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Who is this Smoke guy? Not questioning his knowledge or opinions - just never heard of him before...This is excellent. Best thing is the hosts allowed Smoke to talk without interruption. Most hosts want to show how smart they are and talk way too much.
And Smoke was great. Really gave a peak inside the walls. Smoke is brutally honest, whether one agrees with him or not you know you got his true opinion.
Thanks for posting.
Entertaining for sure but I listened to this guy go on and on to finally tell me Penn State didn’t have enough good players, especially playmakers, which we already knew. He has a lot of experience and insight for sure but unless he is inside the locker room he has no idea what is going on “inside the walls” at Penn State. Many of the things he was pointing out as problems, not enough explosive plays for example is something Franklin has harped on all season. I ain’t inside the walls so I don’t know how much Franklin was involved in play calling when MY was OC, if at all. I also ain’t drawing any broad conclusions from the MSU game, especially given how bad MSU is this year, but I did find it interesting that Franklin had a play sheet with him until the game got out of hand and the team had almost 600 yards of total offense.I listened to this last week. I thought it was fair as far as an analysts perspective goes.
He always has a play sheet with himEntertaining for sure but I listened to this guy go on and on to finally tell me Penn State didn’t have enough good players, especially playmakers, which we already knew. He has a lot of experience and insight for sure but unless he is inside the locker room he has no idea what is going on “inside the walls” at Penn State. Many of the things he was pointing out as problems, not enough explosive plays for example is something Franklin has harped on all season. I ain’t inside the walls so I don’t know how much Franklin was involved in play calling when MY was OC, if at all. I also ain’t drawing any broad conclusions from the MSU game, especially given how bad MSU is this year, but I did find it interesting that Franklin had a play sheet with him until the game got out of hand and the team had almost 600 yards of total offense.
Your evaluation is good but I believe a more precise assessment would be “We have playmakers, but not enough. And we had an offense that wasn’t taking advantage of the strengths of the one’s we had”. Or maybe I’m just splitting hairs, which is odd because I’m bald.We have playmakers, but we had an offense that was not taking advantage of their strengths.
Who is this Smoke guy? Not questioning his knowledge or opinions - just never heard of him before...
A Vanderbilt staffer. 9 wins in 3 years.
Biomed scoured the net to find someone pushing his agenda.
So I stopped listening when he talked about needing to add mental health nut cases to the roster.
Really, I thought that was the highlight of the interview! Just think how dangerous we would be with a couple of Jeffery Dahmer’s or John Wayne Gacy’s on the roster. Actually, ole Smoke didn’t strike me as a pillar of normality with his constant hand gestures.So I stopped listening when he talked about needing to add mental health nut cases to the roster.
He said he didn’t know a lot about the workings of PSU. What was most interest, at least to me, were the general inter workings and behind the scenes stuff. Adapting to the talent our team has. The need for an outside analyst. Using a search committee. His head coaches are blind to their own issues. How a good OC is a quarterback whisperer.Smoke Dixon has no clue about PSU Football. He's friends with Justin King, who invited him on the State of State podcasts. It became obvious with the first few topics that he has no clue of any inner or for that matter outer workings. He admitted he really hasn't watched PSU this year and the stuff he said was the same old outside script that everyone says.
We lost at least two quality players the last few years due to mental health issues. And that doesn’t mean schizophrenia or multiple personalities. It means getting depressed. Or a collapse in confidence after a bad game or two. Or how to handle the stress of being a high profile player.So I stopped listening when he talked about needing to add mental health nut cases to the roster.
We could use more, for sure. But I think Singleton, Allen, KLS, Wallace, Theo Johnson, Dinkins, and Cephas all are talented players. Singleton for one was criminally misused with few attempts to get him the ball in space where he excels. It feels to me like Yurcich would decide he wanted to win in a certain way and instead of going with what was working, he would keep trying the thing that wasn't working without going back to the thing that did work. Singleton was able to run against Ohio State up the middle - he had a couple of nice plays back-to-back, then we just gave up on that.Your evaluation is good but I believe a more precise assessment would be “We have playmakers, but not enough. And we had an offense that wasn’t taking advantage of the strengths of the one’s we had”. Or maybe I’m just splitting hairs, which is odd because I’m bald.
No he doesn’t. Do you even watch the games?He always has a play sheet with him
Cup I am not sure about that. He is usually on the sidelines with his arms crossed.He always has a play sheet with him
Yeah I thought that was bizarre too.Really, I thought that was the highlight of the interview! Just think how dangerous we would be with a couple of Jeffery Dahmer’s or John Wayne Gacy’s on the roster. Actually, ole Smoke didn’t strike me as a pillar of normality with his constant hand gestures.
Exactly.Cup I am not sure about that. He is usually on the sidelines with his arms crossed.
He does. Has it every game. In his hand or Tucked in his pantsCup I am not sure about that. He is usually on the sidelines with his arms crossed.
At the 6 minute to 10 minute mark they talk about it.He does. Has it every game. In his hand or Tucked in his pants
I am technology challenged or id post it. but I just went back and scanned the Michigan game. Took a screen shot at 8:39 (first time they show JF during the game ) mark of the first quarter, there’s Franklin with the full play chart in his hand on the sidelines
He’s talked about it. Go listen to the Audrey Snyder pod cast from right after MY was fired. She talks about how he always has the chart. Always talking to the offensive staff
I‘ll post it if someone tells me how lol
Add: He’s the podcast. Quick mention of it at 13:20,
I’ll find where they talk more in depth about jt
Lmao.No he doesn’t. Do you even watch the games?
Wow. Watching the WVU gameExactly.
Crazy. It can’t beExactly.
Franklin always have a play sheet hanging from his waist. You saying "do you even watch the game?" was certainly ironic.No he doesn’t. Do you even watch the games?
osu 2022Exactly.
Wow. Another coincidenceNo he doesn’t. Do you even watch the games?