FTAG 2000 said:

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Just poaching kids.

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This.
If I were Ole Miss AD I would tell them to turn right around and leave. Dont get close to the team, and sell your snake oil elsewhere.
Just wait til the transfer portal opens up. Ole Miss will look like the old vandy.

magnolia tiger said:

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Ole Miss wanted the coach's back to coach lol you think he's forcing them on the team?? Lmao

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My guess is Weiss asked for it.

DGrimesAg92 said:

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How is that legal??

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Why would it be illegal?

Both LSU & Ole Miss are okay with it. Strange situation for sure, but illegal?

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Ol Miss looks like idiots for letting this happen.

And Kiffin is Kiffin. He gonna do scummy things.

DE4D said:

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What's the money line on Tulane?

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I think the Coogs minus 3 would be a good bet for the Texas bowl

Mathguy64 said:

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This shouldn't be allowed. They quit and took another position. Moonlighting should be verboten. If they wanted to coach at OM they should have stayed employed at OM. Or at least done it as openly dually employed with clear boundaries from the start.

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Ole Miss could tell them no like they did with Kiffin, but they clearly aren't

i would be in favor of the SEC coming up with a rule that you cant poach HCs from within the conference, much like the NFL has

bmks270 said:

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Departing coaches should be able to finish out coaching the post season run.

The transfer portal calendar is what's screw ball why these coaches need to begin their new job ASAP.

It's not uncommon for top executives to give a few weeks or even months notice before their departure and keep working. Why must it be forbidden for a departing coach to coach through the end of the season?

The school losing their coach should also have the right to terminate the departing coaches duties at any time after they've been given notice of the coaches planned departure, but I don't think that's beneficial in most cases, but could make sense once you've got the new hire in place.

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No.

wangus12 said:

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Mathguy64 said:

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This shouldn't be allowed. They quit and took another position. Moonlighting should be verboten. If they wanted to coach at OM they should have stayed employed at OM. Or at least done it as openly dually employed with clear boundaries from the start.

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Ole Miss could tell them no like they did with Kiffin, but they clearly aren't

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Then OM should have not released them from their contracts.

Or these guys could have told Kiffin they were staying until the season finished. Or they could have at least been up front from the start like Klein.

There were lots of ways this could have worked out but they managed to find the sleaziest one.

I can't wait for them to poach all the OM talent to come to LSU.

Allowing Lane Kiffin's LSU offensive assistants to join Ole Miss shouldn't be allowed because they already took another position. The coaching change at Ole Miss after a historical 11-1 and first-ever playoff appearance has been a fiasco.

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Then OM should have not released them from their contracts.

Or these guys could have told Kiffin they were staying until the season finished. Or they could have at least been up front from the start like Klein.

There were lots of ways this could have worked out but they managed to find the sleaziest one.

I can't wait for them to poach all the OM talent to come to LSU.

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There were a lot of moving parts to this. Kiffin has a standard MO of taking coaches and recruits with him when he leaves. He did the same when he abruptly quit Tennessee. He's not the kind of guy to tell his staff that he would love to have them at his new gig if the new coach doesn't retain them and keep him posted. He'll still talk to other coaches since he needs to fill his staff but stay in touch. Just not way he rolls.

But what started it all was Kiffin insisting he would coach Ole Miss through their playoff run, which Ole Miss told him they could not wait that long for a coaching search, so no we can't allow that. Kiffin got pissed and tried to leverage Ole Miss by suggesting Ole Miss may not even make it to the playoffs if the Committee took a dim view of Ole Miss losing most of their coaching staff who would leave with him.

So it became a d*** measuring contest between Kiffin and Ole Miss. It was stupid, childish, selfish and incredibly short-sighted.

hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ole miss edit: LSU is going to poach most the guys they want whether or not these coaches came back to coach in the playoff.

BMX Bandit said:

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hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ole miss is going to poach most the guys they want whether or not these coaches came back to coach in the playoff.

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You mean LSU?

aggiehawg said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ole miss is going to poach most the guys they want whether or not these coaches came back to coach in the playoff.

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You mean LSU?

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whoops!

If these coaches are employed by LSU they shouldn't be allowed to coach for Old Miss.

bmks270 said:

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Departing coaches should be able to finish out coaching the post season run.

The transfer portal calendar is what's screw ball why these coaches need to begin their new job ASAP.

It's not uncommon for top executives to give a few weeks or even months notice before their departure and keep working. Why must it be forbidden for a departing coach to coach through the end of the season?

The school losing their coach should also have the right to terminate the departing coaches duties at any time after they've been given notice of the coaches planned departure, but I don't think that's beneficial in most cases, but could make sense once you've got the new hire in place.

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I don't know any company that would keep an executive employed if they knew they were jumping ship to a competitor.

You think we scrutinize Klein's play calling, wait until some plays don't go right for Ol Miss. Oh boy, their fans will really question those play calls.

This could make for some fun. Imagine if Alabama fired DeBoer, so tu loaned coaches to Alabama to beat OU.

BBRex said:

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This could make for some fun. Imagine if Alabama fired DeBoer, so tu loaned coaches to Alabama to beat OU.

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I had thought about that precedent possibly being set. The only rules that could stop it would be NCAA rules, that few programs even pay lip service anymore. NCAA even tries to take some enforcement action of those rules and could get talk-to-the-hand treatment.

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bmks270 said:

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The league needs to get together and change the transfer regulations so coaches aren't fired mid season. Let all of the firings and hirings happen in the off season.

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I think the idea was to let players transfer in for spring practices. The playoff schedule makes that more difficult. By January 19, class is back in session.

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Mark my words, within five years, being enrolled, at least on the school's academic calendar, won't matter.

Rapidly coming to the conclusion that these two programs and their coaches all deserve each other...

agent-maroon said:

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Rapidly coming to the conclusion that these two programs and their coaches all deserve each other...

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Back in the day Slive would have stepped in to calm things down between them

agent-maroon said:

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Rapidly coming to the conclusion that these two programs and their coaches all deserve each other...

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There is always a price to pay when you want Joey Freshwater to come to your party.

It's hard to find coaches any more offensive than Kiffin himself.

agent-maroon said:

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Rapidly coming to the conclusion that these two programs and their coaches all deserve each other...

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100%

LSU and offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. reached an amended three-year, $7.5M deal this week, per his new term sheet, after there was interest from Ole Miss in keeping him. It includes an annual "look-in" to always make him the highest-paid SEC OC.https://t.co/H6uqhrE1Hj

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Nice money, but the extra work in Oxford would make it a pass for me.

It is really that simple.

LSU boosters have really loosened the purse strings after losing to us

HoustonAg2106 said:

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LSU boosters have really loosened the purse strings after losing to us

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Yeah. They can't cancel the contract with us anymore so they are freaking out and probably spending money they don't have….or was supposed to be for little Timmy.

I wouldn't let any coaches that followed Kiffin anywhere near my players if I were Ole Miss.

They need to make a rule that players can't follow a coach who gets a head coaching job to a new school for 1 year if that coach elects to leave while under contract. If they are fired or in the last year and decide not to renew then it is fair game.

Cibalo said:

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They need to make a rule that players can't follow a coach who gets a head coaching job to a new school for 1 year if that coach elects to leave while under contract. If they are fired or in the last year and decide not to renew then it is fair game.

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I like that. It'll never happen, though. Restraint of trade. Plus it makes too much sense.