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marylovesthelions

marylovesthelions

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Kraft has created a disaster by firing a coach without a plan on replacing him. He appears clueless as the football ship sinks beneath him. The only way to mitigate his mistake is to hire Terry Smith. He will coach tough Penn State football.
Any other coach who fails will end Kraft's career here.
PS No more multi year $50 million guarantees. WE ARE
 
Oh my goodness. Thus video encapsulates what was missing under Franklin, TOUGHNESS.
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marylovesthelions said:
Kraft has created a disaster by firing a coach without a plan on replacing him. He appears clueless as the football ship sinks beneath him. The only way to mitigate his mistake is to hire Terry Smith. He will coach tough Penn State football.
Any other coach who fails will end Kraft's career here.
PS No more multi year $50 million guarantees. WE ARE
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Every win by Terry solidifies Kraft's position.

1. Franklin needed to be fired. Losing to UCLA and Northwestern was unacceptable.
2. With Terry as interim HC, Kraft has time to wait to hire.
3. NO OTHER TEAMS have hired anyone, not sure why you think we are some outlier. Hell, Florida was 50/50 on Napier heading into this season. They were prepared more than any team.
4. Terry may be an option. But also we have more negotiating power with a successful interim head coach.

LdN
 
LionDeNittany said:
Every win by Terry solidifies Kraft's position.

1. Franklin needed to be fired. Losing to UCLA and Northwestern was unacceptable.
2. With Terry as interim HC, Kraft has time to wait to hire.
3. NO OTHER TEAMS have hired anyone, not sure why you think we are some outlier. Hell, Florida was 50/50 on Napier heading into this season. They were prepared more than any team.
4. Terry may be an option. But also we have more negotiating power with a successful interim head coach.

LdN
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Agree on all 4 points. But I think Va Tech’s hiring of CJF and him taking PSU staff and recruits is making everyone feel uneasy and like we’re behind.
 
Creamery said:
Agree on all 4 points. But I think Va Tech’s hiring of CJF and him taking PSU staff and recruits is making everyone feel uneasy and like we’re behind.
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That's a good point. And I guess my "no other teams" was thus, wrong. But I meant amongst our peers.

VT isn't at the same level as PSU.
Granted, our admin and the state has done everything to make PSU a tier 2 school over the past 20 years. But, we are still currently tier 1.
 
LionDeNittany said:
Every win by Terry solidifies Kraft's position.

1. Franklin needed to be fired. Losing to UCLA and Northwestern was unacceptable.
2. With Terry as interim HC, Kraft has time to wait to hire.
3. NO OTHER TEAMS have hired anyone, not sure why you think we are some outlier. Hell, Florida was 50/50 on Napier heading into this season. They were prepared more than any team.
4. Terry may be an option. But also we have more negotiating power with a successful interim head coach.

LdN
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We are the only one to lose almost all of our recruits. I like Terry because; he forced K to throw down the field, he he demands accountability from everyone, he is a tough guy from a tough town, our players are playing with toughness not seen since coach BOB.
 
Out of the 18 who decommitted, 2 went to VT. Quite a few went to SEC. At this point, no coaches have left. A couple of the staff have left, but some of them came with Franklin. I'm not seeing an overwhelming shift of anyone going to VT. We'll see what happens after Sat.
 
marylovesthelions said:
We are the only one to lose almost all of our recruits. I like Terry because; he forced K to throw down the field, he he demands accountability from everyone, he is a tough guy from a tough town, our players are playing with toughness not seen since coach BOB.
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I don't dislike Terry. I hope he gets a shot.
But the topic is that somehow Kraft made a mistake firing James when he did.

He did not.

Those recruits were leaving now or later this season with Franklin at the helm.
Franklin led the team to losses against NW and UCLA.
The writing was on the wall.

LdN
 
marylovesthelions said:
Kraft has created a disaster by firing a coach without a plan on replacing him. He appears clueless as the football ship sinks beneath him. The only way to mitigate his mistake is to hire Terry Smith. He will coach tough Penn State football.
Any other coach who fails will end Kraft's career here.
PS No more multi year $50 million guarantees. WE ARE
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A little premature to freak out. Let’s wait until a couple years at least.
 
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but this has been bugging me. I swear Franklin said in the offseason that if we didn’t make the playoffs he would resign (not exact words). Am I crazy or did that actually happen?
 
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