Franchione

by **mrydel** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:40 pm

Stallion wrote:Spurrier left Florida, Miles left Oklahoma St and Saban left LSU and the NFL. SCUMBAGS

Wasn't it Saban who went somewhere for a couple of days and then went somewhere else. (Michigan State to LSU?)

by **Stallion** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:41 pm

Mrydel left Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **davidsmu94** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:41 pm

Stallion wrote:Mrydel left Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Myrdel, say it's not so!

by **mrydel** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:42 pm

Stallion wrote:Mrydel left Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been trying to hide that. Apparently you are one of my secret subscribers to my $1,500/year newsletter.

by **Stallion** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:43 pm

Hey wonder if I can get the gig?

by **davidsmu94** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:44 pm

Back to the subject. Seems like the Aggies are pretty firm in their stand that nothing will happen till the end of the season... so is there nothing to any of this?

by **mrydel** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:44 pm

davidsmu94 wrote:
Stallion wrote:Mrydel left Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Myrdel, say it's not so!

Actually I was born in Texas, raised in Arkansas, colleged in Texas, worked all over the USA including Texas and have now resettled in Arkansas for the past 16 years. My buy out would be cheap to come back however.

by **ThadFilms** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:46 pm

mrydel wrote:
davidsmu94 wrote:
Stallion wrote:Mrydel left Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Myrdel, say it's not so!

Actually I was born in Texas, raised in Arkansas, colleged in Texas, worked all over the USA including Texas and have now resettled in Arkansas for the past 16 years. My buy out would be cheap to come back however.

Sweet. I'm starting the slush/slushee fund.

by **Stallion** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:47 pm

it may go like this. Second hand from TexAgs.com. I read A&M is on the hook for 8 Million in contractual obligations to Fran. Think they can get off with 2 Million by firing him for cause at the end of the year. I don't believe that is going to work except as a negotiating ploy. But it may affect SMU's ability to close the deal. I bet they meet somewhere in the middle. As soon as Nebraska fires its coach they are in competition. Can't believe Callahan wasn't fired today.

by **mrydel** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:48 pm

davidsmu94 wrote:Back to the subject. Seems like the Aggies are pretty firm in their stand that nothing will happen till the end of the season... so is there nothing to any of this?

Trying to read between all the lines including the Aggie newspaper, it sounds as though the deal has been done for a while but it was not supposed to leak out. Somehow word got out. I think, purely an uninformed opinion, that depending on how much pressure is put on those that know, the word will come out in the next day or two or it will be successfully quashed until the season is over. But all indications are that the buy out has been agreed by all.

by **Dwan** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:48 pm

I don't know. The guy might be guilty of having a bad bedside manner....but come on, he has an overall record of 186-100. At Pittsburg State he was 57-6, at TCU they were 1-10 the year before he arrived and then went, 7-5, 8-4, and 10-1. 2-0 in Bowl games. Then went 10-3 and tied for first place in the SEC west in his second and final season at Bama. He also took Pittsburg State from NAIA to D2. That is not luck

by **Insane_Pony_Posse** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp43bGPEjjg

by **mrydel** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:53 pm

Stallion wrote:it may go like this. Second hand from TexAgs.com. I read A&M is on the hook for 8 Million in contractual obligations to Fran. Think they can get off with 2 Million by firing him for cause at the end of the year. I don't believe that is going to work except as a negotiating ploy. But it may affect SMU's ability to close the deal. I bet they meet somewhere in the middle. As soon as Nebraska fires its coach they are in competition. Can't believe Callahan wasn't fired today.

I know you read these thing better than I but it was my impression that end of the season they could try to void the contract due to the newslettergate. The $2,000,000. was the compromise to keep from having to pay the $8,000,000. Either way, I think it will be out tomorrow since newshounds will not let this story lay silent for the next 3 weeks.

by **Insane_Pony_Posse** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:54 pm

not that it matters but Franchione's defensive coordinator
at A&M was at one time a coach at SMU

by **FWMustangGirl** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:54 pm

I think we could do much better than Fran. I think he's wrong for the school. His record has done nothing but sink the last few years. I'd hate to shell out the kind of cash that the new coach will bring to continue that trend. And that is exactly what I think would happen. I'm all for Bowden, Barnett, or Applewhite. I don't know much about Gill, except that my brother has thought he'd be perfect for SMU for some time. I just don't want Fran!

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