Lane Kiffin leaving U.T. !!!!

[Jasongar8]

I would love to get Les Miles from LSU. Or bring in Jon Gruden. He coached at UT in 1986 and his wife is from East TN and graduated from UT.

Edited January 13, 2010 by Jasongar8

[Guest m&pc9]

I hope Kiffins plane takes a nose dive.

[Guest Bluemax]

you all loved Hamilton when he brought in Bruce Pearl, he was a God when he hired Kiffen, now you all turn on him. No wonder UT is sort of laughed at outside of here. Just sayin...

I'm not turning on Hamilton, I thought he hit a home run with Kiffen as did most every one....Houston Knutt maybe ??

[Guest Sgt. Joe]

Not happening. He is 0ne hour away from his second home, the Augusta National. Free membership from South Carolina. 1st- Football , 2nd- Golf is his passion.

In response to Bluemax.....

You may well be 100% correct, but he is getting old and home is home. SC will never IMO have the ability to recruit like TN does.

I read somewhere a few years ago that the politics of SC get in his way coaching there, I didnt really understand it when I read it but he has been there long enough to have WON something but hasnt....WHY?

Then again maybe he is too old to care?....I at one time lived in Augusta (N. August SC actually) and that sure is one nice looking golf course. It isnt however somewhere you want to be during the Masters unless you are a golfer, which I am not.

Kinda like a Knoxville home game X 3....for a week.:screwy: Ya cant buy a candy bar without standing in line. So I guess that could keep him there.

Time and $$ will tell...:popcorn:

Stinks for TN right now though...

[Luckyforward]

I'm not turning on Hamilton, I thought he hit a home run with Kiffen as did most every one....Houston Knutt maybe ??

Never liked Hamilton or his call for Pearl.. Severely questioned his call for Kiffin.

Hamilton is an A**hole

[Guest mikedwood]

I bet Majors is so freaking happy tonight

1st Phil gets hosed then UT gets TOTALLY F%$#*D. Karma is a B1t$* ain't it?

[trblmkr13]

This is not a good time to hire a coach there has already been allot of movement

[Mike.357]

I don't have a name to throw out there. But I think you get the best results from guys who have shown a history of winning at lower levels, lesser programs if you will.

Sort of like Pearl had a record of winning.

If I was I was Hamilton I would look at who has had success in the MAC, Conference USA and the Mountain West. There are a handful of guys who have done well. Those conferences have shown some success with coaches getting "promoted" and doing well. Urban Meyer and Brian Kelly come to mind.

Say Skip Holtz maybe. Oops, I guess I did have a name to throw out there.

[Luckyforward]

Hell, we won't get CRAP as a coach now.. The UT 2010 season now officially sucks

[Jasongar8]

This is not a good time to hire a coach there has already been allot of movement

They have to hire one fast. National signing day is less than a month away. I'm sure Kiffin will take some recruits with him. And no great player is going to sign with a school who they dont even know who the head coach is going to be. We need a coaches and we need them fast.

[Luckyforward]

I bet Majors is so freaking happy tonight

1st Phil gets hosed then UT gets TOTALLY F%$#*D. Karma is a B1t$* ain't it?

+1111111111111111111111111111111111

[Guest Sgt. Joe]

Sylvester Croom....?

I kinda thought he was coming when K^$^&%&%& did.

[RobD]

Well at least nobody has said Bill Parcells yet.....

[trblmkr13]

How about Butch Davis? He did well at Miami

[BigPoppa]

You can say what you want about Phils coaching abilities but the SOB bled Orange and would never have pulled a low class stunt like this

Bluemax speaks the truth

[Luckyforward]

Say Skip Holtz maybe. Oops, I guess I did have a name to throw out there.

I totally fking agree

[Moped]

Volquest is reporting that the Tennessee job has been offered to Muschamp at Texas.

[Jasongar8]

From Denarius Moore's twitter (Jr. Tennessee WR)

"What happen to family, tradition. Ohh money dats right"

Sounds like the players are pissed at Kiffin too. And they have a right to be.

[Luckyforward]

Hamilton needs to be cleaning urinals at Neyland

[Luckyforward]

From Denarius Moore's twitter (Jr. Tennessee WR)

"What happen to family, tradition. Ohh money dats right"

Sounds like the players are pissed at Kiffin too. And they have a right to be.

DAMN STRAIGHT

[Mike.357]

Muschamp at Texas.

why would he take a step down?

[Luckyforward]

ARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[BigPoppa]

1. Yes, Fulmer was fiercely loyal to Tennessee, and was a man of principle.

2. Fulmer totally lost the fire in his belly (pun ) for coaching and got at least too comfortable.....maybe even complacent.

3. Kiffin brought energy and intensity and discipline back to the team, all things that had dwindled under Fulmer's later years.

4. This appears to be a sleazy act by Kiffin.

5. Perhaps Tennessee can find a guy who will be in it for the long term and be successful. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise.

[trblmkr13]

He is in waiting for the TX job be shocked to see him give that up

[Guest 70below]

Phil may be loyal, but he couldn't coach the team out of a porta john. He had some players that carried his a$$ early on, and kept the program going, then he just lived off the recruiting of "Hey, its UT!"

Lane stinks, its a pansy move.....

Ronald McDonald would be a better choice than bringing Phil back.