Comments on: MU’s Franklin Tries To Stay Upbeat With Twitter Twirps

By: MOfanatic

MOfanatic — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:35:34 +0000

JF represents the the University, the football program and himself with the utmost of class. Injuries, an O line of 2nd and 3rd string players, 2nd string tailback, no TE, a ridiculous schedule and an OC that could not look up out of his pre determined play book all had a part the performance last year.
James would be the first to say he was disappointed in last year. Pinkel has NEVER given the #1 QB spot to anyone until August, including Chase Daniel. I am glad James is part of the Tiger team, and he will be the starter this year.

By: buddha22

buddha22 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:37:46 +0000

@XEN610 Yes, agree with negative personal anonymous comments being chicken****. Unfortunately, James game is not made for the SEC with this system.

By: buddha22

buddha22 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:35:00 +0000

@bpa_kc @Statesman No, but he is/was Mr. Ohio. That said, Franklin is too slow for SEC defenses for 1)Read option runs. He takes 4 steps to get going, problem is usually by 3rd step he’s tackled for a loss by quicker linemen/linebackers in the SEC 2)He is slow in making pass reads and simply slow in his motion when he throws the bubble screens. Daniel and Gabbert had them in receivers hands before defender took their 2nd step…Franklin doesn’t get it out until defender is on the receiver. If you understand MU’s offense you know that eliminates 1/2 of it right there.
Franklin’s a great kid, but he needs a new role.

By: XEN610

XEN610 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:17:41 +0000

The ‘fan’ is a joke in the tweets. Franklin has played hurt the last two seasons. He did not take a cortisone shot-I get it. I do not doubt his toughness. He has represented my university by being a class act in all ways. Did he play well last year-not really. Maybe a year of getting back in shape. B Smitth regressed a bit his junior. Agree with bpa_kc, if you do not have the guts to say something negative to his face-say nothing.

By: bpa_kc

bpa_kc — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:22:52 +0000

@Statesman
I don’t think anybody is Johnny Football. His season last year was probably the most insane thing that I’ve ever seen in sports. It will be interesting if he can do the same this year with teams more prepared for what he brings to the table. I do have very high hopes for Mauk though.

I agree with you on the play calling. Why do you continually run your injured QB up the middle… especially against some of these MONSTERS that reside on SEC defensive lines. Granted, I’m sure many of those plays were read options that Franklin chose to keep, but why call them in the first place?? The empty back field has to also become a much more rare occurance going forward.

By: bpa_kc

bpa_kc — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:17:01 +0000

I HATE people who talk crap on twitter/etc that they would never have the courage to say to someone’s face. If I was a professional or collegiate athlete… I think I would just stay off twitter. Nothing good ever comes from it… especially if you are the type who takes stuff at all personally.

I was HUGELY disappointed in Franklin last year.. but who knows how bad the injuries affected him. I hope that James is 100% this year… and that if he is not the starter, that it is because he was beaten out by someone better.

By: Statesman

Statesman — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:54:40 +0000

Franklin will be fine. Those who question his toughness forget how he was injured in the spring practice …He jumped into a pile to recover a fumble. Not very smart, but it illustrated the kind of player he was. In addition the previous year he took players head on. Franklin never should have played last year. He could not throw until June, but even during fall practice he could not throw on consecutive days. Pinkel knew coming into a stronger league that he needed Franklin because the guy behind him was not ready. He wanted Franklin to take the pain-killer and Franklin made the right choice. The problem was theOC kept running an empty backfied and teams were teeing off on Franklin, or the OC would run Franklin up the middle. Pinkel and his staff did not coach very well last year.

Pinkel would love to start Mauck, but he knows Mauck is not better than Franklin. Hecould also by time by telling the alums I started a freshman at qb if therecorddoes not improve. Mizzou fans foundation for Mauck is his high school record & Johnny Football’s success as a redshirt freshman….How often does that happen. Mauck is no Johnny Football.