Franklin seems flustered in the post game
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How do we explain the first quarter? Temple made adjustments and PSU didn't.
Needs to see his eye doc - because E V E R Y B O D Y can see the problem(s).
We got schooled by one of our own, a real JoePa protégée. What were you expecting? A lay down and die?
I don't think so.
Penn State won today: his name is Matt Rhule !!!!!
N i t t a n y A m e r i c a
I don't think so.
Penn State won today: his name is Matt Rhule !!!!!
N i t t a n y A m e r i c a
After seeing the recently released depth chart last week it was obvious that the extremely dysfunctional OL play from last year was going to carry over to this year since it wasn't any different from last year, sans Smith, who was replaced by a JUCO who was playing his first game at this level. Franklin had eight months to evaluate the players on the OL as well as the abilities of his assistant coaches to put these kids in a position to be successful. Perhaps these coaches should spend more time in the film room and on the practice field and less time on social media and the barbecue grill. Franklin very well may be flustered at todays performance but he only needs to look in the mirror and around his coaches meeting room. Temple's staff flat out outcoached the Penn State staff today in every facet of the game. They had a good game plan in place that allowed their kids to be successful which can't be said for Penn State. Did Hackenberg ever roll out on a designed play to give himself more time and to put pressure on the edge while moving away from the rush? I'm not talking about being chased out, but along the lines of a designed play. Did Donovan ever make it up to the press box so he could see the field better or did he get lost along the way or did he realize he was in over his head and kept walking which is why Franklin looked flustered. Speaking of flustered, there appeared to be a lot of players who were either flustered, lost or confused on both sides of the ball. THAT is on all the coaches.
Coaches do not play, players do. The OL cupboard is empty. I do not want to name players, you can see it if you focus on OL play. OC and OL coach should be dismissed anyway.
He damn well should have been . 9 Months to work on the problems and nothing has been resolved. The team has regressed. Franklin is Penn State's answer to Rich Kotite !.
Quite frankly I saw nothing that this team did today that supports that . There was no coaching positives that showed up on the field
Clearly was reading all the glowing reports of our crushing temple that he ignored how ready they'd be... i suppose that's one explanation. hell, the comments here got me to go from a worrier predicting a close 7 point game to thinking we'd spank 'em ez.
i will keep my own counsel henceforth. i suggest franklin do the same... presuming he and/or his players were lulled into a very very false sense of security.
this team has ONE game to right the ship or you can kiss a large number of commits buh-bye. If i'm franklin, i'm playing the guys who will make that happen.. .cuz it ain't like this is the dude's first year. he has a whole year and a bowl win under his belt... hardly any excuses aside from wartman i can conjure up.
never thought i'd live to see the day temple would not just beat but destroy my team. awful stuff.
That's not flustered.
This is flustered:
As you can see it certainly could be worse.
Year two and coming off scholarship reductions buys him another season. He needs to address the problems though. If that means deferring to an OC that can get it done, so be it.
If he's too stubborn to find a legitimate solution (not make necessary changes) then cut him loose.
This is flustered:
As you can see it certainly could be worse.
Year two and coming off scholarship reductions buys him another season. He needs to address the problems though. If that means deferring to an OC that can get it done, so be it.
If he's too stubborn to find a legitimate solution (not make necessary changes) then cut him loose.
