(OT) Penn State Football - James Franklin no longer

zambonir 2025-10-16 02:02:44 UTC #142

But that's not true. Brady has zero days as a college coordinator and only one year as a major college assistant coach, period (he was only a GA at PSU). OSU and MIchigan's guys have both been at it for years. More than 20 years in Ryan Day's case including as acting OSU head coach during Meyer's suspension. And he was even in the NFL (with the Eagles!). Moore has almost 15 years and also served as Michigan's HC during suspensions (lol).

Kingsbury couldn't handle which job? He wasn't great at Texas Tech and it was dumb to make him an NFL head coach. But he's much more accomplished than Brady as a college OC (much longer resume, same single Heisman winner, and in the college game in general). And he's done decently so far in DC. I think someone who has been a head coach for 10 years and failed is probably still more qualified than most people who've never done it, especially if they get better (like Steve Sarkisian, even if he's not having the year everyone expected either).

bigegypt0417 2025-10-16 02:44:56 UTC #143

So the hair you're splitting is he hasn't been a college coordinator?

He's been a successful NFL coordinator and also was a passing coordinator on a team that won a national championship.

I get what you're saying but a 36 year old with his resume is not the worst choice to consider.

zambonir 2025-10-16 14:40:18 UTC #144

He hasn't been a college coordinator or a college head coach or a head coach of any kind. And he only coached college football at this level for one year. That doesn't seem like hair splitting. That's maybe a guy Penn State hires in 2012 or 2014 when the job was to start from scratch and a risky unconventional choice made sense (though even O'Brien had college experience and Franklin was winning at a small school in the best league in college football). I guess one way to get a guy with a better record against Top 10 teams than Franklin is if he's 0-0.

There's just no reason to think he'd want the job or they'd want him. Being a tactical genius is maybe 5% of the job of college football head coach, and 50% of it is stuff pro head coaches don't have to put up with.

I still reckon you don't fire James Franklin if you don't already have your list of successors (because that's how all ADs work), and that is probably a two-man list.

My only question would be if there's another Kirby Smart or Dan Lanning out there. Heck, why isn't Jim Knowles that? Brian Hartline's name is also on the clickbait sites. He has a longer and better CFB resume than Brady.

zambonir 2025-10-16 21:50:02 UTC #145