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Yeah, if successful, you announce this as soon as you can, as loudly as you can, as often as you can.
Good question that I don't know the answer to.
What's Skip Holtz up to these days?
You can also add the fact that we always knew he was a rental and was not going stay long term, but he did bring the program back from the abyss.
"never seemed in a hurry..."
That's why practice was starting 45 minutes late or whatever!
Dax
Either those teams are already talking to Franklin, in which case, the timing of the deadline isn't that important, or those teams will have to fire a coach, make their pitch to Franklin, and get an offer on the table that beats Tech's offer, all before Monday at EOD.
But like you, I am also anticipating the same reporting.
I feel like the last time there were rumors of something coming to fruition, and then it actually came to fruition was ... maybe the Devon Hunter commitment? That one didn't exactly workout the way we all thought it would.
A deadline that conveniently allows time for Auburn or Kentucky to enter the pool as well..
I'm looking forward to the inevitable reporting about how tech made a serious run at him and were very aggressive and demonstrated their commitment but they just couldn't reach an agreement.
PSU has unrealistic expectations. FSU, UF, and LSU don't. PSU hasn't won a national championship since 1986.
LSU should probably fire coaches if they haven't won one in the first four years, because the three coaches preceding Brian Kelly did so. LSU is arguably the best job in the country with the most in-state talent who all want to go to the state school. Their most recent one was only 6 years ago.
Florida has won 3 natty's since PSU won their last one, and 2 since 2000
FSU has also won 3 natty's since PSU won their last one, one of those since 2010.
Florida is the most talent rich state in the country. Unlike Louisiana, you have to fight 4 major conference teams for those recruits, but the path to the trophy is clear.
It won't be if Franklin will pick based on expectations, it'll be those 3 schools passing on Franklin because they believe he has a ceiling that is lower than their expectations to compete for national championships.
Agree...I don't like him due to his personality but, that being said, he's not run Programs mired in scandal or obvious malfeasance.
Right. When I say I don't like Franklin I mean that in my group of coaches I don't like, there's Franklin, 10 foot of garbage, then Brian Kelly, Art Briles, High Freeze, etc. at the bottom of the barrel.
In modern day football, head coaches aren't just guys who can coach Xs and Os. You have to run an operation, especially at the bigger programs. Franklin has that experience and if he comes to VT I'll be happy, even though he's not a guy I'd like to have a beer with.
also, looking at how the defense rankings pin-balled up and down throughout the 2010s makes you wonder if their scheduling impacted that. The B1G, outside of OSU and maybe Michigan, isn't known for offenses. Were some of those defense rankings inflated simply by who they played in those years (or, perhaps more accurately, who they didn't play?)?
I don't have the time to go and look at their schedule for those years but there's almost a pattern there that would suggest the years they had stellar defense rankings might have coincided with years they didn't have to play some of the tougher teams in the B1G. Just some food for thought.
This is OT but have you seen all of the A&M fans up in arms because of Buzz apparently admitting to telling a recruit he was leaving (or thinking of leaving, I haven't watched the clip)? It's so funny because they're complaining about him doing that and stealing their recruits with a foot out of the door and tech fans have been like ..yeah, he does that.
Buzz at VT ended with our best ever Tournament finish in the modern era. I know you're referencing the talent drain that happened with his departure, but you can't ignore the last on the court results.
I think before the season it could've been a possibility for Pry to step down to DC and Franklin (if he had been available) to step in as HC. Now, after what happened in the first couple games, Pry can't be a coach at VT until all the current players are gone. There's a non-zero chance if Franklin gets hired that Pry returns to Blacksburg, a place and a school he genuinely loves, to be on Franklin's staff. But that's 5 years down the road.
LOL. Samesies... (Cries)
EVERY agent uses every open job as a bargaining chip until their client signs. It's not personal.
I had similar experiences with Pry. Ran into him a number of times out and about in town. He was always gracious with his time. Never seemed in a hurry and would willingly chat, take pics, or even offer a hand if needed. He got the community in a real way. It is super unfortunate that the coaching part didn't work out because it will be hard to do better from a man of the people perspective. Always seemed like a genuinely nice guy.
Agree...I don't like him due to his personality but, that being said, he's not run Programs mired in scandal or obvious malfeasance.
I think he is probably the hire that has the highest floor of those that we know to be available.
Now if he and Sexton are using VT as a bargaining chip (which I do think is still a significant possibility), then he will be hated in Blacksburg to an all new level.
Especially when he wasn't fired b/c of the decline of the team. As Saban stated on Gameday, they were ranked pre-season number 2 bc of the conditions that Franklin had created at the program.
Good stuff!
My opinion of Bud has always been that of your company's top engineer who can be pulled into deal meetings to explain the technical concerns/concepts, persuade the client that it will work as intended, etc. But then he leaves and the CEO type takes over with the glad-handing, negotiations, and seals the deal. I never have seen Bud as one of those CEO guys. Very similar, in fact, to Kliff Kingsbury. Seemed like a terrible HC from what I saw on Hard Knocks for Arizona, but he has been doing an incredible job at Washington as OC, his bread & butter.
