What standards and obligations do coaches have to their players? The sporting world has seen to much of this over the past few months. Just a few that come to mind is the case of Brian Kelly leaving the unbeaten Cincinnati Bearcats to take the Notre Dame head coaching job just before the bowl game against mighty All-Everything Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators. Butch Jones leaves the MAC Champion Central Michigan to head to the vacancy left by Kelly before the teams GMAC bowl game.
How can these coaches just get up and leave whenever they please when more money comes knocking at their door when athletes nowadays have to attend at least one year of college before advancing to the professional level? The bottom line is that money talks, and coaches will just head to greener pastures and a more comfortable bank account when the opportunity comes calling, no matter how much blood, sweat, and tears their athletes have given to them.
Then comes Lane Kiffin, who said he "couldn't wait to sing Rocky Top all night long as they beat Florida", which did not happen as he lost to Urban Meyer at the swamp 23-13 and got dominated in what would be his final game wearing the Tennessee orange against Virginia Tech in the Chick Fil'A Bowl 37-14, and the game was not even that close. Kiffin will now head to USC after just 14 months being the head coach of the Volunteers along with his father Monte Kiffin who was the defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and won a Super Bowl. During his short lived time at Tennessee he named his new born son 'Knox,' probably was not anticipating moving to Southern California at the time of his wife's delivery. In just less than 2 years he has moved from the head coach of the Oakland Raiders, to head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, now back to the west coast being the new head man of the USC Trojans. The only question now is, would Lane Kiffin make a better travel agent than head coach?
The video below has derogatory language:
Kiffin's impromptu joke of a press conference:
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