Tommy Tuberville fired offensive coordinator Tony Franklin today. Tuberville has not announced who will be calling the plays during this Saturday's game against Arkansas. Tuberville did state that he would be taking a larger role in the offensive game planning, however.
I guess that confirms my hypothesis that Tubs hated the spread offense. I thought he'd wait until the end of the season to pull the plug. Guess not. So, the only men on the coaching staff with experience as an offensive coordinator? That would be offensive line coach Hugh Nall and tight ends coach Steve Ensminger, who were the co-coordinators during the ill-fated 2003 season. If you remember, Tuberville asked Nall/Ensminger to keep the system implemented by Bobby Petrino during the 2002 season. The results were less than spectacular, and Nall returned to coaching the offensive line for the 2004 season. Ensminger, who called the plays on gameday, was the quarterbacks coach at the time, but was moved to tight ends upon Franklin's arrival (even though there are no tight ends in the spread). I don't expect to see Nall/Ensminger 2.0.
Hey, what's Al Borges doing these days?
Excuse me while I go step outside and let out a giant "WTF!"
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