Dan Patrick: ‘I wish Lane [Kiffin] would take the high road’ with Ole Miss

Dan Patrick wishes that, in this instance, Kiffin could have just let bygones be bygones.

“I wish Lane would take the high road. I really wish he would have,” said Patrick on his show Tuesday. “That there can be a win-win that Ole Miss brought back into relevance, you know, playing in playoffs. It was good. Lane Kiffin moves on for a better job from the standpoint of recruiting, money, resources. I get it. But it— you left this quote hanging there in Oxford, Mississippi. And that’s where it’s not fair. It’s not right. And I’m disappointed that Lane doesn’t see it that way.”

Patrick also warned that if you’re going to paint Ole Miss and Oxford, Mississippi, in a certain light, “just be aware that there’s a lot of history down there [in Louisiana].”

Patrick added that, at this point, there’s nothing to be gained by trash-talking Ole Miss.

“I know, recruiting. Is that what this is about? Is it, you know, ‘Hey, I had another reason why I left.’ You don’t have to make up something,” he said. “You know, just say it was a better job, more money. I got a chance to win a national title. I can have sustained greatness there where Ole Miss, man, we were kind of trying to hold this together with, you know, Scotch tape.”

Patrick noted that the real shame is that Kiffin’s comments now undermine the positive things he previously said about his time with Ole Miss. And, to an extent, undermine what he perceived as his personal growth while there.

“I thought Lane Kiffin was being honest. Like, he really had done some work on himself. ‘Hey, you know, I can’t leave here. That, you know, this— my family’s here, my ex-wife’s here, everything’s great here.’ And then all of a sudden it’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m out of here.’ And if you’re using racism as one of the reasons, when did you find out about this? When did grandparents tell you about this, or parents tell you about this? Seems convenient that now you’re leaving. That’s unfortunate. Really is.”

LSU and Ole Miss will tangle in Oxford on Sept. 19. It’s gonna be must-see TV.

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