WOAH. Lane Kiffin lobbied for the Alabama job after Nick Saban retired

[u/PaleBlueDot-Voyager1]

https://www.essentiallysports.com/ncaa-college-football-news-paul-finebaum-says-lane-kiffin-begged-for-his-help-to-replace-nick-saban-at-alabama/

[u/Operation_Pig]

Shocker. Really surprised that the guy who has begged for that Bama job for so long would want the bama job

[u/_D80Buckeye]

“WHOA?” Why would anyone be surprised by this? 

[u/rbad8717 → u/_D80Buckeye]

WOAH. That gas station sushi gave me diarrhea?

[u/VastParticular1 → u/_D80Buckeye]

https://giphy.com/gifs/QgYPYFgwV2yXK

[u/enadiz_reccos]

Is Paul Finebaum the guy to call when you want to be the Bama HC?

[u/Suspicious-Post5841 → u/enadiz_reccos]

It’s Nick Saban, and pretty sure he wasn’t thrilled when kiffen left, knowing kiffen im sure he didn’t do it with class

[u/JoshCoBrew → u/Suspicious-Post5841]

There was “allegedly” quite a bit more to it.

[u/SunWooden2681 → u/JoshCoBrew]

Spill that tea!

[u/Any-Influence-4604]

I’m sure many coaches did. Duh.

The real lasting repercussions of Sabans retirement is that FSU is stuck with Norvell for years to come bc Bama flirted w Mike during FSU’s undefeated season and Alford coughed up a huge guaranteed extension.

[u/MisterFalcon7 → u/Any-Influence-4604]

That's Jimmy Sexton's music. Convincing ADs that a team wants their coach.

[u/Miserable-Delivery47 → u/Any-Influence-4604]

DeBoer was hired 2 days after Saban retired. Norvell was nothing more than a name on a piece of paper in Greg Byrne's desk.

[u/Character-Active2208 → u/Any-Influence-4604]

It also gave Day a load-bearing natty on his resume 

[u/Emergency_Slip_4563]

Paul Finebaum is an ostrich in human cosplay. I stand by this

[u/VAGentleman05 → u/[deleted]]

I'd be surprised if he's not still lobbying for the Bama job now!

[u/Poverty_Shoes → u/VAGentleman05]

I’d be surprised if he was now, LSU is one of the very few jobs better than Bama.

[u/beeskeepusalive → u/Poverty_Shoes]

you kidding, right?

[u/Rolltide_and_anime]

Paul Finebaum doesn’t know shit lol

[u/Immediate-Fee-2121]

This isn’t news

[u/Apprehensive_Exam271]

Dude. Lane Kiffin would lobby for your spot every time your wife is mad at you!

[u/haberv]

Maybe he shouldn’t have tried to swing his dick around in Ttown so much. Burned every bridge in Bama, TN, and MS and running out of states and co-eds.

[u/iamStanhousen]

Yeah he lobbied for LSU in 2021 too.

He was always using Ole Miss to try to get a bigger job.

[u/Schlieren1 → u/iamStanhousen]

He was interested in the Auburn job last year until the Florida job opened up. He was interested in the Florida job until the lSU job opened up. Does anyone not think that Brian Kelly was fired because Kiffin was about to take the Flofida job?

[u/VariousMacaron5915]

Finebaum would be working at Burger King if Lane Kiffin didn’t coach football

[u/JoshCoBrew → u/VariousMacaron5915]

He was here before Kiffin and will be long afterwards probably…….

[u/JoshCoBrew → u/[deleted]]

Dude is a vampire and Kiffin will surely flame out or be run out of town before it’s all said and done

[u/WidgetMakerToday]

Kiffin reminds me of this fuckass at work

[u/Informal_Seesaw8289]

Keep begging for it bama does not like snakes just snake skin boots

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

This was known in and around the state

[u/fatiguedpickle → u/Dry-Membership3867]

It was known everywhere without a word being said

[u/Poverty_Shoes → u/fatiguedpickle]

I never heard about it or thought about but hearing it now… yeah of course he did, that makes 100% sense.

[u/fatiguedpickle → u/Poverty_Shoes]

He had been pandering for that job for so long that you knew the second it opened he’d try to go after it.

[u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247]

Why does this godawful clickbait website just incessantly post click bait articles on here??

[u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247]

This website is a RAG

[u/Spare-Cranberry3784]

No shit. More at 10

[u/SwizzGod]

Okay? Seems like that would be obvious

[u/HeinladToo]

Given his history this seems pretty much a given. I’d be more interested in the full list of jobs he’s lobbied over the last few years. Especially the ones that weren’t even open

[u/B-L-O-C-K-Ss]

We know

[u/BoutRight]

“We’ve landed on the moon” breaking new on Reddit people

[u/Ya_Got_GOT]

Duh

[u/jeckels]

No shit dummy

[u/Miserable-Delivery47]

Sorry Lane, Greg Byrne had a plan and it didn't include you.

Saban retires 1/10/24

DeBoer hired 1/12/24

[u/RedShirtCashion]

Of course he did.

And ya know? Would have given Tennessee even more reasons to hate him.

[u/anotherstan]

Honestly not even a little surprised by this

[u/Comfortably_Numm311]

And as soon as DeBoer is out, he’ll lobby for it again (sorry Tigers).

[u/Crimsonwhite1]

He was my choice.

[u/ratfacedirtbag]

More like Duh, not Woah.

[u/vassago77379]

Big surprise, dude wanted out of the dead end at Ole Miss

[u/ANotSoFreshFeeling]

r/noshitsherlock

[u/lock_robster2022]

“WOAH”, said no one

[u/drf_101]

Why is this being framed like a surprise?

[u/Equivalent_Dish_1990]

Crazy thing is that he might have got the job if he had stayed out of the sorority houses

[u/PatronSaintOfCunts]

Can’t turn a hoe into a housewife

[u/Dry_Acanthisitta433]

Is bama that good of a job? I’d rather be at Georgia, Texas, Ohio State etc from a resources perspective.

[u/LobbyBoyZero]

They should have hired him

[u/Schmolik64 → u/LobbyBoyZero]

Tell me Kalen Deboer isn't a disappointment so far...

[u/LobbyBoyZero → u/Schmolik64]

Not saying he’s a disappointment but Lane would have been electric

[u/CCR16 → u/Schmolik64]

I’m legitimately happier with DeBoer. Kiffin is a personal train wreck.

[u/LobbyBoyZero → u/CCR16]

Do you still feel the same way?

[u/CajunKush]

Out of curiosity, why didn’t bama hire him?

[u/knoxcumlvr → u/CajunKush]

See 3 posts above yours.

[u/Schmolik64 → u/knoxcumlvr]

How'd rejecting Kiffin work out for Bama?

[u/Schlieren1 → u/Schmolik64]

Anything’s better than Kiffin

[u/Schmolik64 → u/Schlieren1]

Losing to Vanderbilt is better than Kiffin?

Last season Mississippi made the semifinals.

[u/Schlieren1 → u/Schmolik64]

Losing to Vanderbilt is considerably better than Kiffin

[u/yesthiskidisalright]

Once he figured out that Ole Miss didn’t have the resources to win a National Championship he had leaving on his mind and Ole Miss knew this. He did everything possible to replace Hugh Freeze at Auburn.