Ended up talking with a source about this matter and he told me there are two trains of thought going around about Franchione deciding to take his name out of the running.
- Franchione felt the other candidates listed had a better résumé in recent years than he and thought with the expanded search, there was no way he'd get the job without someone thinking the fix was in.
- Franchione did it in consideration of his friend, Director of Athletics Dr. Larry Teis.
UPDATE: Heard from someone else Franchione didn't pull his name from the race.
DOUBLE UPDATE: Franchione is still very much in the mix for the position.
DOUBLE UPDATE: Franchione is still very much in the mix for the position.
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That's not what I heard from coaching circles. I heard he pulled his name because the administration wouldn't agree to pay assistants what assistants need to be paid. That's not the first time I've heard that either.
I heard that's one of the reasons they let go of Wright, because he wouldn't give up on paying his guys more. If you want a good head coach you got to have good assistants. The head coach can't be everywhere at once, especially when it comes to recruiting.
That's why we got to have a strong coach at the top.
@tsbobcats93 — That's been a problem for a while at Texas State about assistants not getting paid well. I posted a list a long time ago about what all of the assistants at Texas State made and it was paltry compared to their counterparts.
Well then somebody needs to tell Trauth & Teis not waste our time. No point in going D-1 if we can't give the head coach the tools he needs. You can hire Nick Saban at $1m a year and he will fail without good coaches surrounding him. Put up or shut up Texas State!
I played for Fran the first go round and an extremely reliable source inside the program told me Fran more than doubled his salary going to New Mexico. I can only imagin what we were paying the assistants. If we don't start paying we will always be a stepping stone for the next job. Which means we will always be starting over.
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