Of course, Tenneesseans know all about Kiffin's lack of professionalism — after a whopping 14 months as the Vols' head coach, Kiffin abruptly quit for the USC job after Pete Carroll's departure for the Seattle Seahawks. During his time at Tennessee, Kiffin managed to accuse the Florida and Georgia programs of recruiting violations, insinuate that a Florida high school would go out of its way to impede one recruit's ability to sign with his program, and committed several violations of his own along the way. Since taking the USC job in January, Kiffin invited further controversy by getting a verbal commitment from a 13-year-old quarterback.

And it came out after the fact that the reason Kiffin may have left a message on Fisher's voicemail instead of speaking with him directly is that the Minnesota Vikings had already given Eric Bienemy, their running backs coach, a promotion and pay raise to prevent Kiffin from stealing him away. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported that USC had offered the offensive coordinator's job to Bienemy, so Pola wasn't even Kiffin's first choice. Thus, afraid that Fisher might do the same thing with Pola, Lane Kiffin subverted the system to get what he wanted. And that's where the Titans might have a case.

Pola is another USC alum — he played and coached for the Trojans before, and his nephew is SC legend Troy Polamalu(notes). And this is not a slight against Pola; he did what he was supposed to when one is presented with what looks like a better job. You man up, tell your current employer that the grass is suddenly greener, you shake hands, and you move on. It happens every day. Unfortunately, what also seems to happen just about every day is another example of Lane Kiffin doing the wrong thing ... even when the right thing is easier.