🏈 Kiffin is putting together a pretty good staff at Ole Miss.

[TerryP]

Partridge is a guy I would have liked to see in Tuscaloosa.

OXFORD, Miss. –

Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin continues to assemble his first Rebel staff, announcing the hiring of assistant coaches D.J. Durkin, Chris Partridge and Joe Jon Finley on Thursday.

Football Adds Three to Coaching Staff - Ole Miss Athletics - Hotty Toddy

OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin continues to assemble his first Rebel staff, announcing the hiring of assistant coaches D.J. Durkin ...

olemisssports.com

 

[Tidestalker]

I'm pretty confident Kiffin will do well. He's going to recruit really well... He can score points... And has the weird "it" factor going for him that will buy him some cache in the national media. 2-3-4 years down the road, with hopefully Saban still here, that Ole Miss game will be a lot tougher.

 

[rick4bama]

he will be the one to be a thorn.

 

[RollllTide!]

If I remember right he was a thorn in his first year at tin-r-c. That was a hard fought win.

 

[Vabama77]

Recruiting and competitive wise , he'll be a bigger thorn in Lsu's side than ours.

 

[JoshB]

I got a feeling Joey Freshwater is going to make Ole Miss a thorn in Alabama's side again.

 

[TerryP]

Recruiting and competitive wise , he'll be a bigger thorn in Lsu's side than ours.

This I truly believe.

I got a feeling Joey Freshwater is going to make Ole Miss a thorn in Alabama's side again.

I don't. Even with his success at FAU there are still a lot of holes in his program management style.

 

[94 Grad]

Partridge is a guy I would have liked to see in Tuscaloosa.

Football Adds Three to Coaching Staff - Ole Miss Athletics - Hotty Toddy

OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin continues to assemble his first Rebel staff, announcing the hiring of assistant coaches D.J. Durkin ...

olemisssports.com

I agree...

actually think Ole Miss is a perfect match for Kiffin and if he’s learned to keep a “lower” head in the media he may take that program to new heights. I always thought he’d end up at aU and I’m glad that didn’t happen, but Ole Miss is a better match for him and that worries me long term.

I’ve watched the guy from TN to USC to Bama to FAU... he’s grown and learned from each position and applied those lessons. He’s not perfect by any means, but of all of Saban’s assistants, I think he’s learned the most.

To be honest... Big “O” at LSU, Fisher at aTm, Kirby att uGA, Mullen at uF and Pruitt at 10rc... Kiffin at Ole Miss worries me the most.

 

[mando]

I think OM will be better under Kiffin but hard for me to ever see them as a real sustainable threat. That is based my historical perspective of OM. No different that MSU, Kentucky, Vandy etc.... Just not a major sustainable threat. Freeze had good years but it was based on corrupt recruiting which in the end was not sustainable.

 

[bama alum]

Hiring DJ Durkin is raising some eyebrows. I guess Kiffin's already starting his version of a coaching rehab program.

 

[TerryP]

but of all of Saban’s assistants, I think he’s learned the most.

Mario Cristobal would like to have a conversation. A few others are saying, "wait a second."

Hiring DJ Durkin is raising some eyebrows.

Remember this statement. I've heard there's a chance we might see eyebrows raised at UA with possibile incoming staff member.

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One thing I think should be cleared up a bit with regard to Ole Miss, Kiffin, and the new hires. It's my suggestion don't buy into a line I've heard about how coaches respect Kiffin and want to work with him and that's the reason we're seeing some recognizable names linked to Oxford. Jimmy Sexton is doing his work through what I'd call an intermediary. Sexton, through Ed Marynowitz, is leading/advising the construction of the Ole Miss staff.

Don't misunderstand that ... pretty smart move by Kiffin and Sexton in my opinion.

 

[94 Grad]

Mario Cristobal would like to have a conversation. A few others are saying, "wait a second."

I don’t really follow him... so can’t really compare Cristobal, but keep in mind when I says Kiffin learned the most, he had a lot of head room for growth from when he was hired at Bama.

 

[AirForceBamaFan]

Mario Cristobal would like to have a conversation. A few others are saying, "wait a second."


Remember this statement. I've heard there's a chance we might see eyebrows raised at UA with possibile incoming staff member.

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One thing I think should be cleared up a bit with regard to Ole Miss, Kiffin, and the new hires. It's my suggestion don't buy into a line I've heard about how coaches respect Kiffin and want to work with him and that's the reason we're seeing some recognizable names linked to Oxford. Jimmy Sexton is doing his work through what I'd call an intermediary. Sexton, through Ed Marynowitz, is leading/advising the construction of the Ole Miss staff.

Don't misunderstand that ... pretty smart move by Kiffin and Sexton in my opinion.

feel inclined to share about possible incoming staff memeber? Kind of buried that little nugget in the middle of the last post!!

 

[RollllTide!]

Kiffin has started running his mouth with terrible talk about Saban.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Kiffin has started running his mouth with terrible talk about Saban.

I guess we will have to wait for Nick to get fired on the tarmac

Lane's father should have blistered his azz more during his youth instead of taking him to Chucky E Cheese....the guy is a punk

 

[colbyjacks]

feel inclined to share about possible incoming staff memeber? Kind of buried that little nugget in the middle of the last post!!

Bo Davis?

 

[JoshB]

Kiffin has started running his mouth with terrible talk about Saban.

How in the world could you listen to that and twist it around so hard to make it an insult? Was this sarcasm that I missed or something? He clearly is not insulting Saban at all.

 

[Rolltide24]

Mario lost to the Barn too this year. But yeah, he did pretty well otherwise Considering he was in the PAC 12 with a solid QB.

 

[RollllTide!]

How in the world could you listen to that and twist it around so hard to make it an insult? Was this sarcasm that I missed or something? He clearly is not insulting Saban at all.

Saying he is miserable if he can't coach BAMA as a parody from an actor from a prison that hung himself is ok? I don't think so.

 

[bradenob]

I think OM will be better under Kiffin but hard for me to ever see them as a real sustainable threat. That is based my historical perspective of OM. No different that MSU, Kentucky, Vandy etc.... Just not a major sustainable threat. Freeze had good years but it was based on corrupt recruiting which in the end was not sustainable.

Agreed - unless Kiffin cheats, I don't see him getting a great deal of the Miss. players to stay in state - Saban and Orgeron are both great recruiters with better programs, and Kiffin will also divvy the remaining players with A&M, ucheat, and Miss State. In dividing those up, I don't see a lot of talent available in state. In the end, it's so much about the Jimmy's and the Joe's. I don't see him competing well to get players to come from out of state to play for Ole Miss either, so in the end, despite a good staff, I see them as moderately competitive in the future, but never upper echelon.