The Zone is slamming Franklin

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They are talking about the nine game conference schedule, and comparing Saban'a comments to Franklin's comments. They are calling Franklin a hypocrite because of the reasons he gave against the nine game schedule. They were saying this was another example of how Franklin speaks out of both sides of his mouth. The reason they were saying this is because Franklin was giving reasons why but all he really wants is another easy game on his schedule. Most of the media in Nashville is favorable towards Franklin, however this segment on The Zone has not been of late which I find interesting. Thoughts?
 
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It's pretty much these two quotes he's getting called out on:

While Saban has been the most vocal proponent of a nine-game conference schedule, Vanderbilt’s James Franklin has been the loudest opponent. That was true yesterday as well:



“Every coach, every administration wants the best out-of-conference schedule they possibly can have. But why should somebody else dictate to us what that is? Nobody knows what’s in the best interest of Vanderbilt, and I would argue what’s in the best interest of Vanderbilt is in the best interest of the SEC and so on and so forth…

We’ll go to nine and people will say, ‘We don’t have enough sexy out-of-conference games anymore so you’re going to have to play nine and another.’ When’s it going to stop? Two years from now they’re going to say, ‘You know, we probably ought to schedule an NFL team. You’re probably going to have to play the Jets. You’re going to have to play the Falcons.’ Now we’re going to play nine games and an NFL team. When’s it going to end?”



Amazingly that wasn’t even Franklin’s biggest spin of the day. He also suggested that an extra conference game would be bad for players’ health:



“It’s funny that we’re also talking about player welfare and health. Well, now you’re going to play another game like that a year. Couldn’t you bring up player health and safety for those games?… I think you just have to be careful that the things we’re saying are consistent.”



Now that’s a spin cycle.

For the time being, expect to see SEC teams playing an eight-game schedule in 2014 and 2015. After that, we suspect the league will move to a nine-game format. Whether the league’s teams will be forced to play the Jets or Falcons remains to be seen.
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what he said is, the underlined part, not the rest of the article
 
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Honestly though, that's the reason every coach that's against 9 games is such; they want another win on their schedule, since these guys are working careers which are determined by wins and losses


Freeze dances around the same point in an earlier article, he just doesn't go about it as extravagantly as Franklin seemed to
 
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They used this example, the comment about looking at coaches wives before hiring, and some recent tweets to make their point.
 
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yeah I heard that during lunch. He was talking about players health then the zone brought up what about that Div 2 team they play health? Also the fact on twitter he talked about Vandy not needing hot girls to lead players around campus, yet he said himself that he hired his assistants based on how hot their wives were......so yes he's a hypocritical douchebag.
 
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I guess Butch is a wuss also :whistling:

Coaches just voted 13-1 to keep the 8 game schedule. Saban flew solo as expected.
 
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reVealed said:
I guess Butch is a wuss also :whistling:

Coaches just voted 13-1 to keep the 8 game schedule. Saban flew solo as expected.
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Franklin ran his mouth and gave delusive reasons why he didn't want 9 games, Butch did not. At least that is what was being reported.
 
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jspvol76 said:
Franklin ran his mouth and gave delusive reasons why he didn't want 9 games, Butch did not. At least that is what was being reported.
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Jones hasn't coached a game as an SEC coach and already afraid of an extra game :eek:lol:
 
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The only reason Saban wants a 9 game schedule is because none of the bigger D1 schools (out of conference) wants to play Alabama.
 
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TrueOrange said:
Honestly though, that's the reason every coach that's against 9 games is such; they want another win on their schedule, since these guys are working careers which are determined by wins and losses


Freeze dances around the same point in an earlier article, he just doesn't go about it as extravagantly as Franklin seemed to
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Franklin is in a more delicate position than the rest of the SEC coaches because his reputation is built on a mirage. He cannot afford to take even one of the Presbyterian-quality games off his schedule.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Franklin is in a more delicate position than the rest of the SEC coaches because his reputation is built on a mirage. He cannot afford to take even one of the Presbyterian-quality games off his schedule.
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"mirage" is a little strong but I agree to a point and would add UT, UK and several more teams to the list. When a team is down and trying to rebuild a 30 point loss in an OOC game is a negative, not a positive. I saw where Hart locked the Vols into 2 games vs Oklahoma. Not what you guys need at this point with USC-e, UGA, UF and Bammer already on the schedule. At this point UK may be the closest thing to a 'gimme' in the SEC.
 
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TrueOrange said:
I thought the final vote on the matter went to the school presidents; does it not / am I mistaken?
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The presidents do get the final vote and from what I'm hearing they do not have the votes for a 9 game schedule at this point and are unlikely to vote on it.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Franklin is in a more delicate position than the rest of the SEC coaches because his reputation is built on a mirage. He cannot afford to take even one of the Presbyterian-quality games off his schedule.
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Meh more he's in the exact same position as Stoops, Freeze, probably Mullen

Small schools, not great teams, where it's hard to be successful, and they need each and every win they can get...and in an industry where one win can be the difference between a season being called a success or not, between having job security or not, guys like these/in these situations are always going to fight tooth and nail for that extra cupcake game

(Not defending the man)
 
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TrueOrange said:
I thought the final vote on the matter went to the school presidents; does it not / am I mistaken?
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Ultimately, yes. Today's vote was more of a straw poll to determine what the coaches want to see. If the coaches got what they wanted, we never would have started the SEC Championship Game.

Still, it's clear that Nick Saban is alone amongst his peers in trying to do what's best for the conference.
 
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