Hire Franklin as a consultant for 3M per year

NewJerseyHawk said:

We need players, he brings players with him.....explain to me, what exactly is the downside to recruiting by adding someone familiar with the region, B1G and access to PSU roster?? There's literally no downside whatsoever.....

NewJerseyHawk said:

If you want to capitalize on something, Zinn and Schiano need to be creative....this is not a NIL item, it is just common sense. A) Franklin doesn't need to work 90 hours a week anymore, he can cruise until he gets another job, if he wants one. His roots are closer in proximity to RU campus in Eastern PA, vs hills of Central PA B) PSU has a roster that will see decommits and they're not all committed to PSU because its just PSU.....let Franklin go immediately to work on the commits and contacts and he can also rope in expected portal kids. My guess is Zinn and Schiano can sell donors to pony up, if there's a light at the end of rhe tunnel, because we have a resource who is on the market, in our region. C) whether Franklin is a good game day coach or not, is irrelevant in this item.....this is about talent level and acquisition. My guesstimate is Franklin is worth a minimum of 2M per year on a 1 year basis, but 3M would be pocket change in terms of the number of players RU could capture. My guess would be 5 to 7 in the classes of 2026 & a minimum of 7 to 8 via the portal. It would eliminate having to deal with the entire open market, we could just let Franklin decide which players he could bring over. Any RU donor could easily justify the expense on Franklin, because it would allow him a year or two to recalibrate and decide what's his next step. His family would not need to move far and why not make this a real rivalry.....???

Richie O said:

A lot of them will have a ton of options elsewhere and multiple PA kids already said I committed to PSU cause it's my dream to be at PSU. They have a ton of state pride and that doesn't change.

Richie O said:

I agree they will see decommits (already have) and a lot of transfers cause of this, but the next HC will weather that a bit and also bring in his own people. That being said, I don't see many going to Rutgers. A lot of them will have a ton of options elsewhere and multiple PA kids already said I committed to PSU cause it's my dream to be at PSU. They have a ton of state pride and that doesn't change. He's going to be a head coach sooner rather than later and he will get paid much more than $3mill to do so. Paying a consultant $3m / year is insane.

NewJerseyHawk said:

If you want to capitalize on something, Zinn and Schiano need to be creative....this is not a NIL item, it is just common sense. A) Franklin doesn't need to work 90 hours a week anymore, he can cruise until he gets another job, if he wants one. His roots are closer in proximity to RU campus in Eastern PA, vs hills of Central PA B) PSU has a roster that will see decommits and they're not all committed to PSU because its just PSU.....let Franklin go immediately to work on the commits and contacts and he can also rope in expected portal kids. My guess is Zinn and Schiano can sell donors to pony up, if there's a light at the end of rhe tunnel, because we have a resource who is on the market, in our region. C) whether Franklin is a good game day coach or not, is irrelevant in this item.....this is about talent level and acquisition. My guesstimate is Franklin is worth a minimum of 2M per year on a 1 year basis, but 3M would be pocket change in terms of the number of players RU could capture. My guess would be 5 to 7 in the classes of 2026 & a minimum of 7 to 8 via the portal. It would eliminate having to deal with the entire open market, we could just let Franklin decide which players he could bring over. Any RU donor could easily justify the expense on Franklin, because it would allow him a year or two to recalibrate and decide what's his next step. His family would not need to move far and why not make this a real rivalry.....???

-RUFAN4LIFE- said:

I mean look at who wrote the OP, PSU is on the hook for his salary so you offer him a gig for a couple hundred thousand and make PSU pays the rest. Not sure why anyone would do PSU as favor and pay $3m/year.

NewJerseyHawk said:

If you want to capitalize on something, Zinn and Schiano need to be creative....this is not a NIL item, it is just common sense. A) Franklin doesn't need to work 90 hours a week anymore, he can cruise until he gets another job, if he wants one. His roots are closer in proximity to RU campus in Eastern PA, vs hills of Central PA B) PSU has a roster that will see decommits and they're not all committed to PSU because its just PSU.....let Franklin go immediately to work on the commits and contacts and he can also rope in expected portal kids. My guess is Zinn and Schiano can sell donors to pony up, if there's a light at the end of rhe tunnel, because we have a resource who is on the market, in our region. C) whether Franklin is a good game day coach or not, is irrelevant in this item.....this is about talent level and acquisition. My guesstimate is Franklin is worth a minimum of 2M per year on a 1 year basis, but 3M would be pocket change in terms of the number of players RU could capture. My guess would be 5 to 7 in the classes of 2026 & a minimum of 7 to 8 via the portal. It would eliminate having to deal with the entire open market, we could just let Franklin decide which players he could bring over. Any RU donor could easily justify the expense on Franklin, because it would allow him a year or two to recalibrate and decide what's his next step. His family would not need to move far and why not make this a real rivalry.....???

NewJerseyHawk said:

If you want to capitalize on something, Zinn and Schiano need to be creative....this is not a NIL item, it is just common sense. A) Franklin doesn't need to work 90 hours a week anymore, he can cruise until he gets another job, if he wants one. His roots are closer in proximity to RU campus in Eastern PA, vs hills of Central PA B) PSU has a roster that will see decommits and they're not all committed to PSU because its just PSU.....let Franklin go immediately to work on the commits and contacts and he can also rope in expected portal kids. My guess is Zinn and Schiano can sell donors to pony up, if there's a light at the end of rhe tunnel, because we have a resource who is on the market, in our region. C) whether Franklin is a good game day coach or not, is irrelevant in this item.....this is about talent level and acquisition. My guesstimate is Franklin is worth a minimum of 2M per year on a 1 year basis, but 3M would be pocket change in terms of the number of players RU could capture. My guess would be 5 to 7 in the classes of 2026 & a minimum of 7 to 8 via the portal. It would eliminate having to deal with the entire open market, we could just let Franklin decide which players he could bring over. Any RU donor could easily justify the expense on Franklin, because it would allow him a year or two to recalibrate and decide what's his next step. His family would not need to move far and why not make this a real rivalry.....???

Richie O said:

I agree they will see decommits (already have) and a lot of transfers cause of this, but the next HC will weather that a bit and also bring in his own people. That being said, I don't see many going to Rutgers. A lot of them will have a ton of options elsewhere and multiple PA kids already said I committed to PSU cause it's my dream to be at PSU. They have a ton of state pride and that doesn't change. He's going to be a head coach sooner rather than later and he will get paid much more than $3mill to do so. Paying a consultant $3m / year is insane.

KK1827 said:

Are you smoking crack? Why pay him even a dime? Every dime paid to him is a dime less that psu has to pay him. Psu is on the hook annually for what his annual salary is, anything paid to him from another school lessens that amount