Penn St fires James Franklin

[JMSqb11]

Would Florida or Arkansas go after Franklin?

If Florida was smart they would.

Virginia Tech would be a perfect spot for him. He could win 8-9 games and be a god there

 

[Big Orange Captain]

I hope Florida does and Franklin drags them further into hell

Would love to see it!

 

[Orangeburst]

wish someone gave me 49 biguns to get fahred

 

[give_him 6]

I wouldn’t follow Franklin anywhere because he’d be the guy to face the consequences of finding everything Franklin covered up.

100%. With the Franklin buyout, it would not surprise me to see them promoting Terry Smith to permanent HC.

 

[YankeeVol]

I've read he gets a $50 million buyout. Not sure if that's true or maybe negotiated for a little less

I saw $49 (close enough).

He'd be an idiot to negotiate to take less money.

 

[Big Orange Captain]

If Florida was smart they would.

Virginia Tech would be a perfect spot for him. He could win 8-9 games and be a god there

Yes i forgot Va.Tech has a opening

 

[zjcvols]

He’s been there 11 years now and hasn’t beat anybody really, 1 conference title , one playoff appearance his record against Ohio State and Michigan and Oregon is awful. It was time to move on from him.

They’ve been a top 10 program the last 3 years and if take out 2020-2021 when college football was wonky, top 10 for a decade.

I think this is way too reactionary.

 

[Big Orange Captain]

I saw $49 (close enough).

He'd be an idiot to negotiate to take less money.

I’d take that money and never coach again

 

[GreveHaller]

I hope Florida does and Franklin drags them further into hell

Nope. Napier is doing just fine where he is. He needs an extension

 

[zjcvols]

If Florida was smart they would.

Virginia Tech would be a perfect spot for him. He could win 8-9 games and be a god there

I don’t quite know about Florida, but Virginia Tech should be on hands and knees to get him.

 

[Big Orange Captain]

They’ve been a top 10 program the last 3 years and if take out 2020-2021 when college football was wonky, top 10 for a decade.

I think this is way too reactionary.

They want national titles and Big Ten championships there and he hasn’t delivered.

 

[JMSqb11]

He’s been there 11 years now and hasn’t beat anybody really, 1 conference title , one playoff appearance his record against Ohio State and Michigan and Oregon is awful. It was time to move on from him.

I disagree. This is the first time in years he lost games he shouldn’t have. That was the knock on him for a decade. He would handle the teams he was supposed to and would struggle vs Ohio State Michigan and now Oregon with expansion.

I personally think this year was an anomaly for them, but there was nothing that would lead anyone coming into this season to think they’d ever get treated like they did by UCLA or Northwestern. That’s what makes this all so shocking is how quickly south these last 2 weeks went.

 

[Delmar]

Would Florida or Arkansas go after Franklin?

Probably. Both have proven that they don’t mind sleaze among their coaches. (Petrino and Golden say hello.)

 

[JMSqb11]

Would Florida or Arkansas go after Franklin?

The best thing for us is that this firing happened. Because now Florida has to decide if late rallies to a 7-8 win regular season by Napier is worth another season or if they should kick the tires.

Florida fan base is gonna be twisted in a pretzel the next couple of months lol

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

Wowowoeowoeoeowowow!!!!!!

That’s hefty buyout.

You suprised. Lol

 

[zjcvols]

They want national titles and Big Ten championships there and he hasn’t delivered.

They were literally in the Big Ten title game and national semis last year!

 

[mackievol]

Lol Ped State doing Ped State things. WOW

 

[volfanhill]

I’ll probably be in the minority but I think this is a bad move for them

6 double digit win seasons in 12 years, 3 straight double digit win seasons and two playoff wins last year.

100% agree

 

[zjcvols]

Other than Cignetti (who nobody knew who he was 3 years ago) who is better than James Franklin that would be guaranteed to produce the success he has?

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

I’m shocked they did it so quickly

No one waits till season is over anymore

 

[SCRocket]

Man it's kinda shocking

 

[Matt2496]

They’ve been a top 10 program the last 3 years and if take out 2020-2021 when college football was wonky, top 10 for a decade.

I think this is way too reactionary.

I think it's similar to Mark Richt at Georgia. Consistently winning 9-10 games a year on average, but never or rarely winning the big games that matter.

 

[zjcvols]

“Hey prospective coach, yeah so we just fired a coach with 6 double digit win seasons in 12 years and made the B1G title game and national semis just 10 months ago after a bad two weeks BUT we will give you time to build your program!”

Sure that’s gonna be a good selling point!

 

[CAVPUT]

If Florida was smart they would.

Virginia Tech would be a perfect spot for him. He could win 8-9 games and be a god there

Much rather see Franklin at UF than Cignetti or Kiffin. Either of those 2 get that job and Katie bar the door.

 

[JMSqb11]

I think it's similar to Mark Richt at Georgia. Consistently winning 9-10 games a year on average, but never or rarely winning the big games that matter.

Mark Richt would have been a perennial playoff coach with his record had the playoff been 10 years earlier.