Brown to Coach Tenn.
"Former USC assistant coach and current Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin has agreed in principle to replace Pete Carroll as the Trojans' new head coach, according to ESPN and ESPN.com reports. Kiffin reportedly will bring assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron to Southern Cal with him, along with defensive coordinator and father, Monte Kiffin. Meanwhile, wide receivers coach Kippy Brown will allegedly be named interim head coach at Tennessee. "
Found this on scout.com
January 12th, 2010 at 10:20 PM ^
is this a joke?
January 12th, 2010 at 10:21 PM ^
I'm calling BS. You didn't get this from Scout, you got it from one of the 4 other Kiffin to USC threads [/sarcasm]
January 12th, 2010 at 10:22 PM ^
You, sir, may need glasses.
January 12th, 2010 at 10:23 PM ^
Multiple threads on the same subject, go go go...
January 12th, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^
Does Michigan/RichRod have any connections with TN recruits?
January 12th, 2010 at 11:17 PM ^
Rivals doesn't have Michigan listed as a school he's considering, but recent rumors have said that he's interested, even before the Kiffin news came out.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Michael-Taylor-…
January 12th, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
I'm here in Knoxville and Kippy is the interim coach. Sad the guy just got here a few weeks ago!
January 12th, 2010 at 10:44 PM ^
Tennessee is one team that he HASN'T coached.
Why not. This merry-go-round is getting pretty crazy anyway.
Who's next? Cleveland Brown?
January 12th, 2010 at 10:47 PM ^
That RichRod can entice some of their recruits (of the 4 star variety) to join us in Ann Arbor. (entice does not include a certain type of oil...)
January 12th, 2010 at 10:50 PM ^
it's true!
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aDwf7dznuZ10
Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Lane Kiffin will return to the University of Southern California as head football coach after one season in the same post at the University of Tennessee.
Kiffin, 34, succeeds Pete Carroll, who resigned Jan. 10 after nine seasons as Trojans coach to join the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks. Kiffin was offensive coordinator from 2001-06 under Carroll before leaving for the Oakland Raiders, who fired him in September 2008.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:00 PM ^
Sorry to tell you guys this, (I didn't want to start a thread for fear of a massive board meltdown) BUT.....wots is RichRod to TN. My best friend since 2nd grade went to grad school in Knoxville and works in their sports information department. They've known since Monday that Kiffin was probably leaving. They made contact with RichRod at the National Coaches Conference.
The scuttlebutt is he's sick of all the political BS here, the witchhunt with the Freep, the new AD and ESPECIALLY thinks he's being setup for failure with MRob and Devin not being admitted early. Look for him to try and get them to follow to TN. Rita also misses the South and the warmer weather. TN is preparing an announcement.
EDIT: Regarding recruits- Witty, too. Almost forgot about him.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:05 PM ^
The world would end. Figuratively.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:15 PM ^
Well I've been his biggest proponent since he got here, and this was my worst fear. If he would've been given time he would've really turned this thing around and put us on par with TX, OK, USC, etc. Now we're probably looking at Harbaugh and ND type irrelevance.
I knew something was up when I got the voicemail to call my buddy back "ASAP", but I just figured he'd finally gotten engaged, he's been planning on popping the question to his gf of 3 years- he was supposed to do it the day after Christmas but she got stuck at Metro after that bombing thing.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:36 PM ^
How much do your trust your friend?
January 12th, 2010 at 11:51 PM ^
Well, he's been my best friend since 2nd grade, we went to school together in Ann Arbor and I'll probably be his best man if that tells you anything.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:54 PM ^
but you sound serious and you're a typically reliable poster...someone hijack your account?
January 12th, 2010 at 11:51 PM ^
so I can neg you again. Thanks
January 13th, 2010 at 12:01 AM ^
Hay don't shoot the messenger. I've built my e-reputation (if there is such a thing) by saying RR would turn us into a machine and taking on all comers who appeared to be fairweather fans. So, neg away if you want, I'm not that worried about MGopoints at this juncture.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:11 AM ^
I like how you said "hay" and your avatar is a picture of a horse. Or a unicorn. Whatever.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:14 AM ^
Lol. Holy grammar fail. I worked for 14 hours today and should be sleeping by now but that news made me need a beer. Or several.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:25 AM ^
Tennessee thinks that Rich Rodriguez is one of the best coaches in the country, a guy they'd love get to come on down to Knoxville, and they'd pay him a large fortune to do it. They know that the '08 and '09 seasons at Michigan were not poor reflections on Rich Rodriguez, and would love to hire him no matter what.
That's what I seem to be reading.
Remarkable how the rest of the Detroit media cannot seem to understand any of that.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:27 AM ^
While we all know that Rich Rod is a fine coach, please do not humor the rumor (based upon internet poster's best friend!) that Tennessee is pursuing him.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:33 AM ^
Somebody should fucking kill this rumor. Hard. Killed dead.
This is not a gripe with anybody posting here -- no, I'm talking about somebody in our Athletic Department, our (ahem) new Athletic Department. Stand up, be counted.
As David Brandon might say, paraphrasing Bo, the play's been called. So no more discussion, just execute the play that's been called.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:15 PM ^
My wife's second cousin's dentist's paperboy's half brother's uncle's parole officer's dermatologist's doberman's groomer's stepson has been dating a woman whose older brother does odd jobs for the primary care doctor of the secretary of the sports information director at Tennessee, and I can tell you it is 100% fact that Tennessee's next coach will be Denard Robinson.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:20 AM ^
Yes but are you going to be the best man at your doberman's groomer's stepson's wedding? That's the only way we'll be able to confirm that this information is reliable.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:28 AM ^
Being faster than light, Denard Robinson is actually Tennessee's LAST COACH, he just retired after winning 5 straight BCS championships as player coach. We normal humans have to wait 5 years to learn all this though.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:28 PM ^
I know you're a RR guy, but I call bullshit on your buddy. I don't doubt RR's name came up, but they'd take him over Cutcliff at Duke? Let alone deal with a few rough transition years? I guess they were dumb enough to hire Kiffin in the first place...
January 12th, 2010 at 11:33 PM ^
Dude's been around here since the move from haloscan and rarely posts. Who's to say he doesn't know someone inside TN's program? I'm not saying I buy it, but you never know...
...Craig Roh started against WMU, didn't he?
January 13th, 2010 at 12:13 AM ^
Good lord you're not actually buying the notion that RichRod would be going to Tennessee, are you?
January 13th, 2010 at 12:29 AM ^
No, I'm not buying it. I said as much in the last sentence of my post. Although two weeks ago I wouldn't have thought Carrol would leave for Seattle or that Kiffin would go to USC either. I'm just saying it might be prudent to withhold judgment until things shake out.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:50 PM ^
woah.. it would be epic if somehow, by Pete Carroll leaving USC.. he sets off a series of events that in the end, leave Michigan completely screwed..
Ohmygodtheskyisfalling..
January 13th, 2010 at 12:47 AM ^
So, if you're right, we can all hail you as insider king. And if you're wrong, you never post again? Because that's some incendiary stuff to post if there's no basis for it.
I'm still trying to figure out how Devin not enrolling early is a plot against him, when the University admitted him, but the High School wouldn't graduate him in time....
January 12th, 2010 at 11:13 PM ^
fuck that world and head would a'splode
January 12th, 2010 at 11:28 PM ^
I've got something to watch now. This is far more exciting than basketball or hockey.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:25 AM ^
If RR went to UT I would lose my faith in humanity. Lets not mention that silly talk anymore.
January 13th, 2010 at 7:58 AM ^
you can bet that any rumor, however ridiculous, that RR is going to Knoxville is to my advantage. I think the most likely source for this sort of thing are coaches/boosters/fans of other schools.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:35 AM ^
I seriously hope you are wrong, and if you are, you owe us all a major Epology. Fucking MAJOR!
Someone please confirm or deny this, PRETTY FUCKING PLEASE!
January 13th, 2010 at 10:29 AM ^
Denied. It's too stupid to even comprehend. It's a joke. We're allowed to engage in critical thinking on this board.