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ATLANTA -- Lane Kiffin said he wants to stay on as Alabamas offensive coordinator through the playoff, regardless of whether he accepts another coaching position elsewhere.Kiffin, in his third season at Alabama, is reportedly in the running to become LSUs next offensive coordinator. Sources also told ESPNs Brett McMurphy that Kiffin will interview on Sunday for Houstons head-coaching vacancy.Kiffin said he wasnt worried about the question of whether he wanted to be a head coach again. Asked whether he sees any circumstance in which he would be at Alabama for another season, Kiffin said, Yeah, I sure do.Im happy to be here, he said after No. 1 Alabamas 54-16 victory over Florida on Saturday in the SEC championship game. Coach [Nick] Saban and I talked this week about what a great experience its been. ... Well keep going from here. You know this season isnt over.People talk about next year, but we have a lot of work to do.With true freshman Jalen Hurts, Kiffin has won three SEC titles with as many quarterbacks. The offensive coordinator?said he has learned at Alabama how to build an offense around players.Its been a great experience, he said. Im a lot better for it, three years later, for being able to go through that.Saban was asked Saturday if he expected any member of his staff who might be offered another job to continue coaching with the Crimson Tide through the playoff or to leave immediately.?I think it depends on the circumstance and the situation, and I think those are things that people have to agree on relative to what their goals and aspirations are, the circumstance and situation that theyre in, their commitment to our players and our team, and do we think its going to affect our organization long term, Saban said. So those things are always evaluated.?Earlier this week, Saban said Kiffin is absolutely ready to be a head coach again.The Crimson Tide head coach praised Kiffins ability to mold his offensive systems around his Alabama players during his three years with the Tide, despite working with three different starting quarterbacks. Kiffin was able to help Alabamas offense evolve from its normal run-first, pro-style and play-action attack to a more spread look that has featured a lot more zone-read in 2016.Those are signs of tremendous maturity as a coach who is not just committed to a system but is committed to doing things that he has to help players be successful, Saban said. I think hes proven when he was a head coach he had a reasonably good amount of success -- much more than I think he gets credit for -- and hes done a phenomenal job in the three years hes been with us.Kiffin previously served as USCs head coach for three years, compiling a 28-15 mark before he was unceremoniously fired in September 2013 after a 3-2 start. He also went 7-6 during his only year as the Tennessee Volunteers head coach in 2009. In addition, he was the head coach of the NFLs Oakland Raiders for 20 games.Information from ESPN.coms Edward Aschoff was used in this report.Swell Fles Kopen . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. Swell Waterfles . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. http://www.swellkopen.be/ . 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With the exception of captain Steven Smith, the batsmen melted away in a near action replay of their collapses in Trent Bridge 2015, Lords 2013, Cape Town 2011 and the MCG on Boxing Day 2010 - the sorts of unmitigated batting disasters that have come to define the team of late.Lehmann, who in August signed a lucrative contract extension to keep him in the job until 2019, conceded it would be difficult for him and others to retain their positions should things continue to deteriorate. When you get bowled out for 85, it probably is, isnt it? Lehmann said, when asked if crisis was an appropriate description. So, for us, its a matter of actually getting better. We lost 10 for 86 in the last Test match.We know they can play, youve got to have the belief to play at this level. Its a tough game, international cricket, no doubt about that. Having been there and been through it as a player myself, there are times when youve got to really believe in your ability.Its a great challenge ahead for myself and the coaching group, to pull the young guys through and teach them better, improve their techniques both on and off the field, mentally and that side of the game. Its a lot of fun. It doesnt feel like fun right at the moment to be perfectly honest, but thats what weve got to get better at.Summing up the conditions, Lehmann said he had been reminded very much of Nottingham last year, when the Australians were shot out for 60 before lunch on day one of a match they had to win to avoid losing the Ashes.It was a bit of a reminder of Trent Bridge to be perfectly honest, the way it was going around, he said. But again weve got to refine our game, as we spoke about before the game, if we bat first we have to really rein it in and make sure theyre bowling really good balls to challenge us. A couple of the dismissals probably didnt warrant that. At the end of the day, 85 is not good enoughh from an Australian cricket team, theres not much more you can add to that.ddddddddddddThere were various contributory factors in Australias downfall - vice-captain David Warners decision to chase a wide delivery in the very first over of the day, batsmen falling over, as was the case in the dismissals of Joe Burns, Adam Voges and Peter Nevill, and the run-out of debutant Callum Ferguson - highlighting how many basics of the game seem to have passed the Australians by.There were a couple of technical ones and mental decision making, Lehmann said. For us weve just got to be better. Its a case of when the ball is swinging weve struggled, theres no hiding from that fact. So weve been doing everything behind the scenes to get better at it, but today we werent as good as we should have been, we werent good at all.Steven Smith played really well and we needed someone to hang with him. Our lower order has not performed either, but you cant blame them, the batters have to do the batting. We believe this is the best squad weve got. On todays performance you would say weve got to change. Weve got to find a way to get through those tough periods, and we havent done that in our last five Test matches now.So thats a challenge for the players but also the coaches, to adapt to the situations that confront you. Its been disappointing because once we have a collapse we seem to have a big one, and someone needs to stop that rot and have a partnership somewhere. A lot of good sides, whether Australian sides in the past or the good sides playing cricket now, find a way to have a partnership somewhere, and we didnt have one today.Lehmann denied that there had been mixed messages surrounding the dropping of Mitchell Marsh after the selectors had initially indicated he would be guaranteed the first two matches. Conditions, [Shaun Marshs] broken finger, additions we had to make with Shaun going out and then picking the extra batter, Lehmann said of the circumstances changing. I dont think its mixed messages, the players are fine, Rodney talks to them before the match all the time, so very clear. Whether they agree with it or not is a different scenario. ' ' '