Vol Villains Final Four: Geno Auriemma vs. Lane Kiffin
by Will Shelton on May 31, 2011 8:55 AM EDT
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(Semifinal voting will close Wednesday at 11:55 PM EDT. The finals will run Thursday & Friday.)
Geno's power as a villain and both the influence and importance of the women's game in Knoxville were on display last week, as Auriemma took down John Calipari, the top UT villain in the men's game who certainly has his own charming qualities. Now Auriemma faces our most recent villain, and while Lane Kiffin can't claim any of the thirteen victories Geno owns against the Vols, he has his own special brand of disdain among Tennessee fans.
Time may heal all wounds, but it cannot be rushed. So when I say that there is coming a day when Tennessee fans view Lane Kiffin as a footnote instead of a chapter in the narrative of Volunteer Football, for some that day may not be coming anytime soon. It remains my personal hope that Tennessee works out an agreement to play Southern Cal sometime sooner than the 2021 date that remains unsigned somewhere in Los Angeles. It remains the belief of everyone outside Trogan circles that Lane Kiffin will not be on their sideline in ten years.
Kiffin was an embarrassment to our most popular institution. Auriemma is the only thorn in the side of our proudest institution. It bears repeating in each of his matchups that four of his thirteen victories against Tennessee came in the National Championship game. And even if we titled this poll "Who would you most like to punch in the face?", Geno would give the boy wonder a run for his money.
They are two very different villains, and only one still will be into the future. Auriemma was strong enough to take down our greatest men's basketball villain. Auriemma is a lifer. Kiffin is a one-hit wonder, but football gets more airplay. How much is beating the Lady Vols at a championship level worth against the guy who left us in the middle of the night?
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Got a feeling...
Kiffin’s share of the vote will drop exponentially each year, if you kept polling the same thing.
This time last year, he’d have taken 80% of the vote… If we manage to somehow pull an SEC East title this season, he may only take ~30% next year.
me too
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Go Bolts! Out West, go Preds! Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on May 31, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
right
it’s all based upon how much damage people think his departure caused. If we won the National Championship last year, people would barely remember who he was.
But, I still think what he did was as mailicious as anything Geno has ever done.
Kiffin should not win this.
But I don’t think Auriemma should win this matchup either. Calipari should be beating Kiffin here.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
(I voted Kiffin, by the way.)
I don’t care how bleak things have gotten in football and basketball. A women’s basketball coach should not be in the finals for Vol Villains.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
Agreed
Love our Lady Vols and all, but football is football. Also, what he did was was absolutely classless and caused a national embarrassment to our very proud program.
Dooley-isms Archiving the Genius.
by kingofzachland on May 31, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't really know much about old Geno....
but that picture up there sure does make me want to vote for him.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
You guys are on drugs
Are you all too cool to vote for Lane Kiffin here? If we hadn’t hired a quality man like Coach Dooley, our beloved football program would be in Vanderbilt-type shape.
Hipsters.
by GhostDance on May 31, 2011 3:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Hey....
I just said the picture makes me want to vote for Geno. I actually voted for the Kiffikins.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
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