This ^^^times 100. If others want to blast me for my opinion, read this because it’s exactly how I feel. All I’ve said in these posts is that Franklin didn’t fire Rahne.
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We know. Now stop beating the horse. It’s been dead for quite some time.
Davidson College is less than 5 Mins from my home.
Nice looking family but Phil and mom have dealt with a terrible personal tragedy.
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Gee, I read the first page on this thread and then began to wish that we still had thread view so I could just skip over those people who consistently have shown they have no sense what they’re talking about.
Too many people just want to argue or berate other posters. If that is all you’ve got, then keep it to yourself and quit cluttering the board.
Too many people just want to argue or berate other posters. If that is all you’ve got, then keep it to yourself and quit cluttering the board.
But it’s when the judging of “underperforming” is done that bothers me. For offensive coaches it’s done after each play or series. Go read the in game threads...we have a three and out its time to fire the OC. It doesn’t seem to be that way with the defense...if we get gashed it’s usually a player’s fault....like last year every TD given up was Koa Farmer’s fault. Or our players can’t tackle or we’re out of position. But with offense it’s always the coach’s fault...we can’t catch a pass it must be the coach didn’t teach them how, our QB throws a pick it’s because the play call was bad, etc. Wait until a season is over, judge the results looking at all the factors (like Rahne didn’t have Barkley or Gesicki in his first year and had an unproven QB and RB’s this year) then make a judgment. And have some faith that Franklin knows what he’s doing and no one wants to win as bad as he does...his livelihood depends on it, ours doesn’t.
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Holding the program back regardless of the record...now that’s baffling.
We always play better than we actually are.
11 wins is no longer the benchmark for elite as 16 teams reached that mark.
20 years ago it was 5 teams
But two losses is...if you’re expecting fewer than two losses every year you will be sadly disappointed. If we played in a different conference we could do that, but not in the Big 10 East.
A few years ago when I was critical of Corley it had to do with his lack of recruiting at the D1 level. I am not exactly sure, but I believe his previous coaching stops were at schools like James Madison before being at Army for 1 year. Recruiting at Army is a different beast. My take on Corley was that it is one thing to recruit for JMU vs. schools like William & Mary, it's a totally different beast to recruit for a Penn State vs. the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia.. and I just simply stated that the recruiting was my biggest concern with the Corley hire. Of coarse, the blind loyalasts saw this as treason and things got a little nasty.
Interesting. Should metrics matter then you've gotta wonder how long the DB coaches will last. Do we endure another season of making mediocre QBs look like Joe Montana. Thank you.
Best of luck to the coaches that are gone and excitement to see what the new coaches here can do. The end.
I’m very excited, optimistic and expecting improved offensive production with Coaches C and T. Hopefully the offense will help the defense as time of possession, field position and scoring keeps the D off the field, helps them play more aggressive with leads and a lot more in the tank in the 4th quarter.
Wont be long if they don't produce results. You seem to be missing that little factoid, but wasn't it you that said coaches do not make the catches or the blocks so whats it to you if they get fired or not and who asks them to be fired?? Or don't you recall that stance you took?
Disagree. Most of the big losses against better competition the last few years were mostly due to the defense. Two examples were last year’s loss to OSU and this year’s loss to Minnesota. All PSU had to do was prevent OSU from scoring 2 TDs with exactly 8 minutes left and we know what happened. OSU also scored the first TD on a screen pass and the PSU defense looked like they never saw that type of play. Rahne’s “lousy” offense racked up over 500 yards and 26 points against Me nnesota but the defense gave up 31. He also didn’t throw the 3 interceptions. Minnesota’s QB was a mere 18-20 passing and there were a number of plays where the DBs weren’t in the same zip code as the Minnesota receivers and looked totally confused.
This post is not intended to be an indictment of Pry or endorsement of Rahne. However, I don’t understand why Pry seems to be immune to valid criticism despite what I mentioned above whereas Rahne was ripped constantly and frequently IMHO opinion unfairly. Having said that I am excited about both of the new hires and hope they do a great job
I think Franklin deserves the benefit of the doubt now. If he sees a position needs to be improved he will make an effort to hire an improvement. It seems like these last two hires are absolute home runs. With the level of talent available to Smith this coming year there is no excuse for us not having an elite secondary. If that does not happen it is reasonable to assume Smith and/or Banks are gone.
How does one get thru life without ridicule using “of coarse“ consistently? If I had a booger hanging out of my nose, I am pretty sure colleagues or friends would tell me, and I would pick it and eat it
If you are not happy with 11 wins....elite....whatever fanboys call it....your gonna be unhappy more often than not.
Isn’t there some other sport/team that can substitute for your drive to criticize / fire PSU coaches? College basketball? Premier League Soccer? Darts?
actually the part of the OFF that has the issue is the passing game. pass blocking + WR's who can catch balls thrown from QB who is not totally on target + WR's who can get open + pass scheme
I honestly expect a better secondary assuming everyone is healthy. You have a good mixture of senior players and young depth that has seen enough of field in crucial games to step right in. Wade was starting to flash at times. Brisker will be in year 2. DJ will be back. TCF will be a tested senior. The 3 frosh looked like they could all play this year. Hopefully the DB's take that next big step.
Are you suggesting he fire more coaches.....or process out all the under preforming players....or both?
Just checking in..... Seems like a great hire, very exciting!!!
Also, what is happening in this thread?
Also, what is happening in this thread?
Elite secondary? That would be one h of coaching job. Where is the elite talent?
I am hoping we are better than this year without Reid and Taylor
