Some coaches might be reluctant to pick a fight with a coach who has won two out of the last three National Championships while returning his Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback to play his senior year.
One thing’s for sure, Kiffin better be able to show something on the field that’s going to pay the debt for the money his mouth has already started spending. A coach like Urban Myer doesn’t appreciate being publicly accused of being a cheater, especially when it ends up being false, as was the case with Kiffin’s accusation.
Shortly after, reports from Alshon Jeffrey, South Carolina’s star wide receiver, surfaced about conversations he had with Kiffin the night before National Signing Day.
Kiffin not aware that he was on speaker phone said that Jeffrey’s would “end up pumping gas for the rest of his life like all the other players from the state who had gone to South Carolina”. Jeffrey was sitting with his coach and team mate when Kiffin made this final plea.
Jeffrey’s letter was faxed in to South Carolina early the following morning.
Though Auburn is in a similar situation, Gene Chizik has taken a slightly milder approach to establishing himself among the already-proven coaches of the SEC.
After a dysfunctional spread offense unraveled right before Tommy Tubberville’s eyes in 2008, athletic director Jay Jacobs was forced to make some changes with the coaching staff.
After firing “spread guru” Tony Franklin, Jacobs had hoped the bleeding would stop. When it didn’t, nobody’s job was safe, starting at the top.
The entire staff was fired in the offseason, except for linebackers coach James Willis.
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