Tony Franklin on Finebaum

ssgaufan · « **on:** October 22, 2008, 03:18:07 PM »

Tony Franklin is going to be on the finebaum show today. I think I will have to tune in to see what he has to say. Could be interesting.

AUChizad · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2008, 03:42:50 PM »

Quote from: ssgaufan on October 22, 2008, 03:18:07 PM

Tony Franklin is going to be on the finebaum show today. I think I will have to tune in to see what he has to say. Could be interesting.

Between Finebaum's reputation to shit on Auburn at every turn and bate guests of his show to do the same, and Franklin's axe to grind, I bet plenty of pleasant things are said...

ssgaufan · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2008, 03:44:46 PM »

Quote from: AUChizad on October 22, 2008, 03:42:50 PM

Between Finebaum's reputation to shit on Auburn at every turn and bate guests of his show to do the same, and Franklin's axe to grind, I bet plenty of pleasant things are said...

Kinda what I was thinking. We could end up with a big black eye this afternoon.

Saniflush · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2008, 03:48:40 PM »

No matter what Franklin does or doesn't say we will have a black eye from the Fineturd spin.

ssgaufan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2008, 03:49:58 PM »

Quote from: Saniflush on October 22, 2008, 03:48:40 PM

No matter what Franklin does or doesn't say we will have a black eye from the Fineturd spin.

Agreed. His segment starts at 3 for those interested.

Ogre · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:06:18 PM »

I'm watching online, and it looks like Franklin has shaved and showered. He must really be on his game today.

Kaos · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:15:20 PM »

Quote from: Ogre on October 22, 2008, 04:06:18 PM

I'm watching online, and it looks like Franklin has shaved and showered. He must really be on his game today.

Franklin's a turd. End of story. Glad he's gone.

CCTAU · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:21:30 PM »

He's not throwing anyone under the bus. So far, he's been pretty realistic about it. Basically, when things went bad, everybody jumped ship and left him there alone. We already knew that. But he has not been ugly or vindictive so far.

ssgaufan · « **Reply #8 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:22:02 PM »

So far so good. Finebaum is setting traps, but Franklin is avoiding them.

Ranger12 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:24:23 PM »

After I found out a few days ago that Franklin and Rush Probst were good friends, that is all I needed to know about Franklin. Some Turd that was at my son's practice the other day was singing the praises of Probst and just had to talk about the crap he said on the radio about his good buddy Franklin and how Auburn screwed him.

Look, I am not sure getting rid of an OC in the middle of the year was the best thing we could have done, but hearing that scumbag Probst speak about does make me lean towards the fact that it was the right thing to do.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:31:44 PM »

It's about like I figured. This shit comes back on Tommy Tuberville. From the point that Franklin said TT would not let him bring his assistants and then said there were problems within a week....

FAIL

Ranger12 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:50:08 PM »

If Franklin wanted to bring his own assistants and was told he could not, it seemed to not keep him from taking the job and leaving those guys behind. How many coordinators ever get to bring their own assistants with them?

Birmingham · « **Reply #12 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:50:32 PM »

Finebaum is trying his damnedest to make this a smear campaign.

Kaos · « **Reply #13 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:52:35 PM »

Quote from: Ranger12 on October 22, 2008, 04:50:08 PM

If Franklin wanted to bring his own assistants and was told he could not, it seemed to not keep him from taking the job and leaving those guys behind. How many coordinators ever get to bring their own assistants with them?

None that I know of.

Point Ranger.

RWS · « **Reply #14 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:58:27 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on October 22, 2008, 04:52:35 PM

None that I know of.

Point Ranger.

if you are coaching at Troy and AU comes and offers you alot more cash, plus the chance to put your offense on a national stage, are you going to turn it down just because you can't bring your assistants? hell no. it would be reasonable to assume that if you are not going to bring your own assistants, the staff you will be joining will be supportive of what you are trying to do.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #15 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:01:50 PM »

Bingo. And it's incumbent upon CTT to make sure that happens. "I want you to coach my offense and run your system. These good ole boys will take care of you, son."

The Prowler · « **Reply #16 on:** October 22, 2008, 06:38:50 PM »

IMO, everyone was supportive until they realized that it, the TFS, couldn't work at Auburn right now, and that xCTF didn't want to deviate his offense to fit the players that we have. When you have an Offense that's set up to run the Power running game and you only ONE Power play (Ace Formation Off Tackle Right/Left), while the other plays are the 4/5 Wide Spread-type plays...who's at fault there? CTT? Yeah, he should've been a little bit more involved, then maybe he would've realized that CTF runs the Spread 100%. Maybe, CTT needs to be a little bit more involved with the Offense to find out what kind of players that we have on roster and what their strengths and weakness' are. Was it CTF's fault? Yeah, he should've been able to adjust his Offensive playcalling to the type of players that he had to work with and if he couldn't do that, he should've been up front about it to CTT and the rest of the Offensive Staff. I think he realized that at the beginning, but as RWS stated $$$ and a National Stage talks.

So, when xCTF says that he and CTT are the only two at fault here...he ain't lying.

*As I stated before...It's hard to teach players the correct way to do everything when you're having to teach the other Offensive Staff members everything, especially if it doesn't seem to be working.*

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #17 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:09:55 PM »

I have a different take on the interview. Finebaum tried his damnedest to besmirch the AU program, but some of Franklin's comments did enough for me.

I know he's been fired, but how do you spin Tuberville only speaking to Franklin 4-5 times in 10 months? How do you spin the offensive assistants interviewing Franklin more than Tuberville?

Those are some issues that need to be resolved. Either Tubs needs to wake up and fix the offense, or he needs to go.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #18 on:** October 22, 2008, 09:02:10 PM »

Quote from: townhallsavoy on October 22, 2008, 08:09:55 PM

I have a different take on the interview. Finebaum tried his damnedest to besmirch the AU program, but some of Franklin's comments did enough for me.

I know he's been fired, but how do you spin Tuberville only speaking to Franklin 4-5 times in 10 months? How do you spin the offensive assistants interviewing Franklin more than Tuberville?

Those are some issues that need to be resolved. Either Tubs needs to wake up and fix the offense, or he needs to go.

WORD!!! If Franklin was even telling half the truth about what went on, Tommy Tuberville needs to step back and look at how he's handling this entire program and the people in it.

Ranger12 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 22, 2008, 09:30:59 PM »

As I stated before, he and Rush Probst are good buddies, so take what Franklin says with a grain of salt.

He is not the first OC to be given a better job offer, so he is not the first to not be able to bring in his own staff. Others have did it and succeeded (see Al Borges' first year), so why would Franklin get a pass? His job was to make his system to work with what we had. Is CTT at fault aslo? Sure he is because he hired the guy. However, I am hearing way too much about Franklin and the issues he had as far as getting along with other staff members and the total lack of faith the players had in him to believe he was thrown under the bus.

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