Early survey on UT hire: Are you Kiffin me?
An early and admittedly unscientific survey on WSMV.com (above) suggests Vols fans aren’t too pleased about their incoming head coach. Opinions continue to come in across the Web, and most (but not all) mirror the survey:
boxtop: [A]re you kiffin me? Pete Carroll’s (former) lap dog? Hamilton should get his resume together yesterday. Nevermind, no one will hire him after this fiasco. Urban must be saying an additional “thank you prayer” this year. And Bobby Johnson is probabaly thinking he can get used to having the best college football team in Tennessee now that Phil isn’t around to beat his teams anymore. Welcome to the real world of “competitive college football” Coach Kiffin. This ain’t the pac-10. Also…congrats Fla on your upcoming SEC and National Championships.
Jeepers: Vols will be a bust with Kiffin as they were with Fat Phil. Good.
jeffmacguy: The more I hear about this guy, the more I like him. However, he as unfinished business in the NFL and at some point in his life, he will want to close that loop. That’s ok. We need someone who is willing to work/adapt to win and Lane may just be the guy!
This is likely a sampling of the upcoming nine months of discussions about Kiffin’s outlook for success in Knoxville, but this much is already clear: He’s got plenty of pressure waiting for him next fall at Neyland.
