mr.jameswoods;1668124 said:
Like I said 2 years, Franchione is like the janitor on Seinfeld who kept getting promoted for no reason until he eventually became an executive. He didn't deserve the Alabama or Texas AM job. And he certainly deserved to get fired 2 years ago let alone this year but he still has his job. When good ole boys like Franchione have a job after such an abysmal job, it only reinforces the discrimination charges that white coaches are unfairly given a longer leash. Sorry but in this case it's true
I think Franchione should be fired as he has done a terrible job at A&M. That being said, he has a pretty impressive record as a head coach. He has taken some very poor schools and made them respectable. I knew only of New Mexico, TCU and Alabama. I looked up his record and it is impressive.
His first HC stint was at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas in 1981. During his two years at Southwestern, he led the team to a 14-4-2 record, a Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference title, and a bowl win. His 9 wins in 1982 tied the school record and was Southwestern's most since 1967.
Franchione next was hired as the head coach at his alma mater, Pittsburg State University. During his five seasons with the Gorillas, he led the team to a 53-6-0 record, 37-1-0 in conference, won five conference titles, and was named NAIA National Coach of the Year twice. He tied the school record for victories in a single season three times before breaking it with the 12 victories of his 1989 team.
In 1992, Franchione took his first head coaching job in Division I-A at the University of New Mexico. In his six seasons with New Mexico, he led the Lobos to a 33-36 record, including a 9-4 mark in 1997, which earned the Lobos a WAC Mountain Division Championship and an invitation to play in the Insight.com Bowl, their first bowl berth since 1961.
In 1998, Franchione became the head coach at TCU and promptly turned their fortunes around, going from 1-10 the year before to 7-5 and a berth in the Sun Bowl, where the Horned Frogs defeated Southern California and set the record for least rushing yards allowed in a bowl game. He again led the Horned Frogs to a bowl game in 1999 on the wings of junior tailback LaDainian Tomlinson, who led the nation in rushing. Going into the 2000 season, the Frogs were being touted as a possible BCS Bowl contender before a disappointing loss to San Jose State. Despite the loss, the Frogs finished the season 10-1, were co-champions of the Western Athletic Conference, and accepted a bid to the Mobile Alabama Bowl. Before the scheduled bowl game, Franchione accepted a head coaching offer by the University of Alabama. During Franchione's three years at TCU, he led the Horned Frogs to their first bowl victory since 1939, their first top 25 finish since 1959, and held the highest winning percentage among TCU coaches since Francis Schmidt (1929–1933).
Franchione became the head coach at the University of Alabama in 2001 and led the team, which had posted a 3-8 record the prior season, to a 7-5 record in 2001 and a 10-3 record in 2002. His 2002 team recorded a 6-2 conference record, placing first in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference. However, due to NCAA sanctions resulting from violations of the previous Alabama head coach, Mike DuBose, the team was ineligible for postseason play, including the SEC Championship Game.
How you could say the man had no right to get the jobs at Alabama and A&M is beyond me. Before A&M he was a very hot coaching prospect for years. The fact that you would make it a race issue makes you look pretty foolish given his past success. Don't worry though, he will be out at A&M at the end of this year, and he should be.
