With the passage of time, Junior’s legacy at Tennessee has become even more impressive.
Don’t you love “at least 9” “at least once”? I guess it’s difficult to be precise.
Damn, I miss him.
With the passage of time, Junior’s legacy at Tennessee has become even more impressive.
Lane Kiffin's only recruiting class at Tennessee had 22 signees. At least 9 have been arrested at least once.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) July 5, 2011
Less than half of Lane Kiffin's 22-man Class of 2009 is still on Tennessee's football team.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) July 5, 2011
Don’t you love “at least 9” “at least once”? I guess it’s difficult to be precise.
Damn, I miss him.
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“I’m just going to come in, put it the work and get the respect from my teammates and help them do anything I can do to help the team win.” — Tykee Smith, UGASports.com, 4/4/21
He is 1-0 versus Georgia unfortunately.
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Exactly.
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Don’t really see how that is significant, just one many games UGA has lost to an inferior team. Junior had nothing to do with that victory, we simply lost the game. Just like O’Leary didn’t become a great coach in Memphis last December. Kiffin is still a douche, so is PJ and his team won one against UGA too….also in a game he should have lost. Crap happens on some Saturdays. Still wouldn’t want either of those two ever associated with our program.
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+1. The loss of the 3 games mentioned above were as a result of UGA coaching/player failures, not as a result of outstanding coaching/playing by the opponents.
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Some people simply defile everything they touch.
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Nice.
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…leaving a mark
Yep… a brown stripe.
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More orange than brown.
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Gross.
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Lane, a victim, is in a better place now. A place where the media treat him with the kid gloves to which he is entitled, because he’s good enough, he’s smar….never mind
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-plaschke-lane-kiffin-20110608,0,5240665.column
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“Everything I did at Tennessee, all those things I said, that was for our players and our fans, to try to raise awareness of a program that needed it,” he said. “It wasn’t what I necessarily wanted to do, but it was what I needed to do.”
Yeah, he’s a changed man.
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UT 2008 class
EJ Abrams Ward, athlete – Kicked off team, never contributed
Carson Anderson OL – Not SEC material, still on team, has been recruited over
Preston Bailey OL – Quit team, never contributed
Ben Bartholomew, FB – Has had injuries, on team, not expected to contribute much
Willie Bohannon, DE – Has played some, expected to contribute in 2011
Aaron Douglas, OL – Played one year, transferred to Bama, died in drug overdose
Steven Fowlkes, DE – Has moved around, not played much, not expected to contribute
Montori Hughes, DT – Played as a freshman, was beaten out by walkon, kicked off team
Austin Johnson, LB – Moved around, expected to start at LB in 2011
Casey Kelly, QB – Playing baseball, never made it to UT
Herman Lathers, LB – Injury plagued, when healthy he plays well.
Tauren Poole, RB – Will be a 2 year starter
Stephaun Raines, DB – Not played much, no longer on team
Dallas Thomas, OL – Will be a 2 year starter at OT in 2011
Prentiss Waggner, DB – Solid player, will get playing in 2011
Marlon Walls, DL – Expected to compete for playing time in 2011
Rod Wilks, DB – Moved around a lot, not played much
Gerald Williams, DE– Had a solid year in 2010, completed eligibility
2009 class
Jerod Askew, LB – Never contributed, no longer on team
Bryce Brown, RB – Played as a backup as a fr, transferred to KS state
Mike Edwards, DB – One of the infamous convenience store banditos, kicked off team
Eric Gordon, DB – Expected to play in 2011
James Green, WR – Never made it to UT
Daniel Hood, DT – expected to play extensively in 2011
Janzen Jackson, DB – has had off the field issues, expected to be back in 2011
Arthur Jeffery, DT – Not played much, not expected to be back in 2011
Greg King, LB – Injury plagued solid player, will play in 2011.
Nigel Mitchell Thornton, LB – Doesn’t play much
Darren Myles, DB – Played some as a FR, kicked off team
Robert Nelson, LB – Non contributor
David Oku, RB – Left program, off the field issues
Naz Oliver, DB – Not expected to contribute much in 2011
Kevin Revis, OL – Left program
Nuke Richardson, WR – One of the infamous convenience store banditos, kicked off team
Zach Rogers, WR – expected to play in 2011
Jerquari Schofield, OL – expected to play in 2011
Rae Sykes, DE – Never contributed, no longer on team
Marsalis Teague, DB – Expected to play in 2011
Tony Williams, RB – Not expected to play much in 2011
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Don’t forget Rogers and others in bar fight with cop that all got glossed over.
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Funny thing about both Kiffin and his right-hand stooge, Ed Orgeron — both of them were hired in part because of their supposedly amazing prowess on the recruiting trail (in Orgeron’s case, you could argue that was the only reason), and yet when you look at what they actually accomplished at Tennessee and Ole Miss, you come up with very little. Both of them recruited a bunch of highly touted athletes who either couldn’t make the grade academically or had character issues out the wazoo (in some cases both). It’ll be interesting to see what happens now that that perfect storm has re-formed over Los Angeles.
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“Pranked the SEC”, eh? Plaschke means “Stanked the SEC”. Did they ever name the sewage treatment plant in Knoxville after Kiffin? Now that’s a “prank” that would serve unto perpetuity and really let him know how we all feel.
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The 2009 class was really a mix of guys Fulmer had already secured and the guys Kiffin added. I don’t think breaking it down that way will make Kiffin look any better, but its the only fair way to analyze it. It also needs to be pointed out that some of Kiffin’s recruits, like Bryce Brown, left precisely because Kiffin left.
I know everyone likes to hate on Lane, and I have no skin in the game, but if he had stuck around i am certain his recruiting would have been consistently top 10 (he’s the kind of recruiter where you’re sure a kid is coming to your school and then out of the blue they commit to Tennessee), his players would have continued to keep the Knoxville PD busy, his team would have been annoyingly competitive, and he would have continued to be a media lightning rod. I honestly enjoyed the SEC more with him than without him.
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