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benw92's picture benw92
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| 7 months 3 weeks # | TKP Builds out Franklin's Staff

But there's definitely been some misses out of high school. There's also been some hits -- Laws, Dandy seems like a diamond in the rough IMO, and Hanchuk if he ever gets healthy. I'm with vtwuzzidsp, I've been underwhelmed with recruiting at a position where there's a lot of high school talent and it's easily identified. The play has been mostly good, but it's been inconsistent at times and Burgos, who seemed like he was destined for big things, has fallen off dramatically.

I wouldn't mind JC staying, but I'd like to see another DL coach come in, especially since that's something Franklin excelled at during his time at PSU.

NavyEMC's picture NavyEMC
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| 7 months 3 weeks # | The Franklin Fit

You know, that's what I meant. 😆 One of those days.

dzilla77's picture dzilla77
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| 7 months 3 weeks # | TKP Builds out Franklin's Staff

This is my concern with Pry. Did they quit and if so why did they quit? I think keeping Pry in any capacity may send the wrong message to the players that are staying.

benw92's picture benw92
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| 7 months 3 weeks # | TKP Builds out Franklin's Staff

Matt Moore*

I 100% agree with OL continuity, and Moore has a track record of good lines once he gets his guys and develops. The question is, does his scheme fit what we're trying to do offensively (depends on OC) and does Franklin want to bring in his guy from PSU Trautwein?

benw92's picture benw92
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| 7 months 3 weeks # | TKP Builds out Franklin's Staff

The issue is did the team quit on him? If so, and it seems they kinda did, he probably can't be in the room with players as long as there are still players from this roster on the team. The only way that would work is if the players who are retained really really love him and weren't ones who quit or lost focus.

Alum07's picture Alum07
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| 7 months 3 weeks # | Stephen A. & Chris Cante Sh*tting On us on First Take

You know I was watching the Ovies & Giglio podcast earlier today when they had CBS' Chip Patterson on talking about the Franklin hire and they made some very interesting points....

If Franklin thought the fans and administration at Penn St was irrational and overly demanding with the way they kicked him to the curb for not being able to make good on a National Championship or Bust mindset, then why would he even want to jump right back into that same mindset at somewhere like an Auburn, Florida, or Florida State, regardless of whether or not they wanted him? Its a no-win situation for a coach that just got canned from Penn St despite being 2 minutes away from a trip to the National Championship Game earlier this year.

Their opinion, Franklin at VT is the perfect fit because, I mean hell our high water mark as a program is basically exactly where he was at Penn St. If VT is giving him absolutely everything he is asking for with a fanbase that was still packing in 55k to watch us get mollywhopped by ODU and a culture and gameday environment that literally sells itself in a conference that is easily winnable with no program at the level of an Ohio State, Michigan or Oregon to contend with, at a school that sits right in the heart of his natural recruiting footprint, there is a very serious argument to be made that there isn't another job out there that makes this kind of sense for him.

Oh, and their opinion is that VT is about to absolutely clean up in recruiting from the DMV to the Tidewater to the Charlotte area. UNC is not prepared for what VT is about to do to their football brand, and if there is one program who should be scared shitless about this hire, its them.

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