Again, I'm not gauging on interest from other schools. That has major Shiny New Car vibes.
I want the best person to coach Penn State.
If Penn State and James Franklin part ways, how would it work? What might it cost?
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I want the best person to coach Penn State.
This is your most insightful post ever
Shouldn't you be mounting the defense for your child molesting pedo buddy?
But he was a good football player at Penn State. There are no better credentials for our head coach.
I would not bet against that , unless we lose two more games this year , and we might .Then he is in trouble
How about some humor to lighten to mood...
James Franklin will not leave until he has coached in EVERY Big Ten Stadium. So far of the 18 schools he has coached in 16 different stadiums. In 2026, Penn State plays in Seattle against Washington so that will be number 17. Presumably in 2027, we will be playing in Eugene then, he will have coached in every conference stadium and can leave if substantiated progress is not attained.
James Franklin will not leave until he has coached in EVERY Big Ten Stadium. So far of the 18 schools he has coached in 16 different stadiums. In 2026, Penn State plays in Seattle against Washington so that will be number 17. Presumably in 2027, we will be playing in Eugene then, he will have coached in every conference stadium and can leave if substantiated progress is not attained.
You are one sick and illiterate dude if that is the conclusion you are drawing. Find help - fast.
Experience as a head coach would be preferable, but not necessarily a prerequisite. But having no experience as a coach at all would be a non-starter at a major D1 job.
You know that UCLA's coaching staff had been in place for a matter of days before beating us, right?
Not a chance he's here next weekend.
The interesting thing is that we can see how this post ages in only a matter of days.
Like many of us, the athletic and administrative staff never foresaw any of this happening as recent as two weeks ago.
To say they have a plan is wishful thinking but now the financing of all the capital projects is at risk… unless they do something and that requires a buyout but how can they when they are closing campuses, PBS, etc… oh they just gave Neeli more money.
Kraft and Bendipudi are in a very bad place. It’s a mess to say the least but are you telling me this just happened in the last two weeks? And now VC’s are getting involved!
The only plan moving forward is to bump Franklin to football GM and bring in a new HC. Set it up like an NFL front office. He built it so let him manage it but get him out of the locker room and off the field.
Now’s the time for seismic change! Make the earth shake, Krafty.
To say they have a plan is wishful thinking but now the financing of all the capital projects is at risk… unless they do something and that requires a buyout but how can they when they are closing campuses, PBS, etc… oh they just gave Neeli more money.
Kraft and Bendipudi are in a very bad place. It’s a mess to say the least but are you telling me this just happened in the last two weeks? And now VC’s are getting involved!
The only plan moving forward is to bump Franklin to football GM and bring in a new HC. Set it up like an NFL front office. He built it so let him manage it but get him out of the locker room and off the field.
Now’s the time for seismic change! Make the earth shake, Krafty.
All this talk of wealthy donors being willing to pay the buyout… if they were actually willing/able to fork up that much more money, then I’d say please stop and redirect that to our lagging NIL funds. That will solve more problems long-term.
I just don’t think there’s any way as GM he could keep from meddling with a new coach. It’s just his nature. He’s way too involved with the offensive playcalling. He doesn’t trust his own handpicked QB to make plays. He doesn’t trust his own assistants.
If he’s out as head coach then it just needs to be a clean break and he has to move on. Maybe he’d be good in a GM-type role, just not here.
I can’t even tell you how many free tickets I was offered yesterday. Walking around the tailgates listening to the amount of Franklin bashing BEFORE the game was eye opening. So many fans have checked out and just show up out of routine or because they can’t give away their tickets.
It’s not a good situation and the rest of the year will be ugly. I know there’s still a huge amount of money owed to Franklin but I’m wondering if his ego can take the abuse that’s coming his way every week if he sticks around.
Let me get this right. Many of you want to spend $50 million plus to unload Franklin and millions more to fire his staff. Then you want to turn around and spend tens of millions more on a new coach and staff.
Have people lost their minds?
You want the University to spend the GDP of a small country on your hobby because you are not getting the results you want? This is minor league football we are talking about. You already have the University engaged in a $700 million spending spree so you can have wider seats and better concessions.
Of course this is insanity. A University is engaged in a business venture, minor league sports, that has nothing to do with educating students. It is long past time that we begin to put things in focus and reorder our priorities. I do not understand those of you who think any of this makes sense.
Have people lost their minds?
You want the University to spend the GDP of a small country on your hobby because you are not getting the results you want? This is minor league football we are talking about. You already have the University engaged in a $700 million spending spree so you can have wider seats and better concessions.
Of course this is insanity. A University is engaged in a business venture, minor league sports, that has nothing to do with educating students. It is long past time that we begin to put things in focus and reorder our priorities. I do not understand those of you who think any of this makes sense.
If you think spending 50 mil to oust a coach (which will be negotiated down and even less once he signs somewhere) is expensive, wait until you see how expensive 25k empty seats in a brand new stadium will be.
The stadium is sunken cost. 12-0 or 0-12, it’s spent. All that’s left is to decide whether you actually want to have the ability to pay it off.
Gone like a freight train, gone like yesterday, gone like a soldier in a Civil War bang bang, he's gone.
With the payout from BIG membership and selling tickets for a mediocre minor league football team they can service the debt on the stadium.
It is a question of priorities. If people want to spend tens of millions a year on their hobby I would ask them to understand that many of us think it is crazy.
WSJ had an article on how Oklahoma had gone in on an NFL structure. GM, Scouts, player development. etc. Allowing the coach to focusing on "coaching".. Worked well till this TX weekend. In this structure college HC salaries will fall more in line with NFL salaries.
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That’s fine, but also understand that football (and sometimes basketball) are net money makers for the school and the university.
If we took Beaver Stadium to 3500 seats and put them in the Presidents Athletic Conference, about hundreds of other athletes in other sports would no longer exist. The school would be poorer for it overall as well.
It’s crazy, but what’s the net negative in any of it? The millions or hundreds of millions will be returned several times over.
Other than him getting out of town after only two seasons and some beef about PSU / Paterno, I liked him as a coach. He got a walk on QB to an NFL roster.
