what a piece of crap. Good riddance, now if we could get Rick Stockstill to step down

https://footballscoop.com/news/veteran-o...lent-game/

When Tony Franklin first arrived as OC; looked like he would be our best assistant coach since Manny Diaz served as DC. He was all about Innovation, great spread sets, nickel and dimeing our way down the field to the frustration of our opponents. Brought a great reputation for QB development, too! But, the last couple of years have been a disaster. Now fire that OL coach, the DL coach, the HC and the AD and MT will be showing that it demands a WINNER.

(01-02-2021 10:18 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  what a piece of crap. Good riddance, now if we could get Rick Stockstill to step down

https://footballscoop.com/news/veteran-o...lent-game/

Very interesting comments from a very interesting guy. Hey....at least Franklin was very kind and complimentary in his final comments about MTSU and their players.

I feel very fortunate that LA Tech seems to have had the services of Tony Franklin when he was at the very top of his game. I've been a football fan for over 50 years, and I've never seen a better OC than Franklin. That's quite a statement coming from me. But Franklin not only had outstanding offenses at LA Tech, he instilled an offensive confidence in our players like I've never seen before or since. Our players KNEW they could score anytime on anybody, from anywhere on the field, as long as they executed. And they did. In 2012, LA Tech led the nation in total offense with Tony Franklin as our OC and Sonny Dykes as our head coach.

On Franklin's and Dykes' watch, LA Tech won a WAC football championship in 2011 and had an amazing#23 national ranking and a 9-3 season in 2012. This relationship with Franklin culminated with LA Tech losing to #22 ranked TX A&M and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny "Football" Manzel, 59-57, in perhaps the greatest football game I've ever seen. I'll spare you the details, but suffice it to say, our LA Tech boys were "in the zone", and Franklin had a lot to do with that.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/re...=322872348

So Tony Franklin is just further proof that every Dawg has his day. So, I don't doubt that he's no longer as good as he used to be. Nobody can stay on top forever.

So, to Tony Franklin, I say "thank you", for your service at LA Tech. You gave me and many LA Tech fans great memories that will last the rest of our lives.

(01-02-2021 11:50 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(01-02-2021 10:18 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  what a piece of crap. Good riddance, now if we could get Rick Stockstill to step down

https://footballscoop.com/news/veteran-o...lent-game/

Very interesting comments from a very interesting guy. Hey....at least Franklin was very kind and complimentary in his final comments about MTSU and their players.

I feel very fortunate that LA Tech seems to have had the services of Tony Franklin when he was at the very top of his game. I've been a football fan for over 50 years, and I've never seen a better OC than Franklin. That's quite a statement coming from me. But Franklin not only had outstanding offenses at LA Tech, he instilled an offensive confidence in our players like I've never seen before or since. Our players KNEW they could score anytime on anybody, from anywhere on the field, as long as they executed. And they did. In 2012, LA Tech led the nation in total offense with Tony Franklin as our OC and Sonny Dykes as our head coach.

On Franklin's and Dykes' watch, LA Tech won a WAC football championship in 2011 and had an amazing#23 national ranking and a 9-3 season in 2012. This relationship with Franklin culminated with LA Tech losing to #22 ranked TX A&M and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny "Football" Manzel, 59-57, in perhaps the greatest football game I've ever seen. I'll spare you the details, but suffice it to say, our LA Tech boys were "in the zone", and Franklin had a lot to do with that.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/re...=322872348

So Tony Franklin is just further proof that every Dawg has his day. So, I don't doubt that he's no longer as good as he used to be. Nobody can stay on top forever.

So, to Tony Franklin, I say "thank you", for your service at LA Tech. You gave me and many LA Tech fans great memories that will last the rest of our lives.

Dude seems pretty in love with himself but aren’t we all. I didn’t mind his candor about the game he coached in. He didn’t lie about it being violent and having to look ‘boys’ and young men in the eyes and send them out to violent collisions.

I’m as guilty as anyone that loves the game. But there’s no denying the impact it makes on folks bodies and obviously their brains. I don’t see an answer other than banning the game but that will never happen. If it did happen human beings being human beings will find some other activity that demands mens bodies. We have a violent blood lust in us. Call it survival or whatever it’s there. Or it seems to have been there throughout the entirety of human history in some form or another.

But when you reach Tony Frankin’s age, 63, maybe you reflect on it a little more than you did when you were a young and hungry coach at say 26 years old.

I enjoyed how you described how your offenses under him ‘knew’ they could score. We had the same thing going during peak Brohm. The amount of swag from Taywan Taylor and Nick Norris and Tyler Higbee and Ace Wales is unmatched in my watching the Hilltoppers since the early 70s. I remember going into our best season I posted on our home board for the younger fans to just enjoy what we had. Don’t worry about the future. Just enjoy what you’re witnessing because it doesn’t come around often. I even drove to Miami that year to witness us beat FIU down in front of around 500 people at most. IN THE RAIN.

The week before I drove there I saw Brohm walking up the steps in Diddle Arena at a basketball game. I stopped him and said “Hey coach, my buddy here wants to know if you have any trick plays for FIU”. He grinned and said sure at least 3. I asked when he would use them. He said it depended on time and distance. We were all chuckling. The first play from the game was a pitch to Ace Wales for 7 yards. The second play was a 73 yard flea flicker pass to Nick Norris for a TD. Nick was a Miami kid so nice homecoming. Met his mom pregame. I turned to my friend and said I guess 14:26 to go in first quarter and 73 yards was Brohm’s answer.

Kudos to TF for his good times. Kudos to him being honest on his way out. Enjoyed your story about his time at La Tech.

(01-02-2021 10:18 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  what a piece of crap. Good riddance, now if we could get Rick Stockstill to step down

https://footballscoop.com/news/veteran-o...lent-game/

Franklin shared. “Never have I had a group of young men so disparaged by people who supposedly care about them. Never have I had a team compete as hard, or practice any better, or lead by example than these last two seasons. The toughness and courage to compete while being disparaged and told day after day that you’re not good enough"

So how many MTSU fans showed up to support this piece of crap and tje players during the 2018 CUSA championship game?

(01-02-2021 11:50 AM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(01-02-2021 10:18 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  what a piece of crap. Good riddance, now if we could get Rick Stockstill to step down

https://footballscoop.com/news/veteran-o...lent-game/

Very interesting comments from a very interesting guy. Hey....at least Franklin was very kind and complimentary in his final comments about MTSU and their players.

I feel very fortunate that LA Tech seems to have had the services of Tony Franklin when he was at the very top of his game. I've been a football fan for over 50 years, and I've never seen a better OC than Franklin. That's quite a statement coming from me. But Franklin not only had outstanding offenses at LA Tech, he instilled an offensive confidence in our players like I've never seen before or since. Our players KNEW they could score anytime on anybody, from anywhere on the field, as long as they executed. And they did. In 2012, LA Tech led the nation in total offense with Tony Franklin as our OC and Sonny Dykes as our head coach.

On Franklin's and Dykes' watch, LA Tech won a WAC football championship in 2011 and had an amazing#23 national ranking and a 9-3 season in 2012. This relationship with Franklin culminated with LA Tech losing to #22 ranked TX A&M and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny "Football" Manzel, 59-57, in perhaps the greatest football game I've ever seen. I'll spare you the details, but suffice it to say, our LA Tech boys were "in the zone", and Franklin had a lot to do with that.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/re...=322872348

So Tony Franklin is just further proof that every Dawg has his day. So, I don't doubt that he's no longer as good as he used to be. Nobody can stay on top forever.

So, to Tony Franklin, I say "thank you", for your service at LA Tech. You gave me and many LA Tech fans great memories that will last the rest of our lives.

Man that 2012 Tech team was great. Our game with yall that year was a classic as well! Time flies

(01-02-2021 10:18 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  what a piece of crap. Good riddance, now if we could get Rick Stockstill to step down

https://footballscoop.com/news/veteran-o...lent-game/

Curious why you think he's a piece of crap. I thought it was a very candi and heart felt retirement letter. Is he a piece of crap because he wasnt able to coach your team to success over the past couple of years? If so that gives credence to his comments.

Tony Franklin reminds me of Tiger Woods. At one time, TF and TW were “the” innovators. Now, there are many, many Tony Franklin and Tiger Woods clones out there. Still innovative but not alone.

(01-02-2021 03:53 PM)rook360 Wrote:  

(01-02-2021 10:18 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  what a piece of crap. Good riddance, now if we could get Rick Stockstill to step down

https://footballscoop.com/news/veteran-o...lent-game/

Franklin shared. “Never have I had a group of young men so disparaged by people who supposedly care about them. Never have I had a team compete as hard, or practice any better, or lead by example than these last two seasons. The toughness and courage to compete while being disparaged and told day after day that you’re not good enough"

So how many MTSU fans showed up to support this piece of crap and tje players during the 2018 CUSA championship game?

I was there (along with maybe 2,000 Raider fans) and we should have beaten UAB twice. But we couldn't count to Twelve. Not to mention that we had no home field advantage. Haven't been back in the stadium since that disappointing loss.

I like that he penned this letter.... after already making millions of dollars at the expense of the same players he mentioned.

I used to like Tony Franklin, and he was a fantastic OC at Troy back on the day... but when he moved to Cal, he changed, and I lost respect for him.

(01-03-2021 04:40 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  I like that he penned this letter.... after already making millions of dollars at the expense of the same players he mentioned.

Exactly my thought when I saw this. Jerk blasts the game after decades of profiting, perfect example of an absolute hypocrite. Shove your little letter you know where.

(01-03-2021 05:28 PM)Dusky Wrote:  

(01-03-2021 04:40 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  I like that he penned this letter.... after already making millions of dollars at the expense of the same players he mentioned.

Exactly my thought when I saw this. Jerk blasts the game after decades of profiting, perfect example of an absolute hypocrite. Shove your little letter you know where.

His departure was months in the making and mutual (according to sources). So this letter/rant may or may not be an accurate account of his feelings, probably more to justify why he is not in coaching anymore, and in align more with his cultural/political views shaped by his years at Cal-Berkeley. No matter, his wife had moved to NC months ago, the house sold, and he was living the apartment life. The letter/rant was probably penned over several weeks not just a last moment collection of thoughts.

Mean while, all the while his twitter for Tony Franklin Systems was hawking the Tony Franklin System 2021 for that "violent" game.


https://twitter.com/tonyfranklinsys/stat...9112040448

(01-04-2021 05:54 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  

(01-03-2021 05:28 PM)Dusky Wrote:  

(01-03-2021 04:40 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  I like that he penned this letter.... after already making millions of dollars at the expense of the same players he mentioned.

Exactly my thought when I saw this. Jerk blasts the game after decades of profiting, perfect example of an absolute hypocrite. Shove your little letter you know where.

His departure was months in the making and mutual (according to sources). So this letter/rant may or may not be an accurate account of his feelings, probably more to justify why he is not in coaching anymore, and in align more with his cultural/political views shaped by his years at Cal-Berkeley. No matter, his wife had moved to NC months ago, the house sold, and he was living the apartment life. The letter/rant was probably penned over several weeks not just a last moment collection of thoughts.

Mean while, all the while his twitter for Tony Franklin Systems was hawking the Tony Franklin System 2021 for that "violent" game.


https://twitter.com/tonyfranklinsys/stat...9112040448

LOL.

What a joke.

"I no longer love this game, and it's too violent.... but I enjoyed making millions of dollars as a coach in the sport over the past 30+ years... and I'll keep running my Tony Franklin football camps..."

Nature is violent. Football is a fractal of nature as a whole.

(01-02-2021 03:53 PM)rook360 Wrote:  So how many MTSU fans showed up to support this piece of crap and tje players during the 2018 CUSA championship game?

Based on my memory of being there...not that many.

(01-07-2021 12:31 AM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(01-02-2021 03:53 PM)rook360 Wrote:  So how many MTSU fans showed up to support this piece of crap and tje players during the 2018 CUSA championship game?

Based on my memory of being there...not that many.

Don't recall the "Official" or "announced" attendance for the Championship game. Think we had 4,500-5,000 inside Floyd. That includes the MT band, the UAB visiting crowd, and whoever else was there. Pretty weak. Remember, we had just beat the daylights out of UAB about a week earlier, also in the Boro. I was at that game, too and the earlier game crowd was larger. My guess: 10,000+ (Believe Blazers rested some starters in the first game cause they had already won the West)