[NU Sports] U$C

[Mike Nolan]

> This one doesn't make sense to me. When I lived in Nashville I grew to hate the Vols, but this is absolutely good news for them. USC has traded one massive ego for another. The only logic I could see here is that USC knows NCAA sanctions are coming for the next 2-3 years and they want Kiffin to be a sacrificial lamb that they can fire when the rebuilding begins. Watch how quickly Phillip Fulmer tries to come back to a Meyer/Tebow-free SEC.

Say what you will about Pete Carroll, but as Dizzy Dean noted, "It ain't braggin' if ya done it!"
I'm not so sure he'll be successful in Seattle, they don't have the horses yet and it isn't 
clear that he'll have full control over player personnel decisions to get them.  A bad front 
office can make the coach's job nearly impossible, see the Bears for a continuing example.

I have quite a few friends in TN and have spent many weeks there in the past few years, and 
I never fully understood why they dumped Fulmer, though Kiffin was well thought of and showed 
some promise in his first season, along with plenty of rough edges, like any new head 
coach.  (I don't count his time in Oakland, working for that maniac is lousy 'on the job 
training' for any other coaching position, college, pro or even high school.)

In the SEC if you don't diss the other teams and their coaches, you're thought of as a wimp.  
Nobody is likely to accuse Lane Kiffin of being a wimp.  

Too bad USC isn't on the Cats dance card in about two years.  :sigh:
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Mike Nolan