Emeril, take off the damned orange colored glasses and look at it realistically.
It was Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt. In past years they lost to the UMSSes, Armys, and even frickin' Woffords. Plus he won SEC games against the lower, and even against some mid tier, SEC teams. Vandy hadn't done that since The Big War.
Yes, he was a prick, a real #badword#, and an arrogant son of a bitch, but Franklin flat out coached Vandy up multiple notches. Nobody before him, and they had some really good coaches there in guys like Watson Brown and Bobby Johnson, just to name two - were able to do that at Vandy.
And keep in mind that while we in fact down, Franklin did beat us - twice.
Poo poo it all you want, but Penis Head is a son of a bitch, but he is a son of a bitch who is a hellufa football coach.
yep, it's very hard to argue with his record @ Vandy ... and just look where they are once he's gone.