Sounds like they knew they were leaving but while still working for Penn state they were telling kids to decommit. They meaning the GM, recruiting coordinator, and at least one coach. Reminds me of some stories I heard about Franklin leaving Vandy. Not sure where the line is between a guy just doing his job and a guy being a pos but for sure Franklin is a spiteful man so nothing would surprise me.
I’d wager it was Andy Frank and Chris Mahon … who were at PSU up Until this week
No they moved to Tech Thursday but we’re employed at psu until this past week
Kiffin to Bama would start an interesting chain of events that's for sure. Someone then might grab Fisch, Deboer back to UW and all the while you still have at least 3 big openings to account for between PSU, Auburn, LSU, Florida.
He gets pretty good inside info and has relationships with many coaches and admins. He's pretty professional and I've never seen him leak something early, so they probably trust him. Putting out a teaser tweet is kind of a d!ck move though, I don't expect him to share any actual info until whatever he knows is public. It's just a "I know something you don't know" tweet that will drive engagement and annoy his followers.
That would be the most important piece of information. But if Franklin did that after being fired, or staffers did it after saying they are leaving, there isn't much you can do about it. It's part of modern day CFB.
Wow. I wasnt reading it wrong. It sounds like they were forced to decommitt in some cases.
I’ve most always been a JF supporter and still believe we are going to have a difficult time replicating his success, but I’m beginning to feel better about the way he was let go. As others have pointed out, with as many big jobs that are/will be open, there’s a reason he took the VT job as soon as he did. He wasn’t going to do any better.
They were being paid by PSU when they probably used PSU awarded equipment (phones,computers) to harm their employer.
Even if they did it as a Penn State employee and before saying they were leaving, there’s still probably nothing the school can do about it. It’s unethical and a definite conflict of interest but at most their contracts would allow the school to fire them. Kind of difficult when they’re already gone.
Truthfully I can’t for the life of me figure out why any kid playing WR or QB would want to play for him. This place has been a graveyard for WR’s for several years and he clearly doesn’t improve QB’s. He goes through OC and WR coaches left and right. That and he totally sucks in big games and the debacle this year.
Yeah I was thinking the same... they will just say "what are you gonna do about it, fire me?" Maybe they can put something in employment contracts that adds punitive financial penalties for stuff like this but I'd think it'd be hard to add if it's not widely done by everyone and would be difficult to prove and enforce anyway, so probably not even worth the hassle. But in this portal and NIL era it's going to keep happening.
I know there is an extremely slim chance at this but it would be fitting and funny if the VT AD saw that and fired Franklin for being a giant scumbag.
The VT President and Board of Friends are good old boys, as sleazy as PSU’s BOT members.
I interacted with Andy in the past. I was not a fan. He definitely has an overly high opinion of himself and his role.
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He literally said on tv Sat he values explosive plays from his WRs and we haven’t seen one in years until he left
Wow didn't even wait until Monday. Damn.chip kelly is available.
Reeling Raiders fire Kelly amid first year as OC
Chip Kelly is out as the offensive coordinator of the Raiders, a decision that came after the team's 24-10 loss to the Browns.
There seems to be some evidence to that yet Terry Smith has been able to turn that around some. I think clarity comes Saturday after Kiffen makes his decision/announcement and there will then be rapid movement with PSU toward the bottom of the pecking order for coaches. I'll take Chesney.
It appears it is being alleged they were still employed by PSU at the time the phone calls occurred.
I like to think of myself as a realistic PSU fan, but do you really think Ole Miss and Auburn are more desirable?
Are there not phone records of those staff members and recruits? At the least request they be made public to show the unethical behavior.
FSU stated they are keeping Norvell. Not a better job anymore anyway.
Yes because the vast majority of coaches who might become available would probably prefer SEC jobs.
I was more referring to the recruiting class that left. They committed to Franklin, not PSU. The current players are essentially a captive audience.
Curious why you consider PSU a "bottom of the barrel" school. Especially Auburn, Ole Miss, and FSU. Is Neeli et al that tight with the pursestrings? Kraft that much of a problem? Central PA that crappy a location? Maybe today's coaches don't want a 100,000 plus seat venue to showcase their talent.
