The Penn St Dumpster Fire Thread

[orange79]

Plus, this is James Franklin we're talking about. You expect him to do the classy thing, right?

Always.

 

[PhatOrange]

In the last decade Penn State has 2 top 10 recruiting classes. Every other class was ranked 12-21.

Call me crazy but Fran would elevate their recruiting to a level they've never seen in the modern era. He has our current class at #26. At Syracuse

That's funny.

 

[DoctorBombay]

Ace Frehley has a better chance of being selected to play the 2026 superbowl halftime show.

 

[Surfan06001]

Ace Frehley has a better chance of being selected to play the 2026 superbowl halftime show.

Daaaaaamn

Also who is this phsyra guy. We get it. Fran would be a great hire at PSU.

 

[Cusester]

Daaaaaamn

Also who is this phsyra guy. We get it. Fran would be a great hire at PSU.

 

[phsyra]

Daaaaaamn

Also who is this phsyra guy. We get it. Fran would be a great hire at PSU.

Im just making comments about football on a football board. It doesnt seem that crazy to me.

 

[Briancuse]

Daaaaaamn

Also who is this phsyra guy. We get it. Fran would be a great hire at PSU.

Obviously not an su fan or psu fan. Probably an acc fan who wants fran out.

 

[SU94]

Fran is defnitely in the mix for Penn St. They would get Brown, Angeli, Calvin Russel, and Nixon maybe, plus keep a lot of their recruits. I hope its not true but seems like a possibility.

I have a friend who lives nearer Angeli Family, three houses down, and they are members at Costco. They saw Angeli’s father buy while undershirts there. Eight for $14. Damn bargain. Says Ped State Whiteout to me. This is happening as you eluded to and SU will be in the Yankee Conference by 2028. Ffff this. I am raking leaves tomorrow night and Halloween.

 

[Franz69]

Franklin has 50 million reasons to shut his big yapper.

 

[Surfan06001]

Im just making comments about football on a football board. It doesnt seem that crazy to me.

 

[FloridaCuse]

I have a friend who lives nearer Angeli Family, three houses down, and they are members at Costco. They saw Angeli’s father buy while undershirts there. Eight for $14. Damn bargain. Says Ped State Whiteout to me. This is happening as you eluded to and SU will be in the Yankee Conference by 2028. Ffff this. I am raking leaves tomorrow night and Halloween.

I buy white undershirts at Costco too. And they're not for any game white out. They're a damn good bargain. And high quality too. We're stooping to trying to read very weak tea leaves. Something like following flight logs on emergency medical planes. Or rental car location sightings. [for those in the know.] I hope it's the same result also.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I have a friend who lives nearer Angeli Family, three houses down, and they are members at Costco. They saw Angeli’s father buy while undershirts there. Eight for $14. Damn bargain. Says Ped State Whiteout to me. This is happening as you eluded to and SU will be in the Yankee Conference by 2028. Ffff this. I am raking leaves tomorrow night and Halloween.

Does he prefer boxers or briefs?

 

[DoctorBombay]

I buy white undershirts at Costco too. And they're not for any game white out. They're a damn good bargain. And high quality too. We're stooping to trying to read very weak tea leaves. Something like following flight logs on emergency medical planes. Or rental car location sightings. [for those in the know.] I hope it's the same result also.

 

[kirbivore]

The money people had already decided. The loss to Northwestern provided the opportunity.

https://atozsports.com/college-football/penn-state-nittany-lions-news/new-report-confirms-suspicion-about-timing-penn-state-decision-fire-james-franklin/

As much as I hate them I give Pedo St. credit for pulling the trigger now instead of waiting until halftime of their bowl game.

 

[kirbivore]

 

[FloridaCuse]

Amidst our misery some good news!

 

[FloridaCuse]

 

[HtownOrange]

His goal is right but he’s had a top tier job for more than a decade. He was never truly close to a championship. No other perennial power will accept mediocrity with the talent they can draw. No Lower tier school will bring in the talent he needs to cover his i lack of talent for a championship. Never mind the fact that he is not a game coach. And, of course, completely ignore that he never knew about Sandusky, just like JoePa.

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

Fran is defnitely in the mix for Penn St. They would get Brown, Angeli, Calvin Russel, and Nixon maybe, plus keep a lot of their recruits. I hope its not true but seems like a possibility.

It's definitely possible.

The odds are similar to my wife giving me the thumbs up to accepting Sydney Sweeney's offer to become a throuple, but it's definitely possible.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Fran not on this list nor mentioned as candidate for PSU head coaching job.

https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article312654432.html

 

[Symphony Steve]

From our standpoint, Fran couldn't have picked a better year to have a down year.

 

[HtownOrange]

Fran not on this list nor mentioned as candidate for PSU head coaching job.

https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article312654432.html

I am not sure the author is truly serious. Elko at A&M is at worst a lateral move, with TAMU having much more resources (I.e. Deep pocketed donors). Freeman at ND may be considered a step down, especially with PedState's Sandusky history.

 

[Archbold44]

Fran not on this list nor mentioned as candidate for PSU head coaching job.

https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article312654432.html

The list is 4 guys that will not be leaving their jobs and Rhule, who the fans do not want.

The issue is not Fran being Plan A or B for Penn State. The issue is what happens when they get past Plans A through G and have to hire someone. There are way too many openings to be filled by GOOD coaches... especially when most of the good coaches are at places they are content, if not alums. I don't see Vandy letting Lea leave... Key is happy at Ga Tech... Brohm is from Louisville/alum... Elko is going to get paid... the BYU coach is a Mormon and they have cash... why would Lashlee leave SMU to go to Arkansas and deal with that scheduling obstacle? Lane Kiffin can only go to one school, and he seems pretty content at Ole Miss given that he is putting his family back together. It is going to take $15M a year to lure him somewhere.

Some schools are going to be hiring coaches that make their fans unhappy. Frankly, I think a coaching candidate has to weigh whether a huge salary can be offset by knowing that you will be on a short leash because most of the fan base does not want you. A Brown/Nixon package might placate fans just based on last year and the games under Angeli. Plus, be able to take Angeli with them as well. But PSU fans will not accept losing for very long. Same with all these other schools firing coaches in October. Yet it is hard to turn down doubling your salary and getting a future buyout of $30M+ even if you do stink. So... I am sorry, but this is not over until its over.

The other issue is what happens when other desirable jobs open up, including those because of who these coaching carousel hires make. Maryland has an aggressive AD with B1G funds to make a ridiculous offer to Brown. Rutgers, in theory, could too. So probably OK to just hope for Schiano and Locksley to get to bowl win totals and continue to recruit against them as "any year they are done" coaches. And those are just three schools (including PSU) that are roughly in Fran's hometown footprint. There will be SEC options with SEC money.

If Fran and Angeli get us to 10 wins next year, and Kirby Smart decides that modern football is no longer worth it, Fran would be a top candidate at Georgia. And that would be a great program to take over. However, if Angeli gets hurt again or we just finish with a mediocre record with him, Fran could regret not leaving this year. So I expect that his best play is to have his agent use these openings to get Syracuse to pay big money to keep him this offseason. To that end, throwing out these early week rumors of a QB change this week to get the fans interested again is wise. He is helping his A.D. get viewers and people in the stands...

 

[DocFlanders]

Fran is going nowhere for next year, as he currently has a front row seat on the titanic

 

[OburgOrange]