Rumor has it that Florida would come after Franklin.

[psuro]

Kliff Kingsbury from the Commanders to PSU… heard it here first

...and hopefully last.....

 

[pamdlion]

No Matt Rhule on that list.

I hope not.

 

[BiochemPSU]

Florida is a different animal. If UF is willing to buy him mercenaries every year through the portal, he can probably bring them back to relevancy fairly quickly. If he has to recruit it from the ground up, good luck with that. Miami is surging and central and northern florida get raided by the other SEC schools plus FSU and Clemson.

 

[razpsu]

They have the dollars. Franklin might be ready for a new challenge.

Good for them. Why do we post this stuff every single year. Dear lord.

 

[DaytonRickster]

SI has a funny article about the 'College Football Coach Escape Plan' - in their scenario, everyone wins (or so they say):

1. Florida fires Napier, hires Franklin.
2. Penn State buys out and hires Cignetti.
3. Indiana hires Mark Stoops.
4. Kentucky hires Jamey Chadwell.
5. Liberty hires Dabo Swinney (God's work).
6. Clemson hires Todd Monken (Baltimore Ravens OC) and bring on Brett Venables as DC.
7. Oklahoma hires Rhett Lashlee.
8. SMU hires Lincoln Riley.
9. USC hires Kalen DeBoer.
10. Alabama hires DeMeco Ryans.

That would be alot of trains switching tracks. Who is the conductor?

 

[DaytonRickster]

Kliff Kingsbury from the Commanders to PSU… heard it here first

No thanks.

 

[Psu00]

What he wouldn't get is a decade to get to a NC game.

Yep. He’d get like 3-4 years to be competing with and occasionally beating Georgia, Florida State, Tennessee, LSU, Texas A&M, and Texas before they’d decide to move on.

 

[TiogaLion]

If he’s still here he and his agent will be looking for an extension as soon as a year from now. Can’t recruit if he’s not
Guaranteed to be here for the duration of a kid’s time at PSU.

That's a false argument that used to be somewhat true, but not anymore. Every kid that has ever followed any sport knows there is no guarantee that the coach will be there for their duration.

 

[BobPSU92]

Duh. Kraft should hire Andy Reid. For f*ck’s sake.

 

[Lionville]

That's a false argument that used to be somewhat true, but not anymore. Every kid that has ever followed any sport knows there is no guarantee that the coach will be there for their duration.

It is still used against coaches in the recruiting wars.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Duh. Kraft should hire Andy Reid. For f*ck’s sake.

All Kraft has to do is tell Andy about Wing Nite at Pickles and Cheesesteak special at Champs… Reid would dump the Chiefs in a NY minute!

 

[BobPSU92]

All Kraft has to do is tell Andy about Wing Nite at Pickles and Cheesesteak special at Champs… Reid would dump the Chiefs in a NY minute!

Plus, Primanti Bros.

 

[Keyser Soze 16802]

Big Game James doesn't like the pressure cooker nature of PSU so he's going to move out of his home state to a school that is more of a pressure cooker?

 

[TiogaLion]

It is still used against coaches in the recruiting wars.

That's fallacy or if someone actually uses it than it's stupidity. If anyone believed that in the past 15 years than Jimbo's abrupt exodus from A&M and Lincoln Riley's run to USC should have made it clear to all those who were still confused. The Portal is the final straw in this argument, as now the kid can go to any school that will have him without penalty. Before the portal kids were trapped if their coach left or was fired, but no more, and they know it.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Plus, Primanti Bros.

Reid looks like a big Apple-cinnamon scone guy!

 

[WestSideLion]

Would probably do well there. Like here. He's not going to get Florida to Georgia, Bama, LSU, Texas levels though.

And that’s the rub. Florida is a 4-year gig for Franklin. Tops. And there would be major pressure to turn things around fast. Imagine the first time he farted away a game vs Georgia or Tennessee or Bama. Meltdown mode.

 

[WestSideLion]

Sandy on her way out after letting Franklin and his agent con Penn State into a 10 year extension while he was 7-4 (finished 7-6) in 2021:

There was a time when I actually hoped PSU would escape major Sandy Barbour collateral damage. Then the 10-year extension came.

The woman is grossly incompetent. Like all-time caliber incompetence.

 

[WestSideLion]

...and hopefully last.....

ro, Kliff’s gf strolling campus wouldn’t be that bad.

 

[ApexLion]

If he’s still here he and his agent will be looking for an extension as soon as a year from now. Can’t recruit if he’s not
Guaranteed to be here for the duration of a kid’s time at PSU.

Watch Kraft

 

[MacNit]

His 'buyout' should he leave on his own is $2mm in 2024/2025; the massive buyout ($56mm) is what Penn State would pay to him should they fire him. It's the dumbest contract I've seen since my Army enlistment contract. Penn State is TRAPPED and would be foolish to pay that to get rid of him; the whole coaching contract economy needs to be upended; Texas A&M, a public university, paid Jimbo Fisher more than $75mm to fire him.

Sandy - worst AD hire ever ….Twice Cal, PSU…perfect example why DEI will lead this country to ruin.

 

[MacNit]

I say ride out the 2 years. Not sure how the AD persuaded the BOT to agree to such a contract.

The BOT is completely incompetent - see 2011 - present.