Nov 30th 2008 12:30PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Buccaneers, NFL Rumors
In the wake of Lane Kiffin’s hiring at the university of Tennessee, reports began to surface that Buccaneers defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin — Lane’s dad — would be joining him to run the Volunteers defense. It appears that there’s plenty of fire to go along with that smoke, as ESPN’s Chris Mortensen mentioned today that Kiffin is leaning towards going that route.
There are only two possible holdups to such a deal. The first one being, (Monte) Kiffin is still under contract with the Buccaneers after signing a contract extension a year ago.
The second possible hold up is: are we sure the Tennessee athletic director isn’t a senile old man that will refuse to let (Lane) Kiffin fire the current defensive coordinator to bring in his pop to coach alongside him? Okay, perhaps that’s not going to happen. If you’ll recall, Lane, reportedly, tried to bring Monte with him out to Oakland prior to this season, until Al Davis decided that Rob Ryan was the greatest defensive coordinator ever. Obviously, that’s not going to be a problem here, as I’m just looking for a reason to make another Al Davis joke.Continue Reading
