Penn State is a top ten program and the best job open. We have a ton of resources to spend and fan support second to none. We will attract an excellent candidate.
Ohio resident here for more decades than I want to admit. Ohio is much like PA. It is not growing. Southern Ohio got hit hard by the opioid epidemic. Columbus is a great town, I lived there for 6 years. Cleveland has shrunk along with manufacturing. Still a great town if you know your way around and has world class health care (Cleveland Clinic). On the other hand, it is the home of the inept Browns. Ohio is not the worst state, and it does not have Philly.
We are not Alabama, or even tOSU.
tell yourself you're hung like SecretariatHow else am I going to sleep at night?
But who is guaranteeing this?
Fan base is as rabid as any in the country. Look at our attendance.
That is just it. They are not thrilled. They would have been satisfied with Franklin forever because they obviously think the risk is too great to fire him. They will say it needs to he done but then complain we are doomed like it some kind of trap and we can never get out of or improve upon. It is essentially like saying you can die this way or this way but you are dying. There is no way out. Totally illogical.
What does that have to do with how attractive the job is? Every program has rabid gans. Some of the gans are delusional.
That's a load of crap. I hope that I'm wrong- I just don't believe that I am.
Rumors from down that way are that they’re not in love with him, and he’s not in love with coaching in the SEC.
I had forgotten that Washington (under DeBoer) got to the NCG in 2023 (lost to UM, who cheated).
Hills went out of business years ago.But PA has hills.
Perfect. He can come to PSU and Bama can get their boy Dabo. Problem solved.
The winningest coach in the history of college football couldn’t win a NC here for 25 years, but Franklin is the reason we couldn’t win one. There’s more lacking at PSU than you think.
Nah. I just don’t wear a tin foil hat. Thanks for taking the bait though. You are exactly who we thought you were.And you’re a Libtard too?
Correct. Ohio is very similar to PA in many ways. This is one of them. There are many others.
If true, there is the possibility that the results of LSU’s next two games (A&M, Bama) could have more of an impact on next year’s PSU’s head coach more so than PSU’s own two games.
Far more likely it has ZERO impact (DeBoer, Elko, or Kelly - if he is fired by LSU, ain't coming to PSU in any event)
Joe’s circumstances seem different. No playoffs. Had to win a vote. PSU went undefeated and won bowl games multiple times but the voters didn’t respect PSU. It took Joe 25 years because he had to make PSU credible. It is credible now. That wall has been broken down and is not an obstacle anymore.
Franklin was the head football coach and was given significant resources to win at the highest level. He failed. His record vs top 5 and 10 teams is an outright embarrassment. There is this concept called accountability and Penn State finally learned it with Franklin.
No MNC in 4 decades or going on that. Nothing I said was unreasonable but every school or team has a few that are just a bit delusional. PSU has a great program but we’ll see who they hire and what the trajectory is.
All football championships are "bought" today---no getting around it in the current system. Any attempt to navigate around that premise might sound good by traditional standards, but in reality, is disingenuous to the paying fanbase. If you want to play "big-boy" football these days, pony up for the ride and bring saddle bags filled with cash.
You've been saying that for the past 10 years on here. Just wait until the private equity hits.
I'll never forget when you turned heel on James when you were posting live from the winery. That was fantastic.Penn State has finally joined the great game - now it might win something, it might not. But this shows PSU isn’t content with racking up wins over nobodies. I’d also add this season has unraveled in historic, unprecedented fashion (of the worst ever variety). It was time.
Yet, in typical central PA fashion, they still have Hills Plaza in State College.
If any of those three are fired it absolutely has an impact on who we hire. Bama and LSU will be top destinations and AM has more money than anyone to hire who they want.
You aren't wrong, but can anyone take pride in that? It used to mean something to do it the right way, now it's just an inferior version of the NFL.
