A day after being slapped with a lawsuit, Lane Kiffin is having a hard time wrapping his head around the fact that he’s being sued.
On Monday, the Tennessee Titans filed suit against Kiffin, USC and new Trojans offensive coordinator Kennedy Pola, claiming the coach and the school “maliciously interfered” with Pola’s Titans’ contract, and that Pola breached his contract by ditching his job as the NFL club’s running backs coach for the position on Kiffin’s staff.
While attending the Pac-10’s East Coast media day, Kiffin said he was shocked, shocked I say, over the suit.
"[Pola’s hiring] was done no differently than any we did at SC or Tennessee,” Kiffin said according to the Orange County Register. “I didn’t anticipate this. No one would.”
Titans head coach Jeff Fisher ripped Kiffin following the hiring this weekend, saying he was “very disappointed in the lack of professionalism on Lane’s behalf.” Pola painted a different picture of his former boss’ reaction to the move.
"[Fisher] was excited for me about the opportunity to come back and help USC,” Pola told a Los Angeles radio show.
I don’t know why, but I’m really rooting for the two sides to be unable to reach a settlement and forcing it to go to a jury trial. Wait a minute, yes I do know why -- Kiffin on a witness stand would be freaking awesome.