I have mixed feelings about Kiff. At times he's brilliant. At other times he's an idiot. I think he has a fair amount of potential, but he also still has some growing up to do.
When he got his first head coaching gig in Oakland, it seemed like he was just trying to copy Pete--right down to the I'm In sign. He's changed some things up now in an effort to make this gig his own, but I'm not sure he's there yet.
We'd probably have been better off with a more-established head coach. However, options were limited at the time because we needed to hold the recruiting class together, and a lot of guys were leery that sanctions of some kind were coming (though no one at 'SC thought we'd get nailed to the degree we did, IMO).
On paper he's made the right moves this offseason in terms of staff changes. And he's been letting Clay Helton share play-calling duties in practices. We'll see whether that works out or not in the fall.
