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Title: "Kiffin-Saban pairing not that surprising"
Post by: WALL-E on January 10, 2014, 10:40:01 PM
Kiffin-Saban pairing not that surprising
Few coaches successfully navigate their way through clutter the way Nick Saban does.

That’s especially important to remember for all those people trying to wrap their hands around Saban’s hiring of Lane Kiffin to be his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama.

Kiffin was the SEC’s version of Eddie Haskell in his first tour through the league, a tumultuous, 14-month stay at Tennessee when Kiffin attracted the attention of the NCAA, called out Urban Meyer (wrongly) for cheating and generally became a royal pain in the backside of SEC commissioner Mike Slive.

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Title: Re: "Kiffin-Saban pairing not that surprising"
Post by: Chechem on January 11, 2014, 04:25:48 AM
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Saban has long been an admirer of Kiffin’s football acumen, his ability to call plays, his development of players and his ability to recruit.

In Saban’s world, those are the things that count.

Still, it's a hoot to think of Saban and Kiffin on the same staff. On the surface, they might seem like polar opposites. After all, Lil Wayne once dropped Kiffin’s name in a rap song and referenced Kiffin’s penchant for trash-talking.

You never say never about anything (see Saban’s hiring of Kiffin), but does anybody really see Eminem rapping about Saban any time soon?

Could be screaming and shoving on the sidelines.   :popcorn2:


Title: Re: "Kiffin-Saban pairing not that surprising"
Post by: bamaphil on January 11, 2014, 05:34:36 AM
If Kiffin's smart he'll stay in the box.


Title: Re: "Kiffin-Saban pairing not that surprising"
Post by: 2Stater on January 11, 2014, 07:45:54 AM
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Kiffin was the SEC’s version of Eddie Haskell in his first tour through the league

Good analogy. I wonder if he went up to Miss Terry and said "My, that's a lovely dress you're wearing Mrs. Saban."