Both Lane Kiffin and Kirby Smart built their head coaching foundations under Nick Saban, and it made them alike in several aspects.
While it is already reflected in some parts of their coaching styles, it is now also reflected in how they deal with extreme external noise.
The coaching carousel rumors that surround Kiffin are some of the most intense ones college football has witnessed in the past few years.
Dealing with all this, while playing for your playoff spot, against a team that you are rumored to be the next head coach of, sounds like a can of worms no head coach wants to open.