Rumors out of Gainesville…
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That's what he said!I guess i did leave the door wide open on that one huh??
This may actually turn out to be a great year for PSU to fire Franklin, because there are going to be so many jobs open that if he doesn't land in a decent job with a good salary, they'll have a decent argument that he didn't comply with his duty to mitigate. Not sure how hard that is to win in court though.
Another domino that could fall and really make things interesting is if LSU goes into a tailspin. Not necessarily likely, but within the realm of possibility.
Probably a PR tactic to leak it so that’s it not such a surprise when it does go down.
Plenty if Kiffen to UF smoke too.
Plenty if Kiffen to UF smoke too.
The UF fans I know in Jacksonville are all wanting Kiffin.
That's a very real possibility. Their next 3 games are at Vandy, A&M and at Alabama; then they close the season at Oklahoma.
That article doesn't sound good for Stricklin at all. Boosters were ready to pay Napier's buyout last year, but Stricklin convinced them to spend that money on NIL, with the understanding Napier would hire an OC.
Allegedly.
The boosters can't complain about spending money on NIL, but Napier didnt hire an OC and their team isn't any better.
I know Stricklin just got an extension, but there is an old saying that an AD should never be given a third chance to hire a head coach. That was in the days before instant gratification, though.
Still, I wonder what Stricklin's buyout is?
They will fire him no later than Monday no matter what happens this weekend.
No way a Ledbetter from RoUte 4 Liberty Ms scored in the first hour on a cruise! Pics or it never happened.
Lane will have his choice of Auburn, Florida, Penn State, & possibly LSU.
0-14 against ranked opponents away from the Swamp less than halfway through year 4 is a pretty crazy stat. So basically 4 away games a year against ranked opponents. How many teams outside of the SEC even play 4 ranked teams a year, much less 4 on the road plus however many at home.
The timing of the Napier ouster rumors reaching a fever pitch relative to the James Franklin news is interesting to say the least.
Florida may already have their man. Very hard to see why they’d pull the trigger now as opposed to last Sunday or next Sunday if they didn’t.
If Kiffin really wanted to flex he would ask for a pay bump then get the UM boosters to leverage all they have for NIL and raid some of these rosters as their coaches are fired. He already has a good team, and his ego could lead him to believing he could win big over the next 1-2 years and prove how good of a coach he is by winning at a school where no one else has done it.
You do realize that they have multiple national championships don’t you?
Laugh about it if you want, but its widely known in many underground circles that @HoopShizz has even more connections to the Napier camp than Bert Stare*
I bet they don’t have their man. And pretty good chance they screw up this next hire too.
As crazy as this sounds considering general connassery... LSU is probably the most stable of all of those situations.
I mean maybe they do, maybe they don’t. But Franklin suddenly becoming available just 2 days before these leaks start happening doesn’t seem like a coincidence. And there’s no logical reason at all to suddenly make this move right now besides that. UF brass don’t have to be logical, of course.
Franklin is the biggest available name in the coaching carousel in years….if he’s not content to sit on his asś and collect buyout money (which he might be). And yes, he’s a much bigger name and a much more sure thing than Kiffin.
Also, I think he has to take a job to collect his buyout (reduced by his new job salary).
I think it was quoted that he “has to pursue another job”. No idea what that means, or how its measured. But he can’t make somebody hire him at gunpoint. He could, of course, pull an Arnett at the nearest Arby’s if he ended up getting hired against his wishes.
There are some good reporters out there, but this clown is not one of them.
All the cool kids are firing their coaches mid-season now. Florida has a bye week coming up, so if they want to be like the cool kids then this is the best time to pull the trigger.
I still don't see the advantage of mid season firings, but everyone is doing it. I guess it makes the boosters happy....kinda sucks for the players, though.