Grading Krafty
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Is now the time to start tracking the search for a new men's volleyball coach?
Keeping Franklin coaching would have been ugly, like you said - "fi-re Frank-lin" chants, and worst.
I wonder if Iowa State expected Campbell would be gone. It took them one day to get the Wazzu coach to replace him. Seems like there was some inside knowledge.
Do you think the slots will go unfilled? $30 million in money for players, the most in college football.
NIL is a slap in the face to past greats who played for love of the game and school. Possibly the coach for some.
sure they will be filled- but will they be as good as those we lost? the portal is the used car market- there are probably some gems, but there are going to some clunkers, too
This class was mostly just ok. Franklin lost a lot of recruit battles and we have come to learn it was because he was giving NIL to favorites and very little to recruits. I remember many high ranked recruits we were in competition for that we lost very late in the game. It seems in retrospect some of them really wanted to be here and gave Franklin every chance to offer competitive NIL but he didn’t, despite having a ton of money to spend. He underachieved with the $ he had, and Kraft took issue with it. We can do better than Franklin’s class, save for a few like Kevin Brown.
Time will tell, but I think this next season will be tough. That said, I really like Campbell. and longer term I think he'll do well.
I agree, it could be rough. But Indiana rose out of nowhere, so did Texas Tech. I’m sure there are others. PS has the most NIL money now at $30 million. It’s more than LSU. Nobody on this board thought PS had it. I think it’s possible to get it up and going next year. The 2026 class wouldn’t be starting next year. Try to keep the best on the roster, bring the best from Iowa State, try to flip back some of the 2026 class, go after the best available for late signing in February and work the portal. Everyone knows PS has money to pay.
I think we tend to be a forgiving fanbase at least to a good degree, I hope. I think 3-4 months from now Kraft's failures might not be looked upon to so harshly. I have called for his firing and looking at it from purely a business standpoint I think he may be taken out eventually. Fair or not that my viewpoint.
Campbell. Instead of chasing elko and sitake. Even worse if the rumor is true that Kraft used a bad contact for Campbell early on.
I think you're being generous.
I'm OK with firing Franklin but the timing was an F. Worse yet he should have had the new guy lined up so as to minimize the damage. All 2027 recruits are gone. Most 2026 recruits are gone. A lot of existing players have been talking to other schools and have probably already made decisions. It's pretty late for Campbell to try to change minds.
I wouldn't give Campbell an A. He might be a very good coach but he lacks recruiting experience in PA, MD, VA, NJ and he doesn't have a national reputation that would attract recruits from other top 10 schools.
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He’s from Ohio, went to college there and recruits the state hard.
I still wonder how it could have played out differently though. None of them are going to leave their team mid-season or even announce they are leaving. The timing of all of this was impossible unless you hire someone who is not coaching a team.
It's been said by many that Campbell is a guy who doesn't talk about opportunities during the season, so there is that.
but anyways, we got a good outcome.
Why was Terry's pin "unfortunate"?
He was recruited by and played for the winningest coach in CFB, and after toiling for more than a decade as an assistant finally got to be a HC. Maybe it was a way of showing respect to someone who gave a 5'9, 165 lb. WR a schollie and a shot.
In one of the Tengwall’s youtube videos about the search and Sitake miss, the group stated that Kraft (or Kraft’s team) leaked Sitake publicly out thinking they had him with a verbal agreement, totally underestimating the response from the BYU and Mormon communities.
Regarding Campbell’s contact information, that is completely on Kraft. Campbell was on everybody’s coaching board in the country for this position. Yeah, according to some he doesn’t interview during the season, but we don’t know that for sure. Let’s say that’s true. We still could’ve had contact with the agent a month ago and the entire process could’ve been worked out last weekend or Monday worst case. There could have been time to salvage a small class of 10 to 15 by Wednesday.
A lot more details about the entire search process will be released by the typical PSU YouTube shows and such. I think we will learn a lot more of those actual details this week. In the end, it was a great hire and fantastic comeback by Krafty to save the search and quite frankly his own job..
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I cannot disagree with much of what you say as you raise excellent points. I do think he still deserves credit for quickly getting us back to prominence. Although, perhaps any of us on this board could’ve successfully coached a team with Saquon, Trace and Godwin! It’s easy to look good with them.
Well, if you believe LaVar, Kraft wasn’t the only one leaking info. Also, it has been said that Campbell does not use an agent. He does have a PR duo that helps him with career decisions. I would assume they may have been reachable, but regardless all turned out ok after a lot of teeth mashing by a lot of us, me included. I was in the fire Kraft crowd, but am now thinking there was far more going on behind the scenes than we were aware of. As you said, maybe one day we will know the full story.
Not when your OL still only has 7 scholarship players and start two converted D linemen. That makes it a challenge, even with those guys.
I've heard so many conflicting reports about the search process that I don't know what to believe. There are a lot of people pushing agendas. I'm not going to crucify a guy for a bumpy process without knowing facts, especially when his livelihood is at stake. I'm super happy with the hire and excited to see how things develop from here.
estimates on how long till the first BWICAC cry of fire Campbell?
Same as every recruiting class, including if the 26 class all signed. You are less likely to get a clunker in the portal, since those guys usually have college level tape to evaluate.
I don't want him fired yet, but he needs to learn how to properly wear a hat with a visor brim. Folding/bending the visor into a pronounced arc is downright goofy.
And the gum chewing needs to stop. Who does he think he is, Kirk Ferentz?