Franklin Fired at PSU

[JHallCanes]

Nebraska people when they think Rhule might leave:

 

[EudocimusAlbus]

VA Tech would be the perfect landing spot for James Franklin.

Their AD should already have his contract drafted.

Franklin should immediately jump to the top of Virginia Tech’s list

Agree with you folks. Does VT have the financial support Franklin would need?

 

[Empirical Cane]

As of now....

Every 5-4-3 star has decommitted from PSU.

 

[JHallCanes]

Franklin should immediately jump to the top of Virginia Tech’s list

 

[HurricanePhilly]

I thought Indiana's Alumni had made Cignetti an Offer He Couldn't Refuse and was hanging around Indiana for the foreseeable future? Am I wrong?

He may have said that….and maybe he is a man of his word. But he will def be at the top of the board.

Golden will def be in the mix too. But I think Psu wants offense.

 

[PRcane787]

Open season

 

[bacane]

Solid Verbal guys mocking that idea and suggesting Al Golden

Why did they fire this guy again? Maybe I've seen too much of the Norvell grief process, but looking at this guys record... the next guy better be really ******* good.

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Numbers don’t tell the whole story. Need to dig deeper.

 

[Hold My Beer]

VA Tech would be the perfect landing spot for James Franklin.

Their AD should already have his contract drafted.

Good call

Franklin's very familiar with recruiting in Virginia, the football program has a large and loyal following and the two post-Beamer hires have lowered the bar for the next guy.

Could work out for both sides if Franklin hires good coordinators

 

[F-MarioCristobal]

Agree with you folks. Does VT have the financial support Franklin would need?

If his pool of interest is relatively low like I think it will be then yes. If he’s Florida/FSU/ or even UCLA or whoever else’s target as well then no, they won’t have enough to win a bidding war and provide financial backing.

If Penn state hires Cig or Rhule, Franklin probably because option 1 at both Indiana and Nebraska. VT should have a flight there to get him and an office ready now before anyone else can make it happen.

 

[5Rings&an Asterisk]

I won't shed a tear for him. I'm sure he'll be crying all the way to the bank.

 

[TrojanCane]

lateral? What has Rhule done anywhere?

Lateral at best, downgrade at worst, whatever. The point is he's no upgrade so they better hit on whomever they bring in. UGA was able to successfully pull it off going from Richt to Smart but it's a massive gamble.

 

[skyman]

PSU gotta have the best (or one of) recruit ranking to win ratio in the country since Franklin took over

They’re rarely anywhere near the top 10 yet win lots of games

Their scouting dept was ELITE too.. Not top 10 but have several high draft picks that are physical freaks and test crazy..

 

[Empirical Cane]

 

[Memnon]

Does Franklin specialize in anything?

Is he a defense guy? An offense guy?

Besides losing games he has no business losing, and always losing to teams with a pulse, what discernible advantage does he bring not just to Miami but to any program?

He's a very good recruiter & talent evaluator, but that's really about it.

With him, his success will always be contingent on his coordinator hires.

 

[Memnon]

Can VT afford him?

That would help alleviate PSU's pressure as any funds Franklin accepts reduces his Happy Valley ducats...

Yeah they can.

VA Tech ain't broke.

They're not TAMU, Texas, Bama rich, but they're not New Mexico ST either.

 

[SonicYouth]

I could see him being the Gators next coach

The SEC is almost 100 years old. They've had maybe 5 non white coaches (Croom, Mason, Joker, Franklin, Sumlin).

Even then, they were hired at second tier SEC programs, perhaps even third tier.

Although Franklin is more on the racially "passing" end of the spectrum, I cannot envision a scenario where he's hired at a tier 1 SEC program like Florida.

Not happening.

 

[Ryanmilli]

Who are the deep pocketed Indiana boosters?!

Mark Cuban. Irsays. Pretty much everyone at Cook Medical. The Simon family (Simon Properties). Eli Lilly people. Sid Eskenazi (lawyer/real estate). Fred Luddy (cloud computing). Paul O’Neill (Alcoa). IU isn’t at the top of the heap or anything but it has plenty of money. It also has a massive alumni base, revenue generating bball program, good collectives, and a good athletic director.

 

[AUcane]

He’s a PA guy. This firing was all about getting dibs on him.

He may be a PA guy but he’s from Pittsburgh. Maybe he hates PSU. Lol

 

[brcane1]

He's a very good recruiter & talent evaluator, but that's really about it.

With him, his success will always be contingent on his coordinator hires.

Sounds familiar

 

[skyman]

This is what happens when you hitch your wagon to Drew Allar.

Make good quarterback choices yall.

Coaches have less incentive to develop QBs now, NO ONE is safe.. You lose 2 games and you can be gone, no matter if you were in playoffs or anything. This has to have a ripple effect