Even adults lack common sense
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by Suckatsports
Coaches sit in the living rooms of families and promise the parents to take care of their child. To be a surrogate father, if you will, to either a troubled youth, or one in need of guidance. This is what they're supposed to do, they're supposed to take care of the athletes on their team as if they were their own, and that's what the best coaches do. So, how can any parents send their children to Texas A&M under Dennis Franchione, when he can hardly take care of himself? When he himself does not have morals, and can't distinguish between simple rules.
Coach Fran as he admirably calls himself decides to show us he's still a scum bag, and should go back to selling cars, or something equally slimy. In the last couple of weeks, it has come to the attention of Texas A&M, that their coach was running his own website, CoachFran.com that gave inside information on the program. To get access to this VIP Newsletter, a member must pay $1200 on an annual basis.
> It was first revealed two weeks ago that Franchione and McKenzie had been distributing the newsletter to a select number of boosters and supporters the past three years in which insider information was given on player injuries, recruiting and sometimes critical evaluations of his players. Subscribers were charged a $1,200 annual fee that went directly to the company that ran CoachFran.com.
This is really stupid on two levels, and the fact that grown men are involved on both sides of this, is even more idiotic. Grown men, mind you, that should not only set an example with their actions, but teach young men how to act. Franchione had a man working directly for him, being paid from the money collected on the website to provide this newsletter, and the University knew nothing about this. The newsletter contained information about potential recruits (red alert) as well as on the field performance grades for the players. It went so far as to give the script of the first 14 plays to start the game, and red zone offense. I guess where I'm really lost is the fact that during this entire proceeding, no light went up in the coaches head that this is wrong. And how much did he make from this, maybe $20,000 in a year? He makes $2 million every year. I'm at a loss for words when I try to figure out what he was thinking to both start this, and let this continue for a matter of time. This is truly a special kind of stupid.
The other side of this formula, are the people that actually paid $1200 for this. Who goes to this website, shells out over a grand for a early subscription to this moronic thing. And not one of them goes, "Uh, Coach, I'm a booster and I want to do what's best for this program, do you think you could get in trouble for this?" No, not one, they paid the money that's going right into his pockets. Or worse, he could have been giving this money to players - we don't know this yet. The collection of stupid people involved in something like this is mind boggling.
The good news, Aggies, is that Franchione will not lose his job, but his assistant, Mike McKenzie will. I guess he'll have to go back to playing cornerback for the Saints. The not firing of Franchione may or may not have something to do with his 5-1 record so far, and sole possession of first place in the Big 12 South. The triumvirate of stupid is now complete. You're keeping the coach even though you're not sure if the NCAA is going to drop the hammer on you, for the most blatantly moronic act ever heard, all for a 5-1 record. It goes without saying that you deserve all sorts of sanctioned levied by the Nazi Collegiate Organization, since you're letting it all ride in hopes of a Big 12 championship. We all know that's not going to happen, because the coach is going to screw things up anyways - he does every year.
Not sure what's more surprising here. That he did it, or that we're amazed by it. This is the same guy that left the Alabama program as soon as he heard there were going to be sanctions imposed on them. And he didn't do it in some tearful Susan Waldmanesque manner, he did it via video conference to his players. This guy has no shame, no conscience, no courage, and no brain. He's like all the characters of the Wizard of Oz wrapped into one.
Franchione punished by A&M for violations [Houston Chronicle]
This post is cross-published from We Suck at Sports.
