Franchione

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

coach fran left the kids at Alabama when they needed him and the steady influence the most. the recruiting sanctions were handed down a few weeks after he left. the way he left may have been even worse. took the kids to play in hawaii, lost a close game. he and his wife hopped a flight right after the game, WITHOUT the team, flew to T-town grabbed some stuff and off to TAM. left coach torbush and pollard to get the kids home and the AD to addres the kids that he had taken the TAM job. rumor was his wife had been packing the house before they went to hawaii.

There are worse places to be left behind than Hawaii...

Originally Posted by ddthetide

coach fran left the kids at Alabama when they needed him and the steady influence the most. the recruiting sanctions were handed down a few weeks after he left. the way he left may have been even worse. took the kids to play in hawaii, lost a close game. he and his wife hopped a flight right after the game, WITHOUT the team, flew to T-town grabbed some stuff and off to TAM. left coach torbush and pollard to get the kids home and the AD to addres the kids that he had taken the TAM job. rumor was his wife had been packing the house before they went to hawaii.

He had to.
How could he stand in front of that
bunch and say I lied, I'm sorry.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

he was at Pittsburg St, 45-game winning streak and a couple NCs. New Mexico and a bowl game there. TCU and bowl games. 2 years at Bama. his wife couldn't take the pressure and wanted to go back to texas and the sanctions were about to come down on Bama and they were worse than anyone thought.

I think it was New Mexico I was thinking of......and screw yourself MDF!

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I think it was New Mexico I was thinking of...


Hey....I'm inspired.

Get yourself on the motivational speaking circuit.






...and screw yourself MDF!

If it were even remotely possible.....I wouldn't be here.

Believe me.