Paul Finebaum just angered fans in Baton Rouge with his comments about the LSU Tigers and Lane Kiffin

Paul Finebaum drew the ire of LSU Tigers fans this week thanks to some comments he made about Lane Kiffin.

Zach Ragan — Tennessee Volunteers News Writer
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ESPN’s Paul Finebaum is at it again, and this time it’s LSU Tigers fans that aren’t thrilled with the prince of hot takes.

Finebaum, a TV/radio personality who has devolved into one of the most negative voices in college football, appeared on The Dan Patrick Show this week and suggested that Kiffin won’t be at LSU longterm.

Paul Finebaum thinks Lane Kiffin will ultimately move on from LSU

“He might still be at LSU, but he’s going to have to win a national championship,” said Finebaum. “But I would think, ultimately, he’ll move on. I don’t know if Lane goes back to the NFL at some point. I think now that Al Davis has been dead and buried for a number of years, I think the reverberations from that are over.”

“I think ultimately he’s just never going to be happy anywhere. But I think he could get a national championship at LSU….Les Miles and Ed Orgeron both won national championships at LSU. The two of us (Finebaum and host Dan Patrick) could walk in off the street and win a national championship down there. It’s not that hard.”

It’s certainly “easier” to win a national championship at LSU than almost any other school in college football, but suggesting that “it’s not that hard” is a stretch.

I mean, LSU has three national championships this century — the same number as Ohio State, and one more than Florida, Georgia, and Clemson — and three fewer than Alabama.

It takes good coaching to win a natty in Baton Rouge. And Kiffin is a good coach. If he wins a national championship at LSU, it won’t be because it’s “not that hard”.

Are Paul Finebaum’s comments about Lane Kiffin fair?

LSU fans may not be happy with Finebaum’s comments, but I think what he said is actually fair (he doesn’t have to be so over the top, though).

Kiffin has never been at a program longer than six seasons in a row (Ole Miss and USC as an assistant coach). Even as a kid, Kiffin moved around a lot as his dad, the late Monte Kiffin — a legendary defensive coordinator — took different jobs in football.

Staying at a job for 10 years doesn’t seem to be in Kiffin’s DNA. Now, maybe that changes now that he’s 50 years old and has one of the best jobs in football. History, however, suggests that LSU won’t be Kiffin’s last coaching job.

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