Thoughts on James Franklin listed as 9th best coach in CFB?
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He is in that territory . James needs to not interact with unruly fans though . Had a moment at the BW game yesterday .
many of our fans are total idiots- just like every other program- he's foolish to engage
Some of those idiots will argue that him being ranked the 9th best coach in CFB (Centre county FootBall) is too high.
Cignetti at 8? Off of one season?
And Freeman at 5? Who exactly does Notre Lame play every year? Must be tough to beat up on Stanford, sPitt, Army, Navy, and the pathetic ACC every year.
And Freeman at 5? Who exactly does Notre Lame play every year? Must be tough to beat up on Stanford, sPitt, Army, Navy, and the pathetic ACC every year.
So Freeman gets beat by Northern Illinois at home and he's top 5?
Dillingham and Norvel? Beamer and Sanders? Based off this it seems like a clickbait poll. Terrible.
With the new playoff system and the possibility of easy seeds like last year, I no longer care about coach’s 2 guaranteed losses every year. 9th feels spot on. If state wins the first round I’m good
And only a year removed from failing to have enough players on the field for arguably the biggest play of arguably their biggest game …OSU2 years ago. He’s a media darling for sure. Ridiculous based on such a small body of largely unexceptional work. IMHO
You’re acting like a passive-aggressive girlfriend. Must be all that time you’re spending in the kitchen prepping meals. You keep bringing something up, and saying you don’t even care about it. “I don’t even care about the 2 losses. I’m not going to bring them up. One thing you won’t hear me talking about is the 2 losses every year. I don’t mind go state beat blue hens. Not a bit. Sure, it used to be something I obsessed over but it doesn’t even cross my mind anymore.”
Seems like they were good enough to beat PS last year. Of course, that can be accomplished by just hanging around until Franklin works his special magic by crapping his pants.
I like to contrast Franklin at PS with a successful coach, say Kirby Smart. I know that isn't really a fair comparison because Smart has had some success against top 5 teams where Jimmy just can't seem to get it done. Must be tough to have to face those B1G juggernauts like Purdue, Northwestern and Rutgers.
CFP semifinals and a play or 2 away from playing for a NC. Yeah, we deserve more.
Correct me if I’m wrong but Ole Jimmy went farther than Kirby last year I think.
And the last two national champions…such a cake walk conference (eye roll).
What kind of ******* goes to a scrimmage to heckle a coach?
I was at blue white …. and went to the lax game. The playoffs and west coast trips make everything all right, enjoying cooking has nothing to do with it
That doesn’t make sense. Indiana and bama coach ahead of him? What have they done. So at least 7 right now based on merit.
What idiot thinks a high-profile coach is not going to be heckled? That requires monumental levels of stupidity.
Must have been a buddy I guess, as defending stupidity is a thing idiots do well and often. The stupids need a voice too....we get it. Woe is the PSU fan...such an awful program under Franklin.
What kind of ******* defends heckling a coach at a practice?
I wonder if the ******* took Franklin up on his offer? Or was he just another drunken, loud mouth coward?
Undefeated nattys every year. We deserve it. Go laKa beat white eggs and go on vacay.
Just to be clear.....are you saying that PSU Football and James Franklin had a very successful season in 2024 (winning 2 playoff games)?
If you're looking at executive function and program management (recruiting, development, hiring, etc.), Franklin is maybe top three or four. If you throw in play-calling and game management, he's maybe top 15-20. Even re-watching the B1G Championship game this past weekend you look at the one two point conversion call (a reverse that fell flat) and it's a head scratcher. I'd also add I think he's really, really committed to Penn State. Most of the other top guys I think would leave in a second if they could make a few pennies more.
I think he'd found the right mix of assistant coaches and university support and last season was the first to really bear fruit. Was a really fun season and I think we can do as much or more this year.
That was a strange call on the two point attempt. I watched that game as well. I think franklin coached well in the playoffs. It didn’t come down to his decision making which is progress. It was more our qb making the right decision in crunch time against Oregon and notre dame. When watching the Oregon game I completely forgot how it ended. Then the interception. Think I blocked it out. Thought at the time it was ok because allar would learn from it and the win didn’t matter for playoffs and put us against the two out of three easiest teams to play.