John Clay’s Sidelines

Good story over the weekend by Josh Moon of the Montgomery Advertiser, who visited former Auburn offensive coordinator (and former Kentucky offensive coordinator) Tony Franklin, and turned on the tape recorder.

Tony is now offensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee. And Tony doesn’t hold back.

A highlight:

“I don’t have to worry about all the crap you face in the SEC with its ridiculous, nit-picky rules and regulations on everything you do. I’m a guy who likes to walk down the street and not have to worry all the time about people watching me, waiting on me to screw up. I have that here.”

Tony on Auburn:

“It was the most unusual place I’ve ever been,” Franklin said of the Auburn program. “No one liked anybody else. There was this deep distrust of everybody. The coaches didn’t trust the administration, the administration didn’t trust each other or the coaches. It was very strange and very unnerving. You would walk down the halls and there would be tension you could just feel. No one would speak to you or even look at you. The coaches were all paranoid and didn’t trust anyone in the administration. They all felt like the administration was out to get them and they stressed out over everything that happened. “

There’s plenty more if you click on the link above.

If only Tony would say what he really thought.