IIRC Sanders got the full-court press from both Pitt and Michigan State. Mom was always in Franklin's corner, but Sanders definitely heard out other suitors down the stretch.
Yes, this is correct. Dantonio and Narduzzi were both telling Sanders that Franklin would leave Penn State soon. In fact, early in Franklin’s tenure at Penn State, Dantonio and Narduzzi worked in tandem to bad mouth Penn State and Franklin, and it backfired big time against them.
Well Franklin may not leave, but one could recruit against Penn State by pointing out the constant turnover among the assistants.
The logic is that the coach who recruits a player may well be gone after a year or two. I am not knocking the quality of coaches, merely pointing out possible negative recruiting angle.Yep, the fact that Franklin consistently assembles a staff that is recognizes as high performing and that other coaches offer increased responsibility and money to lure away is really a poor reflection on Penn State.....
NOT.
May want to work some more on that "logic"
All the best coaching staffs and individual coaches are looked at when openings occur, as they do every year. And it is actually a compliment to the quality of coaches that CJF consistently assembles that his coaches are offered promotions at other programs that he can not provide for them on the PSU staff.
How many times does this non-issue have to be rehashed.....
They are at Bama too.
He gone. Knew it when he committed and had a great junior year. All the top programs will offer and PSU will drop to a top five by the time his senior year begins. My CB is for the Buckeyes.
Yet this very situation is seen as a positive for Nick Saban’s constant coaching/advisor churn.
Can you decommit from Penn State’s fan base? I will respect your decision.
Even if they sign a LOI, they can transfer whenever they want as well. It's the rules have completely changed so there's no reason to really get excited even if he does sign with us. It is what it is.
Careful, you will be told by the Board sages you “need help.”
Remember when the fanboys complained about the PSU staff with no turnover, stale, not creative and no one else would want them? LOL
He must be a late riser in the recruiting rankings, because I was surprised to see that we are just now offering an in-state, legacy, top 200 overall Offensive Tackle. You don't slow play this type of player, so he must be a take.
People here drive themselves crazy 😜 in the pursuit of “eleteism” with what we recruit. The
Nick Singleton also shot up the 247 rankings and he is now a Top 50 overall player and a Top 5 running back recruit. Seeing that Ohio State got 2 Top 10 running back recruits last year (2021), and Penn State struck out in running back recruits last year, Penn State's depth chart should be a good sell to Singleton. And for whatever unknown reason, we have cooled on Tevin White and the southern schools are pressing for him more.
