Best theory I have heard all day. No better way renegotiate for more money up there.
A&M going after Franklin?
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I should have prefaced it by saying Dennis Dodd is probably the worse college football writer in the business. Has had many other phony type reports (I think during some of the conference realignment). He is also a big fan of Jay Paterno and tweeted high praise for him when he won the board election.
considering O'brien used the WPIC shooting against Pitt in recruiting, I would give him an "F"
Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Dabo Swinney were also coordinators before they were Head Coaches. So was Bill Belichick and Mike McCarthy. What is your point?
Just wait until you see the final prospects for the 2018 class.
I have read this 5 times and I still have no idea what point you are trying to make. So it's only a good hire if you rip away a premier HC from another Power 5 school? RichRod to Michigan is the closest example I can think of to what you are describing...how did that work out?
I heard he has actually moved on from that TA&M HC job and already hosted a network morning show with Kathy Lee - this morning. Rumor has it he will be announcing his presidential candidacy Monday and SCOTUS appointment should be through Congress by mid-week.
whoa is us....we stand no chance. We are doomed!
Go cheer for the nits then if that would make you happy.
Well we don't stand a chance in the recruiting wars which is over half the battle. Sorry I don't see anything positive while Franklin and Meyer are still around this area. Still don't understand how Franklin is doing this because he doesn't seem to be that good of a game day coach
I sure hope Franklin doesn't leave for A&M. Penn St might hire someone I respect to replace him. What fun would that be? It's more fun to hate them when they have that arrogant clown for a coach.
I'm still not convinced that he's a great coach. I think they were pretty lucky last year, let's see how the rest of this year plays out. Barkley and Moorhead are making him look good.
He's an excellent recruiter at the biggest school in the northeast. It would be interesting to see how he would do down there against Texas, Oklahoma, and the other schools in Texas and the SEC.
I'm still not convinced that he's a great coach. I think they were pretty lucky last year, let's see how the rest of this year plays out. Barkley and Moorhead are making him look good.
He's an excellent recruiter at the biggest school in the northeast. It would be interesting to see how he would do down there against Texas, Oklahoma, and the other schools in Texas and the SEC.
Name the last great coach who didn't have great players and assistance. You could say the same thing about Saban and Meyer. If you take away all their 4 and 5 star players and top assistant coaches, they wouldn't be as good. The statement is accurate, but it's pointless. Being a good coach means recruiting good players and hiring good assistants.
I totally agree with everything you said. But saying penn State would be looking at the coordinator is not giving Moorhead nearly enough credit. He's a huge reason, maybe the biggest for their recent success. He is certainly going to be getting job offers soon. If Franklin for some strange reason leaves they would be insane not to give him a serious look. Maybe they wouldn't actually hire him, but I really don't think they wanna lose him.
Actually since I don't really see Franklin even considering this job, maybe A&M should just go after Moorhead.
I didn't say all of his 4 and 5 star players and top assistants, I said Barkley and Moorhead. Let's see if he maintains his current level when those two are gone. Saban and Meyer just reload, we'll see if Franklin is capable of doing that.
PITT also had those opponents early in the season which is a death sentence. Penn State at lest has time to see what each team looks like. Playing 2 top ten teams and a team that should be ranked in the top 25 the first couple games is hard to get passed.
Just replying to your post, evidently you meant to say something different?
You don't understand it because you didn't read the post I was replying to. I never said those hires weren't solid, that's a completely different topic.
And Pitt lost half its team to graduation and self imposed suspension to 2 of our best players (and certainly our best)
