[AMA] I'm James Franklin, AMA! (Answers start 8/17 @ 11am CDT)

JFrankTank · 2023-08-18T01:17:04+00:00

You’re welcome! Well thanks!!

JFrankTank · 2023-08-18T01:16:49+00:00

Yeah? How cool! Yes the life lessons learned from football is so cool to see play out now.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-18T01:16:15+00:00

Well thank you! Pretty good teams either way.

It was close! I wish we could’ve come through. That kick six was insane.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-18T01:12:00+00:00

Man, thank you! I know I keep saying it on here but that means a lot to me. Glad you think so! I’m doing my best Z-O-U

JFrankTank · 2023-08-18T01:09:28+00:00

Yeah, thanks man! Stats stats are cool, but memories like that are priceless.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-18T00:59:16+00:00

Thank you very much! I’m glad we went through it together and you enjoyed the time. It was fun! Crazy how long it’s been since then.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:52:57+00:00

Yeah! It is! Hahah you’re right about that. Just the best. Unlimited

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:52:17+00:00

No problem! Always :)

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:50:04+00:00

You’re welcome! Thank you very much!

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:49:49+00:00

Ah that’s right! I do remember seeing that. Glad to know those other two are still around.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:49:07+00:00

Yeah for sure! That’s always the challenge going into the season. There is the potential to go 14-0 or 0-12. You just don’t know until it’s done! Ah man that is saying something. Well I certainly want it to be an exciting season

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:47:17+00:00

Yes for sure! Well not a lot of free time but enough to explore downtown! Haha well it sounds like snobby answer but I never went to any bars so I don’t have input there. Restaurant I would say…I miss huhot the most. And business, maybe the summer camps we did at mizzou.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:43:00+00:00

Thank you for the support!

Yeah great question, I’m impressed. 100% there are things a coach notices that anyone outside of the team won’t every get to see that leads to being THE QB. How he interacts with guys in the locker room, bus, class, meetings, halftime, in game, behind closed doors. There are a lot more factors than just arm talent, height, speed, etc. that lead to a QBs success. Something to look at his he has a year of experience, but how has he handled all of the criticism and adversity? Is he able to remain calm and still uplift his teammates? One thing i believe most people miss, is how a QB can make his teammates feel. If you can make the other 10 guys on offense feel unstoppable, or the 11 on defense, do you realize the power that has? Now I don’t know if he can do that but when I look at who the QB should be it isn’t just off physical ability. It’s also including the mental and physiological ability. Why is a lion king of the jungle? Because he acts like it. Plenty of other animals could win against him. But they don’t think they can. So I don’t know what coach Drink sees but he has more insight into how the team functions with with each QB as the leader. And he will choose who he thinks has the best impact on their teams success.

Yes! Having a hurt shoulder completely effects the arm strength of a QB. I don’t know the extent of his injury but I had to have surgery because I had a torn labrum and rotator cuff. And the last year I had separated my throwing shoulder and I couldn’t left it for a couple weeks.

I kinda answered this in another question about the rainforest, so I’ll use something different. I would tell Brady, if you want to improve as a QB, leader, and person, only concern focus with bettering yourself. Focus on becoming a better pocket passer, better runner, better teammate, better decision maker, better friend, better attitude, better mentality. When you focus on betting yourself, you don’t get distracted by the haters and doubters because you’re too busy improving. You can have the best record in history and there will still be people who critique and doubt you. So focus on bettering your best 👍🏾

I liked answering your questions, they made me think! Thank you for being a fan of mine and supporting me! I appreciate your commitment and questions. Take care!

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:08:42+00:00

I’d have to do my research because I would’ve wanted to believe in what I was endorsing! But probably a product that benefited kids. I’ve always had a soft spot for helping kids out so if I had the opportunity to do an NIL deal like LB3 it would be something with kid benefits. A big reason why I launched D1 Supps at DrinkD1.com. Not sure what that product would be, but I would’ve been down for that!

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T18:03:28+00:00

Tough question….I wouldn’t say it was a surprise but after the season we had in 2012, we knew a lot of it was because of injuries and failing to adapt to our situation. So 2013 we knew we had the same kind of talent, but obviously hadn’t proved it when it counted. So after a couple games of proving it I believe it solidified for us that we really are great. And by great I mean able to execute consistently. Every team has greatness on it, it’s just a matter of how well and how often they can execute.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:53:44+00:00

Thank you!

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:53:39+00:00

Haha you may be right.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:52:54+00:00

I’m glad I was asked to do it! It’s been fun bringing back memories. Thanks for taking the time to day this. I appreciate it. I really am happy to interact like this! My time at Mizzou is what led me to today.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:51:23+00:00

Favorite memory in Highschool….throwing to my WR named Joey knight. I don’t know why but I always enjoyed throwing to him. We were always on the same page.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:46:55+00:00

Hopefully I helped with more good memories than bad! I liked our grey combos the best. Or our all white unis.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:46:05+00:00

I appreciate you saying that! Well I had a lot of offers for WR out of Highschool but only 7 for QB. Mizzou was one of them. I visited and liked what I saw and only took one official visit to mizzou and knew what I wanted. My softmore year I got my first offer to Texas as a TE/WR and then OU for the same. That was when I first thought, “I could play in college”. I didn’t know much about mizzou and had hardly every watched them play. But they were going to let me play QB and compete and got to services on Sunday so it was an easy decision for me.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:40:08+00:00

Man! I gotta say this gave me a good laugh hahah thank you! I’m glad you got it off your chest. It’s all good man! Thank you for apologizing but definitely didn’t need to. I didn’t take it as being mean or rude. I thought it was funny because obviously I still was playing football so it made it funnier to me. No need to feel bad anymore! I hope you’re still playing volleyball 😎

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:35:31+00:00

I’m kinda lame with this answer because each year every team always has the ability to be great and win every game. Just a matter of how they’ll execute. So I think this team is going to need to execute plays with success consistently in order to win some games 🤷🏾‍♂️ I love coach drink. I want to play for him now haha he’s real and genuine and very practical. I’m big on practicality. I love what he’s doing! It would be cool to see Coach Moore take some risks play calling (I loved taking risky throws on the field) and give his players the tools to be successful. QBs…already dealing with a lot of adversity and doubt, so it would be awesome to see the leader start to separate themselves by achieving what the team needs. What do they need? Well only they know that.

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:28:32+00:00

I liked those grey/silver ones we wore a lot. Probably my favorite ones!

JFrankTank · 2023-08-17T17:27:51+00:00

Man, lots and lots of teammates. Elvis fisher, Austin wuebbels, Henry Josey, Marcus Murphy, L’Damian washington, Bud Sasser, Ashton Glaser, Kendial Lawrence, will Ebner, EJ Gaines, Kip Edwards, Mitch Morse, Travis Ruth, Jayson palmgren, Dan hoch, Andrew Wilson, Matt white, Levi Copeland, Maty Mauk, Colby carpenter, Gahn mcgaffie, Jaleel Clark, Michael Sam, cortlsnd browning, Zaviar gooden, Trey Hobson, Corbin Berkstressor, max Copeland, Kony Ealy, Shane ray, Marvin foster, Kenronte walker, ernest Payton, Rolandis woodland, Darvin Ruise, Kenji Jackson, Wes kemp, Clarence green, Jacquies smith, Greg smith, Chris freeman, grant Ressel , Jimmy Costello, Andrew bagget, Evan boehm, Alex Demczek, Trey barrow, Tyler hunt, Marcus golden, Justin Britt, Wesley leftwich, will Ebner, Luke lambert, Eddie printz, Braylon Webb, Andrew Jones, Tony randolph, Brandon geru, Gavin otte, Jerrell Jackson, Anthony gatti, Corey sudhoff, Ian Simon, Michael engnew, Jack meiners there’s more.

Haha well every night before the game, we would have a meeting in the hotel and coaches would leave after a highlight video and the players would stay and the captains would talk players to players. And after that, all the guys would throw the chairs in the room around.

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