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"I don't know that I would describe there was a happy moment,” joked Kiffin, who will resume his duties as the head coach at Florida Atlantic after the Crimson Tide’s postseason run. "I don't recall a happy moment. I just recall the ass chewings. I won't take that part of the process with me (to FAU), though."

I'm sure this (above) was a final nail.

Saban pulled Kiffin out of the scrap heap. He failed everywhere he coached.

Lane Monte Kiffin (born May 9, 1975) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Florida Atlantic University. Kiffin formerly served as the offensive coordinator for the USC Trojans football team from 2005 to 2006, head coach of the National Football League's Oakland Raiders from 2007 to 2008, head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers college football team in 2009, and head coach of the Trojans from 2010 to 2013. He was the youngest head coach in NFL history when he joined the Raiders, and, for a time, was the youngest head coach of a BCS Conference team in college football.[1][2] Kiffin was the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama from 2014 until 2016, when he was hired at Florida Atlantic.[3]

Kiffin is the son of longtime NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.[4]

I’m sure this (above) was a final nail.

Kiffin was just replying to a comment Saban made about “ass chewings” if I recall correctly.