on Friday evening the words, “Kevin Tiggs”, “Courtney Pigram”, and “ETSU Buccaneers” will be in our vocabulary. Right? No? Okay.

Anybody else read it? What are your thoughts?

A lot of it seems pretty petty to me. Sounds like Davis trying to make a point.

Accusations of where Kiffin failed to meet contract obligations:

1.

To communicate openly and candidly with the principle owner and/or his designated representatives; to ensure that the club’s ownership is informed on a complete and timely basis of all matters affecting the club’s operations; to respect the authority and ownership to make decisions on behalf of the club; and to avoid actions that undermine or damage the club’s reputation and operating success.

2.

that all of his [Kiffin] services relating to coaching were ‘all subject to the direction and supervision of the General Partner of Club’.

3.

that all of his [Kiffin] duties supervising assistant coaches were ‘subject to the direction and supervision of the General Partner of Club’.

4.

after the University [Tennessee] hired Mr. Kiffin, he induced one of the Raider assistant coaches, James Cregg, to breach his contract with the Raiders in order to to begin immediate employment at the University

Which goes on to say,

Mr. Cregg simply walked off the job prior to the completion of the Raider’s season, discarding any intention to perform further services under his contract with the Raiders. At no time prior to his abrupt departure did Mr. Cregg seek permission to to breach his contract, nor did he give any notice of his intent to do so.

and finally,

5.

Mr. Kiffin and your Athletic Director went out of their way to laugh at the Raiders

and

making making false and misleading statements to the press about the Raiders

1. - 3, to me, read that there was a power struggle between Davis and Kiffin. Looks to me that Davis was trying to exert control over the team, more so than what Kiffin was willing to give him. Who knows how deep this went, though – could’ve been beyond reasonable means, which would implicate Davis more than Kiffin, but you can’t totally rule out Kiffin because of the gumption he seems to have, I wouldn’t put it past him to stand up to Davis, and maybe Kiffin was unwilling to work with Davis. No matter, this seems to be pretty picky, and probably hard to hold up in court.

1. - Could be a problem, but I am unfamiliar what they could do to Kiffin in this matter. If anything it seems Cregg would be held responsible because ultimately, it was his decision, not Kiffin’s. I’m a bit surprised they are pursuing this much as I’ve always been under the understanding that when a Head Coach gets fired, most likely so will his assistants, so while he may have breached his contract by providing no notice, its not like this doesn’t happen quite often in the NFL and NCAA.

1. - I personally don’t remember UT’s AD making any statements against the Raiders, so maybe someone can help me on this. If anything I can’t see anything coming of this either, seems to be perfectly in their rights to say what they want, even if it is a bit out of protocol.

All of it stinks of Davis trying to charge Kiffin with as much as his legal team will allow him.

Personally, I doubt much will come out of these charges. I’m unsure if Kiffin will get his back pay though, I think the court will come down on Kiffin’s side, but will probably keep his pay, because, while none of these accusations are particularly strong, the nit-picky contract breaches for points 1-3 will probably be grounds enough to keep it. Its most likely easier to prove these failures than it is to show all the things Kiffin did within his contract.

P.S. I forgot to add that they also make accusations of Kiffin “actively supplying information about the team to his opponents”. There isn’t anything alluded to in support of this, so its impossible to know where this is coming from, but I’m skeptical.

Did the Mountain Moron throw the pass?

Please please please please pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee!

Mark it down, write it down, take a picture, I don’t car, just remember where you heard it first!!!!!!!!

100% positive.

Insider info. Call the SEC!! Pun intended. :)