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Boo hoo.

Hey Alejo, are you the teenager or are the students. Move on and grow up.

Hey Lane, get on a plane and start kizzinazz. You gotta recruit and can't do it if you keep pizzin everyone off.

Kiffin looked like a jerk with those comments until Alejo went out and proved him right.

Kiffin is a train wreck; the Brittney Spears of coaching.

How unbelievable is it that he is making Al Davis look smart!

That's nice of Alejo. Why would he want to help a kid get a scholarship to further his education? It's not like it's his job... oh wait.

Isn't a high school coach supposed to do things in the best interest for the school and it's students? I don't like TN or Kiffin, but if a kid wants to go to any school, the high school coach should never be a barrier. If I was the principal I would tell this coach that he has no say on who comes or goes, and that kids come first, not his petty ego.

Antonio Ford is prob'ly 17 years old, and he's the only one in this story who doesn't look ****ing childish.

Alejo -
Look out for your kids....not your ego. Let this drop. It only makes you look like a child.

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Originally posted 08:33 AM ET  05.13 by DABDAB

Isn't a high school coach supposed to do things in the best interest for the school and it's students? I don't like TN or Kiffin, but if a kid wants to go to any school, the high school coach should never be a barrier. If I was the principal I would tell this coach that he has no say on who comes or goes, and that kids come first, not his petty ego.

Exactly. This is becoming all too common.

This is stupid...its like SI is on a personal witch hunt on Coach Kiffin. Its almost a daily thing to post something bad about him. You can't tell me he's not the only coach to p*s*off some other school or bring in a questionable recruit! SI is the one who needs to grow up!

What the F kind of name is "Nu'Keese??"

Sounds like something you get at a car dealership...

Do yourself a favor and go by "Nuke" which...is...pretty awesome

So you mean to tell me that a coach isn't going to let a student talk to a school that is offering him a scholarship to better his education all because he feels like he deserves an apology?? How ignorant is that?? & u mean to tell me that the community is fine with hindering a young kid from getting his education?? If that is the case, then Kiffiin was right about the town, and if I was Ford I'd transfer to another school....

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Originally posted 08:58 AM ET  05.13 by A_State_Hawgin

So you mean to tell me that a coach isn't going to let a student talk to a school that is offering him a scholarship to better his education all because he feels like he deserves an apology?? How ignorant is that?? & u mean to tell me that the community is fine with hindering a young kid from getting his education?? If that is the case, then Kiffiin was right about the town, and if I was Ford I'd transfer to another school....

Alejo wants his 15 minutes of fame. It's the only time that anyone who he can't flunk out is going to care about what he has to say. The last thing Kiffin should do is kiss his arse for any reason.

Yes, this is ridiculous. Kiffin might have insullted the guy or the school, but the kid(s) should come first.

This is all crazzy. Pahokee is a real good football school, what the coach said was wrong also. But the only people loosing from this are the kids from Pahokee.

Its not the football coach, it's the principal. Re-read the story. Blaze Thompson is the coach-he has received an apology from Kiffin. The school's principal and the city's Chamber of Commerce are the ones who want the apology now.

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 08:33 AM ET  05.13 by DABDAB

Isn't a high school coach supposed to do things in the best interest for the school and it's students? I don't like TN or Kiffin, but if a kid wants to go to any school, the high school coach should never be a barrier. If I was the principal I would tell this coach that he has no say on who comes or goes, and that kids come first, not his petty ego.

power grab.

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Originally posted 08:40 AM ET  05.13 by JRM74

Antonio Ford is prob'ly 17 years old, and he's the only one in this story who doesn't look ****ing childish.

Yep. Imagine what kindahell would take place if the kid can't meet with the coach cuz of this and doesn't get an offer. I wouldnt be to happy.

Kiffin did more than just insult the school and the community. He impugned their integrity when he told the kid the school could not be trusted to fax the offer. I really don't blame the school, or the community for letting the University of Tennessee know that it is not welcome for a visit. Given Kiffin's penchant for running his mouth without using his brain, getting dragged over the coals a bit seems reasonable.

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Originally posted 09:22 AM ET  05.13 by ObjectiveNotSubjective

Its not the football coach, it's the principal. Re-read the story. Blaze Thompson is the coach-he has received an apology from Kiffin. The school's principal and the city's Chamber of Commerce are the ones who want the apology now.

You're right but the others should get over it and let it die. What's next, the community wants him to go door to door and apologize. It's a bunch of "adults" wanting the spotlight, acting like children and interfering with a students chance at advancement.