College coaching carousel 2025: It's going to be wild

[Alex Butler]

53 minutes ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

Exactly what I expect from Kiffin. Throwing the AD under the bus on the way out.

Classy guy, it’s the AD’s fault he decided to have these conversations during the season and leave a school at the end of the regular season. Also, what guardrails did he want to have in place to protect this program while he was trying to build his staff and finish recruiting at LSU? I’m sure the players just loved him so much for doing this they were all just begging the AD to let good Ol’Lane to finish this historic season with his guys. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

1 minute ago, Migas & Fajitas said:

Cmon. Is this a tongue-in-cheek post?  You can’t possibly be defending Kiffin’s method of exodus. 

I have no problem with him wanting to coach Ole Miss in the playoffs. 

The rest of the "reported" stuff. I'm not close enough to it. Do I believe all of it? Of course not. 

[diegozanna20]

4 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

I have no problem with him wanting to coach Ole Miss in the playoffs. 

The rest of the "reported" stuff. I'm not close enough to it. Do I believe all of it? Of course not. 

Even not being close enough to it we can't act like he didn't made it out to be a huge deal when it was clear as day he was gonna leave.
We act like him tweeting from his dog's twitter account about going to the SEC championship isn't out of touch? He never thought stringing along an entire fanbase wasn't gonna backfire?
Be straightforward about your decision and that's it, go out classy.
In his tweet announcing his departure he's litterally throwing the AD under the bus.

Edited 1 hour ago by diegozanna20

[Migas & Fajitas]

9 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

I have no problem with him wanting to coach Ole Miss in the playoffs. 

The rest of the "reported" stuff. I'm not close enough to it. Do I believe all of it? Of course not. 

I don’t think anyone has a problem with Kiffin wanting to coach the team in the playoffs. But surely you don’t a have a problem with the athletic director and administration’s response? 
 

Are you ok with the ultimatums or threats Kiffin gave to the Ole Miss administration?

Are you ok with the ultimatums he allegedly gave his coaching staff to be on the plane or else?

Edited 1 hour ago by Migas & Fajitas

[Gerry Hamilton]

1 minute ago, diegozanna20 said:

Even not being close enough to it we can't act like he didn't made it out to be a huge deal when it was clear as day he was gonna leave.
We act like him tweeting from his dog's twitter account about going to the SEC championship isn't out of touch? He never thought stringing along an entire fanbase wasn't gonna backfire?
Be straightforward about your decision and that's it, go out classy.
In his tweet announcing his departure he's litterally throwing the AD under the bus.

I really don't care about a twitter post, just being real. 

These things are always going to be messy when a coach leaves, especially to go to a rival or conference school. 

Lane wanted to coach that team (have his cake and eat it too, of course). We are also entering a different time in CFP when there are going to be more teams in playoffs and even more in the future - this will happen again, and likely more than once. 

Ole Miss AD decide they didn't want him to coach in the playoffs. 

Then they are all going to get after each other. Both will start trying to make each other look bad. All part of it. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

4 minutes ago, Migas & Fajitas said:

I don’t think anyone has a problem with Kiffin wanting to coach the team in the playoffs. But surely you don’t a have a problem with the athletic director and administration’s response? 
 

Are you ok with the ultimatums or threats Kiffin gave to the Ole Miss administration?

Are you ok with the ultimatums he allegedly gave his coaching staff to be on the plane or else?

Are you okay with the threats the Ole Miss administration made to him? 

If so

What's truly the difference?

It was always going to end messy. Tough situation for all parties IMO.

[justwinbaby]

Just now, Gerry Hamilton said:

Are you okay with the threats the Ole Miss administration made to him? 

If so

What's truly the difference?

It was always going to end messy. Tough situation for all parties IMO.

If any program hires Lane, they deserve to be burned to the ground.

[Migas & Fajitas]

Just now, Gerry Hamilton said:

Are you okay with the threats the Ole Miss administration made to him? 

If so

What's truly the difference?

It was always going to end messy. Tough situation for all parties IMO.

You’ll have to remind me what threats the OM administration made to Kiffin. Are you referring to the timeline they gave him to make up his mind what he’s going to do so as to not hold their football program hostage? I have absolutely no problem with that. 
 

Do you have a problem with Kiffin threatening to poach coaches and players from Ole Miss if he isn’t allowed to coach the team in the playoffs?

It did not have to end this messy. 

[DanielOnorato]

Great hire by LSU. Essentially setting back Ole Miss run this season and getting their main target. 

[diegozanna20]

 

[Gerry Hamilton]

7 minutes ago, Migas & Fajitas said:

You’ll have to remind me what threats the OM administration made to Kiffin. Are you referring to the timeline they gave him to make up his mind what he’s going to do so as to not hold their football program hostage? I have absolutely no problem with that. 
 

Do you have a problem with Kiffin threatening to poach coaches and players from Ole Miss if he isn’t allowed to coach the team in the playoffs?

It did not have to end this messy. 

Yes it was, and did. 

It was always going to be very messy. 

SEC is a bloodsport. 

[diegozanna20]

4 minutes ago, diegozanna20 said:

 

The OC was also seen going to baton rouge on one of the PJs

[pinkman_90]

36 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

These coaching changes are always difficult ... but the Ole Miss reporters and fans are such a classic on this one. 

Just too much butt-hurt to look logically that LSU is a much better long term program for a coach. 

I believe the term you are looking for is “higher ceiling”.  Because ole miss was going to match salary and Lane could’ve coasted there with largely no heat even if performance was up and down.  To some that’s a better job.  
 

At lsu, he might have one or two bad years and next thing you know the bayou trump wannabe is breathing down his neck.  

[texcoyote15]

And so it begins 

[Migas & Fajitas]

12 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Yes it was, and did. 

It was always going to be very messy. 

SEC is a bloodsport. 

This isn’t the first time an SEC school has hired away a coach of another SEC and I don’t recall any of em being this messy.
 

Perhaps it was always going to be messy…but it do not have to be this messy. I’m just stunned you appear to be defending Kiffin. 

[pinkman_90]

Defending Lane here is kind of funny.  He handled it in literally the worst way possible.  This wasn’t an “inevitable” situation.  It’s like being hidden away in Oxford has made people forgot that he is the biggest a hole in collegiate sports.  “But his dog has a twitter!  He’s changed!”

Ole Miss hid a lot of his shenanigans.  LSU is a lot messier and that stuff is gonna get out.  

[KelvinMuhammad]

Golesh to Auburn Texas get a break we won't have to face him at Arky

 

Edited 42 minutes ago by KelvinMuhammad

[John F.]

28 minutes ago, pinkman_90 said:

Defending Lane here is kind of funny.  He handled it in literally the worst way possible.  This wasn’t an “inevitable” situation.  It’s like being hidden away in Oxford has made people forgot that he is the biggest a hole in collegiate sports.  “But his dog has a twitter!  He’s changed!”

Ole Miss hid a lot of his shenanigans.  LSU is a lot messier and that stuff is gonna get out.  

Lane dealing with the LSU media will be entertaining at least 

[coltonmartinez]

https://x.com/SpiritBen/status/1995244456245891095

 

lol

Edited 41 minutes ago by coltonmartinez

[SchoolColors]

32 minutes ago, pinkman_90 said:

Defending Lane here is kind of funny.  He handled it in literally the worst way possible.  This wasn’t an “inevitable” situation.  It’s like being hidden away in Oxford has made people forgot that he is the biggest a hole in collegiate sports.  “But his dog has a twitter!  He’s changed!”

Ole Miss hid a lot of his shenanigans.  LSU is a lot messier and that stuff is gonna get out.  

The biggest a hole in the sport and it’s not even close. Burned every bridge he’s ever cross because of it. 

[ClubWhatever]

4 minutes ago, John F. said:

Lane dealing with the LSU media will be entertaining at least 

He’s a thin skinned brat.  First bad loss and it will get really ugly, just like it did for the previous thin skinned jerk.

Edited 40 minutes ago by ClubWhatever

[GDI]

Lane and LSU deserve one another.  

[Oldest Horn]

The CFB calendar makes this messy. No more, no less. 

[Ojeezy]

1 hour ago, justwinbaby said:

If any program hires Lane, they deserve to be burned to the ground.

This is ridiculous lol. If we needed to hire a coach this cycle, who would you want for us?

[Gerry Hamilton]

11 minutes ago, Oldest Horn said:

The CFB calendar makes this messy. No more, no less. 

Yes