Here is the statement from Bama AD Mal Moore: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 The interest that has been generated in Coach Franchione's situation, especially regarding Texas A&M in the last few weeks, has been tremendous. This normally happens when a team enjoys the kind of success that we had this season. I have been contacted by a representative of the president's office at Texas A&M asking for permission to talk to Coach Franchione. I will not impede Coach Franchione in any manner if he wishes to talk to A&M. However, I want to stress that we want Coach Franchione to finish his coaching career at The University of Alabama. We have made what we feel is a strong and fair contractual offer for him to stay. http://pub163.ezboard.com/falabamafans48326frm1.showMessage?topicID=31735.topic IF he goes to A&M, who in the hell can Bama get given their current and future circumstances? If I were a Bama fan, I'd be very worried.
If he leaves I think our feelings about him were true after the ass he made of himself with Saban might have shown the top of the ice berg. Personally, I could care less about Fran, with Saban in our stable, I still think Saban is the best coach in the SEC. But if he bolts on Bama, I hope he gave them the common courtesy of a reach around. Because he (Insert foul statement here)
