It is always kind of funny to see how a coach's stock rises and falls for no good reason. Lane Kiffin is a wonderful example of an unproven coach turning into this year's hottest prospect.Tennessee has replaced their national championship winning legend (152-52 record) with a coach whose biggest claim to fame is being an offensive coordinator for Leinart and Bush at USC. I'm sorry but anyone could have coached those two. "Here is the ball Reggie... RUN!" Not hard. He also had a terrible stint in Oakland for a season and a half where he won a combined 5 games. 5 games. He also no ties to Tennessee and has to start fresh recruiting in the SEC.
It just seems an odd hire for Tennessee; its not a surprise because everyone knew Kiffin was their guy its just unclear how an unproven coach became such a hot commodity. It seems like no one paid attention to the whole getting fired thing and they just handed him the keys to one of the biggest college football programs in the nation.
Granted Kiffin has never been a head coach in college football and no one is really sure how it is going to turn out. To his credit he is surrounding himself with talented assistant coaches like Ed Orgeron and word is his father, Monte Kiffin is joining his staff. He could be a colossal success and make UT look like geniuses but I think Tennessee is expecting to much from a coach who just does not have the credentials to be coaching in the SEC.
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One day people are going to realize that there's a difference the college and pro games. Just because a coach succeeds in one doesn't mean he's a lock for the other. Do you know any who've succeeded at both? I can't think of any but I'm sure there are....
But even so, as the college and pro games have evolved, it's going to be increasingly difficult for a college 'ball coach' to be any good in the NFL.
Pete Carrol maybe? He did win the AFC East in 97.
Ya but Pete Carroll for the most part is considered a dud in the NFL. He wasn't bad but nothing special.
The only coaches who has been great in both is Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson. I believe they are the only coaches to win both a college national championship and a superbowl. But the games were different back then.
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