Lane Kiffin was in a very similar yet miles apart situation when Nick Saban fired him from Alabama back in 2017.
Different because he got to coach in the College Football Playoff at Alabama, just not the National Championship. And similar because the distractions from his interest in another school cost him his job then.
Almost a decade later, Kiffin is in a very similar precarious spot between two programs: his current school Ole Miss and LSU.
The last time it happened, Kiffin followed his heart that lead him to Florida Atlantic. Which is why Saban wants Kiffin to listen to his heart this time around as well to make the final call.