Houston hires Lane Kiffin
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Collecting all the nicest toys means nothing if you don't know how to play with them.
He also had to recruit to USC, Tennessee and Alabama. Not exactly the hardest sell in the world.
He also had to recruit to USC, Tennessee and Alabama. Not exactly the hardest sell in the world.
Agreed. The AAC needs to stabilize the corp of folks who are the face of the conference. By hiring big name coaches who've had there ups and down in P-5 programs may be a better strategy that always bringing in transient and risky offensive coordinators from top schools.
Not sure if we will even get a chance to play a Kiffin-led Houston team unless it's in the Champ game next year before he bolts for a P5 paycheck.
Houston grabbed a big time offensive coordinator and twice OK P5 coach. That says a lot for Houston, their salaries offered and the AAC
Look at Houston's track record the last decade plus and their success across multiple Coaches.
I'm not questioning their judgement, that's a well run Football Program. Kiffin can coach, what he did with Coker last year was amazing.
He also inherits 5 star QB Kyle Allen who will now be eligible to play after sitting out a year after transferring out of Texas A&M
I'm kinda glad to see a coach like that come to our conference, at least from the publicity side of things. The more attention we get as a conference, the better at this point.
Great hire....not. Guys track record as a head coach is mediocre at best, and he was at USC and only had one good season in 3 seasons. he bailed on Tennessee. He was a total flop with the Raiders.
Houston's selection of coaches is hit or miss. Although a success at Baylor afterwards, Houston fans from what I read thought the program was steeped in cronyism and he personified that. Maybe the last of them. Cant ignore them striking gold with Sumlin and Herman though.
Houston was essentially an 8-5 team under Sumlin.
Kiffin is good offensive coordinator. Head Coach? He couldn't win with decided talent advantages. Now he's got to be a HC of G5 team in Texas, where the old Houston coach is now the Head Coach at the biggest program in the state.
Kiffin is good offensive coordinator. Head Coach? He couldn't win with decided talent advantages. Now he's got to be a HC of G5 team in Texas, where the old Houston coach is now the Head Coach at the biggest program in the state.
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...nsive-coordinator-major-applewhite-head-coach
God I hate the media today. First to release non-facts.
God I hate the media today. First to release non-facts.
What a resume. I remember him at Texas in the '90s -- still hold some their records at QB. Youngest offensive coordinator when at Bama. Also was at Syracuse, Texas, and Rice. Great choice!
Twitter has ruined Journalism. Bunch of idiots with hot takes desperate to be first
He was more desperate, I guess. But long, long before twitter, city papers and national media sacrificed accuracy for "scooping" their rivals! And long before "fake news" became a scandal, American journalists helped start wars (Hearst took America into the Spanish American War and the NYTimes gave neocons the credibility to start the Iraq War, both over provably false stories. The sports press, ironically, tends to be more accurate than the financial and "real" news.
Lane as oc to lsu. he is good friends with ogeron. saban can be tough to work for
