Pete Golding shot down the awkward Lane Kiffin question just as brutally as Lane Kiffin burned every bridge down when leaving Oxford.
The Ole Miss head coach had nothing to say to the LSU head coach as they prepare to advance to the final dance.
So Kiffin didn't have "s**t" to say to Kiffin after he once again tried to sabotage the Rebels' College Football Playoff run right before a crucial matchup.
"I don't have s--- to say to anybody else," Golding said Wednesday.
"I don't have a message for anybody else. I think our team had a message. They had a message by how they prepare and how they play. And that they weren't tired of playing," he continued.
Pete Golding gets brutal about assistant situation
Now generally, Golding has never been the one to throw some shade, brutally so, on anyone. So far, he has maintained the appreciative head coach reputation.
But what he said next added another layer to his reputation, one that screams you should not be messing with him.
“I do think the message is I’m replaceable,” Golding continued. “You’re replaceable. Our players are replaceable. You want to build a program where it’s headed in the right direction, and one person or one player is not going to derail that.”
"Replaceable" is exactly what Kiffin was boiled down to after his decision. Ole Miss also has proved "no Kiffin, no problem" every chance they got after his leaving.
They are highly expected to do so yet again against Miami in the Fiesta Bowl, after Kiffin stubbornly called back two of his assistant coaches just a day before the semifinals.
"There was already a culture created," Golding added about the players dealing with the assistants leaving.
"They knew the expectation. The only thing that was different was who's running them out of the tunnel, and to be honest with you, I don't think the players give a damn who runs them out of the tunnel. They care about their plan. They care about being held accountable, and how they're going to prepare, and they care about people that care about them. That's been the message our players have created."
Thursday night decides whether Ole Miss gets a much-awaited historic shot at the National Championship.