BOB is, and always was, an NFL guy.
PSU was a resume building stop. He had no head coaching experience on his resume and being a Belichick coordinator wasn’t going to get him a top job based on the performances of Weiss, Romeo C., Mangini and others.
BOB was gonna be a short-timer at PSU from the moment he signed his contract. Anybody with half a brain could see that. It was a no-lose for him. Thrive in an impossible situation and he’s a golden boy. And if he’d struggle, he’d return to the NFL undamaged with HC experience on his resume.
PSU took advantage of the deal, too. Got a coach with some pedigree to guide the program out of the depths. PSU did far better with this hire than I ever imagined possible.
Bottom line: Both sides used each other to get what they needed at the time, then went their separate ways in the direction they wanted to go.
Like every coach, BOB said what he had to say so as not to show his cards while career decisions were being made. If that bruised a couple ego or irritated a few fans, oh well...
BOB used PSU.
PSU used BOB.
Both were better off by the time they split.
What laughable bullshit - how precisely did FLO raise anything from "the depths" when he inherited a rooster loaded with returning starters that would go on to produce double-digit NFL Players and make up virtually all of his 2-Deep during his 2-year tenure but for Hackenberg in 2013....versus FLO leaving the cupboard utterly bare and recruiting (especially in PA) in a complete shambles (as well as lying to both current players and committed recruits that he was going nowhere and talking to no one while in the act of negotiating and signing a contract to leave!) after his 2 year stint which violated his LT Contract and guarantee that he demanded!!!
If anybody rescued a rooster that had been depleted by a former coach for self-serving reasons (FLO more interested, and focused, on horse-trading his PSU Contract than recruiting and doing his job!), it was James Franklin who inherited the absolute abortion that narcissistic, scumbag HYPOCRITE FLO handed him! It most certainly wasn't FLO who inherited a rooster loaded with returning underclassmen starters and future NFL players!