Do you agree with Franklin and Saban?
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It was Kraft trying to show he had the bigger d!ck. He hasn’t exactly proven that he’s the all world AD he thinks he is, so we’ll see how it ends up.
Saban and Franklin share an agent, and the interview was a PR move for Franklin.
Complete nothingburger.
Not a single potential coach will have this move impact their decisions about Penn State.
Recruits are impacted, but no less or more than any other time you remove a coach. They’re not holding the time or circumstance over the school.
All a nothing.
Much, much better; but fans had turned the environment toxic so Kraft had little choice. It is unsustainable, even if James delivered 10 and 2 seasons, to bring in recruits and donors and have the fans behave like they did.
The bargain the fanbase accepted was lose to the 1 or 2 best teams on the schedule. In return, beat everyone else.
Once that compromise was breached, and losing to UCLA, NW, etc was in play, there was no need for him and everyone saw it.
Like you said, it just got too toxic.
So the press saying that is Franklin threatening to go to USC?You must have not followed the team prior to his current contract.
Ten good reasons that James Franklin could leave Penn State for the USC Trojans
If Clay Helton is fired and the Southern California Trojans head coaching job comes open next week, the 5th-year PSU head coach not only could be an attractive candidate but has all sorts of logical reasons to take the USC job if it's offered.www.pennlive.com
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Penn State Pick 6: James Franklin to USC? Huh?
Plenty to unravel following Penn State’s 20-7 win over Rutgers on Saturday. Here’s a pick-six’s worth. 1. What to make of the “James Franklin to USC” speculation? Penn…www.mcall.com
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James Franklin seems to be the most viable option to replace current USC head coach Clay Helton, according to college football reporters Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel.onwardstate.com
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Please put link in your next post thst shows the words coming out of Franklin’s mouth saying if PSU doesn’t give me what I am going to USC.
According to the press, Franklin was going to every job that came around.So the press saying that is Franklin threatening to go to USC?
Please put link in your next post thst shows the words coming out of Franklin’s mouth saying if PSU doesn’t give me what I am going to USC.
Paterno was 9-13 all time vs OSU it would have taken franklin 100 year to get as many wins as Paterno vs OSU with his 1-10 pace.
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Dude come on. I guess he was linked to that job by everyone everywhere in every report about it because he and his agent didn’t want it to be leveraged for the huge 10 year contract he got fromPSU.So the press saying that is Franklin threatening to go to USC?
Please put link in your next post thst shows the words coming out of Franklin’s mouth saying if PSU doesn’t give me what I am going to USC.
I swear some of you live in Barbie World.
Well the President did not fire his A$$ last Sunday it was Kraft.
They would not have beat Iowa under Franklin. So biggest under performance in PSU history imo. I’d say a disaster.
As Rick Neuheisal says, 'Fair is where you give a blue ribbon to a pig'.
Ain't nothing fair about the world of big time sports, whether professional or prollegiate. Deliver or get put on the hot seat. If the school admin says they are reaching for the highest point, they tell everyone that their coaches will be the ones to get them there. We saw, repeatedly, James' ceiling, which was a notch below. That, plus, the back door trip to Neeli over a renegotiation, made the seat unbearably hot.
Gotta make a big move early to get ahead of the search. There will be a lot of big-time jobs open this fall. Don’t wait around.
Ain't nothing fair about the world of big time sports, whether professional or prollegiate. Deliver or get put on the hot seat. If the school admin says they are reaching for the highest point, they tell everyone that their coaches will be the ones to get them there. We saw, repeatedly, James' ceiling, which was a notch below. That, plus, the back door trip to Neeli over a renegotiation, made the seat unbearably hot.
Gotta make a big move early to get ahead of the search. There will be a lot of big-time jobs open this fall. Don’t wait around.
He was. We still would have lost if Franklin was there last night. Dare I say we did better and were more free to execute without him.
Ummm they lost to UCLA and NW. That is most definitely a disaster.
Krafty Kraft listened to the only fans that matter.....the paying customers.
Brian Kelly now rumored to be on the hot seat at lsu…he’s a New England dude totally out of place in Dixie…I can see him fitting nicely at psu
Maybe penn state and lsu can trade…circumvent buyouts...a head coaches transfer portal
Maybe penn state and lsu can trade…circumvent buyouts...a head coaches transfer portal
All these transactions are done by third parties so that the coach can maintain deniability. Urban Meyer explained how it works on the latest Fox CFB podcast. In this example Jimmy Sexton was floating Franklin's name to USC and USC was showing interest via a third party contact. Then behind the scenes Sexton is able to pressure Barbour into another contract extension for Franklin. James can deny that he ever spoke to USC
That doesn’t mean Franklin was ever going to USC or anywhere else.
Except when the captain of the rowboat convinced you he had a 100hp outboard on the rowboat and you believed it.
Life isn't fair. Who cares if it was fair?
That said, Franklin knew it was over. There's no doubt he was told he had to make the playoff this year when they committed the money he wanted for his staff.
Franklin claiming he was shocked is laughable
That said, Franklin knew it was over. There's no doubt he was told he had to make the playoff this year when they committed the money he wanted for his staff.
Franklin claiming he was shocked is laughable
He is a good coach but is 63. Never cared for his personality but he has won at something like 6 different stops over the years.
That's really not the point. We'll never know if he was going elsewhere because PSU gave in to everything he ever demanded
So the press saying that is Franklin threatening to go to USC?
Please put link in your next post thst shows the words coming out of Franklin’s mouth saying if PSU doesn’t give me what I am going to USC.
Nate and others have hinted that it was more than that. Recall this was right before the big loss to Illinois in 8OTs; we lose and he gets the extension. Think PSU was in too deep before USC decided Franklin wasn’t a good fit.
Hell no!!! It wasn't just the losses, it's how bad we looked while losing. Even the first 3 games we won we looked bad doing it.
I wonder if Saban even watched us play this season.