Doubt it's a much of an issue with teenage recruits that would have been no more than 5-6 years old when that shitstorm was going on.
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I was only 5 when the Kent State shootings happened, but guess what I thought of when I went on to that campus. Are you not aware of anything that happened in the world prior to you being 18?
Uh OSU is not undefeated against Franklin coached teams. In furtherance of Ro’s post, the only Big Ten losses OSU has had since Day became head coach were both to Michigan. The difference between OSU and PSU this year was that Marvin Harrison, Jr (who Penn State recruited heavily) played for OSU.
You watch the tape. Pointing out that players from one team are more talented and make more players than players on another team isn’t ripping on the kids. Blaming coaches for losses because of that is nonsense too. My favorite “criticism” of Franklin was the moronic sportswriter who ripped him for his coaching strategy against Michigan State a few years ago. The Spartans score on their first possession. PSU moves the ball but Franklin chooses to punt on 4th and short near midfield. This results in the punt being down on the MSU 1 yard line. Writer claims that this was “stupid” strategy because it “resulted” in the Spartans then going 99 yards to go up by 2 TDs. Naturally, the PSU defenders didn’t have a damn thing to do with that.
How about if you cite some of those “knucklehead” decisions that determined the outcome of those games? The problem IMO opinion is that many posters irrationally blame the coaches, especially Franklin, when the players don’t make plays against superior talent on other teams. This isn’t unique to Penn State; you see it every week where underdogs play close but almost always lose. I remember a coach who won 409 games saying it’s not the Xs and Os but the Jimmies and Joes
Also none of those decisions you mention were decisive in the outcomes of any of those games. Finally stop claiming that your opinions are “facts”.
You do seem to embrace average football. Embrace away because Franklin will be here for years based on his contract.
Are you a believer that records mean something or is the only thing that matters is if the tailgate food is good? James record against ranked teams is sad.
I don’t know how to break this news to you but, "we" have nothing to do...no impact on the results of any contests played by the PSU football team. Enjoying or not enjoying the experience of being a fan, is a choice. If being a fan of Penn State football isn't enjoyable, why do it? They don't count on you or me.
Whether they win NC or lose every game....you are still insignificant to the doers of deeds.
As a PSU fan, I'd like to win every game. I also know that isn’t going to happen. I'm a fan. I watch and try to enjoy the experience.
Having played and coached the game, here's a little secret. On every game date 50% of competing teams lose. Now PSU in its history wins just under 70% of those games....as does James Franklin in his tenure at PSU. Perhaps you should tailgate more and ***** less.
And it’s easy to call a decision “knucklehead” after the fact then act like that’s what he should have done all along. Yeah because a fan is knowledgeable enough to see it from their couch while sucking down beer, but a D-1 football coach doesn’t know enough about football.
You are way overestimating the difference between the two. More likely the fan on the couch has actual job that takes a real education to perform. These are highly paid gym coaches folks. Settle down.
Call them highly paid gym coaches, but they still know way more football than fans who sit at home watching (I guarantee that). And there’s way more to running a high level D-1 program than just X’s and O’s….i also guarantee the fan with the education to do their own job couldn’t be a D-1 football coach. Sorry, they don’t pay millions of dollars to someone to do a job any person with a college education could do.
Sure they do - and college football coach is the perfect example. It’s basically play football > coach. That is it. It’s not hard.
right......my auto mechanic didn't have a "real education" but he's forgotten more about cars than either of us will ever know
He is more likely able to coach a football team than a coach is to fix a car. That is my point.
My mechanic, Blair, fixes the cars properly that he is expected to fix. Sadly, he always falls short on the challenging jobs.
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I agree it is less than it was before but these kids don't make these decisions in a vacuum. Meaning their adult ride-along remember. And I'll guarantee that the competition brings it up.
Good try at changing the thread, I will remind you that your original point was we are what we are and there should be no complaints about losing all the big games every year. Welcome to being a Pitt fan. PSU can and should be better than average. The football program right now is like the wrestling program before Cael arrived.
If the competition brings it up, they're dumber than even I think they are.
You are in LA la land. Penn State in its history wins 68% of its games. That's Franklin's record as well. PSU is in fact, better than average.
Well there are 332,000,000 people in the USA. There are about 65 power 5 football head coaches. Makes sense that the other 331 million + could be D1 head coaches if they wanted to be.
Not all, but more than 300 (let's use that number for the sake of argument). The number is small because few choose to follow the path needed to get there.Well there are 332,000,000 people in the USA. There are about 65 power 5 football head coaches. Makes sense that the other 331 million + could be D1 head coaches if they wanted to be.
Then you obviously made a bad career decision.
Did I? You know what they say about assuming…outside of being a parent to my own kids, I’d rather not be beholden to the whims of teenagers. If you can’t do, coach. Later Ludd.
There is definitely a personality disorder present when a keyboard fanboy even remotely (pun intended) thinks he could have been or has 1/10000 of the knowledge and skills needed to be a D1 HFC.
I do miss the comic section we used to get in the Sunday papers, at least the laughs are here.
Another excuse. I could be in great shape...but . I didn't follow the path to get there. A chronic lover's refrain.
I get it. They'd rather sit at home and ***** about the guys who do. No work, commitment, experience or knowledge needed to be a world class Monday morning fanboy.I
Had you chosen that route, you may have made it to the high school level and you probably knew that, which is why you didn’t choose that career. Not as easy as you think it is obviously.