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Are we still paying Dennis?

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Froppe
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I certainly hope not.

If we are, does anyone know how much longer this will go on?
RIP
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Yep. His original contract went through the 2010 season, but Byrne extended him through 2012 after the 2004 season.
Spaceball 1
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According to ESPN, Franchione's contract pays him $2 million per season and runs through 2012.
Palooza11
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Why the **** would Byrne extend him through the 2012 season in the first place after being terrible in 03 and OK in 04?? What a moron
easttexasaggie04
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John David Stutts
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According to ESPN, Franchione's contract pays him $2 million per season and runs through 2012.


Fran's life right now doesn't suck.
txaggie_2011
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his contract would have gone through 2012.


the 2007 buyout was 3 years, $4.4M.

$1.7M for years 1 and 2. and $1.0M for year 3.

[This message has been edited by txaggie_2011 (edited 7/13/2010 2:22p).]
BIOmedAG
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MW_111
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Fran could have been fired for cause. His attorneys had to settle.
viva torrente
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"I live in a forest made of money."
SaltyTxAg
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Fran is making in rain on "dem hos!1
czar_iv
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still can't believe how bad frannie was ...
PhiAggie
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Hes on for one more year. Not getting nearly what his contract was good for.
Triple-T
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Fran got an extension because Byrne thought Notre Dame was going to "take him" from us.

It is obvious Byrne cares a lot more about winning in sports other than football. His contract pays him for winning "championships" in sports nobody gives a rat's ass about.

TTT '96
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John David Stutts
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"I MAKE MONEY EVERY DAY, SIR!"

Palooza11
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I just do not understand why Byrne has to reward mediocrity by extending contracts. I am not saying that Sherm will be a bust, but why the hell does he have to get a 7 year deal? Why couldn't we just give him a 4-5 year, especially after the Fran bust?? Show results first, then reward with more lucrative contracts.

[This message has been edited by Palooza11 (edited 7/13/2010 5:39p).]
Our-turn-to-rule
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BB is the BEST AD we've had in 30+ years, maybe in history...his biggest mistake was thinking fraudchione had the program on the tracks and rewarding him with a contract


fraudchione was the death penalty for our program....he sucked and the only thing good was beating tu 2x...other then that he was a f'n disaster
MW_111
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Byrne's fatal flaw is that he offers impossibly generous contracts - no one get 7 years of guaranteed pay, especially one that isn't sought after - so that he doesn't have to make hard decisions. It is impossible to fire Sherman no matter what.
W
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So bottomline...Fran is still on the payroll for 1 more year. The post-2004 extension was an absolute disaster
AngryAG
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Byrne didn't want to extend Fran. He was ordered to do so by some of Perry's big donors.
1876er
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his biggest mistake was thinking fraudchione had the program on the tracks and rewarding him with a contract


Haha. Thats like saying Nixon was great, his biggest mistake was watergate.
Original Toad Boy
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he got it after the ass raping we got from tenn in the cotton bowl...still don't get that one.
AngryAG
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He was ordered to extend Fran's contract.
PhiAggie
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BB is the BEST AD we've had in 30+ years


We set the bar very low. Its incidental to getting rid of Groff.

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It is impossible to fire Sherman no matter what.


Not true at all.
Rain Down Moses
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Fran was a great coach before coming to Aggieland. This place went crazy with expectations. Many people changed their usernames to Fran da Man, etc.

The excitement was greater than when Sherrill was hired.

The fact is, Fran's performance was about equal to most coaches in A&M's history. I think Fran's problem had more to do with Mack Brown and Bob Stoops than anything else.
Jack Squat 83
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In the big picture, I think BB's only mistake regarding coaches so far has been the Frannie extension. (Hope I'm right - come on Sherman). He's gotten it done on the other sports.

I wonder if HE really didn't make that decision, but was pressured into doing it.
neAGle96
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Oh boy, rain dont let facts get in the way.

Fran had two of the three worst a&m defenses ever. Had the worst loss in school history, worst loss at Kyle Field and many many other terrible records.
Whistling For Flies
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So bottomline...Fran is still on the payroll for 1 more year. The post-2004 extension was an absolute disaster


He was under contract through 2010 regardless. He is only being paid through the 2010.

Fran was an EXTREMELY popular hire. He failed miserably here, but he is not as bad of a coach as most think. There are reasons he had such great success everywhere else he coached.

I wish the man luck. I wish he had been successful here, but he wasn't. Time to move on.
Ag2k1
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He's gotten it done on the other sports.


Actually, those of us over at Olsen Field are still waiting for Childress to get the Ags back to Omaha. He hasn't been a step backwards, but he hasn't really taken the Ags onto new heights after BB ran Mark Johnson out of town.
Jack Squat 83
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That's true, but do you think he'll get us back?
PhiAggie
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There are reasons he had such great success everywhere else he coached.




Please...he was a flash in the pan. And great success everywhere else? You must not know his record.
RIP
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Fran had two of the three worst a&m defenses ever. Had the worst loss in school history, worst loss at Kyle Field and many many other terrible records.
Our worst home loss is 66-28 to OU in 2008 coached by Sherman.
Stasco
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^^^^
The key word there is "had" meaning that he was worse than every coach before him. If you think Sherman is even worse, then so be it.

The reasoning behind the 7 year contract was so that Sherman would have time to build his system from the ground up rather than feel pressure to make quick fixes with gimmicks. I personally think 7 years is excessive even for that rationale, and I don't like Byrne, but he did have a legitimate strategy in mind.
RIP
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Sherman was well respected in the NFL and had a nice job as OC of the Texans. You aren't getting him to go to a bad situation for less than 7 years on a contract.
Franz Joseph
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I can make a case that fran was one of the worse coaches in college FB history. The fact that we are still paying him is appalling. But, our administration is not the brightest, so.
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