POLL: Your Choice for Next PSU Head Coach?
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Hmmm beat the Bills commardoes and Vikings. Pluse they have the best player in the nfl. They are special
Ok…you do realize that his team lost one last year and made the NC game, right? And most likely will make the playoff again this year if they beat SC Saturday. You disqualify a guy because of 2 specific losses. You do realize every team tries to win right? If it was a guarantee, they wouldn’t play the game. I just think the bar you set is unrealistic.
Meyer lost to Va Tech in 2014 (they finished 7-6). Saban lost to Louisiana-Monroe 21-14 in 2007 (6-6 record). So, it happens. JoePa lost to Toledo. Hundreds of examples.
No - Freeman had many more ‘big’ wins than CJF. So what that he had a few upsets? He wins the bigger games more often. Isn’t that what everybody wants? Freeman beat Franklin head to head 10 months ago. He beat Georgia a few weeks prior to that and Indiana before that. I’m glad PSU beat Boise St and SMU but nobody can say that CJF’s wins were more impressive than Freeman’s. Look, Freeman isn’t perfect but he has a higher ceiling than Franklin in my opinion and his floor matches CJF’s. Name me the guy who won’t get upset ever and wins 75% of the ‘big’ games. Then tell me if that’s a realistic hire for PSU, if that coach even exists.
Don’t care. I am not on board for a new PSU motto of “Success With Douchebaggery.”
I want us to win, but not at that cost.
An actively coaching 51 year old Urban Meyer 10 years ago? Sure. A 61 year old Urban Meyer now after being off the field for four years and his absolute disaster in Jacksonville after not coaching for the two years before that? No way.
I’d take Franklin WAAYYY over that.
Nothing is a sure thing. In all honesty, if our only “stated objective is to win titles” sometime in the next ten years, we just fired the one guy that gave us the best chance of doing that.
I got the impression from the BWI podcasts that Kraft was micromanaging the team. That was part of the problem along with the jealousy in the locker room over how much everyone was being paid. We are going to need someone that can work with Kraft and won’t blow a gasket, and somehow bring back unity to the locker room. Terry Smith and Matt Rhule are the only two guys I can think of that Kraft will give a longer leash to to do their job, and be able to reunite the team heading forward.
I guess you have no clue how bad ISU was before he turned it into a legit Football school.
Do any of the candidates under consideration employ HIT? We should get one of those guys.
Yes, but the things critics of Franklin largely focused on were ones of convenience ... because they didn't like him, and then he was successful. So then they scrambled for reasons to rationalize their disdain.
If, for example, he had beaten OSU and/or Michigan more regularly, but had lost more often against other opponents, they would have just moved on to "he can't bring us [fill in the blank]."
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Only if they incorporate Spread HD in the offense.Do any of the candidates under consideration employ HIT? We should get one of those guys.
I don’t mind boring. I prefer boring the the excitement of QBs lined up at receiver and having our best RB share Carrie’s equally with our second best RB. Winning boring is better than exciting losses.
Meyer is the best game day college football coach I’ve seen in the last 30 years or so.
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Joe Brady intrigues me…if he’s willing to come back to cfb. Otherwise, I’d prefer someone who’s been around some of the greats and who’s still on the rise.
So what big games has he won this yr? Miami ? No loss. Texas AM? No loss. Oh here it is, North Carolina st!! Right now he’s 0-season in big games. Hard pass
Why on earth would you fire a 3-3 coach mid-season—especially one coming off a CFP semifinal run—for this? From an optics standpoint alone, it would be a complete disaster. Good Lord.
I m looking at Jeff Hafley. He was at BC w Kraft coached in college and the pros. BC is a .500 school. Right age a football junkie which is what we need. Cheerleader didn’t work. Who else has Kraft worked with?
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Of all the crazy things this week, 'Curt Cignetti isn't going to leave Indiana' has to be at the top of my list
Im gonna agree with LB99. You don't fire a Franklin to get a Campbell. I agree Iowa State is tough, but give JF the Iowa State job and he is winning that conference every year.
Ya. I appreciate what BOB did while he was here to bail us out for those two years, but he left us for more money and the NFL. His BC team went from 7-6 last year to 1-5 this year, winless in the ACC at 0-4, with a 48-7 loss to PITT!! I thought he was a good Xs and 0s guy, but word was he hated to recruit. Maybe that’s why his BC roster hasn’t been upgraded from his first year to his second.
Thanks for helping us out Bill, but Franklin proved to be more dependable, loyal, and happy to be here. Plus he was EXTREMELY successful. Enjoy your time at BC.
Joe Brady.Feel free to write in too; use whatever criteria you choose (most likely, personal preference, etc.). One vote.
Also, thanks for the memories Coach Franklin.
He played Miami to the wire, in Miami, with a QB making his first career start.
let’s see where they are at seasons end. I hate ND with a passion but he’s done a much better job than Franklin IMO
This is only his second year. Let’s see what he does in the playoffs this year.
Would that be the same HFC whose team beat PSU in the playoffs last year? Asking for a friend.
Well Kraft said in the press release that Franklin was fired because the University holds its coaches to a higher standard which is Big Ten and National Championships so of course. After all WE deserve nothing less.
Couldn’t disagree more. Unless you are talking pipe dreams like Meyer and Saban, not interested in hearing Kraft saying he fired Franklin for not winning Championships and then hiring the various retreads suggested on here starting with Rhule.Joe Brady??? C'mon people.
He's nothing other than an offensive-minded geek.
He's never really been responsible for supervising other people, let alone a large staff including some of those "defensive people".
I truly don't know where some of you people come up with these insane ideas.
PSU is in desperate need of a proven football coach familiar with all phases of the game. Joe Brady isn't that guy.
