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Lane Kiffin's head coaching resume isn't great, but has he learned anything?

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Sports Illustrated's Andy Staples joined me on the Bald Faced Truth radio show on Monday to talk about the warming seat Oregon coach Mark Helfrich is sitting on.

"It's bad. It's real bad," Staples said of the Ducks 2-3 start. "When Washington State averages seven yards a carry against you?... With Washington coming in, you look at it and say 'How can this team win more than five games this season?'"

On the red flags he sees:

"When you take over something, you're supposed to keep it rolling. You look at the inability to develop a quarterback recruit out of high school, that's a problem... maybe (Justin) Herbert is the guy, but he just showed up. Maybe he's a natural talent, but that's not development. That's a red flag."

On Lane Kiffin as a possible candidate at Oregon:

"Lane Kiffin fascinates me. If Lane Kiffin had never been a head coach before, and you just laid out here's the last three years and what he's done at Alabama, he'd be the hottest candidate in the country behind Tom Herman.. But we know what Lane Kiffin has done as a coach... I wonder if maybe it would work out this time around... he's an aggressive recruiter and Oregon definitely needs that."

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