Ole Miss fans and officials had a visceral reaction to the departure of Lane Kiffin. It was understandable but also naive. What did they think when they hired this guy — that it would end well?

His reputation preceded him. He all but showed up in Oxford with a name tag that said “Buyer Beware.” One way or another, he has left a trail of bad feelings behind everywhere he’s coached. This was never going to end differently.

There’s the old story about the farmer who rescued a frozen snake from the river and later the snake bit him. How could the snake do this to a man who had rescued and cared for him?

Because he’s a snake.

Ole Miss fans gathered on the tarmac at the local airport to boo and curse Kiffin as he walked from a car to a private jet that would take him away to his new employer

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