Kiffin Under the Gun Dismisses Players
Lane Kiffin might be a miserable person to hang around with but I am more and more impressed with him as a coach almost every day. Today it was announced he would not suspend but permanently dismiss Nu’Keese Richardson and Mike Edwards from the team. These two were the hold up men in an attempted armed robbery last week. Janzen Jackson was apparently the lookout man. Final disposition of his status on the team is still to come. The interesting thing is the “wildboys” stunt last recruiting season and the “punking” of the team panders to a kid on the edge, and has nothing to do with attracting character kids.
In honor of this latest development, Tennessee designed a new helmet to finish the year with. It will be a reminder to all who see it, that guns don’t rob people, people rob people.
On a Voluntary basis…
Those players not in the “line-up” everyone thought they would be…hmmm.
I recall a statement by Ed Orgeron (sp?) late last summer (I paraphrase) about UT coaches not being angels and they weren’t going to recruit angels.
Yes, Joe Buck (above), all 3 of these dudes are Kiffin recruits. In fact they are 3 of the “crown jewels” if you will of that highly touted 1st year recruiting class that Kiffen & Co. reeled in.
11/18/2009 at 11:00 PM
Just want to volunteer that I love the new helmet.
Were these unfortunate young men recruited by Kiffin?
11/17/2009 at 5:53 PM
I’m with Ally on this one.
11/16/2009 at 11:02 PM
Rex, I don’t care who you are. Thats funny right there.
11/16/2009 at 10:55 PM
Sorry, i don’t get the Kiffin love. I think most people are forgetting Kiffin doesn’t really have a choice. The University was going to expel them anyways bc of the felony charges. Its simply in the program (and University’s) best interest for Kiffin to look tough on crime. Gimme a break. This is the same coach that went trolling for jail-bait thugs in the offseason, remember?
Janzen will remain bc his lawyers are working to reduce the charges, which won’t be difficult given he didn’t take part in the robbery per se. He’ll get a misdemeanor charge of accessory & take ANOTHER suspension. If Kiffin really were a disciplinarian Janzen would be tossed on his rear as well seeing as how this is now his 3rd trip to the doghouse…as a freshman. Not to mention the fact they were all in a car w/ drugs & drug paraphernalia.
Sorry, Kiffin has proven to be nothing but a loud-mouth punk for months now. This latest move proves nothing to the contrary.
11/16/2009 at 5:16 PM