What Was Your Intention, Kiffin?
by mlmintampa on Feb 6, 2009 1:57 PM EST
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Print“At an energetic breakfast with some of our donors and alumni I made a statement that was solely meant to excite the crowd,” Kiffin said. “If I offended anyone at the University of Florida, including Mr. Foley and Urban Meyer, I sincerely apologize. That was not my intention.”
With that Lane Kiffin attempted to subdue some of the venom now being aimed at Knoxville from all parts of the SEC. Looking down the barrel at a 60-70 point beat down in Gainesville, Kiffin apologized and will try to sneak away from calling Urban Meyer a cheater.
The infraction here is not that Kiffin was rude to Meyer. The infraction is that a former USC guy and NFL coach thought he could just saunter into the SEC and make guys like Meyer, Nick Saban, Les Miles and Steve Spurrier fear him. All of those guys have won National Championships. Not to mention Dan Mullen (two as offensive coordinator), Gene Chizik (DC for 2004 Auburn and 2005 Texas) and Mark Richt (two as OC at FSU). No one in the SEC thinks Kiffin is special for being in the NFL. More than half the league's coaches have championship rings, so Kiffin's rings from USC are nothing more than jewelry.
If Kiffin ends up being a failure at Tennessee (entirely possible), Kiffin's attempt to get under the skin of the best team in the league will be remembered with these gems;
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." - President Bill Clinton. It depends on your definition of sexual relations, apparently.
"The Americans are not there. They're not in Baghdad. There are no troops there. Never. They are not at all." - Iraqi Information Minister, April 7, 2003. It was three days after US troops captured the Baghdad Airport and five days before the fall of Baghdad.
"The fundamentals of our economy are strong." - Senator John McCain. He said this as Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy and the market was falling apart. This also started Obama's rally after McCain took a lead in the polls.
Just like Laney Kiffin, each of those guys had to backpedal after their statements. And guess what else? They all lost too! Watch out Kiffin. The SEC you're facing this year will make you pray for the days of an easy Pac-10. Not to mention, Meyer and Saban will be a lot harder to deal with than Al Davis.
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Not to start a political thread, but I agree with McCain's statement.
The economy is fine. It’s the people in it that are broken.
For those children who claimed they’ve been a fan of their favorite team all their life, or even since they were about four or five years old: bullshit. There’s always that certain event or certain player that draws to the sport and draws you to a team. For me, Nomar Garciaparra was that reason. - Nick Coviello: I Try To See Rocco, But All I Think Is Nomar; 1/9/09
That’s the exact opposite of his clarification. Click the link.
That said, we’re equal opportunity offenders. Unless the politician went to FSU. Or the President endorses a playoff system and says he has, “a soft spot for the Gators.”
mlmintampa
UF C/O 06
He's not conservative enough.
I only supported him because of his military background and the opposition [B/c he’s a Democrat. Nobody start accusing me of being racist].
For those children who claimed they’ve been a fan of their favorite team all their life, or even since they were about four or five years old: bullshit. There’s always that certain event or certain player that draws to the sport and draws you to a team. For me, Nomar Garciaparra was that reason. - Nick Coviello: I Try To See Rocco, But All I Think Is Nomar; 1/9/09
Does anyone really think Kiffykins
was trying to get under anyone’s skin? I think he was trying—just like he said—to energize the UT fans. I can see Bruce Pearl doing similar things (like his “let’s kick Florida’s ass!” in 2006) only Pearl actually understands how to do these things. Kiffykins is the guy who listens to everyone else telling dirty jokes and then when he tries one he goes too far and ends up just killing the mood.
Basically, he should just stop talking for a while.
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