Franklin

[GrimReaper]

He has a pretty cush gig right now. He’s making $8 million a year to deliver 8-9 wins. No other major program would be happy with those results at that comp level.

There’s zero incentive for him to leave. He’d work twice as hard for half the job security elsewhere.

Fer sure. Would Franklin leave PSU? Absolutely, for a place that he perceives gives him a better chance to win a national championship (more fertile recruiting area; more resources; reduced emphasis on academics (and, yes, I did write and believe that), and more money. Will that opportunity ever present itself? Not if recent history continues.

 

[LionsMD]

Fer sure. Would Franklin leave PSU? Absolutely, for a place that he perceives gives him a better chance to win a national championship (more fertile recruiting area; more resources; reduced emphasis on academics (and, yes, I did write and believe that), and more money. Will that opportunity ever present itself? Not if recent history continues.

Reduced emphasis on academics as compared to Penn State? If you haven’t been following Penn State’s academic reputation and admissions requirements over the past 10-15 years, it has steadily gone downhill. Penn States admission requirements for athletes are virtually the same as most D1 programs. And no, Penn State is no where close to the Ivy League schools, Notre Dame, and Stanford, who all do place an emphasis on academics.

 

[FTLPSU]

Franklin is very sensitive and defensive, if in 2023 they lose a few games early and the white out is mostly the opposing teams colors, and the media and fans turn on Franklin a bit, he'll feel it in his bones. Franklin is a good man, but he's soft. He'll be ready to leave and blame the university somehow. Get a nice little HC job at Arizona or Oregon state or something. He'll be ready to negotiate.

Ding Ding Ding give that Man a Chicken Dinner!

 

[MaddieO]

Reduced emphasis on academics as compared to Penn State? If you haven’t been following Penn State’s academic reputation and admissions requirements over the past 10-15 years, it has steadily gone downhill. Penn States admission requirements for athletes are virtually the same as most D1 programs. And no, Penn State is no where close to the Ivy League schools, Notre Dame, and Stanford, who all do place an emphasis on academics.

Please stop with the Notre Dame academic standards….they don’t apply to athletics and never did

 

[GrimReaper]

Reduced emphasis on academics as compared to Penn State? If you haven’t been following Penn State’s academic reputation and admissions requirements over the past 10-15 years, it has steadily gone downhill. Penn States admission requirements for athletes are virtually the same as most D1 programs. And no, Penn State is no where close to the Ivy League schools, Notre Dame, and Stanford, who all do place an emphasis on academics.

Was talkin' about that goin to class thing.

 

[GrimReaper]

Please stop with the Notre Dame academic standards….they don’t apply to athletics and never did

If we're talking admissions, same is true of Stanford, though their football players are expected to attend class and graduate.

 

[Nits74]

It continues to be unfathomable to me that with all of Penn State's resources, the myriad of recruits, the coaching changes, the money spent on strength equipment... Franklin keeps putting out these weak, ineffectual offensive lines over and over again. Can they ask Munchak to come and just review and overhaul how they develop offensive linemen?

How about asking him to come for a bit more than just that.