Here's the scary thing; what if he had done this same thing had he stayed at Bama longer? That might have death penalty written all over it since we weren't outside our "window" yet. How glorious of a day that was when he boarded the plane.
One is the Head Coach in the Middle of the Season the other isn't, bout the gist of it anyhow.
Then we need to start scheduling Texas A&M!What if Tuberville becomes their coach?
Athletic director Bill Byrne said he did not fire head coaches in the middle of football season but this newsletter incident would be part of fRans end of season evaluation. Although WriterMike is no longer an employee of aTm it is unknown to Byrne or others if Mike McKinzie is still in the employment of Dennis Franchione in some capacity.
can't have a coach leaving after having such a winning record against us and still coaching. I don't have the affinity or love some have for A&M myself other than CGS being there , that's about all that I can say I like about aTm.
It was either Stan Eggen, Mark Tommerdahl or Jim Bob Helduser who began recruiting players to aTm while still employed by the University of Alabama right before fRan left.
Yeah, I understood that part, but it doesn't make sense (logically or legally) to fire an employee who broke company rules under the direction of his supervisor without firing the supervisor as well. The only legal way to do that would be to assert that the employee acted alone.
It's actually not smart to fire him now - history shows that it generally hurts recruiting, and you won't find a decent coach available right now anyway. Byrne is likely already talking to Fran's replacement's manager, but the smart move is to stay the course until the season is over, then move quickly - less likely to hurt recruiting.
TexAgs.com thread
Desperate people say desperate things
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A&M used Chuck Neinas to grab fRan from us and will likely use him again to start testing the interest level of certain coaches.
I'd be willing to bet that process has likely already started. :smile:
