And Paterno should have been gone long before he was
The fans also accepted less because "he did things the right way"
Franklin’s Failures
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The fans also accepted less because "he did things the right way"
I was kind of done when we opened the Oregon game with a reverse run with the WR (Pena?) then have Allar split out at WR on the second play. Typical big game gimmicky horseshit.
All i can say is for the tOSU game for me is that I'm having a surgical procedure Thursday and will be on opiod pain killers during the game.
I think Franklin liked gimicky O, thought it confused D, yes and no, until they figure it out. AK has been debunked.
Doesn’t matter. Apparently 0.800 is the acceptable minimum. After all, anyone with a 0.750 can win 409 if you let them hang around long enough.
I don't think JF was a horrible coach. However, I think he tolerated mediocrity too much. I don't like the sloppiness and how undisciplined his teams were. Also, the worst thing is, over 12 years he did not want to make changes to improve his coaching. We still saw the same weaknesses in his teams thru the years. QBs did not improver, OL blocking did not improve, in game coaching did not improve. It seems he expected players to adjust to his schemes instead of adjust his schemes to the players he has. He is a good coach, not a great coach. He seems stubborn that if he keeps doing things the same way they will eventually work.
Can't they? If you let any coach at a major program hang around long enough won't they? If Smart was at Georgia as long as Paterno was at Penn State how many wins do you think he'd end his career with?
Most guys just know when it's time.
but that speaks to the cannot properly use that talent while here. One of my biggest concerns all along is we putting guys in pros who are very successful there, but that pro success not reflected in college record
People are still talking about O'Brien and Paterno. Franklin will be a topic for a long time
If Ham, Onkotz, Smear et al were not at Penn State, that Paterno fella may have had a short run.
He should have had a shorter run anyway. He is still holding this program back. That selfish jerk was too focused on his "409". Fitting that his legacy is in the shiithouse.If Ham, Onkotz, Smear et al were not at Penn State, that Paterno fella may have had a short run.
Smart move by him. Not the pressure of the SEC and following Brent Prys career there not hard to surpass that low bar with win totals.... He will look like an all star hire.... As soon as he gets 8 wins VT admin will have Big Game James knocking on their door demanding a new contract.
Eeeeh. Not really.
The disparity in player talent across college football is significant. The vast majority of the players are never going to sniff a Sunday snap.
If you have a team that has a couple of first rounders on it, you can beat MOST of your opponents in any given year. Sometimes, all it takes is having one alien on your roster, and he just carries the team (Ashton Jeanty, anyone?).
So yeah, it easily could have been as simple as getting a handful of guys to come to Happy Valley, and you feed those guys and beat all of the Wildcats, and Boilermakers, and Illini, and Terps, and Scarlet Knights, and Spartans, and 3 junior college OOC teams year in and year out, and there's your 9 wins.
The problem is when you never upset anyone.
So you're suggesting that coaches do better when the players are good? I never considered that.