http://www.oanow.com/oan/news/local/article/franklin_fired_as_auburn_offensive_coordinator/40169/

The Opelika News is at least reporting it. If someone else comes across a legitimate article, please post the link.

I hope not. Wait till Nov 30th to fire him.

http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2008/10/franklin_out_as_auburns_offens.html

Its was going to be Tubbs sooner or later….

You would think these spread-based recruits they are getting would jump shit… Oops, I mean ship.

are they going to continue the spread for the rest of the season? Will Tubbs go back to a basic offense? WIll they just punt every first down to give their defense a chance? I need to know these things!

Finebaum confirms it! Wow, 5-2 since Franklin got there. He’s only been beaten by teams who are currently undefeated. In my humble opinion, Alabama’s success has more to do with this firing than Auburn’s lack of offense.

Drowning men tend to flail…

if you’ve been an OC at Auburn.

Sad part about it though there offense just got better.

why you Bama fans are poking so much fan at AU for having to make this difficult decision? I mean…aren’t you the one’s with the hilarious history of bailing on your own coaches? Explain this to me. Or don’t. It doesn’t really matter. It just makes me all the more proud to be who and what I am.

War Damn Eagle.

Thanks for the advice about getting thick skin. Really.

My life long dream is to be just like AL fans.

P.S. Does it make you feel like a big mad talking to a “girl” like that? I hope it does. I really do, doll.

Please bama fans: revel in this. You deserve it. I’m not saying you don’t. I mean after all, I’m sure the bear was rolling over in his grave for what has happened to your program the last few years.

Most of us AU fans accept that it’s about time your team came back. Those of us, WHO DO SEE THE REAL PROBLEMS, want a rivalry with someone who can beat us. We want a game worth watching. And the last few years your boys haven’t given us that. And maybe this year you will. It’s looking like it. But don’t persecute us for being passionate about our team. We are not that different. I don’t think so anyways. And I know several others that feel the same.

Oh and one last thing dearest BamaReturns: only a white trash redneck would attack a complete stranger personally. So where does that place you?

Who wants to work for Tubbs now? Who isn’t already working? dumb move. auburn widdow, why are you even reading this blog when there’s trouble in your house? just another case of barners caring more about what big bro is thinking about.

I came on here because one of your own put his own brand new post on our page. He referred to this posting. I came to read it because he posted on ours first. His name is Bammer. If you want proof, go take a look.

And now to you Mobile:

Is it really an AL norm to being complete douches to a woman you’ve never met? I never attacked any of you personally. As a matter of fact…I didn’t attack in the slightest. I merely made an observation.

I won’t do it again. Congratulations…pat yourselves on the back.

You’ve all scared me off.

is anyone calling you names? you didnt attack anyone, but “aren’t you the one’s with the hilarious history of bailing on your own coaches” isn’t the best way to make friends. stop pulling the gender card after poking the coals. good day, ma’am.

Damn, How good does that KOOL-AID taste

it’s probably important to note that there is zero resentment on our part concerning franklin. in fact, there might even be a bit of respect for the man that his former employer seemed unwilling to extend to him today. this blog, like many other observers, were concerned about the dynamicism franklin threatened to bring to the offense. with an amenable schedule and a flotilla of returning starters, the barn was one of the biggest threats in the SEC West.

but the evils that felled franklin were pretty obviously the fault of the system he was placed in and observers far more skilled at breaking down the game than myself have shown that to be the case quite clearly. the firing of franklin and the way it was conducted indicates a severe disarray in the organization and that’s something barners should be more worried about than the fate of any single coordinator.

say what you will about saban and his methods but one thing there is never any doubt of is that it’s his show. he provides the entire program with a single clear vision of how it should be run and gets the personell to make it happen. in an effort to join the latest fashion, tuberville hired a coach whose expertise was one type of offense and insisted he implement the opposite. that’s not the hire-ee’s fault and firing him ain’t gonna solve it.

Tommy should hire Fulmer as his OC and assHat as his DC. Just bundle all our rivals into one. Then we wouldn’t have to spread our hate around so much. Focused hatred is much more affective.

GREATEST THREAD EVER!!!

Why would any Auburn fan expect Alabama fans to have sympathy over their situation? If anything, I might have sympathy for Franklin, but it is hard to fell too bad for a guy who has a 2 year contract that will pay him $300,000 a year, and will almost assuredly get a job somewhere else. It is not like we are pulling an Auburn, and laughing at college students getting arrested, and talking about how much character we have. IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE AUBURN IS IN MELTDOWN MODE, AND THEIR OFFENSE IS A COMPLETE MESS!

If you are a rival fan these are acceptable things to laugh at, not taking pleasure from the misfortune of college students. The coaches get paid, the students do not.

Auburn is going to have big problems now. After being sodomized by Vandy (Yes, a one point loss, ANY loss, is sodomy when it comes to Vandy vs. a major team) and firing Franklin, they will run the ball. Todd will never see the field again, IMO. But everyone is going to stop Tate and Lester and make Kodi beat them; aint’t gonna happen.

Bring that one-dimension to us; that’s a mountain Tubby can’t climb.

this blew up didn’t it?