Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Volsfaninva917]

franklin is being sued, x2, right now...so more days in court coming?

Again, have you read the law suits?

 

[griffdog14]

Just want to clarify that the end of my post is as important as the beginning. I believe that we’ve made one offer only, and that is JF. My friend is noticeably worried that we’re on day three after agreeing to basic terms. I think it better wrap up today. I can’t imagine that it could drag on now that it’s in the news. It’s got to become public or it’ll die.

time kills all deals

 

[CoachClick]

My roller coaster ride has officially gone underground.

I just cannot believe it if this is true.

This will be a very sad time for me and my family.

 

[PeerlessVol]

Please for the love of god don’t burn the place down you nay sayers of Franklin. Look what coach we got after Schiano. If we run off a second coach you better believe no one will want to come. 20 more years of mediocrity inbound. Be civil. Please. That is all

 

[Mullins2010]

TB also saying he has proof of Monte Kiffin reaching out to booster

 

[InstrumentalVol]

Bailey followed James Franklin on Twitter pop the champagne

 

[hotcypress]

I will choose to believe it's James Franklin until we see the PJ Fleck style announcement from yesterday from Franklin or through his favored national guy. LFG!!

 

[Adam2014]

Andy with a fresh video of him singing.
https://twitter.com/AndyScottBowse1

 

[Lofton/Durant4 3]

It's Matt Campbell.

Your post history is so consistent.

 

[Behr]

Not me, dude just up and vanished.

I just heard someone saw him/her in a dress and high heels standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona.

 

[volamite86]

He's a

He's an arrogant dickhead. It's natural to hate him unless he's winning as your coach lol

Not trying to compare by any means, but I’ve been to both Franklins and Sabans coaching clinics. Very similar philosophy. Franklin is just a bit more brash. Excellent coach though

 

[volfan1631]

It's Matt Campbell.

Keep fighting the good fight @Neyland Rising

 

[seaofORANGE22]

It ain't over til it's over

 

[AnonymousVol]

You got a problem with dudes that do manual labor? I'd imagine alot of guys here do jobs like that and it sounds like you're using it as an insult. Your not better than them.

I was getting that vibe as well... ignorance is bliss

 

["It's Time"]

DW hiring somebody the fan base already doesn’t like..

Bold strategy cotton.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

For the lazy, one of the Lawsuits against Franklin was already dropped
Lawsuit against James Franklin dismissed

 

[Ten_Titans]

I think it's really easy to read two headlines (or Google searches), remember the beat downs and the trash talk, and come to the conclusion that someone is an awful, evil person.

We are all drawing conclusions about people based on coaching records and saying how good or bad they are as a coach. That's fine because this is just a game.

Saying someone was complicit in rape based on mostly refuted testimony is totally different, and it doesn't make you a good person to attack them on those grounds based on little to no actual information.

But that's the last post I'll have on the subject unless we hire him. Still don't think it's Franklin.

 

[Rizzo924]

All true. I just can’t wrap my head around Franklin taking the job.

I can't wrap my head around him even being on DW's list.

 

[jakez4ut]

Let’s be real schiano just sucked that’s why we didn’t want him.

agreed.

but that's not the hill we chose. we chose....a different hill to die on with him.

and that's what the criticism will center around.....

assuming, of course, any of that (working on the contract) is true...which still has yet to be determined.

 

[zjcvols]

only if being sued meant guilt

good grief

How many other current FBS coaches are wrapped in a lawsuit alleging a player being sexually assaulted by hazing, another lawsuit where the head trainer was fired for allegedly trying to hold out players that weren’t medically cleared to play but Franklin still played them, and then had to actually testify in a gang rape trial where four of his four players were all convicted?

Are you that much of a brute you can’t see the patterns here? You think James Franklin is just that unlucky that these things keep happening? That he is a man with integrity but it’s all just bad luck and revenge that follows him?

 

[VEKZY]

DW hiring somebody the fan base already doesn’t like..

Bold strategy cotton.

Not a big Franklin fan by any means, but DW probably knows that if you hire a coach that wins, not much else will matter in a few years.

 

[m1al]

SF...

IF true, I am surprised. Also, IF he was #1 on the list, you have to assume he was thoroughly vetted and people with decision making power are not concerened with any accusations or "the rumor mill" concerning him...

Personal thoughts, he is a good coach but I've never been a big fan mainly because I always thought he was/is a cocky prick. As far as the "bad stuff", I try not to "convict" people on the basis of unsubstantiated rumors/accusations..

Bottom line, I'll believe it when I see it....

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

DW hiring somebody the fan base already doesn’t like..

Bold strategy cotton.

In his defense, our fan base is ‘tarded.

I mean, not most of VN users, but everyone else. Especially voltwitter

 

[Nashvegas31]

Let’s be honest. We all hated Pruitt before he was our HC and called him every name under the sun then we supported him until he sucked. We will do the same for James Franklin but actually win games.

I will say this as well. If he is the guy, state of TN and Nashville area become really hard for anyone to pull the guys we want. He would have racked up those Nashville boys had he stayed.

 

[NoogaVol96]

Someone edit James Franklin in Tennessee gear. Just trying to see something.