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Jesus. Do you think Kiffin would jump again ?  You’d think maybe he’s got something going at Ol Miss.

He absolutely would.  Kiffin has an ego like most really good coaches, and Florida is a higher prestige gig than Ole Miss.  And for a reason....the ceiling should be legitimately higher there than in Oxford.  

I suspect he'd do really well there.  At minimum, he'd have an acceptable floor and keep Florida out of the cellar.  That's not what UF would traditionally be aiming for, but at this point that's got to be a consideration.  

I can't imagine what motivates some of these coaches.  Is there a difference between a salary of $8 million and $15 million?  (Yeah, $7 mil.)  As noted, you can STAY at OM by winning 9 games a year on average, and be just fine.  At UF, that will wear out in 4-5 years.  They seem quite competitive this year, and have been pretty good under LK.

I personally would stay put.  You skip to UF and maybe you go 9-4 then 10-3 then 9-4 then 10-3 (maybe) and your seat starts to get warm.  Could he get to 12-1 there?  Maybe so.  Maybe Bama steps back, the Vols seem to be on the upswing, not every one of the SEC can be elite.  He'd need to get to ATL every three years at worst to stick around at UF, I suspect.  And maybe he's as good as UM, but I don't think so yet.

I suspect they make an offer, a gaudy offer, and he mulls it over.  They better have a Plan B though.

It's going to be frustrating at a program like OM because you never get the benefit of the doubt.  Your team could be the equal of a Florida or a Michigan or a Texas, but you'll be ranked lower.  When you lose, you fall a few more spots.  When it's committee time, you're not getting in over a helmet team, all things being equal.  For every big-time recruit you get, there's another that takes that storied program money/offer.

There's a ceiling.

Ole Miss' trophy case is full of a bunch of 2nd-tier bowl trophies and stuff from the age of "whites only" bathrooms.

Kiffin does move around a lot.  Folks say he's a pretty good coach, but his proclivity for moving would be a concern, for me.  Is it about money?  Probably not so much now.

OM will pay him, he'd have better job security there than at UF, if money is the thing.  So is it legacy?  Imagine he takes the UF job and clearly turns them around and they make the playoffs nearly every year from 2027-2033 or so.  Florida has some talent now, so it should be feasible.  They hit a monster schedule this season.

Even keeping the current guy would probably get them better next season, by a good bit, so the HC job there isn't like taking over a broken program.

Let's imagine Florida beats FSU, which seems doable, and then upsets Ole Miss, which seems doable, and is fairly competitive with LSU/Texas/UGA, in losses.  Is that enough or is it done?

Let's imagine Florida beats FSU, which seems doable, and then upsets Ole Miss, which seems doable, and is fairly competitive with LSU/Texas/UGA, in losses.  Is that enough or is it done?

I think he gets another year even if FSU our only remaining win.  Gauging a HC while he's facing the toughest schedule in the country isn't prudent.  

How very Ole Miss of them.

They were very nice to us.  I went with a buddy (OSU fan) in Cincy to Oxford, we had parked and were walking in the direction of the stadium, I thought, so I asked two ladies, and they invited us to their tailgate, which was pretty incredible.  I tried to put some money in the "kitty", I hadn't been there a minute before they poured some beverage for me, it was about 11 AM for a 3:30 PM game.  (The Dawgs got slaughtered.)

We went back after the game, and after a while, some very large young black men showed up, I realized they were on the Ole Miss team, so this group was "connected" somehow.  They explained the tents were set up with all the food by some outfit they paid, the tents went up on Thursday and the food and beverages arrived Saturday morning, so all they had to do was show up.  It was some pretty high end TGing.

On topic, I agree, if Napier beats FSU and maybe the team looks competitive against UGA et al., he gets a reprieve.  Kiffin is not looking great at the moment, nobody else seems to be a stand out.  Next year, easier slate, probably, and they could be looking at a fairly solid 8-4ish campaign.  Now the trajectory looks good if not the record.