Reince Priebus got fired at the airport, so everyone made the same Lane Kiffin joke
If you lose your job at the airport, this is what happens to you next.
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus has been forced out amid executive branch internal strife. That part is important news, but sports fan, I’d like to draw your attention to this detail:
Priebus is in this van on tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, as Potus has not yet disembarked. Driver pulled van away as press moved toward it pic.twitter.com/mlrV2s3U8P
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) July 28, 2017
Priebus essentially kicked to the curb off of AF1, per @joshgerstein pool report pic.twitter.com/K1UmA9a2pE
— Jared Rizzi (@JaredRizzi) July 28, 2017
If you’re picking up what I’m putting down, the inside of your mind is starting to look like the following tweets:
This is like Lane Kiffin's firing, except in broad daylight cc: @SBNationCFB https://t.co/WncfOJvd7v
— krtgrphr (@krtgrphr) July 28, 2017
HE ACTUALLY GOT KIFFIN’ED. https://t.co/zzDwaAy25h
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) July 28, 2017
Reince being Lane Kiffin'ed is basically the only joy I have in life. https://t.co/tFa1ta2CGP
— Sarah (@sarahchristine) July 28, 2017
oh my god he almost got Lane Kiffin'd https://t.co/ivdTSWPVqS
— Mark Berman (@markberman) July 28, 2017
He got Kiffined? https://t.co/8FA9OQjUWf
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) July 28, 2017
Holy shit they Kiffined him https://t.co/HyJGjAHNEu
— Justice for Lamby (@BobbyBigWheel) July 28, 2017
He got Lane Kiffin'd https://t.co/bSPSb5Wg42
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) July 28, 2017
Damn...Priebus got Lane Kiffin'd. https://t.co/7z6FIboElI
— Matt Scalici (@MattScalici) July 28, 2017
Priebus got Kiffined? https://t.co/qM9T8aKKhN
— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) July 28, 2017
Lane Kiffin, the FAU head coach and former Alabama offensive coordinator, was once fired as USC’s head coach while waiting at LAX. Athletic director Pat Haden called him off the team bus and then canned him right then and there, following a loss to Arizona State:
Kiffin was fired following that ASU loss in the early morning hours after touching down at a private airport near LAX. The episode was famously reported as Haden axing Kiffin right there on the tarmac near the team plane.
“I was a good 20 yards off the tarmac,” Kiffin said.
It was actually a private room near the team bus where Haden broke the news. Kiffin tried to talk his boss into being able to coach the rest of the season after a 3-2 start. Haden didn’t budge.
“I had no idea at all,” Kiffin said. “It totally caught me off guard. I got off the plane. I put my bag on the bus. I was going to sleep at the facility. Someone came and said, ‘Pat wants to see you.’ I left my briefcase on the bus.”
The next time he saw that briefcase, a staffer had delivered it to his house. Kiffin was driven home that night by a team security person.
Kiffin said the firing was the lowest point in his career -- “by far.”
Kiffin gloriously expressed his empathy for Priebus on Twitter, too.
Donald Trump firing his Chief of Staff draws Lane Kiffin, USC comparisons. #Feel4U https://t.co/yJHSoZfAfF
— Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) July 28, 2017
Kiffin’s moved on — beating two of his former employers (Tennessee and USC), contributing to a title run with the Tide, and landing yet another head coaching job — but his lasting contribution to the greater discourse proves to have been that time he got jettisoned at the airport.
I am causing a scene at a restaurant from laughing so hard. Whether I like you or not, being Kiffined is an tears-causing-laughter event
— Joey (@PoeyJost) July 28, 2017
However, this means big things are in store for Mr. Priebus.
congrats to new alabama offensive coordinator reince priebus
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) July 28, 2017