Surely they give the new & improved Kiffin a chance again right?
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If I'm USC, I go after James Franklin, Mullen, & Kiffin
Will Helton end up as interim at LSU?
Interesting.
They already fired Kiffen they're not going backwards.
Surely they hire Hugh Freeze, right?
If I'm USC, I call Mullen or James Franklin.
You can't go with flashy this time around. You need a hardcore football coach that will match Chip Kelly in physicality.
If they had fired him back on campus instead of outside the bus, I would be pretty pumped about him going back.
That said, they would be fools not to try and hire him. Not sure who else USC goes after;
I don't think USC is that type of program. Certainly they have the potential to poach Kiffin, but he's already making >$5M a year on average, which is I think is more than Helton was making. Even ignoring their history, I'm not sure Kiffin jumps ship without a raise and I'm not sure USC would open the pocket book that much.
I know Mullen has a tendency to be dissatisfied, and either Franklin or Mullen might like the idea of an easier path to the playoffs coming out of the Pac-12, but they're both making more than $6M.
That said, if USC took the step of firing somebody after a 1-1 start, maybe they have boosters ready to back up the brinks truck.
Better job: USC or LSU?