Franklin coach dismissed. Unbelievable!!

[BillDucksM]

1 hour ago, ILB1999 said:

the article is subjective.  The record isn't.  I believe he was a good guy and a decent coach.  I can't blame any administration for letting him go.  I don't love the timing.  

Yup the timing is the problem. Unprofessional

[eers]

2 hours ago, TightRip58BlackO said:

Okay, clearly you don't want to hear what anyone else is saying. Read the article that was shared. If you still think the guy sucks after that, then the discussion isn't even worth having. 

Just playing devils advocate here…

No one is going to publicly go on record as an employer and say “well he was a terrible person and sucked as a coach”.

I have never heard a coach go on record and say “doesn’t surprise me that they let him go. I mean, have you seen the guys record? It was the easiest game we played all year. Terrible product and terrible coach.”

 

The article was written like every other article in the media, to illicit a respond and get more clicks. I don’t really have a stance on the timing of this, but to base our opinions on a newspaper article would be a bit shortsighted at best. His time was done at the end of the season regardless. 

[memphisfbguru12]

1 hour ago, BillDucksM said:

Yup the timing is the problem. Unprofessional

Agreed, you don’t fire a high school coach mid season without some sort of unethical reason which by every single account is not the case.

[memphisfbguru12]

4 hours ago, ILB1999 said:

So he's a great coach with the worst luck ever?

4 Division 1 recruits zoned for franklin that are currently elsewhere.

 

 

[ILB1999]

14 minutes ago, memphisfbguru12 said:

4 Division 1 recruits zoned for franklin that are currently elsewhere.

 

 

isnt' that down to the coach?

[memphisfbguru12]

1 hour ago, ILB1999 said:

isnt' that down to the coach?

Not one bit. Alex Melton by every single account is an upstanding coach who does everything by the book including not recruiting. It’s not his fault that Lipscomb Academy, BA, Ensworth, etc. don’t follow the rules and recruit his players. 

Edited October 5, 2023 by memphisfbguru12

[Blueraider46]

1 hour ago, memphisfbguru12 said:

4 Division 1 recruits zoned for franklin that are currently elsewhere.

 

 

The Spillman brothers and who else is zoned for Franklin that goes to private school?

 

 

[MidTennFootball]

17 minutes ago, memphisfbguru12 said:

Not one bit. Alex Melton by every single account is an upstanding coach who does everything by the book including not recruiting. It’s not his fault that Lipscomb Academy, BA, Ensworth, etc. don’t follow the rules and recruit his players. 

Every other public school in Middle TN has the same problem. With football in this state today,  where your zoned doesn't mean a whole lot. Melton by all accounts is a really good coordinator, but may not be ready to be a Head Coach. Nothing wrong with just being a coordinator.  Timing sucks but it also gives then a Head start on the process before other programs 

[MJGOLDENBEARS]

One of the most puzzling teams in the state who have managed to garner a horrendous record over 3 seasons. Yet play some of the  better teams in the state to some close games during that span. MJ comes into town in a few weeks and I only have us as a slight favorite. 

Edited October 5, 2023 by MJGOLDENBEARS

[memphisfbguru12]

2 hours ago, Blueraider46 said:

The Spillman brothers and who else is zoned for Franklin that goes to private school?

 

 

I know George Macintyre as well

Edited October 6, 2023 by memphisfbguru12

[JRB]

5 hours ago, eers said:

Just playing devils advocate here…

No one is going to publicly go on record as an employer and say “well he was a terrible person and sucked as a coach”.

I have never heard a coach go on record and say “doesn’t surprise me that they let him go. I mean, have you seen the guys record? It was the easiest game we played all year. Terrible product and terrible coach.”

 

The article was written like every other article in the media, to illicit a respond and get more clicks. I don’t really have a stance on the timing of this, but to base our opinions on a newspaper article would be a bit shortsighted at best. His time was done at the end of the season regardless. 

I found it odd the article said as much as it did in praising a guy they just canned.  Most "separation notices" nowadays read, "we have decided to part ways...we thank the coach for his service and wish him well in his next endeavor". 

FWIW, Franklin down 13-0 in the 1st.

Edited October 6, 2023 by JRB

[BT Mafia]

I think they were wrong to dismiss the coach with three games left but is zoning and private school recruiting really something new?  My guys played at Centennial and when my oldest was a 9th grader, they had 30+ kids on the freshmen team.  Independence opened the following fall and they lost about half the team to the new school.  And does anyone remember a Vol linebacker named Ryan Karl?  Lived in the heart of the CHS zone but went to BGA.