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re: Aggies: A question about Dennis Franchione's tenure at Texas A&M vs. Alabama.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 4:12 pm to Cooter Davenport
Posted on 4/5/13 at 4:12 pm to Cooter Davenport
Was that the "Writer Mike" dude?
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Posted on 4/5/13 at 4:20 pm to tmc94
ProjectPat, the non-paraphrased version is: "Haaaaaaalf the taaaaaaeeemms in caawwlleeeedddge footbawwllll lawsssst todaeyyyy and we plaaaayed a pretty goood taeeeeeeem."
As far as the '08 class:
As far as the '08 class:
quote:Injuries
Josh Ayers
quote:FCS transfer
Aaron Buckley
quote:Never made it in
Blake Chavis
quote:Injuries
Leroy Chevalier
quote:Grades
Rod Davis
quote:QB -> TE -> gone
Tommy Dorman
quote:Grades
Adren Dorsey
quote:Grades
Keon Furtch
quote:Never made it in
Derrick Hall
quote:Career practice squad
Jeffrey Hyde
quote:4-year starter
Tony Jerod-Eddie
quote:Injuries
Chris Lathrop
quote:LB->FB->off the team
Kyle Mangan
quote:2-year JUCO starter
Matt Moss
quote:3-year starter who left for Texas Tech, then failed out
Brian Thomas
quote:Died in a car accident in 2011
Joe V
quote:Transferred to Sam Houston (played us last year)
KJ Williams
quote:Transferred to Sam Houston
Andrew Wolridge
Posted on 4/5/13 at 4:21 pm to Beer Bryant
His "personal assistant, Mike McKenzie ... author of the infamous newsletter.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 4:21 pm to townestoldme2
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I was on the team that got beat bad by Utah and OU. Fran ran a similar program to Saban without the results. He was an absolute dick from the very beginning. He would berate his coaches in front of the team. When no one respects you, and you're losing, shite gets real. I've never despised a human being more than that "man."
Terrence Murphy laid bare a lot of what happened in the locker room on a famous thread on Texags a couple of years ago.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 4:28 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
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Terrence Murphy
T-Murph
Posted on 4/5/13 at 4:30 pm to CapstoneGrad06
He leached off of other coaches recruits at every stop. Brian Urlacher at NM, LT at TCU, a slew of good recruits at Bama...then he got to a barren A&M squad and didnt have much talent and screwed up the one great talent we had.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 5:00 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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I've always wondered how he was pretty solid at Alabama and failed so miserably at Texas A&M.
Because he inherited more talent at Alabama, then he did at TAMU.
The 3 recruiting classes before Fran arrived at each school...
Alabama
1998: Superprep rated 6th class in the country
1999: Superprep rated 6th class in the country
2000: Superprep rated 5th class in the country
Texas A&M
2000: Superprep rated = 27th class in the country
2001: Superprep rated = 29th class in the country
2002: Rivals rated = 23rd class in the country
Posted on 4/5/13 at 5:07 pm to EKG
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His "personal assistant, Mike McKenzie ... author of the infamous newsletter.
Couldn't stand that guy. Fran thought he was the President or something, needing his own personal assistant / press guy.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 5:24 pm to Beer Bryant
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RC left holes. Fran left a goddamn grave.
succinct and accurate.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 5:32 pm to Beer Bryant
I'm a little surprised it took this many posts for the newsletter to come up. To me the $1200 VIP Connection newsletter showed a remarkable lack of... well, lots of things. Propriety for one. I'd like to think not, but I'd guess A&M would have overlooked it if his teams won.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 5:35 pm to finestfirst79
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townestoldme2: I was on the team that...
Thank you for your service!
Posted on 4/5/13 at 6:19 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Oh god, the horror of seeing smoke draw and option to the short side over and over and over.
He turned one of the best offenses in CFB into one of the worst of the modern era. That takes talent. I'm pretty sure he saw Dick-Rod's offense and assumed he could do the same with Reggie. When Tennessee exposed us in the Cotton, he already received an extension, albeit because Notre Dame came calling. After that i think he just tried to frick the dog. Poor Reveille.
He turned one of the best offenses in CFB into one of the worst of the modern era. That takes talent. I'm pretty sure he saw Dick-Rod's offense and assumed he could do the same with Reggie. When Tennessee exposed us in the Cotton, he already received an extension, albeit because Notre Dame came calling. After that i think he just tried to frick the dog. Poor Reveille.
This post was edited on 4/5/13 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 4/5/13 at 7:21 pm to intothegrinder
quote:The best that money could buy.
Alabama 1998: Superprep rated 6th class in the country 1999: Superprep rated 6th class in the country 2000: Superprep rated 5th class in the country
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:11 pm to Hair of the Dog
Very interesting thread. Hadn't really thought about the guy in a while. I knew he sucked at A&M but didn't bother to look into the reasons. Great thread except for the (predictable) LSU fans douchihng everyting up.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:14 pm to thatthang
When we own them at everything head to head, It's to be expected.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:46 pm to Cooter Davenport
I have nightmares of the Holiday bowl 45-10, Cal was good that year but they weren't that good... We didn't even look excited to be there, the team was always flat when Fran was coach. They never seemed hyped to play... Marshawn Lynch and Justin Forsett pimp slapped the whole A&M team
Posted on 4/5/13 at 9:01 pm to FormMorm
It was the Tennessee Cotton Bowl that convinced me to finally dump our season tickets.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 9:18 pm to cramps
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Tennessee exposed us in the Cotton
That's an extremely nice term for what they did to us that day
Posted on 4/5/13 at 10:26 pm to Hair of the Dog
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The best that money could buy
Like hell it was.
200K for Albert Means and Cam only goes for 180 a decade later?
Spending a lot =/= buying the best.
Posted on 4/5/13 at 10:27 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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