Amazing. Vintage Franklin.
Good guy, solid recruiter. One of the worst tacticians in football. He’s worse than Les Miles in that sense. The game management is truly laughably bad.
No other way to slice it: Back to Back Disappointing Seasons
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Good guy, solid recruiter. One of the worst tacticians in football. He’s worse than Les Miles in that sense. The game management is truly laughably bad.
The heat got to him? Heck I posted on the in game thread wondering how long before he went for it in PSU territory. Everyone who has watched CJF knew something stupid would be done by him. Using Pinegar on a long field goal was the first. The fake was icing.
You are correct. We need lots of big mean guys for the trenches.
Hope all is well my friend. Thanks for all the previous advice given as far as college recruiting. It worked out well for her.
Would the "JoePa" way work in 2021? What is your ultimate goal here? To win titles?
The Joe Pa way is alive and well. You are going to see the main 2 examples in the championship game in Georgia and Alabama.
I could have sworn in my month or so here that I've seen multiple people complaining about them buying players, cheating, the SEC is weak, Georgia shouldn't be in the playoffs, etc.
I took the "JoePa way" to mean "success with honor". Focus being on grad rates and being content with 9-10 win years. The portal along with scholarship limits have changed everything.
Saban is very similar to Joe. Coach then up, strong lines, run the ball, great in game coaching, defense first.
Success with honor is a slogan that was invented approximately 36 years after Joe coached his first psu game.
New to the board doesn't make me young. I'm well aware of the history of Penn State football. Begging for a coach that does things "the JoePa way" isn't necessary. We need a coach that is willing to do what it takes to win in this era.
Because he isn't coaching at PSU.
Does it get better in 2022?
Looks daunting given what we’ve seen this year. Thoughts??
- Sept. 3 at Purdue
- Sept. 10 vs. Ohio
- Sept. 17 at Auburn
- Sept. 24 vs. Central Michigan
- Oct. 1 vs. Ohio State
- Oct. 8 at Michigan
- Oct. 15 vs. Illinois
- Oct. 29 vs. Michigan State
- Nov. 5 at Indiana
- Nov. 12 vs. Maryland
- Nov. 19 vs. Minnesota
- Nov. 26 at Rutgers
Looks daunting given what we’ve seen this year. Thoughts??
Will be lucky to go 7-5 but it could be worse. I can see losses against Purdue, OSU, UM, MSU, and Minnesota.
Bama does not cheat. They don't have to. They produce high quality young men.
Agreed--Purdue and Auburn will likely dictate the season. If they're 4-2 or better after Ohio State/Michigan then it looks like at least an 8 win year. Worst case 7. If they 3-3 or worse then we're in a world of trouble.
I won't care if we are 6-6 if coach spends time developing young players to be ready instead of building his bank account. Injuries happen. Not having trained replacements is bad.
1. Thank Clifford, but use 2022 to develop the 3 great young qbs we have.
2. Get outside help and advice to correct an 8 year long OL problem.
3. When asked if he is interested in other coaching jobs, say no. I am dedicated to making PSU the best.
4. Self examination. We are not a top program. What can I do to get better? Is my style of offense consistent with smash mouth football. Can I change that style to facilitate a top performing OL?
5. Insist on a NO EXCUSES team mind set. Develop the team's mental toughness.
You "don't care" if we are 6-6. Lmao.
The levels you coach worshipping clowns go to...
If we have a good and healthy team looks like 9 wins. If not... 6-6. Do we really have illinois at home again? maybe we can get to 11 OT's!!
October 8/9 should be interesting around here. By then you’ll pretty much know how the season will go.
Joe's last full season, he was 7-6 with losses to Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan State and then Florida in the Outback Bowl (lost by 13 points).
Seems pretty familiar doesn't it?
Wrong. Joe's last season was 2011 and at the time he was fired he had exactly 1 loss.
He said full season, but I agree, he picked his timeline strategically. Maybe he was projecting that this was CJFs last full year, I dunno. 😃
The point is, everyone wants to remember from the late 70's and 80's but the reality is that after the 1994 season, we went 16 seasons averaging just over 8 wins a year with Joe as the HC.
