Today We Shall Discuss Coach FRAN!!!!!!!!

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:22 am

Thoughts on Fran from the Ag board:

http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply. ... forum_id=5

ReedFrawg · Post by **ReedFrawg** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:23 am

Nacho wrote:Hey Frog Fran had nothing to do with the NCAA probatrion at Alabama. He left because of it. If you are goingto post "facts" look it up first. You look uninformed at best.

You are correct and he was misled by the folks at Bama. I don't necessarily blame him for leaving...just the way he did it and how left the players.

perunapower · Post by **perunapower** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:26 am

Nacho wrote:Thoughts on Fran from the Ag board:

http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply. ... forum_id=5

I was speaking with a current SMU football player Friday night and asked him how the search was going. He told me that they would know today who the new coach will be. I told him that there was quite a bit of talk about Fran and he said that he had been hearing that same name within the locker room and from folks affiliated with the program.

Interesting post on there. Probably has zero credibility though.

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:29 am

Sign Fran now. Would be a tremendous hire.

cs09viking · Post by **cs09viking** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:31 am

perunapower wrote:
Nacho wrote:Thoughts on Fran from the Ag board:

http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply. ... forum_id=5

I was speaking with a current SMU football player Friday night and asked him how the search was going. He told me that they would know today who the new coach will be. I told him that there was quite a bit of talk about Fran and he said that he had been hearing that same name within the locker room and from folks affiliated with the program.

Interesting post on there. Probably has zero credibility though.

i wondered the same thing....

QuikSStang · Post by **QuikSStang** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:32 am

im sick of Fran. i take no part in this discussion

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:32 am

I hear you Reed. I can't argue with you on that point.

If Fran hadn't conducted that stupid e-mail thing he would probably still be at A&M. Even though he went 7-5 he did beat UT 2 times in a row. The last game showed what the O could have been the entire season. He got fired over the e-mail fiasco. Fran is not perfect. He definitely should have done some things differently.

Barnett has a lot more baggage than Fran. Unless they hire Chow I don't know what else they have in mind.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:33 am

35straight wrote:NO FRAN!!!! NOT NOW. NOT EVER. MY AGGIE BUDDIES ARE LAUGHING THEIR HEADS OFF AT THE FACT THAT WE ARE EVEN CONSIDERING THIS GUY. WHAT THE HELL ARE WE THINKING?

They hired him....

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:33 am

If we want to win, we'll sign Fran now.

ReedFrawg · Post by **ReedFrawg** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:37 am

Nacho wrote:I hear you Reed. I can't argue with you on that point.

If Fran hadn't conducted that stupid e-mail thing he would probably still be at A&M. Even though he went 7-5 he did beat UT 2 times in a row. The last game showed what the O could have been the entire season. He got fired over the e-mail fiasco. Fran is not perfect. He definitely should have done some things differently.

Barnett has a lot more baggage than Fran. Unless they hire Chow I don't know what else they have in mind.

I hear you too...and I am not saying Fran wouldn't be successful at SMU (he might even be the best coach for job). Given what we've seen from him, I just question his character and would be hesitant to "buy in" if I were in SMU's shoes (regardless of his past with TCU).

Caballo · Post by **Caballo** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:39 am

There was a statement earlier in this thread that our coaching search was going badly. If you look at it objectively, it is going as one would expect.

Steve O could have hired Fran or Coker weeks ago, but he was trying to get a higher profile coach. Johnson was of a higher profile. The Air Force coach was of a higher profile. Personally I am glad neither of them accepted our oververtures

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jimhagle · Post by **jimhagle** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:39 am

Ah bring back the boring offense Cavan ran while here-that is what Fran runs. Or does he finally see the light and realizes the errors of his ways-maybe just maybe the UT game woke him up!

TCU owns YOU · Post by **TCU owns YOU** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:47 am

This guy is by far the best coach of your given options. While he struggled against OU and UT, he is still a good coach and excellent recruiter. He is also great an reviving pride in a program's players and fans.

In Fran's first season TCU was 6-5, we were shocked to see our team make it to a bowl game for the first time in 4 years. Then we went out and beat USC.

From that point on people were believers and the players expected to win. He formed new cheers and lots of new traditions, which we still use today.

He is the right guy for what SMU needs, a cardiac defibulator of the entire program. Oh yea, he can also recruit Texas about as well as any guy on earth.

westexSMU · Post by **westexSMU** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:56 am

[quote="Mr Froggiewoggie"] Fran wrecked Alabama in record time. [/quote].................Wrong, Alabama was going on probation when Fran got there because of issues with the previous coaching staff.

Peruna8891 · Post by **Peruna8891** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:56 am

enough already, some of you need to get over yourselves. All of this talk that "we can do soooo much better than (insert name - Fran, Coker, Barnett, etc)" of "If we wanted (insert name here) we could have signed him 3 weeks ago." We are where we are. Not all thing have gone as planned or gone well for that matter, but you have to look at the situation for what it is and execute based on what the options are today. So let's go get the best coach available today. SO, ingore the blogexperts and Monday morning quaterbacks who will question and tear apart every decision, and close the deal so we all can get down the road.

Today We Shall Discuss Coach FRAN!!!!!!!!

Hire Fran NOW!