"Kiffin-Saban pairing not that surprising"

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Kiffin-Saban pairing not that surprising

By Chris Low
Published January 10, 2014, 09:30:48 PM

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. Read more...

[Chechem]

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.   

[bamaphil]

If Kiffin's smart he'll stay in the box.

[2Stater]

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."

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