October 24, 2008

Franklin kisses, tells about Auburn firing

Former Auburn Offensive Coordinator Tony Franklin made his way to Paul Finebaum's radio show yesterday to kiss-and-tell about the circumstances that led up to his recent dismissal.

According to Franklin, several long-tenured Tiger assistants got their "feelings hurt" when he took a more hands-on approach to teaching the offense, position-by-position.

Franklin said he should have recognized that Tuberville's loyalty to his assistants would trump his commitment to the new offense.

"I'm a history teacher and a history student," Franklin said. "When you look at the history of this place, coordinators come in, coordinators leave and those guys stay."

Franklin said he realized almost immediately after being hired last December that Tuberville's bold offensive experiment might not work. He also wondered why former coordinator Al Borges had been fired.

"For the philosophy of football and the style they really believe in, they fired a really good coach before me," Franklin said.

I wouldn't exactly call it scorched earth, but... I don't expect that Franklin will be getting too many holiday cards from the Auburn coaches.

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Franklin kisses, tells about Auburn firing
Former Auburn Offensive Coordinator Tony Franklin made his way to Paul Finebaum's radio show yesterday to kiss-and-tell about the circumstances that led up to his recent dismissal. According to Franklin, several long-tenured Tiger assistants got their "feelings hurt" when he took a more hands-on approach to teaching the offense, position-by-position.
Franklin said he should have recognized that Tuberville's loyalty to his assistants would trump his commitment to the new offense. "I'm a history teacher and a history student," Franklin said. "When you look at the history of this place, coordinators come in, coordinators leave and those guys stay." Franklin said he realized almost immediately after being hired last December that Tuberville's bold offensive experiment might not work. He also wondered why former coordinator Al Borges had been fired. "For the philosophy of football and the style they really believe in, they fired a really good coach before me," Franklin said.
I wouldn't exactly call it scorched earth, but... I don't expect that Franklin will be getting too many holiday cards from the Auburn coaches.