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[Jimdish255]

In case his situation wasn't discussed here it's interesting how some OC's get the clamps put on their offense and then take the fall when things go south.

http://www.californiagoldenblogs.co...california-golden-bears-offensive-coordinator

Franklin is probably most famous to common college football fans for his struggles in Auburn. Despite hiring him to implement his particular scheme on offense and Franklin having great success in the bowl game he was hired to coordinate on short notice, things went south in a hurry. Head coach Tommy Tuberville refused to turn over the reins of the offense to him, stifling the Airraid and seeming to set themselves on a power run attack that eventually clamped down. Auburn eventually fired him after the team struggled to do anything offensively, although much of that appeared to be the coaching staff not having trust in his system and wanting to go their own way. The rest of the Auburn coaching staff would soon join Franklin in unemployment, as Auburn finished 5-7 and Tuberville was fired at the end of that season.

I guess Kentucky gave him a look for HC after firing their guy in November (?) but Cal ended up hiring him as OC.

 

[Jimdish255]

Another good asessment of the situation at Auburn:

http://smartfootball.blogspot.com/2008/10/auburns-offense-might-be-bad-but-dont.html

And as we know Ky went with Stoops-2 who's staff is complete at this point I think. Lot of interesting choices were available this year.

 

[uconndogs]

I think Edsall was a control freak and I would suspect he put the clamps on his OCs. P? I just don't see it. If anything, I think P manages games much too passively. GDL and his performance is squarely on P, but I don't think P shackled him in any way.

 

[Jimdish255]

I don't think anyone will confuse "Air Raid" Franklin and the Auburn situation with DeLeone's. I didn't mean to if that was the case.