So what does Lane Kiffin think of the NCAA rule that bars head football coaches from going on the road to recruit in the month of May (only assistant coaches can do so)? In case you missed his comments about the subject from last Friday's press conference, it's safe to say he dislikes the rule:
"I've been very strong about that. Not that anybody listens but I have expressed myself to (SEC) Commissioner (Mike) Slive every meeting that we are in. I don't think he appreciated it after the first two times I did and I brought it up and every time I bring it up, it would piss off Nick Saban, because he would bring it up again because he thinks the rule was changed because of him.
"I think it's a ridiculous rule. I think that head coaches, remember, we are accountable for the kid that we sign when they come in here, so when they screw up and they make a mistake, we are held accountable as head coaches for it. But you don't let us go out there in May to go to the school to find out about the kid, to ask the counselors about the kids, to ask the teachers about the kid.
"So we may sign a kid, okay, and you have now let me as a head coach responsible for the guy go to the school one time and that may not be till the week we sign the kid; the kid may already be committed and we have never gone to the school and researched from a head coach standpoint. The argument is your assistant coaches can go, but they are not held as accountable as we are. It makes absolutely no sense to me."
"I've been very strong about that. Not that anybody listens but I have expressed myself to (SEC) Commissioner (Mike) Slive every meeting that we are in. I don't think he appreciated it after the first two times I did and I brought it up and every time I bring it up, it would piss off Nick Saban, because he would bring it up again because he thinks the rule was changed because of him.
"I think it's a ridiculous rule. I think that head coaches, remember, we are accountable for the kid that we sign when they come in here, so when they screw up and they make a mistake, we are held accountable as head coaches for it. But you don't let us go out there in May to go to the school to find out about the kid, to ask the counselors about the kids, to ask the teachers about the kid.
"So we may sign a kid, okay, and you have now let me as a head coach responsible for the guy go to the school one time and that may not be till the week we sign the kid; the kid may already be committed and we have never gone to the school and researched from a head coach standpoint. The argument is your assistant coaches can go, but they are not held as accountable as we are. It makes absolutely no sense to me."
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