Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin: Following Saban at Alabama ‘Would Be The Dumbest Follow Ever’

Would Lane Kiffin be keen to exchange Nick Saban at Alabama? The top coach himself says “not so quick.”

The chief of the Ole Miss Rebels program lately spoke with Blake Toppmeyer of the USA Right this moment community, and the prospect of changing Saban for the Alabama Crimson Tide was a subject of dialog. Alabama has the sources. It actually has the historical past of success. Who would not need to be the Crimson Tide head coach?

For Kiffin, it is not as cut-and-dry as that.

“What may you presumably do proper if you happen to don’t win the nationwide championship yearly?” Kiffin stated. “‘You’re going to observe Nick Saban at Alabama?’ No, that may not be a great choice for anybody.”

Kiffin’s father, storied coach Monte Kiffin, used to inform his son that the wisest profession path is following lackluster coaches, not legends, at good applications.

Even so, Kiffin, in his previous, did not at all times heed his father’s recommendation when it got here to profession strikes 

“I didn’t hearken to him very nicely,” Kiffin stated. “I adopted two Corridor of Fame coaches in Phillip Fulmer and Pete Carroll. Not good. So, you see how USC ended. (Changing Saban) could be the dumbest observe ever.”

The query was sure to come back up for Kiffin who continuously refers to Saban on Twitter as “the goat (Best Of All Time).” Kiffin spent seasons as Saban’s offensive coordinator at Alabama, and his fast rise to success at Ole Miss has many speculating what his subsequent transfer may very well be.

Ought to “the goat” retire within the close to future, nevertheless, it seems that Kiffin would not be fast to drag the set off on a transfer to Title City in spite of everything.

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