Jimbo Fisher slams LSU football coach Lane Kiffin over coaching chaos

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Former SEC head coach Jimbo Fisher criticized LSU football head coach Lane Kiffin for the unprecedented coaching situation unfolding between LSU and Ole Miss.

Kiffin left Ole Miss for LSU before Ole Miss's College Football Playoff run. Several assistants followed Kiffin, but continued to work with the Rebels under new head coach Pete Golding. The most notable assistant to work double-duty is LSU/Ole Miss OC Charlie Weis, who has continued to lead the offense.

During ACC Network's show on Thursday, former Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher gave his two cents on the matter, calling the decision by Kiffin "selfish" and "stupid."

Fisher blames Kiffin for the entire Rebel staff not being present, but it's unclear who made the call.

"Now he's got egg on his face because the real Lane came back out," Fisher said.

Kiffin wanted to coach Ole Miss through the postseason, even after taking the LSU job. Of the eight assistants coming to LSU form Ole Miss, just two are staying with the team through Thursday's Fiesta Bowl Fiesta Bowl vs. Miami: Weis and running backs coach Kevin Smith remain with the Rebels.

Fisher believes Kiffin was banking on the Rebels losing to Georgia in the quarterfinals. That way, he would have is whole staff assembled in Baton Rouge to attack recruiting and the spring schedule. But Ole Miss won, extending the Rebels' season into the transfer portal window.

"He wanted to coach and thought he didn't get his way, so 'everybody get on the plane with me or you don't have a job' then he makes them all go," Fisher said. "Then he gets down there and takes a PR hit because it looks bad that you really don't care about the kids. He says, 'Okay, you can go back,' but here's where he screwed up. He thought they were going to lose to Georgia."

Fisher claims the decisions made by Kiffin regarding the coaches didn't put the players he recruited to Ole Miss in the best position to succeed in the College Football Playoffs.

Despite Fisher's comments, Ole Miss's offense hasn't seemed that affected by the chaos created by the coaching carousel. Weis has continued to call plays and will do so until Ole Miss is sent home.

Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding took a softer stance than Fisher. Golding said the coaches working double-duty wanted to be with Ole Miss, but Golding understands those coaches have a job to do for LSU.

"Those kids are doing something that you get one time in your life to ever do," Fisher said. "I've left a job. I get that but if you took them all and said they're never coming back, that's fine. You set the rules of the game. You don't change the rules in the middle of the game. As a coach, it's hurting the kids and that pisses me off."

Fisher, who last coached at Texas A&M, was once an assistant at LSU.

This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: Jimbo Fisher slams LSU coach Lane Kiffin for handling of CFP coaches

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