Lane Kiffin Named Finalist For Broyles Award

KIFFIN.MENUFormer USC coach Lane Kiffin was named a finalist for the Broyles Award today. How far behind can a head-coaching job be?

44 thoughts on “Lane Kiffin Named Finalist For Broyles Award

  1. He would be wise to stick with Saban a few seasons– so he’ll probably jump ship the first chance he gets. Maybe Florida???

  2. Lame. Might as well just give it to Nick Saban. Have you seen to his current play sheet? It is one quarter of jumbo-sized Denny’s menu he had at USC. It is basically Nick Saban’s offense.

    And when Sims threw his third INT. Who was screaming at him? Saban. It wasn’t Kiffin’s genius that got Sims going. It was fear of Nicky.

    There are many, many OCs who would have done as well with that talent — three or four first rounders on the OL, Amari Cooper. And that front seven on defense. This is Alabama’s most talented team ever, and they only put up 14 at Arkansas.

    So he is an upgrade from Nussmeier. Whopee. Have you seen what Nussmeier has done at Michigan? Enough said.

    • How did you catch that insight, and the Broyles committee miss it? But then again they’re not as bitter either.

      • Because college football awards committees are lame.

        No, not bitter. Just knowledgeable. Lots of coordinators look great under Hall of fame coaches — Kiffin (Saban and Carroll), Sark (Carroll), Todd Haley, Charlie Weis, Romeo Crennell, Josh McDaniels (Belichick) — but flame out on their own. Kiffin isn’t a better OC than TCU’s OC. How many five-stars are on TCU’s offense? Or Ohio State’s OC, who had to deal with the loss of a Heisman candidate in the first game of the year.

        You aren’t one of those delusional Kiffin apologists I have read about, are you? If so, may God have mercy on you.

  3. Tough year for Wolfie. Sark survived year 1 at USC and the Kiffer held his own at ALA and will undoubtedly HC somewhere decent w/in the next two years. Both get paid more in a year than Wolfie will earn lifetime.

  4. This is the position he belongs in – a coordinator – if he has an ounce of grey matter he’ll be content in this role.

    One caveat – wonder how Lane would have done @ KY, FL or Vanderbilt?

  5. Lane Kiffin is a good offensive/q/b coach and will be a good head coach;he was wrong to not be ‘the’ head coach at SC; he just could not give up being the offense coach,too bad, but glad he is doing fine at BAMA ;speaking of doing fine PC continues his DOMINATION of that former stanford coach and current 9’er coach..DOMINATION,let that sink in…I figure THAT 9’er will leave for Mich…too embarrassed to continue vs PC…just a little sarcastic fun.

  6. Sports talk has Harbaugh going to OAK – re. of Harbaugh’s documented ‘short jolt’ to a program I can’t imagine Derek Carr considering his future with that possibility –

  7. Alabama has a roster full of 5 star recruits, so of course Lane Kiffin is going to look good. Athletic Directors better beware, because Kiffin is a Con Artist .He needs to go prove himself at a Mountain West Conference type of a School, before he plays with the big boys again.

    • He should have sat out this entire year – his success this past year will only make him believe he wasn’t allowed to prove his skill.

      • As true narcissists like LK always do: it’s always someone else’s fault when failure comes.

      • Yeah, but he couldn’t get them to play to their potential, because he has zero leadership skills, unlike Nick Saban .

    • Great OC, just lacks the leadership to be a HC… When Cooper wins the Biletnikoff, this will be his second WR winning the award under his offense..

  8. Comic Book Guy (aka, Scott Wolf) — You’re right; Lane’s coaching days are *behind* him.

  9. I was all for firing kiffin……..thinking we might get a high end coach. But, Sark is not a step up from Kiffin…..and between the two I think Kiffin is better overall. Kiffin did have a better staff

    • Jury’s out on Sark, even though it may look bad. But we KNOW Kiffin’s no leader. Has done well at ALA, where he serves another master. Good for him. But at USC, he showed he shouldn’t be HC. I’m glad he’s gone. Very negative, sour, whiny guy. Tough to be around, selfish. People don’t follow the Kiffer. He doesn’t lead.

      • Per Pola dustup w. Kiffin – Do you know that as a fact or is it something you’ve heard? I remember when he (Pola) was sacked by Kiffin it was said it was the end of Kiffin but he held on for (what?) a full season plus if I’m not mistaken.

          • I recall it was early January 2013 after the bowl loss to GA Tech – all I ever read was ‘alleged’ per the dustup – what was the actual incident or words that ignited the fight? Wolf always made note of it but I never saw in print any actual facts as to what started it other than Pola’s frustration in dealing with Kiffin.

          • I’m not telling. I’ve gone far enough. Don’t believe me if you don’t want to. That’s okay.

          • I’m not questioning anything save to find out what others, such as you, might or do know – calm yourself.

          • Get over yourself. If I wanted to tell you what started it all, I would have when I originally told you it was fact. Are you dense as you always seem?

          • I asked a question and you suspect ‘something’.

            Man you are an unbelievable fool you truly are – you are to be pitied.

          • I suspect you’re stupid while trying to make readers think you’re smart. You’re a bore and an uninformed one at that. Spare us your nonsensical religious meanderings and all the other tripe you think passes for information.

          • You know I am a big mouth – I admit that – I say a lot of smack and needle and get swatted back – that’s part of being here. I also think I periodically put items here of interest – when I read your noting Pola’s dustup w. Kiffin I was curious that was all.
            But you? What are you? You might look at your own anger that wells up in you and spews forth as it did over a simple question on more information.

          • Why would I say Pola punched out the Kiffer if he didn’t? Where do you get off telling me to “calm myself” because you happen to be uninformed? I’ve read your posts before and certainly found you to be as you accurately described, except much more of a pest and know-it-all. As I said, get over yourself and you might not see anger in others which isn’t there.

          • This could be settled by a simple game of “choose” – Comrade has evens, JB has odds…

          • No doubt Kiffy’s mouth invited Pola’s fist to introduce itself to Kiffy’s face.Stinky’s got a secret.

          • I heard it was more of a strong shove, but you are the SC guy, so I defer… SC’s loss was the Bruins gain, as Pola has done a stellar job, taking an avg RB in Perkins and turning him into the P12’s rushing champion.

      • That’s the difference between these two men: Sark seems like a straight up guy who can admit faults, while Kiffin never could. One of the attributes of a true leader: one who learns from their mistakes and works to improve. I’m happy for LK; if he’s smart he will bask in Alabama’s talent pool and stay put for a couple of years to learn under a master coach in Saban. A dream OC job if there ever was one.

        • The Kiffer’s like a Shakespearean character with a tragic flaw. Don’t worry. He’ll never be satisfied as an asst. This is all about getting back to the top somehow for him. I don’t know if Sark can fix his problems, but it should help him that he could see what happened to his friend, who may actually be addressing some of his faults, but under Saban. Kiffin has always failed forward whereas Sark hasn’t actually failed yet. But the clock is ticking on Sark. The bruin game put a giant hole in his resume IMO.

          • So is Kiffin’s rise due to his Dad, or did the guy, at one time, do something substantive as a coach?

  10. Hopefully his next HC job is a long long ways off, unless we schedule his team, then make it soon. Will love whiping his butt.

  11. I think Kiffin stays at Alabama a couple more years. Winning as the obvious brains behind Saban is a way better look than anything that will become available this year. And he’s having fun. He’ll have an opportunity to replace a legend somewhere in a nice program in 3 years.

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