No hard feelings? Urban Meyer will be the ultimate gentleman in the SEC meetings. He expresses his hard feelings on the field. Just ask Mark Richt about that. :)
And AFA waiting on SOS to apologize to you, has the sky turned green? Nope! No apology there... What a dope Kiffin is! Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: Oliver Barry To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:10 PM Subject: Gainesville Sun: AP on Kiffin Kiffin trying to fit in SEC -------------------Picture of idiot deleted------------------- The Associated Press Lane Kiffin said that his questionable methods have had a positive effect on what he cares about the most - Tennessee football. By Robbie Andreu Staff writer ------------------snip, snip, snip----------------- "I would expect everybody to be extremely professional and understand that each job is different and each of us has a different job at a different university," Kiffin said. "I wouldn't expect there would be any hard feelings. I think at the end of the day, we all understand we all have specific jobs for specific universities and it's nothing personal." Kiffin said Tuesday he has met Meyer only twice "for about 30 seconds" and that was five years ago when Meyer was at Utah and Kiffin was an assistant at Southern Cal. Kiffin said he does not feel the need to apologize to Meyer again this week for accusing Meyer of a recruiting violation for calling Pahokee wide receiver Nu'Keese Richardson when Richardson was on his official visit to Tennessee in January. The same day Kiffin made the accusation, the SEC revealed that it was not a violation, and Kiffin released an apology. "I issued an apology to the SEC and to Urban and to Jeremy Foley and anybody at Florida that I may have offended," he said. "I think that's as fast as you can do something, go national with it the same day. No, (I won't say anything else to Meyer). I'm still waiting for coach (Steve) Spurrier's apology for calling me out on the first day on the job for not taking my (NCAA rules) test. I haven't gotten that, either." Kiffin was joking about the Spurrier thing. When Kiffin first hit the recruiting trail back in December, Spurrier questioned whether Kiffin had yet taken the required NCAA test. Kiffin, in fact, had. The two crossed paths for the first time Tuesday. "I ran into him coming off the elevator and we talked for a minute," Kiffin said. "We're fine." When Meyer arrived at the meetings shortly after Kiffin's press conference, he was quickly asked questions about Kiffin. Meyer chose to take the high road. "I think it's important for the SEC that everybody be first class," Meyer said. "This is big time, the best conference in America." Asked if it was important for all the football coaches to get along, Meyer said, "No, not at all. Do they have to represent something bigger than themselves? Absolutely. "This is the first year I've been asked more questions about other schools than my own. That bothers me. I'm not going to do that any more. I'm going to talk about the Gators. I'm awful proud of our team." SEC Commissioner Mike Slive stepped into the fray Tuesday when he addressed the league's football and basketball coaches at the start of the meetings. He reminded them that at these same meetings five years ago they unanimously agreed to a code of ethics in which it is unacceptable for coaches to openly criticize or question their peers. "The focus of what we do should be on the kids," Slive said. "I emphasize that in the long-term interest of the conference. The attention should be on the reason we're here. The reason we're here is to give young women and men a chance to compete. The focus should be more on them than anyone else." His recent comments aside, Kiffin seems confident that he will fit in with the other coaches. "I have great respect for these coaches," he said. "There are three coaches (Meyer, Nick Saban and Les Miles) who have won national championships. The coaching talent is unbelievable in this conference. "I'm not here to make enemies. Don't get me wrong. I like to get along with everybody. As you get to know me, I think we'll get along." Kiffin even cracked a joke near the end of his press conference. "I did ask for adjoining rooms with Coach Meyer," he said. He then looked at long-time Tennessee sports information director Bud Ford and said, "See, you let me go on long enough and I had to say something." Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
