By no means one to mince phrases, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin tore into school soccer’s end-of-season schedule on Tuesday.
Not like on most different events, this time, Kiffin had a salient level.
Kiffin took challenge with the switch portal opening whereas the 2024 season is ongoing.
“We simply attempt to make the very best of the conditions,” Kiffin stated. (h/t ESPN)
“It truly is a dumb system,” he added.
The NCAA’s switch portal formally opened on Monday, greater than a month earlier than the season ends on Jan. 20 with the Faculty Soccer Playoff nationwide championship sport.
“Simply suppose if the NFL was preparing for the AFC, NFC playoffs, postseason, and gamers are in free company already,” Kiffin stated.
With the portal open, most applications exterior of the CFP will look drastically totally different from what they regarded like through the season.
Ole Miss’ Gator Bowl opponent Duke, for instance, is with out 2024 beginning quarterback Maalik Murphy after he entered the portal. Such roster turnover is dangerous for the game from a spectator’s vantage level. In any case, followers wish to see their group’s finest gamers, not backups.
It additionally creates a headache for coaches. It is no surprise that a number of, together with Alabama defensive coaches Kane Wommack and Maurice Linguist, Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly and Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, left head teaching gigs for coordinator roles.
“It is a actually poor system, however we simply to handle the very best we will by it, and hopefully sometime it’s going to get fastened,” Kiffin added.
This is not the primary time Kiffin has voiced displeasure with school soccer officers this season.
In October, he whined about LSU getting a number of night time video games at storied Tiger Stadium on the expense of Ole Miss.