@AndySlater
SLATER SCOOP: Lane Kiffin would leave Ole Miss for the University of Miami if the Hurricanes head coaching job were to open, multiple sources close to Kiffin tell me.
12:26 PM · Nov 18, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
SLATER SCOOP: Lane Kiffin would leave Ole Miss for the University of Miami if the Hurricanes head coaching job were to open, multiple sources close to Kiffin tell me.
12:26 PM · Nov 18, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Slater is a "sports radio talk show host", a specie of employment whose "sources" are known to be Dave from Hollywood and Manny from Hialeah. He is based in SoFlo, which is known for its charlatanry. So those are substantial "caveats" on any "reporting" done by the ilk. With those substantial caveats the undersigned will say: Lane Kiffin is a rock star. Miami fits him to a tee. He is not unfamiliar with the SoFlo milieu having coached just up the road a piece in Rat's Mouth. He would instantly become the most glamorous sports figure in oh so glam SoBe. He left Tennessee for SoCal. He would lock down the "State of Miami" in recruiting. He has become a damn fine college tackle football coach and the University of Miami is in need of that specie. This makes so much sense my teeth hurt. I hope it happens.
Now, The Athletic (where Shams works) is a reliable source. Via atozsports.com:
The Athletic recently interviewed several anonymous high school football coaches in Mississippi about college football recruiting. And several of them made similar unflattering comments about Kiffin.
“I don’t think Lane cares enough about recruiting to want to have to fight the battle for the kid,” said a coach from South Mississippi. “He’d rather show up, be Ole Miss, and win it.”
“I just don’t think that’s (recruiting) Lane’s shtick,” said the same coach. “Some people think he’s a great recruiter, and I really don’t. I don’t think he gives a shit about it, to be 100 percent honest. That’s why it wouldn’t surprise me if he left this year.”
“Kiffin does a great job on social media building up a perception of him on social media,” said another coach from Mississippi.
A coach from Central Mississippi said that Kiffin hasn’t attended the state coaching clinic since arriving in Oxford, something that previous Ole Miss head coaches always did.
Kiffin is in this business for himself. He’s always chasing the next big thing. And that’s why he’ll likely leave Ole Miss after this season.
His stock is high and his All-SEC quarterback, Matt Corral, is likely heading to the NFL after this season.
“Kiffin does a great job on social media building up a perception of him on social media,” said another coach from Mississippi.
A coach from Central Mississippi said that Kiffin hasn’t attended the state coaching clinic since arriving in Oxford, something that previous Ole Miss head coaches always did.
Kiffin is in this business for himself. He’s always chasing the next big thing. And that’s why he’ll likely leave Ole Miss after this season.
His stock is high and his All-SEC quarterback, Matt Corral, is likely heading to the NFL after this season.
It’s the perfect time for Kiffin to go somewhere like LSU or Florida where he can show, up throw out his program’s name, and skip the “building a relationship” part of the recruiting process.