James Franklin tells fan he will call his boss so he can attend Vanderbilt opener
Vanderbilt football coach James Franklin has a tremendous sense of humor. He is one of the funnier coaches in sports to follow on Twitter, but he clearly wasn’t joking when he offered to call a fan’s boss on Tuesday.
The Vanderbilt alum, who goes by the Twitter handle @jrdavis75, sent a tweet complaining about how he is a season ticket holder and his boss would not let him have the night off for Vandy’s home opener against Ole Miss. Franklin caught wind of the dilemma and offered to help.
@jrdavis75 I really will call ur boss
— James Franklin (@jamesfranklinvu) August 14, 2013
@jamesfranklinvu Thank you so much CJF! I'll send you his number tomorrow. #gratefulseasonticketholder #AnchorDown!
— JD (@jrdavis75) August 14, 2013
@jrdavis75 & give me all pertinent info,what u do,where he graduated from,what part of the US is he from,who can fill in 4 u #AlwaysPrepared
— James Franklin (@jamesfranklinvu) August 14, 2013
This is the same James Franklin who pretended to make out with one of his own players and said he would only hire assistant coaches who met this controversial criteria, so we have no doubt he would actually do something quirky like this. The question is will the boss be star struck by Franklin’s phone call or pissed that his employee tried to manipulate him. Hopefully the former is true.
H/T Clay Travis
