I laughed at it, too. But Kiffin is part of the reason Tennessee finds itself in this situation. Had he remained there longer instead of jumping to USC, the Vols might be on more solid ground now. As has been said, not everything funny needs to be put on Twitter.
Let’s be honest, no matter if it’s Gus, or Kiffin, or Norvell, or Morris, etc. there will be reasons to like the choice, and there will be reasons to not like the choice.
Gus is a better coach than he was 18-months ago, when, by just a fraction of a second, he ended a 2-10 SEC run vs. LSU. He’s grown as a coach. If we hire him, we can expect the more mature 2017 version of Gus, not the Shiloh or Springdale HS version of Gus; not the HDN OC version. We wouldn’t have to suffer through a Gus learning curve, if we were to hire him today.
Kiffin is a better coach now than he was when he left Tenn for his dream job at USC. In the time since, Kiffin was Saban’s OC for three years. I bet he learned a few things. He’s a coaching celebrity with potential recruits from California to Florida. If we want to attract 4*+ recruits from outside our traditional recruiting region, Kiffin will be able to do that from day-1. He knows how to relate to players. His tweets have a purpose. He’s a better coach today than he was when Tenn hired him. He’s game planned for Bama against SEC teams. He’s recruited Bama type players. We wouldn’t have to suffer through a Kiffin learning curve, if we were to hire him today.
Kiffin’s Florida Atlantic Turn Around: In one season, Kiffin turned a historically bad team around!
Wiz, how do you feel about the extremely loud horrible music that’s played throughout the stadium before the games? It’s not good, but the players and recruits like it. It’s not against the rules. It serves a purpose. Personally, I’d rather have the band playing, and I go inside until the kickoff ceremonies start to get away from it, but they don’t do it for me.
Kiffin is like Steve Spurrier before the days of Twitter. Florida State= Free Shoes University or you cannot spell Citrius Bowl without UT . Not bragging if you back it up but it raises the ire if people do not think you can walk the talk. I think it is just fun and not to be taken seriously .
Well, I understand that no one cares what I think about the music played these days at the stadium. That’s changed in virtually every college stadium in the country over the last 10-15 years. Simply a sign of the times.
For the record - and, no surprise - I generally dislike (intensely) 80-90% of the “music” played. But I realize that times, music and tastes change over time. And I also get that these things skew toward the younger demographic. After all, this is a COLLEGE football game. So, it’s just something I have to accept and live with.