"It blows me away sometimes how much hatred there is toward him," Kiffin said on the subject of...

"It blows me away sometimes how much hatred there is toward him," Kiffin said on the subject of Crompton. "When you listen to a radio show and people call in and you hear the comments.

"I'm not going to pull a Mike Gundy but the kid is in college. He's a college kid, he's a great student and I feel bad for him. Make sure you understand, there ain't a guy in the country trying harder than him. That's preparing harder or doing more to try and do things right. He's going to do well for us."

VolQuest.com - Kiffin 'Blown Away By Hatred' Towards Crompton

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I cant speak for everyone but since I don’t know Crompton, I cant possibly hate him. On the other hand, I do hate what his bad play, particularly turnovers, have done to hurt this football team and its psychie. I have a lot of respect for standing by your guy to see how he responds etc. but, from where I’m sitting, history shows that last years staff stood by him long enough. Even if he were making different mistakes from last year, I could see it.. but at this point, I just don’t. Unfortunately, Stevens didn’t see enough playing time against WKU and none against UCLA which might have given hope to see him in the event of things getting bad this saturday.. I’m sorry fellow Volunteers, I’m finding it extremely hard to be optimistic about this kid.. I will eat my hat if he proves me wrong…and I am hungry..

by Clearvol on Sep 16, 2009 3:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome to a downtrodden program in the SEC, Coach.

There is always gonna be a scapegoat. Get used to it. Or win now.

And I agree with Clearvol, I don’t hate #8, I just don’t EVER want to see him on the field again. That’s all.

Official MCM Hater!

Retire #9!

by gramsey712 on Sep 16, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Surprised? No. Ashamed? Yes.

The kid got death threats. Thats disappointing, and I hope its not currently going on.

While watching him play can be very frustrating, as long as he is on the field I will support him. That means I’m not going to boo him (curse his name maybe), and I certainly wasn’t leaving before those 4 downs were done on Saturday.

RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!
Member of the Committee to Keep Keith Bulluck.
Eric Berry for Heisman!!

by Pride of the Southland on Sep 16, 2009 5:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs