Between Coach K’s back surgery and two basketball media opps came the news you’ve probably already heard: Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced that offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin will not be with the team as they prepare for next week’s National Championship game. Kiffin’s successor, Steve Sarkisian, will instead handle the Crimson Tide offense so Kiffin can “assume his duties at Florida Atlantic,” who hired him as head coach earlier this month.
The fact that Kiffin managed to get fired from a job he was already leaving is both hilarious and not surprising. Apparently, Kiffin was not juggling both jobs well, showing up late to several events leading up to the Peach Bowl last week — prompting the team bus to leave him at the Georgia Dome on Media Day — and making odd comments about how Sarkisian will probably mesh better with Saban than he did.