lol. You’re back to the negative you.
I guess you could only stifle it for so long. 
Looks like we got a DC-Jim Knowles
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I guess you could only stifle it for so long. 
Way too much $ being paid. Not saying he isn't excellent, but not $3 mil excellent.
welcome to college football
This^^^. To paraphrase Saban when they were talking about the O$U fanbase criticizing Day going into the playoffs. “If you aren’t supporting the program, you are hurting it” That certainly applies to PSU also. I think some secretly, or not so secretly, want to hurt it, to be honest, which is unfortunate.
Sandy hated football so much she signed Franklin to a 10 year extension. Don’t break your necks rewriting history.
Some of us have been saying this for years. Franklin has been dragging PSU into the modern era in part by leveraging contract negotiations to get funds for coordinators, facilities, etc. And many of our fans hate him for it. Franklin will go down in PSU history as the guy that forced PSU to decide if they wanted to try to play big boy football or be satisfied with being a second tier team when the sport evolved beyond the "less with more" era that you could get away with 20 years ago. He has won that battle, we are trying to compete with the big boys. Hopefully some of the more vocal Franklin haters will come to appreciate him with time, as what he's done here will benefit PSU football even after he's gone.
Already posted. How long will you believe this program is decades behind others? It’s insane.
As many decades as it took doing nothing to get it this far behind. O’Brien and JF both took the jobs and said everything was outdated and behind. Now NIL is king and they had catching up to do. It appears things are finally heading in the right direction.
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it suggests a great job on the part of somebody
Sure it does. Is a $3mm DC going to be the difference? Unlikely.
The #1 team in CFB in terms of points allowed has won 3 of the last 4 national titles. Two of those teams were also #1 in yards allowed. One of those two had a defense coached by Knowles.
Opinions will vary, but if it makes them worse and us better, I'm good.
Great. Now give me their recruiting class rankings for the previous four years.
you new here?This thread turned to dog sh|t.
not everybody, noDon’t we all love Penn State here?
Yes, she gave him an extension. However, if you don’t push forward for better facilities and pay for assistants, are you really making headway?
I can sign on for a lifetime as a NASCAR racer, but if I’m driving my high school ride - 1972 AMC Gremlin - I’m not going to be successful.
Seriously, what exactly did you want Franklin to do? What would’ve made sense to you in terms of hiring a DC, or made you happy anyway?
This is a really strange move for you to be negative about. We got the best available coordinator in the country, and you're upset about it... I'm lost.
So, by that metric, hasn’t Franklin overperformed? He hasn’t had a top 4 recruiting class, yet, they finished in the top 4.
Why would someone drop a deuce in the punch bowl today! There has been consistent good news for PSU football fans for awhile now. Enjoy it! Give Franklin etc credit where it’s due.
Not upset - it shows PSU is in the greet game so to speak (but, they always have been). It’s a misuse of funds IMO - he’s only as good as the players he has. OSU knows this.
OSU was going to pay him $3mil
Not a misuse of funds when you have top three recruiting classes every year. Priorities folks.