User talk:Ptripp29

I want this article added to the Lane Kiffin wiki page. Its only right that "all" the issues about his abrupt departure from his Tennessee coaching job be seen on Wikipedia;

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A riot nearly broke out as Lane Kiffin ended his Tennessee football press conference last night. The 'Lane Kiffin riot,' as it is being called, was a reaction by fans of the University of Tennessee football team to Kiffin's decision to jump ship and head to the USC Trojans for next season. Fans in the streets, unruly students burning a mattress, other students holding signs about their hatred for Lane Kiffin, and still more fans chanting their disdain for Lane Kiffin followed the press conference that Lane Kiffin hosted about leaving Tennessee. While nobody can condone what the Tennessee students were doing, it really showed how upset they are at a coach that only stuck around for 14 months as the head of the Tennessee football program.

Lane Kiffin decided that the best move for him as a coach was to head over and take the USC head coaching job that just opened up. Former USC coach Pete Carroll is making the jump to the NFL to coach the Seattle Seahawks, and that meant there was an opening. As a former assistant coach at USC, Lane Kiffin was invited back by USC and Kiffin did everything he could to get out of Tennessee as quickly as possible. He couldn't just disappear into the night though as the Tennessee football fans weren't going to let him go without them sharing their opinion on what he had just done. Fans are claiming betrayal, but maybe this is actually a good thing for Tennessee in the end.

Since Lane Kiffin came to Tennessee, there have been problems with a potential scandal brewing beneath the surface, and the way that Kiffin was doing his job is rumored to be outside the lines of NCAA rules. Tennessee Football was put under a microscope that they didn't need, and he could only get his team to 7-6 in the 2009 season. Maybe Tennessee is better off without him, and maybe fans should take this as a positive thing where the program can go in a different direction rather than dealing with the drama of firing Kiffin. Now the university comes out ahead, Kiffin has to pay them for breaking the contract, and the program can start fresh again in 2010.

SOURCES: AC Associated Content Sports ESPN On Line

Ptripp29 (talk) 20:38, 16 January 2010 (UTC)