Unless you used to be someone else, you haven't been around long enough to understand Franklin. He added a much needed contrary element to the groupthink on the board, and almost always supported his arguments with insightful information. Instead of engaging him intellectually, the vast majority of people on the board threw **** around like ****ing apes, and effectively drove him away. He pops up now and then to troll a little now, probably because there's no one left willing to have an intelligent, nuanced discussion on the Jazz board.