Fran Fraschilla's son walking on at OU next year

[Dem Coltz]

If anything goes wrong whatsoever this kid could immediatly go to his dad and Fran would make a huge deal of it on ESPN like it's news.

Just the fact that the kids name is James remind me of the kid from Texas Tech that got Leach fired.

That's a good point too. My main question is who has put their stamp on this, because we have no coach and I think no one else should be able to determine the team beyond his control. The opening post says it makes sense he's gonna come here even though Capel's gone...why? Because he's an OU fan and he came to a Bedlam game? So your dad works at ESPN and you're a fan of a program...you get to walk-on there? Seems fair. What if the new coach gets here and the kids acts out or does poorly in school (not saying he will), can the coach cut him or does he have to get authority from whoever put him on the team and ESPN?

 

[boksooner]

 

[stanley11]

Fran can release all the statements he wants to. Unless HE is hired as the next coach then it will be up to whoever Joe C hires to decide if his son will be given walk-on status. What a crock.

 

[boksooner]

Pretty sure it was Capel who offered him the spot on the team.

Apparently, everyone missed this post and would rather think this is some ESPN conspiracy.

 

[StatGeek]

my only question about this is.......How does he react to being disciplined? If he has to go rest in a training shed is daddy going to break the story at ESPN?

 

[BlueMoon]

Re: ***Fran Fraschilla's son walking on at OU next year***

We can let this kid walk-on but not the one from Ft. Gibson? Not good for the state, IMO.

Whats wrong with the kid from Fort Gibson? Why is he not good for the state?

 

[OKUman]

Re: ***Fran Fraschilla's son walking on at OU next year***

i really hope that OU doesn't spend time looking for walkons witht he roster we have.

I agree, most of the bench is walkons now.

 

[boksooner]

Re: ***Fran Fraschilla's son walking on at OU next year***

Whats wrong with the kid from Fort Gibson? Why is he not good for the state?

I think he is saying that it is bad for the state to take a Fran's kid over the kid from Ft Gibson.

 

[StoopsBros]

Re: ***Fran Fraschilla's son walking on at OU next year***

Whats wrong with the kid from Fort Gibson? Why is he not good for the state?

Nothing wrong with the kid. My point was, if you're going to bring in a marginally talented waterboy, why not an Okie. I'll leave this topic alone and do as MsProud stated.

 

[soonerjah89]

Is just anouncing your intentions to walk-on all it takes to join the team? What a joke. No offense to the kid, but I doubt I'd select him on a pick game at the huff-n-puff. He's not even close to D3 caliber.

 

[boksooner]

Wow. Maybe I am missing something, but I don't understand the vitriol being directed at a friggin walk-on.

 

[BanjoCharley]

+1

 

[DenverSooner]

Is just anouncing your intentions to walk-on all it takes to join the team? What a joke. No offense to the kid, but I doubt I'd select him on a pick game at the huff-n-puff. He's not even close to D3 caliber.

I suspect it is just a tad bit more complicated than showing up for practice. Typically walk-ons are invited. Occassionally a team will have open tryouts and then may invited a player or two. A few kids have gotten to walk on in the Big XII based on play at the rec center. A&M had a guy like that a couple of years ago and Missouri has one right now.

 

[stanley11]

Wow. Maybe I am missing something, but I don't understand the vitriol being directed at a friggin walk-on.

I do not think there is alot of vitrol directed toward the kid himself. Nor do I think there is some kind of ESPN conspiracy. I do think it is ridiculous for a former coach like FF, who knows how walk-on status works, to announce that his son is still going to walk-on the OU team next year regardless of who the coach is. The new HC will make that final decision and that will be the end of it. If FF wants to say that his son would still like to walk-on if the new coach wants him, then I see no problem with that.

 

[BanjoCharley]

There well may be other walk-ons who you would never hear about if their last names weren't Fraschilla. They may have been granted walk-on status by Coach Capel and are likely all (including Fraschilla) subject to approval by a new HC.

 

[boksooner]

I do not think there is alot of vitrol directed toward the kid himself. Nor do I think there is some kind of ESPN conspiracy. I do think it is ridiculous for a former coach like FF, who knows how walk-on status works, to announce that his son is still going to walk-on the OU team next year regardless of who the coach is. The new HC will make that final decision and that will be the end of it. If FF wants to say that his son would still like to walk-on if the new coach wants him, then I see no problem with that.

I guess you guys just care a lot more about who walks on than I do. Capel extended an invite to the kid. He accepted. Capel got fired and the kids dad said that he is still walking on, despite the coaching change. Maybe I don't understand how these things work, do new coaches normally replace the previous coaches walk-ons?

 

[stanley11]

I guess you guys just care a lot more about who walks on than I do. Capel extended an invite to the kid. He accepted. Capel got fired and the kids dad said that he is still walking on, despite the coaching change. Maybe I don't understand how these things work, do new coaches normally replace the previous coaches walk-ons?

They can keep them or they can leave them off. The point is FF is not the one who will be making the decision and therefore should not be commenting on anything except that his son would still like to still walk-on if the new coach wants him. I can see a parent who has not been around the game not understanding this. That is not the case with FF however, so he should not be throwing this out to the media. If he were to be named HC at OU, do you think FF would automatically take a walk-on simply because the former coach promised him a spot? A new coach wouldn't even have to take a verbal commitment on a scholarship if he didn't want, much less a walk-on position.

 

[DenverSooner]

I guess you guys just care a lot more about who walks on than I do. Capel extended an invite to the kid. He accepted. Capel got fired and the kids dad said that he is still walking on, despite the coaching change. Maybe I don't understand how these things work, do new coaches normally replace the previous coaches walk-ons?

I think most coaches would allow the kid to stay.

 

[boksooner]

They can keep them or they can leave them off. The point is FF is not the one who will be making the decision and therefore should not be commenting on anything except that his son would still like to still walk-on if the new coach wants him. I can see a parent who has not been around the game not understanding this. That is not the case with FF however, so he should not be throwing this out to the media. If he were to be named HC at OU, do you think FF would automatically take a walk-on simply because the former coach promised him a spot? A new coach wouldn't even have to take a verbal commitment on a scholarship if he didn't want, much less a walk-on position.

I guess the semantics of would vs will doesn't bother me. I'm pretty sure that Fran knows that if the new coach doesn't want his son, the offer will be rescinded. If TJ Franklin's dad had said the same thing, no one would even have noticed. Fran says it and everyone freaks. If you think he was somehow trying to usurp the new coach's authority, then you are nuts.

 

[Sooner23]

Is just anouncing your intentions to walk-on all it takes to join the team? What a joke. No offense to the kid, but I doubt I'd select him on a pick game at the huff-n-puff. He's not even close to D3 caliber.

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