LOS ANGELES >> Lane Kiffin needs the media today as the new coach at easy-to-ignore Florida Atlantic. So he is engaged in a charm offensive that included allowing Sports Illustrated to accompany him while house hunting in Florida.
Here’s the best quote for USC fans: “I don’t care about what people think about me that don’t know me. But the one thing that bothers me of all the places is the general perception was that I was a failure at USC as a head coach.”
Maybe the bigger general perception is that he was a jerk. He alienated his benefactor, Pete Carroll, by telling everyone within earshot at USC how Carroll left him a depleted roster.