OM fans sweating bullets right now… or incoming “we didn’t want Lane as our coach anyway” or "he wasn't a good coach"
Dan Lanning not taking Bama job
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"Oxford sells itself and anybody could have won with that much talent."
Not sure why Sark would leave. Texas has just as many if not more resources and Austin >>>> Tuscaloosa. No way I'd leave to follow up what Saban has done.
So that means it has to be Lane by default
So that means it has to be Lane by default
I would imagine that Saben is having a lot of input on their hiring process and I always thought that he didn’t like Kiffin very much???
Sark is "only" paid like $6M a year. I wouldn't want to follow Saban if I were him, but if Bama offered him $10 or $12M and UTex wouldn't match or at least get close, I would probably go. If I were him I'd be looking to get a Jimbo type contract before having to play in the SEC every year. I would suspect after finally getting them to the playoffs they'd be willing to do something like that 10 years for $10M per year type deal.
If I’m Saban I want no part of the hiring process.
I don't know that Saban will have (or even wants) much input on his successor, but wasn't there a rumor at one point that Kiffin was having an affair with one of the big Bama booster's wives while he was the OC there?
The rumor (possibly a separate one) was that he was having relations with Saban's daughter. Alabama isn't hiring Lane Kiffin.
She would have been about 20 while Kiffin was at Bama, way too old for Lane.
Rescue? Nah, just common sense - if he was offered the job he’d take it but he’s not getting offered the Alabama job.
Saban said in an interview today that he will remain "involved" in the athletic program for the immediate future. For what it's worth.
I will say, from what I know and have heard, rest assured, Lane Kiffin will not be the next head coach at UA. If he is, I will delete my SPS account and donate $1000 dollars for research to HBP.
The research funds will be earmarked not so much for wx, but for non-AI tiddies and azz.
Or in this case….they imply they turned down a big job to “build something” when in fact they were never offered the job in the first place. The old “no such thing as bad publicity” stunt.
She’s also batshít crazy, and nowhere near Kiffin’s historical trim level. There’s no way that happened.
I don't know how bad Bama wants Lanning, if at all, but if they want him this isn't over yet. They'll keep adding money until they get their man.
FTR, I will be shocked if they even talk to Kiffin. They would be more likely to hire Bilecheck.
FTR, I will be shocked if they even talk to Kiffin. They would be more likely to hire Bilecheck.
Crazy and not hot? Worst possible quadrant of the crazy/hot matrix. But filthy rich, so I’m sure she does ok. Need a 3D matrix.
We’ll see. Nobody knows. I do think Kiffin would kill it there. But there’s a few other coaches who could too. For some reason, I’ve seen Florida as the future job for Kiffin. But what do I know? If it does happen though, I’m claiming I called it.