Coaching carousel 2025-26

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

Sec Coaching hires ….. how would you rate them?

• Arkansas: B
• Florida: B+
• Kent State: Don't care.
• Stanford: Don't care.
• UCLA: Don't care.
• Penn State: They seem to be spinning in circles.
• Virginia Tech: A
• Mississippi: B
• Oklahoma State: B+ (But I don't know much about Morris.)
• Oregon State: (I have no clue.)
• Colorado State: A (For them.)
• LSU: A (Even though I hope Lane BOMBS.)
• Auburn: C
• UAB: Don't care.
• California: Don't care.
• Michigan State: C+ (Though I know little about Fitzgerald.)
• Coastal Carolina: Don't care.

 

[countrytider]

All you guys bashing Kiffin for leaving, all agree LSU is the better job, right? So we can’t fault him for that.

We also know that Saban, along with Pete Carroll, advised Kiffin to take the LSU job.

Let’s not pretend Saban handled leaving the Dolphins the right way.

Kiffin clearly wanted to stay with his players and be allowed to coach the playoffs, and the players wanted him to stay.

So if you recognize LSU as the better job, (and it is), but you’re bashing him for how he handled a no-win situation

I get it, the easiest thing in the world to do is bash Lane Kiffin, but the Ole Miss AD forced him into a corner with an ultimatum.

It’s the system, not Kiffin.

How would you guys have handled it?

Edit to add: I find it strange Saban recommend he go to LSU, but was clearly against him being hired at Bama for all of his unforgivable sins.

 

[bamamc1]

Not only that but this has to be a gut punch to the OM community as a whole, the best season in modern OM history and the coach leaves, what a way to realize no matter how good you are, you'll still never be good enough in some eyes.

This post brought tears to my eyes. When I was at UNA we went over and played baseball against them each year along with Mississippi State. We were always treated with class at both schools. I also feel for OM fans, alumni, and students as well. This is one of the worst things I’ve seen in intercollegiate athletics in my lifetime.

 

[81usaf92]

All you guys bashing Kiffin for leaving, all agree LSU is the better job, right? So we can’t fault him for that.

We also know that Saban, along with Pete Carroll, advised Kiffin to take the LSU job.

Let’s not pretend Saban handled leaving the Dolphins the right way.

Kiffin clearly wanted to stay with his players and be allowed to coach the playoffs, and the players wanted him to stay.

So if you recognize LSU as the better job, (and it is), but you’re bashing him for how he handled a no-win situation

I get it, the easiest thing in the world to do is bash Lane Kiffin, but the Ole Miss AD forced him into a corner with an ultimatum.

It’s the system, not Kiffin.

How would you guys have handled it?

Edit to add: I find it strange Saban recommend he go to LSU, but was clearly against him being hired at Bama for all of his unforgivable sins.

For Saban:


1) Saban was in the middle of the season

2) Saban had zero talks with Alabama before the final game of his season. All talks between Mal and Saban were nonexistent and stopped with Jimmy Sexton. Mal even took a plan to Miami without having a meeting with Saban nor any indication Saban was ever going to meet with him.

So he was effectively going off the truth at the time and wanted to shut down the distraction. He NEVER MADE IT ABOUT HIM.

3) If you are going to put up something comparing Saban’s handling of a potential suitor to Lane’s handling of this then Miami isn’t the situation. His handling of the Texas job is far more comparable, but nowhere near as narcissistic and damaging.

For Kiffin

1) Kiffin had a reputation of burning a SEC city down due to his mishandling of a potential suitor before. He should have known what is and isn’t going to be viewed as appropriate.

2) There is a difference between considering and trolling during a coaching search. Kiffin and his family had to make all 3 programs involved waste a ridiculous amount of time on what they were going to do. Florida should really be thanking Auburn for screwing up with Sumrall because they spent far too much time thinking Lane was interested in them and nearly missed out on the best available coach.

3) Kiffin is a fool if he thought he was going to coach the next game. Anyone suggesting he should is an idiot too. I don’t care if Nick Saban himself said it. There is no world in which it makes sense for a coach to be able to coach the next game right before the early signing period when they are leaving to a school who is one of your permanent rivals. Kiffin is already proving why that was a ridiculous notion to even consider when he is threatening his staffers future if they don’t get on the plane just because he didn’t get his way.

4) the AD did the only sensible thing. I seriously doubt if DeBoer won the SECCG and suddenly said he is going to Auburn,Tennessee, or Mississippi St that any Alabama fan would be okay with him spending another day with direct access to our roster, facilities, and resources. That is effectively what Kiffin is suggesting he is entitled to. Had he taken the Penn St job or some NFL job (maybe even Florida) I doubt it would’ve been as big of an issue. But the fact that he took it to a direct rival makes it a no brainer that the relationship had to be severed immediately.


Honestly the only way he would have gotten out of this looking good by choosing LSU would’ve been if he didn’t constantly make it all about him and not make these stupid demands to Ole Miss after accepting the LSU job. Then not try to burn the bridge after already burning the bridge by trying to steal staff and recruits. Or to keep it simple… shut up, finish the season, take the job, thank Ole Miss for the opportunity, and leave.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

My cousin is the starting center for OM. His mom told me that it has been a very stressful 2 weeks for the whole team, as well as there household. He is a legacy at Ole Miss so he won't be leaving. Think about the players and their families as well and how much stress CLK added to their households. It's like having your boss that you've only known get fired or quit on you. You remember all of those pre-game and half-time speeches that CLK gave about not giving up and or quitting? Yeah, you get the picture!