Zakee and company were rolled by winless UCLA a week ago, which set the stage for Franklin's shock firing today. So Zakee doesn't have a lot of credibility now with the indignation thing. Too little too late, Zakee. You had your chance against UCLA...and a week before that against Oregon in overtime. And y'all came up small.
Still, I respect and admire devotion to their former coach on the part of players whether past or present. But the point is, it's a bad look when a current player sends out a Tweet like that at a time like this. It also calls into question his attitude going forward this season.
I think this is a sad ending for a guy who did a lot of very good things at Penn State but who couldn't quite get over the hump and had to deal with the league's obvious bias against our program, which no doubt wears on a person.
In the end, it just wasn't happening for the guy and there comes a time, however painful, when a change has to be made. That time arrived with the spectacular implosion of a season that started with sky-high excitement and expectations.
All this said, to the fans who rained profane abuse on Franklin in the tunnel as he exited the field yesterday: you people are scum...and a disgrace to the university and its football program.
