Just when you thought Lane Kiffin couldn't piss off anyone else ...

I can't help but think back to the while Kiffin/Al Davis debacle and remember how everyone thought Kiffin was the sympathetic figure in all that mess. To now think that maybe Kiffin was perhaps a bigger asshole than Al Davis in that relationship? Shocking.

I can't help but think of a bigger douche in the entire sports world right now.

 

Individuals have a right to listen to other job offers.
Unless the contract states this was a no-no, I think the lawsuit will flutter away and there will only be hurt feelings left.
Pola was acting on his own when he listened to USC. More power to him, I think.

 

And if a guy even listens to other offers this late in the preseason, do you really want him around anyway?

 

George Halas sued George Allen when he left his Bears assistant position, for which he was under contract, to coach the Rams, won the suit, then allowed Allen to go. To Halas, it was the principle of the thing.

 

When Lane gets fired at USC (he will, probably sooner rather than later), he better not plan on looking for an NFL assistant coaching gig. Like, ever.

NFL people (coaches, GMs, OWNERS) look VERY dimly at college programs poaching assistant coaches without going through ALL the protocol. Of course they don't care too much about coaches moving the OTHER way (college to NFL) but they get very huffy when they get assistant coaches poached by college teams, especially a couple weeks before training camp.

They'll make sure to bring their collective bootheel down on Kiffin, HARD. That's why they're pursuing the tortious interference action.

Kiffin will never work in the NFL again, in any capacity. He better hope he wins big at USC -- and fast.

 

Only guy who seems to have made out good so far is Eric Bienemy of the Vikings, who turned down Kiffin and got a raise out of Minnesota.

 

As each day goes by Lane Kiffin comes one step closer to becoming the living embodiment of one of my favorite West Wing lines, which was uttered by Josh in anger & frustration:

"HE'S GOT THE PR INSTINCTS OF IDI AMIN!"

 

What kind of fuckhead college football coach hasn't hired an offensive coordinator by late July? What's he been doing for the last 6 months?

 

He wasn't hiring an OC.

He was hiring a runningbacks coach to replace the guy they had to fire for his involvement in the Reggie Bush deal.

 

ah, got it, but since the outcome of the Bush investigation was quite predictable, he should have had a Plan B all ready to go.