Look, there's only so much defending this guy I'm going to do, because I've never much cared for him. But blast him for stuff that's real and that he deserves. No need to misconstrue things, though I notice this is an Ole Miss account of some sort, and I reckon they're pretty sore at the moment.
But, he clearly tried not to abandon his team before the playoffs. He's been in LSU's bag for days now, but nothing got finalized or announced because he was fighting to keep coaching this team. That's hardly a temper tantrum. Poaching players and staff on the way out.....everybody does that. Lincoln Riley did it to OU leaving for USC. Brian Kelly did it to Notre Dame leaving for LSU. This is a long list and I'll stop here, but it's hardly unique to Kiffin, in this move. He's also not allowed at the team meeting, which is not what this makes it sound like. This also leaves out that apparently the players approached the AD to express they wanted Kiffin and the staff to finish the season with them in the playoffs, which the AD ignored, whether for good reasons or bad.
Kiffin has personality problems, and he's got no loyalty, and eventually he'll leave LSU the same way he left Tennessee and Ole Miss, or he'll be fired. One way or the other, it probably ends badly. So just knock him for the stuff he deserves and will deserve in the future. No need to try to make somethings out of these nothings.
