues with somebody leveraging their skills in a competitive marketplace to their advantage. That being said, especially after that ESPN special, he definitely rankled a lot of folks.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
2:49 pm
No, I was just saying: LeBron went from hero to villain in the time it takes to say, “Here’s Jim Gray … “
Douglas
July 26th, 2010
2:49 pm
Maybe Lane got his narcissistic genes from his mother…not his dad!
sogadog
July 26th, 2010
2:50 pm
Kiffen might be a good coach, but we may never know. First, the only school that will hire him after his many stunts and the way he ditched Tenn. is USC. NCAA penalties will kill the USC program and take Kiffen down along with it. Kiffen will be fired from USC eventually once the effect of the NCAA sanctions kick in. That should end his career as a head college football coach. If Kiffen had any character and had stayed at Tenn., he might have made a great coach. His first and only Tennessee team was not that bad, They hung in with Fla, should have beaten National Champion Alabama and they routed the Bulldawgs. Kiffen recruited well too. No one paid attention to Kiffen’s success though because of his obnoxious mouth. His chance for success now is pretty bleak and every team that plays him will be out for blood.
Brent
July 26th, 2010
2:50 pm
Petrino did the Falcons a huge favor. What happens if he prolongs the agony. Sometimes you just “cut bait”.
ClemsonDude
July 26th, 2010
2:51 pm
This guy was interview for the HC at Clemson after Tommy Bowden resigned. Thanks the good Lord he did’nt get the job at Clemson.
gdawginkalamazoo
July 26th, 2010
2:52 pm
We all know the protocol on hiring in the pros and college level. Wouldn’t Pola have some blame in this thing? If he and Kiffin were such good friends couldn’t Pola tell him to call Coach Fisher and talk? To me it looks like Pola is just as big of a jerk as Kiffin. Of course look at his staff and we just figure that is part of the job description. Pola burned a big bridge to the NFL with that move. And for what 2 years probation then getting canned with Kiffin.
Dan
July 26th, 2010
2:52 pm
I guess we all can hate on Lane Kifin as much as we want but I think players and coaches want to play for him not because of his coaching but because of his wife !!!! You have to admit the man has done at least one thing right!!!
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=lane+kiffin+wife&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=sNhNTPO9CsOclgeu0N33DQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQsAQwAA
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
2:52 pm
sogadog – I’m not sure that he wouldn’t have had other options, as ridiculous at that sounds, but you don’t get awarded one the highest salaries in college football if there is no one else willing to hire you.
Jesse Chavez
July 26th, 2010
2:54 pm
Wheeewww. No one mentioned me. Good. Now if you’ll excuse me, electronic Bobby Cox just inexplicably put me in to pitch on MLB 2K11. Time to hit the reset button.
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
2:56 pm
I will forever say that that was one of the best things to happen to the Falcons. It gave ALL the fans someone to hate, as opposed to the 50/50 split that the Vick situation tore the fan base into. It also gave the players something to bring them together. I think Emmitt Thomas did a great job of keeping that locker room together and not letting things fall apart. One of the classiest men you could ever meet.
woowoo
July 26th, 2010
2:57 pm
Kiffin didn’t have time to leave a note when he left, too busy putting out mattress fires!
POAD
July 26th, 2010
2:59 pm
Free drinks on me! Everybody meet at BAR Knoxville! Make sure to wear your helmets because there maybe some underage Vol players there too.
NoGaGator
July 26th, 2010
3:00 pm
I believe in karma. I bet it’s pretty interesting watching Lanie and Waterboy Orgeron squirming like rats while Pat Haden moves in.
The only problem is, Lanie keeps making outrageous sums of $$$ for what he brings to the table. If Haden does find a way to dump him, I hope it’s for cause so he doesn’t even scam even more $$$.
As for his wife, she may look smoking hot however if she had any brains why would she still put up with the weasel? Let the blonde jokes continue.
She must not be all there -unfortunately, neither was her Dad.
HedgeSmoker
July 26th, 2010
3:00 pm
The fleabags hate list just happens to be the same coaches that kick the crap out of ‘em.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
3:01 pm
woowoo – I think he was also trying to avoid the torch and pitchfork wielding masses converging on the athletic department. Frankenstein was more popular with the locals.
Too tough 44
July 26th, 2010
3:01 pm
off the subject just a little….ole Jessie Jackson and Big Al Sharpton have been doing their attention seeking behaviors again….ohhhhh wo unto the black..man, Lebron was treated like a slave…good grief charlie brown….move on!
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
3:02 pm
You apparently hate Georgia HedgeSmoker. What does that tell you?
Hilton Head Island
July 26th, 2010
3:02 pm
.
————————
Nesbitt for Heisman
————————
.
GTHorsie
July 26th, 2010
3:02 pm
I think you have to be relevant to be the “most hated”. When Notre Dame was winning, they were also on the list.
Brent
July 26th, 2010
3:06 pm
Looks like everyone agrees on this one, MB. No hatespeech flying on the blog. I’m going to check out Tucker and Bookman, they’ve been on a roll.
woowoo
July 26th, 2010
3:06 pm
Just in for the law and order Tech crowd, price for assault and battery = 1 game suspension.
Bull
July 26th, 2010
3:07 pm
Don’t put yourself on a pedistle Mark. Your not the most hated columnist, just the worst one covering sports. You and Shultz have rubbed off on each other too much. There should be a Fulmer Cup type award for how many awful columns you and Shultz produce. You guys are the laughing stock of GA sports writers and especially UGA football
Joey
July 26th, 2010
3:07 pm
Coach Richt, being a Christian, surely doesn’t hate Kiffin, but probably doesn’t include Kiffin inn his nightly prayers . . .
Brent
July 26th, 2010
3:08 pm
At least he can spell
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
3:08 pm
woowoo, Not sure of the details but assuming all the reports were true, I think that seems a bit light. And by a bit I mean a lot.
Beast from the East
July 26th, 2010
3:09 pm
Wasn’t it great when we found out the penalties levied against USC?
I would normally have felt they were too harsh, but the fact that they had hired Lane Kiffen as their coach made it seem more than reasonable. This will probably cost him his job in a couple of years. Bet his “dream job” will then become any one he can get.
What a total scumbag.
juvenal
July 26th, 2010
3:09 pm
same as under-age drinking?
dog789xyz
July 26th, 2010
3:10 pm
Do you think he taught CMR the bootleg play?
Bernie Marcus
July 26th, 2010
3:10 pm
I wish you people would quit calling my company “Home Depot” the name is “THE Home Depot”. Geez.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
I think you just lost another whale shark Bernie. I suggest adding more snails to your tanks.
bjohndawg
July 26th, 2010
3:14 pm
Lane Kiffin is the posterchild for everything wrong with college football.
Coaches who dont give a you know what about their players.
Coaches who dont give a you know what about the school that hires them.
Coaches that preach commitment, but have never been commited to anything or anyone except their own sorry backside.
Their only concern is $.
I am a Dawg fan…but UT fans and their school deserved better than this clown.
Arthur
July 26th, 2010
3:17 pm
Hey Bernie, the punctuation goes INSIDE the quotes. Geez.
Oakland, CA
July 26th, 2010
3:18 pm
Lane was a joke coaching the Al Davis Raiders.
MightyQuinn
July 26th, 2010
3:23 pm
Lane Kiffin and his father; I am reminded of a scene in Smokey and the Bandit. Sheriff Justice is bemoaning a boneheaded statement by his son and says, “There is no way you sprung from my loins. I’m gonna go home and slap yo’ momma.”
Marc
July 26th, 2010
3:23 pm
As an MMA fighter, I would love to put on my USC shirt and parade around Knoxville – sounds like I’ll get in some free practice sessions! Having said that… what hate preaching columnist actually debases himself and his readers with a topic like this? – must be a Southern churchgoer?! Yes, it makes perfect sense to hate somebody when they get an opportunity for their dream-job. That is after all what we would feel for anyone who gets a great opportunity… seems like a lot of frustration here, time out for self reflection… hey everybody; quit what you are doing and start going after what you really want in life, and ehr, get a life – or is that a bit redundant? I personally think that LK will do a better job than PC as PC was to busy and thin stretched to really pay attention to football in LA. Having said all that, I wish all of you great blessings with your new life and career choices and a joyous, injury free, and successful upcoming football season, especially all those in the South as once again it is proven, this might just be the only thing to do here.
Turner Field
July 26th, 2010
3:24 pm
Please wash your hands after using the facilities. Thanks.
too easy
July 26th, 2010
3:25 pm
hey…he beat the living crap out of UGA last year….he can’t be all bad
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
3:26 pm
‘As an MMA fighter.’ #73 in the list of Top 500 things Douchebags say to begin a statement.
Otter
July 26th, 2010
3:31 pm
Kiffin may be the most hated… but the most evil villain on the list is Scott Boras. He and a small group of owners have permanently damaged major league baseball. Kiffin’s damage will fade in a few years.
Joey
July 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
Leave it to a nerd to think that red panties are some kind of joke. I like them on Victoria’s Secret models and on my wife as well . . .
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
3:37 pm
Leave it to a UGA fan with no sense of humor to think red panties aren’t a joke. And leave it to a UGA fan to be incapable of thinking of a word other than nerd to talk about Tech fans.
Gen Neyland
July 26th, 2010
3:43 pm
zoodawg is right. From my perspective, Kiffin didn’t tip-toe into Nashville and toss Pola in a burlap sack, flying him away from the Titan’s operations center aboard a Maroon chopper. It’s just that eveything that Lane Kiffin gets involved in has a story behind it. Do tell, Layla. Do tell…
Joey
July 26th, 2010
3:44 pm
How about Dork? And George, visit victoria’ssecret.com. It will improve your outlook . . .
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
3:46 pm
Here’s another word to describe Tech fans..well, students: Terrorist.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
3:47 pm
“I think Im close to being banned” I would concur.
Army of the GATORS
July 26th, 2010
3:48 pm
Just glad this schmuck is out of the SEC.He hurt TN and the rest of us,with his stupid crap. Still Has no resume as a coach.
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
3:49 pm
Very creative, Joey. Keep thinking outside the box. Are you in the 3rd grade?
And I never said I didn’t like them on the ladies. I just said that you need to get a sense of humor about the whole Damon Evans fiasco. It will improve your outlook…
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
3:50 pm
Also creative, James. Haven’t heard that either.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
3:54 pm
How about Poindexter? Goober? Nincompoop? Just spitballing here.
James Adams
July 26th, 2010
3:55 pm
Asian
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
3:57 pm
That was actually funny, James.
C’mon UGA fans. Y’all can do better than some variation of nerd. It’s been like 50 years. I’d say the trademark on it has run.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
4:00 pm
Are we thinking outside the box then? Virgin. *double entendre*
ErnisTbass
July 26th, 2010
4:01 pm
Lane Kiffen is the Brian Bosworth of coaching, he has won some games with a strong defense and the only thing he had to with that is picking his dad up on the way to work
Evansdawg
July 26th, 2010
4:02 pm
How is it a bad thing that Georgia be associated with red panties? Sounds cool to me! What kind of guy doesn’t like a nice pair of red panties? Wait…don’t answer that. Everyone knows that answer. I’ll take the red panties. As a matter of fact, our own fans whould toss them around in the stadium just to create pandemonium.
Joey
July 26th, 2010
4:02 pm
George, we both know if the shoe fits ….
I was writing to the nerd who was writing, ” red panties, red panties, hahahahaha, red panties, hahahahaha, red panties, etc, etc.
But, really, who could have seen the Evans thing coming? I hated it for him, but I’m glad he left so quickly.
But … back to business – how about geek?
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
4:02 pm
Nah, GeoffDawg. We have lots of Asians on our campus. And we all know what industry – outside of nails and dry cleaning – they specialize in. If you don’t, drive down I-75 toward Florida and you’ll figure it out pretty quickly.
Virgin just doesn’t fit.
Delbert D.
July 26th, 2010
4:03 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised if Pat Haden and J.K. McKay have already told Kiffin in essence that he is poised under the guillotine.
OSCAR
July 26th, 2010
4:05 pm
Does he like red panties??
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
4:05 pm
Sure, the shoe fits for some of us on the Tech side of the fence. But I’ve been to Athens and to suggest your campus is devoid of nerds, geeks, goobers, etc. would be completely dishonest.
Thing is, I agree about the red panties hahahahaha stuff. He needs to be a bit more creative. That’s not even funny. And no one saw the DUI thing coming. But that doesn’t make it less humorous.
But again, we are running into the same issue. Enough with the nerd/geek stuff. Put some thought into it.
Ace
July 26th, 2010
4:06 pm
Kiffen OWNS the doggies.
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
4:07 pm
lol. A little rub and tug.
Drew
July 26th, 2010
4:07 pm
Actually, I dislike Roy Barnes more than I dislike Lane Kiffin and Barnes went to Georgia! I am a die hard Dawg! Imagine that!
Tweets that mention The most hated man in sports is the raging brat Lane Kiffin | Mark Bradley -- Topsy.com
July 26th, 2010
4:07 pm
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by jenny, Bob Daniels, Oronde Glaspie, John Tamanaha, Alexa and others. Alexa said: RT @GatorRIVALS: Most hated man in spots? That would be Mr. Kiffin: http://tinyurl.com/2chgbwo #Gators #vols #Alabama [...]
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
4:08 pm
Indeed, GeoffDawg. Never been to the Jade Spa myself but I can’t say I haven’t thought about it.
NRBQ
July 26th, 2010
4:10 pm
North Avenue Nebbishes?
GeoffDawg
July 26th, 2010
4:13 pm
Me either. I think my wife might frown on it.
Re: Tech names, something from Monty Python would probably be appropriate.
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
4:13 pm
Much better, NRBQ! I think I’m a fairly stubbon guy, but I’ll buy it. It has a little alliteration to it and sounds like our QB. Gold star for you.
George Stein
July 26th, 2010
4:14 pm
That might be appropriate, GeoffDawg. Now we’re getting somewhere.
How About Tiger Woods?
July 26th, 2010
4:24 pm
OK, so he’s still popular with alot of people, but he’s also despised by many. I didn’t like him before his SUV “accident”, due to his lack of sportsmanship and lack of respect for the game (things Tom Watson mentioned).
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
4:31 pm
Wonder how Lane K. feels about having a new athletics director before his team has played a game.
AJC article on the most hated man in sports... Lane Kiffin - VolNation
July 26th, 2010
4:36 pm
[...] hated man in sports… Lane Kiffin Thought you all might find this ajc article interesting… The most hated man in sports is the raging brat Lane Kiffin | Mark Bradley It's a short but sweet list of all those who rightfully hate on Kiffin and why his is considered [...]
Gillislee
July 26th, 2010
4:39 pm
Sanction them up some more for that stunt of accusing 5 teams of contacting one of their freshman and then many weeks later admitting it never happened.
wxwax
July 26th, 2010
4:41 pm
I think the shake-up at USC could be the best thing to happen to Lane Kiffin.
He’d already toned down his act, because he doesn’t need to dance on tabletops with a lampshade on his head to recruit for USC (unlike recruiting for Tennessee.)
I think being forced to go “old school” will either make him or break him. I think he’s a talented coach and recruiter. For me, the remaining question is whether or not he’s a good program administrator.
And having Pat Haden’s minions supervising him, forcing him to follow both the letter and the spirit of the rules, can only help him run a solid program.
In other words, I think there’s a good chance Kiffin can join your other villains on the wall of infamy, by being hated for his winning.
Love Poem to Kiffy
July 26th, 2010
4:46 pm
You’re a mean one Mr Kiffin
You really are a heel
You’re as cuddly as a cactus
You’re as charming as an eel
Mr. Kiffin
You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel
You’re a monster Mr. Kiffin
Your Hearts an empty hole
Your brain is full of spiders
You’ve got garlic in your soul Mr. Kiffin
I wouldn’t touch you with a
39 and a half Foot pole
You’re a vile one Mr. Kiffin
You have termites in your smile
You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile
Mr. Kiffin
Given the choice between the two of you
I’d take the a seasick crocodile
You’re a foul one Mr. Kiffin
You’re a nasty wasty skunk
Your heart is full of unwashed socks,
Your soul is full of gunk
Mr. Kiffin
The 3 words that best describe you, are as follows, and I quote
Stink, Stank, Stonk
You’re a rotter Mr. Kiffin
You’re the king of sinful sots
Your hearts a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots
Mr. Kiffin
Your sole is an appalling dump heap
Overflowing with the most disgraceful
Assortment of deplorable rubbish
Imaginable, mangled up in tangled up knots
You nauseate me, Mr. Kiffin
With a nauseous super naus
You’re a crooked jerky jockey and,
you drive a crooked horse
Mr. Kiffin
You’re a 3 Decker sour kraut and toad stool sandwich
With arsenic sauce!
~Vol Fan
Layla. Yes, really.
July 26th, 2010
4:56 pm
Frankly, I love Lane Kiffin for leaving TN. We didn’t want him there to begin with and his constant whining was embarrassing. Granted, his wife has a most excellent name.
Saban is most hated in my book, because he’s devious, he’s dirty, and he’s GOOD. Hate that devil troll.
juice
July 26th, 2010
5:11 pm
It’s nice to have villians like Lane..the brat….well said…and Lebron…man I will be pulling for them to lose eveytime…
Paoli
July 26th, 2010
6:05 pm
There’s a central problem here — nobody wants to live in Tennessee when they could live in California. Especially Samoan Americans.
War Eagle Man
July 26th, 2010
6:10 pm
@ Sogadog..You hit the nail on the head. From top to bottom your post is and will be Kiffins reality.
Jeff
July 26th, 2010
6:21 pm
As a life-long ‘SC, Kiffin, the embarrassment of a human being that he is, needs to go immediately, if not sooner. He is an absolute disgrace as a man.
looked up douchebag in the new webster's
July 26th, 2010
6:23 pm
lo and behold – there was a nice profile pic of Lane Kiffin
tom bates
July 26th, 2010
6:25 pm
Another provincial SEC newspaper opinion. YAWN. So he left for a better job, Shocking! Get over it. I think SEC college football has more to worry about with 1) agents, 2)coaches going off on reporters (Mr. Florida) and 3) academic rigging of classes and grades.
Josh M
July 26th, 2010
7:51 pm
I would only pee on Urban Meyer if he WASN’T on fire.
Mr dg
July 26th, 2010
8:08 pm
There are only givers and takers in this life. Givers are those who go about doing their job the correct way and the takers live off the givers.
Takers:
1-Kiffin-Everyone he meets becomes his enemy
2-Petrino-After he heard Blank brag on him on Monday night football he does the souie pig whatever in the middle of the night.
3-Vick-For the dogs and almost single handling destroying the Falcons-Thank God they came back from the dead!
4-Sports Agents and those who turn their head to cheating
Givers-For the record-I never said I liked Saban or Myer or even Steinbrinner but I respect them for winning.I respect Vol coach Dooley because of the mess he has to clean up.And yes some don’t like Richt but his records speaks for it self. Paul Johnson-should I say more!
Let’s cheer for the givers!!!!
Digital Sports Marketing | The most hated man in sports is the raging brat Lane Kiffin – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) | Sports Marketing Digital
July 26th, 2010
9:01 pm
[...] The most hated man in sports is the raging brat Lane Kiffin – Atlanta Journal Constitution (bl… [...]
Lane Kiffin, USC Coach, Has Lawsuit Filed Against Him
July 27th, 2010
1:20 am
[...] The most hated man in sports is the raging brat Lane Kiffin Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) – Jul 26th – 13:59 [...]
Joe N
July 27th, 2010
8:17 am
Layla isn’t “so bad,” but that’s because she is a Gator.
I am not going to be the head coach at Alabama. I am the head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
July 27th, 2010
9:03 am
I wouldn’t use the word “hate”. However, Lane certainly is jerk of the decade in sports. I don’t blame him really for leaving UT for his dream job. My issue with him is that he was an arrogant jerk from day one and continues as so. As dawg fan, I will say that UT deserves better. Derek will be that for UT. As far as how he nabbed his wife, don’t you remember in school that the hottest, nicest girls went for the biggest jerks? Nuf said.
Saban—-Left for his dream job also, but did so with no class.
Petrino—Left for better opportunity (in his eyes), but left with no class as well.
Lebron—Took the best opportunity, but is certainly full of himself.
Vick——Thug of the decade award winner. No contest here.
Paddy
July 27th, 2010
10:04 am
David, you said Kiffin is relentless in his pursuit to make his teams better. His record is 12-22, when did this pursuit start, last Thursday? The new AD at USC will not like having his head coach the laughing stock of the sports world for too long. Remember he didn’t hire this maroon, Garrett did.
Globin' Out
July 27th, 2010
11:57 am
BTw–it figures all the Dawgies would admire Layla. After all, she’s a GATOR. The most envied beasts in all of GA.
Mark Bradley
July 27th, 2010
12:09 pm
Speaking of Gators: Did you hear the joke Chuck Dowdle told at the Bulldog Club of Atlanta meeting last night?
I am not going to be the head coach at Alabama. I am the head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
July 27th, 2010
12:28 pm
Mark- Why the tease? Let’s hear it. I need a good laugh at Gator expense.
Mark Bradley
July 27th, 2010
1:12 pm
Oh, sorry. Got distracted.
Chuck Dowdle’s joke: “Know what you call a good-looking woman on the arm of a Gator? A tattoo.”
Googlianus jr
July 27th, 2010
2:58 pm
Two Dawgfans are fishing. The Dawg reels in his line and sees that he’s snagged an old bottle. As he’s taking it off the hook, a genie pops out and promises to grant him one wish. “Turn the lake into beer,” he says. The genie goes “Poof!” and the lake turns into beer. He says to the other Dawg, “So what do you think?” The other Dawg says, “You jerk. Now we’ve got to piss in the boat.”
I am not going to be the head coach at Alabama. I am the head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
July 27th, 2010
3:56 pm
That might be the dumbest joke I ever heard.
Delbert D.
July 27th, 2010
4:15 pm
Mark, some megalomaniacs as well as the regular kind of maniacs were left out:
In no particular order…
1) Al Davis himself (but credit him for firing Kiffin)
2) George Steinbrenner
3) Jerry Jones
4) Barry Bonds
5) Mark McGuire
tedwilliamshead.com has a *great* drunk photo of Roethlisberger in a bar..
dh
July 27th, 2010
7:32 pm
he sucks and is a disgrace to college athletics, he is in the right place for that though
Empty suit – FOXSports.com | Newsroom News
July 28th, 2010
3:34 pm
[...] recognition as a sports columnist at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and editor at Nebraska …The most hated man in sports is the raging brat Lane KiffinAtlanta Journal Constitution [...]
Is Lane Kiffin really the most hated man in sports? « Roughing the Passer
July 29th, 2010
5:03 pm
[...] MLB, NBA, New England Patriots, NFL, Pac-10, Steroids, USC Trojans by gg That’s what the Atlanta Journal Constitution recently called him in an article, but is it [...]
SCW
July 29th, 2010
5:09 pm
Honestly, most of the rest of the country (i.e. not the south) doesn’t get why people in this region have such an emotional hissy-fit over a guy who hasn’t exactly lived up to this “hated” stuff in the interviews.
You all need to seriously calm down, the hysterics –especially from those in TN– is a tad alarming.
Cincinnati.Com | Cincinnati Enquirer | Unsportsmanlike Conduct » Daily Links, 7/30: TO and the Trade Deadline
July 30th, 2010
9:05 am
[...] Kiffin, dating to his days as a young USC assistant, the Most Hated Man in Sports – as recently dubbed by Atlanta Journal Constitution columnist Mark Bradley – has been nothing but cordial, [...]
Ruvin
July 30th, 2010
9:16 am
Mr Bradley, unfortunately I find your “article” to be unabashed SEC homerism and devoid completely of any kind of journalistic integrity. You basically just wasted my brain telling me nothing I didn’t know already – that the people who’s toes he stepped on don’t like Lane Kiffin. Big deal. If he wins, you like most of your sportswriting buddies will be the first to jump right back on his bandwagon – I recall the case of a certain Mr. Saban…
This is the biggest reason I hate the offseason – because given nothing concrete to talk about, sportswriters have nothing left to spew except crap, with a few exceptions who are employed by outlets such as SI and ESPN.
Kiffinhater
September 12th, 2010
2:38 am
I love the post about the MMA fighter getting practice in Knoxville. Sounds like you are Lane Kiffin’s offspring…a self centered idiot that will stop at nothing to make an ass of himself.