Chronicle reports that Franchione will be coach at A&M!!!!!

I thought you just called her ma'am?

 

Thanks for proving my point.

 

Well, I'm sure I'd be pissed too if I was a Tide alum, but as a casual observer, I don't see how you can blame the guy. He took the job at Alabama because a job hadn't opened up at Texas A&M. While at Alabama, he still obviously had his eye on the A&M job, so what was he supposed to do? I see two options.

Tell his players that they probably shouldn't stay at Alabama, because he <b>might</b> be bolting as soon as a certain job opens up? Please.

Or maybe, out of loyalty, he should have just said "No" to A&M, and passed on a chance to go to a place he and his wife would prefer to be.

Anyone who think Fran should have done either of these two things is most likely a hypocrite. They blame him for doing his job at Alabama, or they blame him for going to another job that he thought was a better opportunity. Man, the nerve of that guy.

Like Trev Albers (who I can't stand) said on ESPN yesterday...The real issue here isn't Francione, it's the NCAA's restrictions on allowing players to transfer to a different university. It's not fair that coaches can leave anytime they want, and players can't. I agree with him on that.

 

Jealous? Let's compare atm to UT across the board in sports. We have nothing to be jealous of. UT happens to be top ten in the 3 major men's sports. atm is unranked in the 3 major men's sports and didn't even make postseason play in two of them. Thank God for the Gallery furniture bowl.


Good luck to Fran at atm. I can't believe he wouldn't say bye to his players, but it's his perogative.

 

Hey, I'm just trying to figure out why you feel the need to undermine A&M. Since noone really provoked you, jealousy is the only reason I could come up with. Maybe your jealous that the Aggies made some good moves this past week while Texas is just standing pat...I don't know.

Of course, maybe it's just that you like bashing A&M on your free time.

 

Yeah, just like I blamed the OU and Tech losses on the refs. Excuses are for aggy.


Warm in the glow of your 15 minutes of fame, aggy.

 

Refman, didn't you get mad when someone referred to aTm as eaTme?

How is "Wronghorn" any different?

 

Honestly, no flame intended, but you know atm isn't a world renowned school, right? It's not known across the U.S. like UT is.

 

Why don't you ask fellow aggy RocketFan85 the same questions?

I'm glad he thinks of the University of Texas right after announcing Coach Fran is an Aggie. Way to go!

If you guys can show your aggy education by calling us tu, we can call you the aggy's.

 

Why on earth does this thread have to become a flame war about two top educational institutions in this state?

Can't we just discuss Franchione and his effects on Aggie football and the Big 12?

As for Franchione jumping ship, I understand his point of view, but it still seems wrong from an Alabama point-of-view. He vehemently denied all reports about his defection from Alabama this week. I read stories where he allegedly told his team and recruits that he would stick by them through the sanctions and help Alabama rebuild its repuation.

Sorry, but thats just crap. I know he couldn't tell them he was leaving beforehand, because I'm sure the higher-ups in the AD's department would have come down hard on him. But keeping his mouth shut would have been the way to go, in my opinion.

By the way, who coaches A&M in a bowl game? Slocum or Franchione? Very interesting dilemma.

 

On another note, I heard revellie was injured when she tried to commit suicide by jumping off a building. Poor thing hurt her leg.

revellie and fran

 

Tennessee is a popular school but I don't think its world renowned!

 

Actually, Fran never denied interest. He dodged or redirected the question, yes. But, what I was looking to hear was "I love Bama and I want to stay here. We have something special here. I am not interested in the atm job."

He never said that. When he didn't I knew he was atm bound and I think a deal was done before Thanksgiving. The 12th man foundation registered his website on the 25th, which is almost two weeks before they had "official contact" with Fran. Heck, someone at Texags called it after the VT loss.

I don't blame Fran for moving. He loves the state of Texas and so does his wife (allegedly). That's why he had the two schools in his out-clause. As refman would tell ya, his clause said "I'll drop everything for atm and I might consider Texas, just to get close to atm."

He made a business decision and in a way it's comparable to any of us deciding between jobs. My only qualm is that he had his assistants address the team. He should have done that himself.

 

I don't know, when I was in China people knew of the University of Texas.

 

If you're comparing a slight jab at UT to the vindictive crap gr8-1's been spewing you need to get real.

 

from an article:


When the NCAA announced its sanctions in the Albert Means case, Franchione pleaded with the nearly 40 juniors and seniors who could transfer without losing a season of eligibility to stay, to depend on him and to depend on each other. He asked them not to give up just because the job became tougher. They believed in him, and when other schools came courting, they stayed.

When it came time for him to make the same commitment, Franchione left. When Texas A&M came courting, Franchione batted his eyes. With the possibility of more NCAA penalties resulting from the Memphis scandal, Franchione bolted. The wounds suffered will take their greatest toll in the next three seasons, as the smaller recruiting classes become upperclassmen. Franchione looked that Sisyphean task in the eye -- and ran to another hill three states away.

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In Franchione's first meeting with his players, he will ask for their commitment. He better hope they don't read the papers.