One of the biggest questions SEC coaches face isn\u2019t necessarily about what happens on the field. Instead, it\u2019s what happens in the now-legendary group chat.<\/p>\n
Lane Kiffin<\/a><\/strong> has confirmed the group\u2019s existence as coaches around the league keep in contact. As for his role, though, he sees himself more of the glue holding it all together as he, Brian Kelly<\/a><\/strong>, Kirby Smart<\/a><\/strong> and others go back and forth.<\/p>\n With a group chat, though, there\u2019s also the possibility for removal. Kiffin understands that power, especially considering he\u2019s in multiple messages, and has used it before. When that times comes \u2013 and the Ole Miss<\/a><\/strong> coach joked Jimbo Fisher<\/a><\/strong> was removed at one point \u2013 the other coaches seem surprised he can do it.<\/p>\n \u201cI have multiple ones, so sometimes, I\u2019ll say something that guy\u2019s not in it and this guy\u2019s in it. I kind of make sure I know who\u2019s in them when I say certain things,\u201d Kiffin said on This Past Weekend with Theo Von<\/a><\/em>. \u201cEvery once in a while, I\u2019ve got someone who does something, and I move them out of the chat. It\u2019s happened. \u2018Jimbo Fisher removed from chat.\u2019 \u2026 And they\u2019re like typical coaches, they don\u2019t know how to remove somebody or add somebody.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it\u2019s like pretty cool that I can do it, and they\u2019re like, \u2018How do you do that?\u2019 \u2026 Coaches are a little behind. That\u2019s a big deal to be able to remove somebody from a chat. \u2018Whoa, he must have somebody teaching him this stuff.’\u201d<\/p>\n However, depending on the week\u2019s games, Kiffin noted tensions tend to run high. That\u2019s why he likes to try and lighten the mood, even if it results in a separate message about his timing.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I keep it together,\u201d Kiffin said. \u201cLike, I keep the group together because one will beat the other, they\u2019ll say something and they kind of like get mad at each other. Then, they won\u2019t text for a week if you beat him and he doesn\u2019t text for a week, or if they\u2019re playing each other that week, they certainly aren\u2019t going to say anything. \u2026 But then I just say something that night. \u2018Hey, man, you\u2019ll probably get us next year.\u2019 They don\u2019t think that\u2019s funny.<\/p>\n \u201cThen, one of them side texts me, \u2018Hey, man, you shouldn\u2019t have said that. Kirby [Smart\u2019s] pissed off.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, dude, it\u2019s just a game. Relax. We\u2019re buddies.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, SEC coaches have different personalities. Lane Kiffin tends to have fun on social media, while others like Kirby Smart tend to show more of an all-business approach.<\/p>\n But when it comes to the most \u201cmysterious\u201d coach in the league, Kiffin gave Brian Kelly that title. A New England native who previously coached at Notre Dame<\/a><\/strong>, there were questions about \u201cfit\u201d at LSU<\/a><\/strong>. But Kiffin pointed out how Kelly\u2019s background makes him unique in the league.<\/p>\n \u201cI like Brian,\u201d Kiffin said. \u201cNot a South guy. Kind of came in. I think maybe people don\u2019t really understand him. He\u2019s a little bit different than maybe your traditional Kirby Smart, he\u2019s like, born and raised SEC.\u201d<\/p>\n After poking fun at Smart\u2019s hairstyle \u2013 with some help from Von joking the Georgia<\/a><\/strong> coach \u201ccuts his own hair\u201d \u2013 Kiffin recalled one of his top social media moments. When Kelly first arrived at LSU, a video surfaced of him dancing with a recruit, which led to a jab from Kiffin on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cI retweeted that when he did that thing,\u201d Kiffin said. \u201cHe was with a quarterback. It was terrible. \u2026 I think I wrote something like, did you put this out on purpose? You know they\u2019re going to film you when you do this? And it\u2019s not like his first one. He did it the year before. 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