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Florida reacts angrily to Kiffin's 'false' accusation
- Thread starter Mr2Bits
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O-town Gator
Gator Fan
This wasn't the first gaffe Kiffin made; apparently he burned his bridges when he was in Oakland: http://www.examiner.com/x-514-Oakland-Raiders-Examiner~y2008m9d11-Oakland-Raiders-A-team-in-crisis
Here's the kicker:
"The role of the head coach is to be the leader of the team. Yes, it is his job to let his coordinators do their jobs, but to hear a head coach say that he has no control over the defense is just amazing. The head coach is ultimately the person responsible for whether a team wins or loses, or in the words of Harry S. Truman, "The buck stops here." With Lane Kiffin passing the buck to his subordinate in front of the media that shows that the long-rumored dysfunction is, in fact, true.
At the crux of this situation is the non-firing of Rob Ryan last year. Lane Kiffin made a move to fire a coordinator he didn't share a system ideal with at the close of last season, just as head coaches all over the NFL do every season. Instead of letting Kiffin get his way, Al Davis un-fired Ryan and kept him around. Then the drama began with months of rumors of Al telling Lane to quit and Kiffin telling him "no, fire me."
Here's what led to his firing in Oakland: http://www.examiner.com/blogs-514-Oakland-Raiders-Examiner~topic13103-Lane-Kiffin
Now let's see how long it'll be before the Rocky Toppers start calling for his head.
Here's the kicker:
"The role of the head coach is to be the leader of the team. Yes, it is his job to let his coordinators do their jobs, but to hear a head coach say that he has no control over the defense is just amazing. The head coach is ultimately the person responsible for whether a team wins or loses, or in the words of Harry S. Truman, "The buck stops here." With Lane Kiffin passing the buck to his subordinate in front of the media that shows that the long-rumored dysfunction is, in fact, true.
At the crux of this situation is the non-firing of Rob Ryan last year. Lane Kiffin made a move to fire a coordinator he didn't share a system ideal with at the close of last season, just as head coaches all over the NFL do every season. Instead of letting Kiffin get his way, Al Davis un-fired Ryan and kept him around. Then the drama began with months of rumors of Al telling Lane to quit and Kiffin telling him "no, fire me."
Here's what led to his firing in Oakland: http://www.examiner.com/blogs-514-Oakland-Raiders-Examiner~topic13103-Lane-Kiffin
Now let's see how long it'll be before the Rocky Toppers start calling for his head.
MahxFahn
Gator Fan
Yeah I'm anxious to read what Tim Kawakami will have to say about this. He's the beat writer for the raiders and the reporter that almost got in a fight w/ al davis' right hand underling after the presser anouncing the fireing of their incompetent employee lane kiffin.
