Story is up on the CBS sports site about Hack throwing Franklin under the bus during interviews with NFL teams. Per the article, during interviews with NFL teams, when pressed about his declining numbers Hack shifted blame to Franklin.
I think the article nails it. The writer stayed totally neutral, did not take sides in blame, offered a fair analysis.... but pointed out that regardless of whether or not it was Franklin's fault, or whether or not Franklin is not as good with QBs as O'Brien, NFL scouts are very turned off by a player who blames a coach. Right or wrong, deserved or not, it is a very bad look for a player to blame ex-coaches for his troubles. The article stated that several teams who were interested in Hack, were turned off by him during the interviews for the way he shifted blame to others (specifically Franklin). The NFL scouts mentioned that a QB is a position of leadership and responsibility, and if a player is so quick to blame others now, than chances are it's a personal characteristic and they will blame others if they struggle in the future. Inferred that Hack would have been much better off simply taking the bullet and taking blame.
I stated this a few months back when Hack decided to leave, and we had the endless string of Hack vs. Franklin threads. Regardless of whether or not Franklin is good or bad with QBs, the bottom line is that the coaching fraternity is a tight fraternity. If Franklin mis-handled Hack, it's one thing for other coaches to make that conclusion on their own..... it's a totally different thing for Hack to blame Franklin. Kind of like "family". It's one thing for 'family' to be critical of each other.... it's a totally different thing for outsiders to be critical of a family. The coaching fraternity is a 'family', Hack is not making any friends with NFL coaches by throwing his college coach under the bus.
I think the article nails it. The writer stayed totally neutral, did not take sides in blame, offered a fair analysis.... but pointed out that regardless of whether or not it was Franklin's fault, or whether or not Franklin is not as good with QBs as O'Brien, NFL scouts are very turned off by a player who blames a coach. Right or wrong, deserved or not, it is a very bad look for a player to blame ex-coaches for his troubles. The article stated that several teams who were interested in Hack, were turned off by him during the interviews for the way he shifted blame to others (specifically Franklin). The NFL scouts mentioned that a QB is a position of leadership and responsibility, and if a player is so quick to blame others now, than chances are it's a personal characteristic and they will blame others if they struggle in the future. Inferred that Hack would have been much better off simply taking the bullet and taking blame.
I stated this a few months back when Hack decided to leave, and we had the endless string of Hack vs. Franklin threads. Regardless of whether or not Franklin is good or bad with QBs, the bottom line is that the coaching fraternity is a tight fraternity. If Franklin mis-handled Hack, it's one thing for other coaches to make that conclusion on their own..... it's a totally different thing for Hack to blame Franklin. Kind of like "family". It's one thing for 'family' to be critical of each other.... it's a totally different thing for outsiders to be critical of a family. The coaching fraternity is a 'family', Hack is not making any friends with NFL coaches by throwing his college coach under the bus.
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