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Sure, he accepts now and makes 3-4 million to coach our last 3 games then accepts the offer from Ole Miss during the off season after Lane is hired away.
same message to the P2 that UNC sent w/ the Belichick hire.
God I hope not. I think just about everyone knew that this was an absolutely terrible idea from the get-go. I don't think anyone thought UNC/BB would be this bad, but no one outside of UNC really expected them to make a bowl game. Everyone knew this was a joke, even without the whacky GF/Fiance stuff.
His pay would start as of the effective day of his contract. I imagine he would want to get a jump start on recruiting.
The only thing that matters for this upcoming season is home game ticket revenue and the like.
And only two home games left including this weekend. And Miami is already a sellout and people will likely actually go if only to watch Miami and cause of the intense dislike of Miami
this is a good thought -
that said, if I were hired for a job and hadn't technically started but I wanted to get ahead of the curve and start getting pieces in place to help me be successful, I'd do it off the clock. We might not be paying him (or even requiring him) to recruit but he might want to anyway. If he wants to use this opportunity to show PSU they made a mistake (everything I've heard about him is that he's petty and will likely want to stick it to PSU some how) it's going to be in his interest to get out ahead of things to increase his odds at success.
In a stunning move, Penn State hires Franklin back to avoid having to pay his offset and realizing they aren't going to get a better coach..
Interesting thought. If we hired Franklin tomorrow, does he coach the next game and draw a salary for this year? Unless we are paying him to coach, I wouldn't expect him to recruit.
I kinda feel this way about Bud. Great DC for us, no question. I'm not sure he would have made a good HC and it would have been very painful if he got the HC job and then failed
I don't know Shane, don't have any connection. While there is a path for Shane to have huge, long-term success at VT, the reality is there are far many more ways for him to fail. I'm sure he loves VT, and we love him for his contributions, but man I can't imagine the nauseous feeling that would be accompanied by fans screaming for his dismissal if things didn't work out perfectly. Sometimes it is better to wonder, "what could have been."
The grass is certainly not always greener.
That karma, she'll get after ya!
Going to be comical when PSU gets forced to hire a G5 coach because all their targets get extensions or have better job prospects in the SEC.
This. And this could just be me trying to find the silver lining, but it may be possible that even if Franklin has no intention of coming to VT, but the rumors keep swirling for a bit, it may help with the perception that we're serious and help us land a better candidate than we would have if we weren't being talked about at all.
Getting close my man...getting close. Almost there!!!!
VT hiring Franklin is the same shot across the landscape that VT hiring Buzz was. And regardless of how Buzz at VT ended, you can't say he didn't immediately and significantly raise our profile while he was here. And that is exactly what we need right now
He also mentioned early yesterday that Penn State fans not wanting Rhule would get their wish. Then late yesterday or early this morning it was announced Rhule has signed an extension with Nebraska. So it's possible this person in PSU circles has good info.
Texas is reported to have between $35-$40M in NIL above their Revenue Share. Texas Tech reportedly paid out $28M in NIL above Revenue Share.
For the record he seems to be a Penn St guy so the calls aren't coming from inside this house.
VT hiring Franklin would send the same message to the P2 that UNC sent w/ the Belichick hire. We're serious about big boy football. But hopefully with better results and definitely with less icky and dramatic relationship baggage.
Are the revenue sharing deals even required to be in the clearinghouse? I thought the clearinghouse was only handling external NIL agreements.
800% agree. Is that enough?
Pry crawled to Blacksburg so Franklin could walk here.
I'm guessing most schools put their NIL deals in place before the 1 July start date of the new requirements that all deals go through the clearinghouse. And only deals using the revenue sharing dollars are what anyone is seeing in the clearinghouse. So I view this year as a one-year free give away year. No facts to back this up.
There was a good crowd for the last game and I expect a good crowd on Saturday.