Scott Hires Justin Franklin as new Head Coach

[Brcatz]

Time to move on and rebuild. Bring in your own staff and use the Woodland Middle School and Little Eagles to your advantage. 

[Brcatz]

[theguru]

Congrats Coach Franklin!

[TheConch]

Goodluck Coach Franklin! 

[MaddenCurse44]

Congratulations!

[Voice of Reason]

Sounds like a very good get for Scott. I am rooting for success!

[BBHCEAGLE]

Good Luck to Coach Franklin!!

[Pi]

A lot of posts in the open job thread need edited. Or crow eaten, this is a good, solid hire. Casey Fisk knows what he is doing. 

[Voice of Reason]

5 minutes ago, Pi said:

A lot of posts in the open job thread need edited. Or crow eaten, this is a good, solid hire. Casey Fisk knows what he is doing. 

On this point, it is the very beginning for the AD and coach. Let's see how the AD and administration support Coach Franklin and help him have success. We'll check back on this point in a couple years.

[Breds82]

Any background on Coach Franklin? Congrats on the new gig.

[Pi]

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

On this point, it is the very beginning for the AD and coach. Let's see how the AD and administration support Coach Franklin and help him have success. We'll check back on this point in a couple years.

I’m not attempting to call them a powerhouse. It just looked in the open job thread like the AD was inept and ignorant. This solid hire proves that he was patient and deserves more credit than he was given. 

[TheConch]

2 hours ago, Pi said:

I’m not attempting to call them a powerhouse. It just looked in the open job thread like the AD was inept and ignorant. This solid hire proves that he was patient and deserves more credit than he was given. 

As has been stated by numerous people. 

Let’s wait to see if Coach Franklin makes it to August, that will be a great start. 

[rjs4470]

2 hours ago, Pi said:

I’m not attempting to call them a powerhouse. It just looked in the open job thread like the AD was inept and ignorant. This solid hire proves that he was patient and deserves more credit than he was given. 

Agreed. The timelines that keep getting thrown out regarding these coaching searches are silly. Obviously you don't want these things to drag deep into the spring, but you make the hired based on when you find the right guys. Having assistant coaches run off season workouts is a far better option than hiring the wrong guy just because you have some deadline that you'd like to meet. No one had any clue what Fisk was doing behind the scenes to fill the position and to think he wasn't doing anything just because there wasn't someone hired by the first of the year is silly.

[rjs4470]

4 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

On this point, it is the very beginning for the AD and coach. Let's see how the AD and administration support Coach Franklin and help him have success. We'll check back on this point in a couple years.

The revolving door that Scott has experienced at the principle level since Dr Sapp left a few years ago has been a problem. Lack of support from the AD has not and isn't the reason Coach Turner or Coach Owens left.

[Brcatz]

For those following, Owens lands a coaching job back in Florida.