Kenneth_2003 said:
aggiehawg said:
Rocky Rider said:
" Ole Miss; Charlie Weis Jr playing the dramatic goose bump music."
I don't recall the backstory on this. ???
Weiss left on the plane with Kiffin to Baton Rouge. He quit. Then Kiffin graciously "allowed" (Kiffin's words) Weiss to return to Ole Miss to coach them during a playoff run.
Was this somewhat similar to Schloss dragging the baseball staff to Austin and some of those guys, especially Mike Earley, looking they they were being held hostage at the announcement presser? Then Earley essentially bolted for the car to get back to CS?
Sort of. Kiffin in his own brand of madness truly believed Ole Miss (who has never said NO to him before for anything) would be happy to have him coach during their playoff run, despite Ole Miss telling him for weeks they would not allow that. So Kiffin tried to leverage Ole Miss by casually "suggesting" if Ole Miss would even remain in the playoff without an offensive staff?
That morphed into an either or issue for the assistant coaches. Stay or go with Kiffin when he left? Weiss "chose" to leave with Kiffin. Kiffin and LSU get tremendous backlash for deliberately torpedoing Ole Miss to get them pushed out of the playoffs. From LSU's perspective allowing Lane's OC to not be present while getting settled in at LSU if Lane is there to put in the necessary work. So Kiffin "allowed" (read "sent") Weiss back for the playoffs.