I guess athletes aren’t the only ones that put their foot in their mouth. Â Vanderbilt University head football coach James Franklin said he would only hire an assistant coach with a hot wife. Â Read more after the jump.
He had an interview on Clay Travis’ 104.5 The Zone radio show where he said this:
I’ve been saying it for a long time, I will not hire an assistant until I see his wife. If she looks the part and she’s a D1 recruit, then you got a chance to get hired. That’s part of the deal. There’s a very strong correlation between having the confidence, going up and talking to a woman, and being quick on your feet and having some personality and confidence and being articulate and confident, than it is walking into a high school and recruiting a kid and selling him.
I understand what he’s saying but unfortunately for him a statement like that can get extremely miscontrued and cause a big hoopla. Â I guess he realized that when he tweeted this:
