The LSU Tigers think they’re the program that’s finally going to lock Lane Kiffin into a long-term partnership.

I’m guessing LSU has never heard the old saying: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, can’t get fooled again shame on me”.

Maybe they should go talk to the Raiders, Tennessee Vols, USC Trojans, Florida Atlantic, or Ole Miss. All of those programs — even Florida Atlantic — thought they were the ones.

But yeah, I’m sure it’ll be LSU that finally convinces Kiffin, the guy who bailed on his Ole Miss players while they were in the middle of a championship run, to plant roots.

CBS Sports gives LSU a “B+” for hiring Lane Kiffin while acknowledging getting him to stay long-term could be a challenge

CBS Sports graded each FBS head coach hire from this offseason and they gave LSU a B+ for hiring Kiffin.

“You’d be forgiven for forgetting Kiffin was hired to coach football amid the drama and social media circus surrounding the search,” wrote CBS Sports’ Richard Johnson. “Given his track record with employers, this marriage may not end well. But considering his success on the field and in the transfer portal, combined with LSU’s resources, it’s hard to doubt it will work — until it doesn’t.”

Johnson has a pretty good chance at being right. Kiffin is undoubtedly a good football coach. He’s an offensive genius who knows how to get the best out of his players.

But he’s also always going to put Lane Kiffin ahead of, well, everyone.

Kiffin is going to do whatever Kiffin wants to do in the moment. And if LSU fans think this guy is going to suddenly warm up to the idea of staying in one location for a decade a la Kirby Smart at Georgia or Nick Saban at Alabama, they may be in for a rude awakening. There’s nothing in Kiffin’s history that suggests he’s capable of such a thing.

And sure, sometimes people change for the better. Maybe Kiffin will. I’m not rooting for him to fail, nor am I am rooting for him to leave LSU in a few years for what he believes is greener grass — history just suggests that’s what will happen.

It’s just hard to believe that a guy who quit on his team at Ole Miss and refused to finish the journey with his team is going to suddenly start putting others first.

Instead, I expect Kiffin to keep tweeting “let them” — which is a narcissistic way of avoiding accountability while gaslighting anyone who offers constructive criticism — right up until he finds the next big job that he just can’t pass up. Who knows, maybe Kiffin will desert his team in the middle of a game next time.

Don’t get too attached, LSU fans.

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