I do not seeing him leaving for family reasons or fake family reasons. That would do more damage to his reputation. No one would believe he wasn't just bailing because things got tough.
Somethings not right with Franklin.
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I do not seeing him leaving for family reasons or fake family reasons. That would do more damage to his reputation. No one would believe he wasn't just bailing because things got tough.
I don't think he looks any different than past years. The only difference is he has had nothing to get excited about and hug and jump around with his players about. He was never rah rah or a guy that was real emotional until something good happened or if one of his players spat in the opponents face
I love the assumptions you make about what is in his head and the serious questioning he is doing. No one knows that.
Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner. "There are obviously no true leaders on this team, least of all the head coach."
I hate to say this, because it sounds so simplistic. If Franklin isn’t having fun the players aren’t having fun. If Franklin isn’t all in the players aren’t all. If Franklin is hesitant the players are going to be hesitant. Football in that regard is no different from any complex organization. He has to make some very hard and I’m certain difficult decisions or things won’t improve. ( And don’t ask me what they are , because I’m not there every day and I’m not making 6 mill ). If he doesn’t or can’t then he should man up and hit the pitch ( that analogy is for coal region fans ). I’m certain he won’t be standing in a bread line for long. Now truthfully it’s incredibly more complicated than I just described, but my local watering hole is opening in 20 minutes and if I’m not there the owner gets nervous. Everyone have a rainbow 🌈 day.
If you think Joe wasn’t a micromanager you have no idea what you are talking about. Go talk to any player that played for him, coach that coached for him, or staff that worked for him. Go ask Spider. Hell, he was always telling Brad how to do his job.
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Lots of rearranging history to fit agendas going on right now. Also read Joe played more freshman than Franklin. LOL
You're thinking of the young Joe but yeah. That's the story players from the 70s and 80s tell. Obviously not the guy who didn't leave State College for a recruiting trip after 2007.
NFL players will never ever put up with Franklin’s cheerleading antics. An NFL owner will not take a chance on Franklin either because he does not treat football like a business, it’s more fun than a business.
Don't know which job he'll take as he is a top candidate for Jacksonville and perhaps Houston.
CJF may not be in State college next year, but i can guarantee he won't be the head coach of an NFL team.
I don't buy that this is the same as military separation. You're deployed and immediately have a target on your back. Now that's hard.
Jimmy's making ~$6M / yr and did a self-imposed separation. His family could be just as safe in State College as they are in FLA (or where ever they are). Time to man up or get out Jimmy.
Jimmy's making ~$6M / yr and did a self-imposed separation. His family could be just as safe in State College as they are in FLA (or where ever they are). Time to man up or get out Jimmy.
That’s the kind of crap we need to eliminate. Not the pancake, obviously, but the extra stuff after. Yeah, so you pancaked your man. Get up and do it again. How many times did he get around you for the SEVEN sacks? Guaranteed if a ref sees that it’s 15 yards.
It was edited. Don't be a tool.
it's going to be a hard sell to season ticket holders of any NFL team to explain why they're hiring a coach that just went 2-6 or 1-7 at Penn State
I am of the belief that Coach will be the HC of the Atlanta Falcons next year.
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Greatly respect your opinion but I doubt Arthur Blank will go for a college coach with one year of NFL experience after the disasterous Petrino experience.
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Greatly respect your opinion but I doubt Arthur Blank will go for a college coach with one year of NFL experience after the disasterous Petrino experience.
My reference to Brad is Brad Caldwell Spiders real name. And yes he micromanaged tom Bradley and Frannie too.
If you think he didn’t micromanage Frannie or Scrap until the end you are a fool.
You can believe what you want but Joe was not all he used to be at the end. We all know the last time he left town for a recruit was to see Terrell Pryor but most folks tell me he was just semi-present even before 2008.
With prognostications as poor as this one, I now understand why you are a failed ex-football coach and nothing more.
It doesn't matter if his family was in Bellefonte. He cannot see them without jeopardizing his daughters health. Might as well be in FL. They need to avoid public areas regardless.
No, I meant the coach. Meh, it was just a wisecrack and isn’t worth explaining.
If you said BEFORE this season that Franklin could coach an NFL team, I'd have said, "yeah, maybe." But if this teams goes 3-6...which is pretty plausible right now...I can't imagine a team tapping him.
I think this is probably a COVID-related funk. I'm in a leadership position and it's a highwire act trying to keep the team working together each week...so many changes keep happening...and so many opinions...and so many personal freedoms being impinged on. It's just a leadership nightmare.
What would things look like if 1 of those 20 hideous things didn't happen in Bloomington and we walked out of there with a win...?
I think this is probably a COVID-related funk. I'm in a leadership position and it's a highwire act trying to keep the team working together each week...so many changes keep happening...and so many opinions...and so many personal freedoms being impinged on. It's just a leadership nightmare.
What would things look like if 1 of those 20 hideous things didn't happen in Bloomington and we walked out of there with a win...?
Lol - first you said he will be head coach of the Falcons. So which is it? Atlanta, Jacksonville, or Houston? He's a lucky man to have so many options. Sounds like the bidding war for his services will reach record setting $$ contracts. I am sure those owners will be falling all over each other to hire a cheerleading college coach with (relatively) no NFL experience (coming off a 2-7 year) to lead them to next year's super bowl.
The NFL model is a GM who picks the jimmies and the joes and a coach who supplies the x's and o's. No NFL team is going to make CJF their GM and as we painfully recognize, the x's and o's is the weakest part of his resume.
I wouldn't be surprised if CJF isn't at psu next year, but he sure as heck won't be a nfl head coach.
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Every ounce of reasonable logic in me screams agreement with you. However, these billionaire owners who are intelligent enough to amass vast fortunes often continue to make the most mind bogglingly stupid choices in selecting head coaches. So I’m just going to stick with “ I’ll never say it can’t happen “.
James is torn between being an analytics guy and a psychological guy and so far this year it has backfired on him. That is what is bothering him.
As I think I said above (or maybe on another thread), I don't think football is as conducive to analytics as some other sports (I think they work best for baseball) because of the smaller sample size (fewer "at bats", fewer games) and the variability between scenarios (e.g. 4th and goal from the 2 in the first five minutes of the game is very different than 4th and goal from the 2 in the last five minutes of the game).
I agree 100%. Problem is James is dipping his toe in them to back up the decisions he is making. If he wants to go straight analytical then I am sure there is a book out there that describes ever situation like the ones you mention.
This!! I feel he often get's too far inside his head and trapped between the two. That doesn't work. Pick one and stay consistent. Quit trying to out-think (guess) the other coaches. His "gut" choices when he overrides the analytics have been off, and with that he has lost his confidence. This leads to him being hesitant and tentative, which is clearly reflected by the team / coaches.
Running the RPO when you are tentative (for whatever reason) is the recipe for the disaster we have seen so far. Hesitation because they are not comfortable or not sure of what they are doing has caused this team to look slow and unprepared. I would love to see some simplification in approach so that the players aren't trying to figure on at the last minute what play is being called and just focus on firing out and taking care of business.
