Re Last Chance U- what's everyone's beef with John Franklin?

Comes across as a douche and most people don't like douchebags

I will say this. When it's officially announced that Sean White is the starter, and JFIII begins to take reps in practice at WR, his attitude will serve him well there. Many of the best WRs are also arrogant, a-hole, divas

They tried it. Idk if that's exactly why he transferred but I'm sure that had something to do with it.

But he couldn't even start in JUCO over a guy who's only offer was Mississippi College. He won't start for us. If he wants to play football past college he needs to accept that it won't be as a QB. If he has even decent hands and can learn to run a route then he can become a really unique and dangerous weapon on offense. The kind of unique that will draw looks from scouts. And if he can get scouts interested then his track-star speed will land him somewhere. He just needs to face reality.

And he also needs a QB that can throw, and Franklin just can't cut it as a passer. He doesn't have it in him to be a QB. Malzahn has put together very good offenses before with QBs much less mobile than Sean White.

Gus also spent time this offseason meeting with other spread coaches, most notably with Briles (pre-scandal breaking), to work to incorporate RPO (Run-Pass Option) principles and plays into his playbook. It's a philosophy that will help alleviate the need for a "true running threat". It's something Baylor uses a lot, as well as Ole Miss. You saw how well Chad Kelly ran it last year.

Sean White will almost certainly be the starter at this point. With him under center hopefully we see a lot more RPO than the Marshall/Cam style read-option. White is a good passer and this fits his skill-set very well.

Auburn fans were shocked with the offer too. We thought we were going to offer Jerod Evans who's about to win the starting job at Virginia Tech. He was a perfect fit for the offense and put up incredible numbers in JUCO. The Franklin offer and commit was a "WTF Lashlee" moment for AU fans too. We heard a lot of it had to do with Dameyune Craig was high on Franklin and had a good relationship with him and kind of insisted on Franklin. And now he's not even here, so it's still like WTF

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And he also needs a QB that can throw,


I thought we needed a QB that could run

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shite is so confusing isn't it.

To be fair it is early and I just skimmed through the comments.

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To be fair, that guy was a beast, he also had plenty of smaller offers, but wanted to play for a bigger school and most of those schools don't offer QB's that are around 5'11.

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He had an offer from and committed to Jacksonville State out of high school. I followed him through high school because I knew of him through his dad. He decided that he might get to play more at EMCC so he went there because it was close to home. Unfortunately, Chad Kelly also decided go to EMCC. He wanted to go to EMCC for 2 years then walk on at State. He is tough as nails though and a gamer. Plus, he studies the game. Just undersized for D1 - unless you are a JFF type talent.

No beef.... He just might be a bigger bust than Jeremy Johnson and since I root for the SEC team that's one state over and in the same division I find that funny.

I thought the first two episodes made him come across as a bit over the top, but the last four I thought he came across as a normal CFB player. The coaches, teammates and guidance counselor all spoke highly of him as well.