You call Matt Rhule and ask if he's really, really happy in the NFL - and if he could be happier in State College...
. This only after doing everything you can to keep Franklin.
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You call Matt Rhule and ask if he's really, really happy in the NFL - and if he could be happier in State College...
. This only after doing everything you can to keep Franklin.
I agree with your take, but I like to think (perhaps naively) it might be Franklin just trying to be honest. Let's face it: anyone would be willing to move if enough money is thrown at them. It might be an amount that isn't realistic, but any coach's agent will at least listen to any offer. So, maybe Franklin just doesn't want to be that guy who denies any interest and then two weeks later is on the podium being announced for a new position - doesn't mean he expects to go, but is just keeping his options open.
Realistically, I don't see him leaving because there isn't any job or opportunity better than PSU that he'd be offered. I think he'd be a fool to go to USC unless they like doubled his salary or something.
You call Matt Rhule and ask if he's really, really happy in the NFL - and if he could be happier in State College...
This only after doing everything you can to keep Franklin.
Does Ms. Excellence want to get into a bidding war with David Tepper? That would be hilarious.
Also, interesting to note that despite the seemingly constant rumors about Franklin being considered for other jobs, he's the third longest tenured coach in the Big Ten after Ferentz and Fitzgerald.
Edit: Heck, there's only 17 coaches in all of Div 1-A that have been at their current school longer than Franklin. And Franklin was someone who had jumped from job to job prior to coming to PSU.
Edit: Heck, there's only 17 coaches in all of Div 1-A that have been at their current school longer than Franklin. And Franklin was someone who had jumped from job to job prior to coming to PSU.
Evidence here that these media folks don’t look at PSU as a top tier job.
I would have preferred an I am not interested response, which helps with recruiting. CJF didn’t do that
So if he turns this one down, will we have to go through this same crap on this board when Ed O gets fired?
But we don’t know what he’s telling the people that matter.
Yes, but unlike us fans. Committed recruits and key targets are going to hear directly from CJF on the matter.
Why, precisely, is Franklin the "biggest wild card among college coaches"?...whatever that means. And PSU is now a "powerhouse"...interesting...you have to beat the big boys with some degree of regularity to deserve that label. And, he's recruited well, not "very well"...in fact the last two classes have been far less than stellar. I like James and have always supported him, but this piece could have been written by his mother.
I don't believe that the media thinks Franklin should be interested in other jobs. They think that USC should be interested in Franklin.
And cost of living between LA and State College. They are just a little different
Why can’t Franklin just say no? What is so hard about that? And people believe he does this to get coaches more money?. That’s just more bullshit
Bullshit is the media bringing up his name after the 2nd game of the season when he has an entire season to coach ahead of him, including one of the biggest games of the season.
The writer above wrote “but jobs like USC don’t come open often”. Sounds like he thinks Franklin should be interested in USC.
Or he doesn't care about the money at all, because he's already made enough during his career for him and his family to live out their days quite comfortably. I will say that if this is yet another leverage play, PSU needs to raise the buyout. I don't fault CJF for applying leverage but I will fault him for doing it every single year.
Is there any proof that he’s ever done it, let alone every single year? Just because posters on here think that’s what he’s doing doesn’t mean it is.
LOL Finebaum talking out his ass. The job doesn't come open often, except like 6 times in the last 11 years.
Feldman, but good point. No hire post-Carroll has been a good fit though IMO. I heard people liked Helton but he didn’t have a lot of interest in recruiting inner-city talent, which has been important to their success.
And the first name on the list will be Franklin and we will have this exact discussion on this board again like we’ve done a zillion times before.
Franklin being talked about in the media as a hot commodity for a couple weeks is a great thing for recruiting. We've seen this a hundred times before and there's no reason to believe he's going to leave. It's a non-story. Of course USC is interested in him because he's a great coach.
I won't bother getting into the fact that half of the people here wanted to run him out of town last year anyway.
I won't bother getting into the fact that half of the people here wanted to run him out of town last year anyway.
Some folks are mad he hasn’t turned down an offer that hasn’t even been made yet.
Discussed this earlier. I think $9mm is the starting point. That puts him in the company of Saban, Dabo, and Jimbo. I would be surprised if USC goes there.
And he's done lost once BEFORE getting into the SEC West slate.
USC is weird. I agree with everything about the job that you have written, but the reality paints a much different picture. Something is wrong there. The talent they have should be enough to compete for the conference title every year. They don't have a Bama or Clemson or OSU to deal with. In fact, they should be that team.
Unlike Nebraska, they aren't in an area devoid of talent.
Unlike Texas, the boosters aren't undercutting you every year.
During the Pete years, they were almost as dominant as Bama is right now. And I wondered if it was going to end. Now, I wonder if it's coming back.
You’re exactly right, there’s something going on there that people on the outside can’t see. Everyone they’ve hired since Carroll (and there have been a lot) have not lived up to expectations. Rick Neuheisal said on the radio a couple years ago that PAC 12 schools give too much of their money to the non revenue sports (especially the Olympic type sports) which doesn’t leave enough for football. I don’t know if that’s right, but he’s pretty involved in the PAC 12 so he would know more than me.
I tend to think so too, but if someone is using national championships as a measurement, then we’re probably not or we’re just on the cusp, kind of Blue Blood Lite.
Except that the USC job becomes open every 2-3 years
National Championships should be earned on the field. On the field, PSU is a blue blood.
Agreed, but unfortunately they’re not and never have been, so we got what we got.
