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Tennessee: What Comes Around, Goes Around
Published: 1/13/2010 10:14 AM
Last Modified: 1/13/2010 10:17 AM

In case you haven't heard the are-you-kidding-me news of the week, Lane Kiffin is leaving Tennessee after just one season to become USC's next football coach.
Ever seen one of those classic Universal Studios Frankenstein flicks, where villagers grab pitchforks and torches to chase the beastie?
That was sort of the scene in Knoxville when the news broke yesterday. Angry students burned Kiffin shirts. Students gathered at the football complex and shouted curse words at Kiffin. According to ESPN's Chris Low, a player outside the complex said the departing Tennessee coaches are "nothing but a bunch of traitors." On blog sites, Kiffin is being referred to as a weasel and scum.
Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt told the Knoxville News Sentinel that she was disappointed Kiffin chose to leave.
"You only want people who want to be here," she said. "I understand the ties (to USC) but why move your whole family here and leave?"
Later today, Tennessee's athletic director will hold a press conference. I hope he doesn't complain about how unfair it is for a coach to leave after only one season.
Reminder: When Tennessee needed a basketball coach a few years back, the school didn't seem to have any ethical issues about stealing Buzz Peterson away from Tulsa. Peterson had been TU's coach for only one year. What comes around, goes around.



Reader Comments 2 Total
Dr. A (3 years ago)
Reminds me of why I hate LSU. They had no reservations about interviewing Coach Miles during our bowl prep, but when they feared that Michigan might talk to Coach Miles while they prepped for their game (SEC championship? Can't remember), AD Skip Bertman said "We ask that Michigan respect our preparation for this important game and not talk to Coach Miles until after." Maybe I wouldn't hate them so much if Coach Bertman could have at least acknowledged the irony.
40+guy (3 years ago)
Neucheater vs. Kiffin in a west coast battle of the ethically deprived. Now that ought to be a clash of the Titans of Turpitude.
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