When USA TODAY Network-Tennessee sports director Dave Ammenheuser originally wrote this on Oct. 30, some Tennessee fans were outraged. Others were amused. Some immediately jumped on the Kiffin train bandwagon.

Thus, after Sunday's John-Currie/Greg-Schiano-craziness, here are an updated five reasons why Tennessee athletic director John Currie should strongly consider re-hiring Lane Kiffin as the Vols' next football coach.

After Sunday's Schiano firestorm, Ammenheuser's thoughts don't seem so crazy any more? Do they?

1. Offensive genius

Lane Kiffin made Blake Sims an offensive star at Alabama ... his offenses are more entertaining than the Netflix series "Stranger Things." And now he has the Florida Atlantic Owls on an offensive roll: Points in their last five games: 38, 58, 69, 42, 30, 48, 52 and 31. The Vols have scored 26 or fewer points in each of their final 10 games.

2. Second chances

Sure, he left on bad terms (who will ever forget the outgoing press conference). But he did win. He inherited a messy situation after Phillip Fulmer was fired and immediately turned the Vols' program around. They finished second in SEC East in his only year in Knoxville. Our world is all about second chances, why not give Lane a second chance?

3. Hire him before somebody else does

Originally, I wrote: Do Vols' fans really want to see Kiffin wear the that other shade of orange? It's not beyond the possibilities. The Gators are already looking for their next coach ... if the Vols wait too long, it likely will be too late. And if he doesn't go to Florida, do we really expect him to spend a second season at Florida Atlantic? C'mon? Boca Raton is a nice Florida city, but it's not the Smoky Mountains.

OK, Florida has their coach (Dan Mullen was hired over the weekend). But, there are quite a few openings out there (Arkansas, Mississippi State, Arizona State among others). Lane says he's not waiting by the phone, but we all know he'd pick up that phone quickly.

4. He wins no matter wherever he goes

He has a 44-24 career record as a head coach. After leaving Knoxville, he posted three consecutive winning seasons at USC before the Trojans departed with the immature, brash bad boy was let go in the 2013 season. Working with Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa for three seasons may have changed that behavior. Now, he's got Florida Atlantic in the Conference USA title game. The Owls are headed to their first bowl game since 2008. What bowl will the Vols play in this season?

5. Lane Kiffin > Greg Schiano > Butch Jones

C'mon. How crazy does this sound now? Would a social-network outcry eliminate Kiffin for the job as much as it did Schiano? Possibly. But, it would be fun watching it evolve. Kiffin's outrageous, funny anecdotes would give us a reprieve from the over-used cliches. The Vols' weekly football coach press conferences would again become must-see, appointment-type viewing.

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