Matt Hinton tells the story of the amazing disappearing act of Junior’s only recruiting class in Knoxville:
In all, of the eight 4/5-star players who committed to Kiffin from December 2008 forward, only two – cornerbacks Eric Gordon and Marsalis Teague – are currently listed on the 2011 roster. When you pull up this page on Rivals.com, it should be slowly engulfed in flames.
Somebody should get Mike Hamilton a t-shirt that says “I hired Lane Kiffin and all I got was this lousy NCAA investigation”.
Speaking of which, Pat Haden sounds like a man who’s willing the play the cards he’s been dealt.
“The reputation and reality of Lane Kiffin are two entirely different things. I understand what his reputation is but the reality that I’ve dealt with is not that reputation.”
We’ll see if the song remains the same should the Laner get slapped with a failure to monitor violation by the NCAA. If that happens, maybe someone could get Haden a t-shirt of his own.
“I hired Lane Kiffin and all I got was this lousy NCAA investigation”
Hilarious.
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On the bright side; they still have Da’Prick!
/evil laugh
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“I hired Lane Kiffin and all I got was this lousy NCAA investigation” and this picture.
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Yeah. I’ve got what is underneath that orange dress and can have that any time I want it and she’s here in LA with me, not in Knoxville!
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Question is: when the fat guy with the orange satin jacket sleeps with a stripper from the Gold Club, does he really care that she was fakin it and he gets crabs?
The Vol nation seems ok with it.
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Does it really surprise anyone that a coach who was all flash and not an iota of substance (or loyalty) would attract recruits who fit the same description?
Have fun with that, USC.
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lol, thus far Lane Kiffin has hoodwinked Al Davis and Mike Hamilton… but Pat Haden thinks that it’s all just a bad rap. Gonna be funny when Haden makes it the unholy triumvirate.
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At some point you have to ask: “Doesn’t Derek Dooley bear at least some of the blame for these kids leaving?” The way DD acted last year about refusing to grant a waiver to Bryce Brown may have had some blow-back with the team. I know if I were 18-19 years old I would think twice about playing for that guy.
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P.S. While the UT schedule gets a little easier in 2011 let’s all hope that they meet with the same fate (or worse) than last year. Thugs playing for a coach with no character.
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