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he played for me and all that and I'm partial to him, but
I've been around football for a long time. I played and
coached. I knew tons of college coaches, and Nick is a
rare bird when it comes to the passion for the game, and
he displayed that as a player and as a coach."
Looking back, Franks joked Holt owes all of his coach-
ing successes to him. Franks could have said "no" back
then in the mid-1980s, could have had three coaches on
his staff instead of four that year.
Franks laughed.
He's not being serious. Really. Though Holt does of-
fer up Franks' name at every opportunity when talking
about his coaching mentors and coaching roots, roots
that are firmly planted in the Bay Area where he coached
one more time in December.
"We could see what he was all about," Franks said,
referencing that long-ago time, "his drive, his determi-
nation, his competitiveness, his understanding of the
game, his love of the game, his enjoyment of just be-
ing around it, being around football players and football
coaches and being that guy.
"He is clearly that guy."
j
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