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Message: [QUOTE="Deano, post: 135913, member: 30"] No way with Tony Franklin - he maybe good with mid-conference schools but look what he did at Auburn after the first year: [SIZE=13px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]The Tigers' offense was much less impressive at the start of the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Auburn_Tigers_football_team'][COLOR=#0b0080]2008 season[/COLOR][/URL]. Auburn started the season with a somewhat disappointing 4-2 record, losing to [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_LSU_Tigers_football_team'][COLOR=#0b0080]LSU[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team'][COLOR=#0b0080]Vanderbilt[/COLOR][/URL] and having close calls against two struggling teams in [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team'][COLOR=#0b0080]Mississippi State[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team'][COLOR=#0b0080]Tennessee[/COLOR][/URL]. After the first six games, Auburn ranked 104th in total offense out of all FBS teams.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Franklin_(coach)#cite_note-8'][COLOR=#0b0080][9][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]On Wednesday, October 8, 2008, Auburn head coach Tuberville fired Franklin, citing a lack of offensive production from Franklin's spread offense, and noting Auburn's diminishing rank in most of the offensive categories in the FBS.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Franklin_(coach)#cite_note-9'][COLOR=#0b0080][10][/COLOR][/URL] Auburn went on to win only one of the final six games, finishing with a 5–7 record. Some saw this as proof that even though Franklin was able to use his offense in lesser conferences and against lesser defenses, in the SEC where defense reigns, his version of the spread could not work.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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