By no means one to mince phrases, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin tore into faculty soccer’s end-of-season schedule on Tuesday.
In contrast to 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 one of the best of the conditions,” Kiffin mentioned. (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 recreation.
“Simply suppose if the NFL was preparing for the AFC, NFC playoffs, postseason, and gamers are in free company already,” Kiffin mentioned.
With the portal open, most packages outdoors of the CFP will look drastically completely different from what they seemed like in the course of 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 unhealthy for the game from a spectator’s vantage level. In spite of everything, followers need to see their staff’s finest gamers, not backups.
It additionally creates a headache for coaches. It is no marvel 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 one of the best we are able to via it, and hopefully sometime it’s going to get fastened,” Kiffin added.
This is not the primary time Kiffin has voiced displeasure with faculty soccer officers this season.
In October, he whined about LSU getting a number of evening video games at storied Tiger Stadium on the expense of Ole Miss.
