Fran's Game 6 Press Conference | SMU

[qdawgg]

How does one become no longer a walk on? Asking for a friend.

Significant donations on the pay side, above and beyond the monthly charges.

 

[qdawgg]

If he decides to move on so be it

I'm highlighting this and I realize it's really the point of your whole post. For me though; the uptick in recruiting, media coverage and potential recruits/portal players that isn't "pie in the sky" hopes. If we lost Fran, I don't know that we can find a coach to come close to that. CFB is an arms race and not that it hadn't been for the last couple of decades. I know this is extremely pessimistic. I was ready to stop following the team had hiring Fran not panned out to seemingly being a decent coach (at least) and actually being able to recruit here. I don't know who we replace a unicorn in so many ways that Fran is, with someone else and continue to have some optimism.

So if or when Fran leaves, I'll obviously give a new coaching staff time and again, I realize this is really pessimistic but I don't know how we continue to have success without the recruiting ability this staff has. I fully expect to stop following SU at some point because these last, almost 3 decades have been pretty painful most years. I'm also a Bears fan so that doesn't help my weekends given that football on Saturdays and Sundays has historically been a crappy experience.

 

[cuseguy]

I have to say all this media talk about Fran leaving for an SEC job as soon as December is stupid. I believe in him, and the SU should do their all to keep him. If he decides to move on so be it, but I think he is genuine when he said he wants to coach in the Northeast. I would be more worried if PSU came calling, but if we support him, we are on the right track. Losing or QB sucked and last weeks game was disappointing, but I think hitting the road is probably a good thing, I think they bounce back with a much better performance.

He’s not going anywhere. Unless we turn around and win 7/8 games, he’s no longer a hot commodity.

 

[Domedog84]

Fran is as raw in the interview room as he is as a coach. Think of him as a slightly more experienced Ricke Collins. A lot more to learn in terms of coaching and handling the media. It’ll take time.

In terms of being unseasoned with the media I could not agree more that Fran has tons of room to grow and will in time. I just felt like you were absolving Javon of any of the responsibility. If he asks a question that does not get an answer that he can use for his reporting, is that Fran's fault? There has to be some adjustments on Javon's side as well. He is the one that needs to sell content.

 

[sufan59]

I'm highlighting this and I realize it's really the point of your whole post. For me though; the uptick in recruiting, media coverage and potential recruits/portal players that isn't "pie in the sky" hopes. If we lost Fran, I don't know that we can find a coach to come close to that. CFB is an arms race and not that it hadn't been for the last couple of decades. I know this is extremely pessimistic. I was ready to stop following the team had hiring Fran not panned out to seemingly being a decent coach (at least) and actually being able to recruit here. I don't know who we replace a unicorn in so many ways that Fran is, with someone else and continue to have some optimism.

So if or when Fran leaves, I'll obviously give a new coaching staff time and again, I realize this is really pessimistic but I don't know how we continue to have success without the recruiting ability this staff has. I fully expect to stop following SU at some point because these last, almost 3 decades have been pretty painful most years. I'm also a Bears fan so that doesn't help my weekends given that football on Saturdays and Sundays has historically been a crappy experience.

One thing that I do think gets overlooked. Dino had us bowling and on a path of being middle of the road the last two seasons. Had pretty decent coordinators especially at the end. I’m assuming we hired Fran Brown because we saw a trajectory of him elevating the program to even higher heights as a fresh new coach. Why would we even hire Fran Brown and not someone that could sustain the brand of 7-5, 6-6, and the occasional 9-3. If by the time Fran gets us to the next level, we didn’t have the finances to keep him? Like my point is, I love Fran, but why would we even hire him, if we weren’t serious about being a top program in College Football long term. It’s like buying a huge house that you can’t afford to maintain and furnish. It’s clear they took a chance on Fran because they saw he had big time potential and we wanted in early.

 

[cuseguy]

In terms of being unseasoned with the media I could not agree more that Fran has tons of room to grow and will in time. I just felt like you were absolving Javon of any of the responsibility. If he asks a question that does not get an answer that he can use for his reporting, is that Fran's fault? There has to be some adjustments on Javon's side as well. He is the one that needs to sell content.

Fran doesn’t like a lot of Javon’s questions because they force him to address issues he doesn’t want to answer with any directness. Most of the other questions are softball tosses that are easy to answer. Fran will learn. Like I said, it’s only his second year of being the voice of the program.

 

[qdawgg]

One thing that I do think gets overlooked. Dino had us bowling and on a path of being middle of the road the last two seasons. Had pretty decent coordinators especially at the end. I’m assuming we hired Fran Brown because we saw a trajectory of him elevating the program to even higher heights as a fresh new coach. Why would we even hire Fran Brown and not someone that could sustain the brand of 7-5, 6-6, and the occasional 9-3. If by the time Fran gets us to the next level, we didn’t have the finances to keep him? Like my point is, I love Fran, but why would we even hire him, if we weren’t serious about being a top program in College Football long term.

I don't disagree with this at all. I think Fran just happens to be the perfect blend of a good coach who can get even better, has a lot of connections to continue to hire good coordinators/staff and most importantly he can recruit. My fear is, we lose him and our ability to recruit at a high level drops significantly.

I will say this though, reading what you wrote and then responding. It's made me think about something I hadn't when I wrote that. With the portal, a staff that isn't as good at recruiting can still get players here if we have the $. So in that sense, maybe we'd still be okay.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Fran needs to part ways with ERob. Somehow. Just get it effin done already. Can’t have an inexperienced head coach and an unproven, clueless DC and expect to be successful just on recruiting chops.