Recapping Tuesday's Press Conference
- Thread starter Ryan Snyder/BWI Staff
- Start date
Please, just stop. He is a liar that has a well established reputation for playing unhealthy quarterbacks. This is just the latest example. Might cost us a key recruit.
Nah, I don't think so.
I think others are right -- he's just keeping OSU guessing. Nobody honestly thinks Clifford will be 100%, but by suggesting it, perhaps OSU will need to gameplan for the full complement of run and pass plays.
I wouldn't read too much into it.
Now, if Clifford is really hurt and CJF rolls him out there to get pounded anyway -- jeopardizing more serious injury -- then we have a real problem.
As I said elsewhere, none of us know anything about the state of Clifford’s health.
His post is BS. These staffs have Doctors and Clifford isn’t an idiot. The loss sucked but no need to make up BS either. You cannot keep competitors off the field.
Seems as though @Tom McAndrew took out the trash tonight but forgot a bag.
But if Franklin didn’t start/play him, these geniuses on this board would be yelling about how much of a pvssy SC is and how CJF is fvcking up by playing the kid who couldn’t get it done against Iowa.
They were actually saying that about SC DURING the Iowa game when he came back out on the sideline.
The anti-JF contingent gripe regardless. It's what they do.
I want a coach who views PSU as a destination job, not a stepping stone.
I can only think of two reasons why Franklin doesn't say he's not interested in USC. One is that he IS interested. The other is that he doesn't think PSU is committed to him.
I'm not a doctor but it seems unlikely that Clifford was hurting so bad 3 days ago but he's expected to be 100% 4 days from now.
And why would Franklin say we needed the backups given Clifford's condition if he was expected to be 100%.
If CJF has one foot out the door, maybe Rhule will be the guy. It would surely be a destination job for him.
He has been here eight years. Hardly a stepping stone.
You think the next coach is going to retire from PSU. Good luck
I don't want Franklin to leave, but his act is peevish and bordering on ridiculous considering he just a lost, on homecoming, to a 2-5 team. I can see he is well versed in double-speak and platitudes and committees(his weak little deferrals to his "leadership committee" ) these days. All tools employed by politicians and media figures not wanting accountability. I like Franklin, I have mostly respected Franklin minus a few very thin skinned outbursts(Blaming the thunderstorm in a loss to MSU in 2017, almost going after a PSU fan losing to OSU in 2018, and the "elite speech" come to mind), but I really hope I don't end up despising him over the next 4 or 5 weeks and I fear we are on that course. I get it, he doesn't want to show his hand, especially considering that if this season predictably goes down the toilet, he might not have anywhere to go, but I think he can make an affirmative statement of sorts. "I'd really like to continue to be the head football coach at PSU and I hope they feel that way." Leaves plenty of room for that to change at season's end. Media drips and double-speak are making it feel like we are being patronized. And before anyone says "well we are just dumb fans, it shouldn't matter what we think," you ever seen a coach totally lose a fanbase? How does that work out for administrators and the coach?
I agree with what his statement could be and then let his agent do all the talking. This is if he is interested and he is so honest with recruits would t we be seeing a mass exodus by now?
He is going to continue to tell the team and the recruits that he is staying ... right up until the moment he tells them he is leaving. He has no choice but to continue to lie to them right up to the last minute. Undoubtedly, he is struggling with this (as I think we all would), but he really has no choice, unless he resigns mid season and I don't think that will happen.
For those of you that don't think he would do this, I refer you to the speech that BOB gave to Hack, Brenneman, and that class in order to get them to stick with their commitments to PSU.
I dont think it has spread to his team or recruits, he starts with his agent, but as this stuff leaks....yeah, it will flow to the team and recruits.
I am no Franklin fanboy, but your take is ridiculous.
Unless we only seek "PSU men" as candidates there's always a flight risk for top coaches because there are schools out there with a lot to offer and that are more willing to open up the checkbook than PSU. I have no interest in limiting the field only to candidates that we think will stay for 20 years. Just get the best coach you can. Of course I'm also hoping Franklin doesn't leave so there's that.
This says Franklin is the 9th highest paid in the country and highest in the BiG.
USA Today releases 2021 edition of highest-paid FBS head coaches
College football's highest-paid coach is also its biggest bargain.
footballscoop.com
17.5 point underdog this week.
Happy Valley Insider - James Franklin shares Sean Clifford status update ahead of PSU-OSU
The Nittany Lions are 17.5-point underdogs ahead of Saturday's showdown at Ohio State.bwi.rivals.com
Loved how Bob spoke after beating Wiscy on the road as a 24 pt dog
With all respect, I know it’s Ohio State but they aren’t THAT dumb.
.This isn’t high school football. The OSU coaches have seen Clifford play and are well aware he’s hurt. No one is being fooled to make them alter any game plan.
If you're talking PSU men who do we list and do Tyler Bowen or Yurcich count? Seider or Terry Smith?
Signs of a politician. Yes?
$hit, he keeps mismanaging the depth chart the way he does he won't land another HC gig. There's no excuse for the QB and DLine situation in this day and age of player free agency. None!
You had me there until the "a top two/three NFL HC jobs." Maybe when waxing nostalgic over the number of SB wins, but not much more. And I'm a Stillers fan.
Newsflash: Franklin is the consummate salesman.
Name three better jobs. Only Belechik and Peyton have longer tenures. I’d say Green Bay, New England, and maybe Dallas are in the same league;
Pittsburgh as an organization is top tier.
