Being plugged for the PSU job by USA Today Senior Beat writer. Say it is time to get out of Tennessee.
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Josh Heupel
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The Penn State job? He's not doing that bad at UT to be honest. It's just that there is a very vocal part of the fanbase with zero patience. I wouldn't want Heupel, but I bet Arkansas would take him.
Wouldn’t be my top pick but wouldn’t hate it either.
Sounds like the right guy to win big games at PSU. He was in the playoffs last year. Oops!
A very vocal part of the fanbase? He’ll love it here!
Well, he might get 12 years before he's fired though; not bad....!
Will get a solid five years before that. Be honest.
It's wine, roses, and 100% unconditional support everywhere else.
No. Not really. Lots of criticism started with losses during the sanctions, mainly MD and Temple. And the student section started chanting “Fire Franklin” at halftime of the 2016 Minny game. I’m just pointing out the reality. Some people don’t want to accept that there’s that subset of our fanbase.
I could see Auburn going after him. And then firing him after 3 years when he doesn't win over Bama or get into the playoff.
Some people just need things to write about. Is that writer a Tennessee fan who isn't happy with Heupel?
I actually been thinking he might be a possibility the last few days. The seat at Tennessee is getting hot for him. I am kinda 50/50 with him. Wouldn't hate it but not my first choice either. It would be nice to have an offense that actually throws the ball downfield for once. His problem always seems to be defense and stopping other teams. They score 35 points but give up 42.
For f*ck‘s sake.
End the charade. Bring back Franklin.
End the charade. Bring back Franklin.
Shouldn’t be so hot. He resurrected the program from previous hires like Butch Jones, Derek Dooley and Jeremy Pruitt and the end of the Fulmer era. Plus he is only in year 5.
Like Diaz said there are three stages to a head coaching tenure: (1) the honeymoon phase; (2) the please don’t leave phase; and (3) the please leave now phase and that can change in a matter of weeks.
Only if we get Sandy, too.
Gotta give him credit for holding the line with Nico over the NIL and salvaging the season with Aguilar. This could very easily been a lost year and he has managed to keep them very competitive in the SEC.
A subset of our fanbase? When I read these boards, it makes me think that the subset of the fanbase is the group who didn't criticize Franklin or call for him to be fired year after year.
This is almost as absurd as the Dabo Swinney rumor. Why would Penn State want Tennessee‘s scraps? We wouldn’t.
It’s very funny to see outsiders peddling coaches to the PSU fan base.
No problem. As long as Franklin is not connected to anything football related. We have suffered enough.
Yeah, no other fanbase ever criticizes a coach, especially one that never won a big game in 12 years.
Id take him right now over Chesney or Smith.
Careful - there are many homers here who think the Big top to bottom is just as good as the SEC
All they have to do is look at the schedules next year
Tennessee plays Ga Tech in non conference play vs us playing Temple or Marshall (pick one)
Then Tennessee plays Bama, Texas, A&M, South Carolina & LSU plus Vandy and South Carolina
We play Michigan and USC as our toughest games...maybe Washington?
Anybody else notice that many of the supposed PSU coaching targets are at Adidas schools? Cignetti, Elko, Rhule, Key, Heupel
A team making the playoff doesn't eliminate them from consideration--ask Kiffin
Nope. It is highly unlikely anyone who frequents here would ever criticize a coach. Heupel would at least be a solid hire. Does he promise "excellence at the highest level," or is he destined to bring the NC to PSU that Kraft promised? Krafty sure laid down a pretty impossible task for a mere mortal to achieve.
If he brings some players, PSU should win at least 9 games next season....it's the weakest schedule they will ever see in conference. No OSU, Oregon or Indiana (and Indiana may recenter by the time PSU sees them again). I'm only counting meaningless wins, but the 10th would be over Michigan and we could rejoice in that win.
I would focus more on why Heupel is making a lateral move and will Kraft keep meddling or let him run his program.