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Auburn names Tony Franklin offensive coordinator

CapstoneTider said:
It doesn't make sense that Tubby would hire someone nationally known as an expert in a particularly popular and effective offense, to the point he travels the country teaching and holding coaching seminars on it, and then have him run the Pro-Set. It makes even less sense that Franklin would take a OC position under circumstances that would hurt his credibility in that field if he decides to step back away from coaching......not practicing what he preaches.

Go to his website. He is all about one kind of offense and I strongly believe that
Auburn will be going to the spread immediately. Possible in a hybrid form.

It will take a few years hopefully to work it all out :)


http://www.tonyfranklinfootball.com/
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It may not make sense to you now, but it will all become clear at the end of 2009, when Franklin quits to write a book about Auburn, casting TT in a bad light.

TT will not let Franklin run his offensive system. He may get to run some of it, but TT will keep the reins tight. Always has. Always will.
 
GulfCoastTider said:
It may not make sense to you now, but it will all become clear at the end of 2009, when Franklin quits to write a book about Auburn, casting TT in a bad light.

TT will not let Franklin run his offensive system. He may get to run some of it, but TT will keep the reins tight. Always has. Always will.
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We'll know at the beginning of the season about the offense, so your over confidence in your judgment will be found out a fraud sooner than 2009.:)
 
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GulfCoastTider said:
Franklin will run Tuberville's offense. Auburn will not run Franklin's offense.
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A picture might help illustrate...

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CapstoneTider said:
Typical naysayers will say that this article doesn't mean anything.....their hero is too much the genius to let a coordinator run his own offense :)
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I'm confused, How do you see this playing out?
I detect some sarcasm in your prev. posts but could not quite get how you see this ending up.
 
Geez, you'd think this guy Franklin is the best thing since sliced bread from what I've been hearing & reading (not so much on this board). I guess its just me but I hadn't heard of him before now.
I'm sure he's a decent coach, but if he's "all that" he'd been snapped up for an OC position long before now. I'm not worried, in fact I think its typical little brother syndrome going on down on the plains.

Its JMO, but I think Tubs was making plans for elsewhere, say LSU, (as was Auburn) and it blew up in both their faces. Now Tubs is trying to salvage his recruiting class by getting what he's sees to be a new offense installed to lure some of the better offensive recruits there, as in JJ and others.
Al Borges was a pretty good OC, but just like every other assistant coach at Auburn was on a short leash and even shorter tenure. Tuberville changes his assistants like socks. This is simply a move to utilize Burns as a QB better and try to salvage recruiting class.
Coach Saban is hammering him in recruiting and Tubs knows it.
Tubby did the same thing with Borges and Jason Campbell. I give it 'til about 3-4 years when Burns graduates. If that long. Just my 2c.
 
Johnwants#13 said:
I'm confused, How do you see this playing out?
I detect some sarcasm in your prev. posts but could not quite get how you see this ending up.
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I see Tubby allowing Franklin to install his offense and run it as he sees fit. I read somewhere that Tubbs has considered going to some sort of spread for a couple of years. The logic for this conclusion is that if Tubberville was going to continue running his same old offense why make a controversial hire? Franklin was sort of banished from coaching until [SIZE=-1]Blakeney[/SIZE] hired him at Troy. Tubberville must want whatever he's running at Troy.

My prediction is that it will take a while for the offense to click especially with them not having players recruited for that offense. This should make Auburn weaker offensively for at least a season.
 
CapstoneTider said:
I see Tubby allowing Franklin to install his offense and run it as he sees fit. I read somewhere that Tubbs has considered going to some sort of spread for a couple of years. The logic for this conclusion is that if Tubberville was going to continue running his same old offense why make a controversial hire? Franklin was sort of banished from coaching until [SIZE=-1]Blakeney[/SIZE] hired him at Troy. Tubberville must want whatever he's running at Troy.

My prediction is that it will take a while for the offense to click especially with them not having players recruited for that offense. This should make Auburn weaker offensively for at least a season.
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Thanks,,
I pretty much agree though I do not understand the logic TT is using by totally changing his philosophy.
I see them going down a road like Texas Tech.
Beating lesser opp. handily while their "stellar" record against top 20 competition will slip.
Good defenses handle the spread pretty well and the up tempo style inhibits most schools that run this type "O" from dominating defensively.
 
CapstoneTider said:
We'll know at the beginning of the season about the offense, so your over confidence in your judgment will be found out a fraud sooner than 2009.:)
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My opinion comes from watching Tuberville-coached teams focus on defense, special teams and offensive schemes designed to protect the football. His brushes with "offensive genius" are all associated with occasional fake punts and 4th down go-fers.

Anyone--barner or bammer alike--who thinks that CTT is suddenly going to let some hotshot up-n-comer throw the ball around like Moon Pies at Mardi Gras just ain't been paying attention.

If CTT does change his stripes and turn Franklin loose, then I'll be the first to admit my predictions are wrong. But until that happens, I'm convinced that Franklin leaves Auburn no later than 2010, and that he will leave as a disappointed man.
 
Johnwants#13 said:
Thanks,,
I pretty much agree though I do not understand the logic TT is using by totally changing his philosophy.
I see them going down a road like Texas Tech.
Beating lesser opp. handily while their "stellar" record against top 20 competition will slip.
Good defenses handle the spread pretty well and the up tempo style inhibits most schools that run this type "O" from dominating defensively.
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I agree with you. I don't believe this will end up good for Auburn at all :).
I see the biggest conflict between Tubbs and Franklin in deciding which players to recruit......they'll resemble those last few tator tot teams before you know it.
 
CapstoneTider said:
I agree with you. I don't believe this will end up good for Auburn at all :).
I see the biggest conflict between Tubbs and Franklin in deciding which players to recruit......they'll resemble those last few tator tot teams before you know it.[/quote]


BINGO!!
Winner, winner, chicken Dinner!!!
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GulfCoastTider said:
My opinion comes from watching Tuberville-coached teams focus on defense, special teams and offensive schemes designed to protect the football. His brushes with "offensive genius" are all associated with occasional fake punts and 4th down go-fers.

Anyone--barner or bammer alike--who thinks that CTT is suddenly going to let some hotshot up-n-comer throw the ball around like Moon Pies at Mardi Gras just ain't been paying attention.

If CTT does change his stripes and turn Franklin loose, then I'll be the first to admit my predictions are wrong. But until that happens, I'm convinced that Franklin leaves Auburn no later than 2010, and that he will leave as a disappointed man.
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We'll just have to disagree on our speculations. I ultimately predict failure on this experiment due to Tubby's arrogance but he will initially let Franklin loose
for a couple of seasons. It may be a hybrid form to start with, but they have a good starting point in the QB department. I really hope this puts an end to their great running back streak. Davis could be another one unfortunately.

Johnwants#13 said:
BINGO!!
Winner, winner, chicken Dinner!!!
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Thanks, reminds me it's lunch time :)
 
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Again, Auburn doesn't have the personel to run that type of offense. It takes two to three years of recruiting to get those types of playes in AND develop that system. Ask Sylvester Croom. He's been trying to install a West Coast offense since 2004. Yeah, yeah, Auburn's recruiting is better than MSU's, but, still, even if AU actually went to such a type of offense, they wouldn't be effective in it for a couple of years. By that time, SEC defenses, especially in the West, will be ready for it.

Once again, I'll believe it when I see it. I think this is mostly some recruiting damage control aided by a barner homered state media.
 
TiderinMiss said:
they wouldn't be effective in it for a couple of years. By that time, SEC defenses, especially in the West, will be ready for it.
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Especially Bama with three going on four top recruiting classes in the bank.

I see Bama going on a streak against Auburn of three, four, maybe five. They might as well kiss next years game away(Florida 2005).....Auburn will be guilty of trying to fix something that's not broken and then ultimately braking it.

I don't see Tubby as stupid for being so arrogant towards his philosophies, I see him as stupid for abandoning those principles with this hire and then doing it half baked.
 
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