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I wonder if this means we can go lower on his early contract OR back load the contract, since it will be offset by his Penn State buyout, and use that money to build out the rest of the staff at a higher level
My understand is that this is doable, BUT the salary has to be reasonable. Ie - we could pay him the median ACC salary, but I we tried to pay him $1m, PSU would likely sue him.
Damn Tennessee teams screwed me out of a perfect week
Had about half the Hokies TOTAL rushing yards from this season in one game.
522 vs 1,117 (7 games)
I think this is being overplayed to a certain degree. Pry failed horribly at VT but it wasn't VT's fault that he couldn't win. He just flat out wasn't a good HC, didn't hire good coordinators, and didn't get good QBs. It would be one thing if he was actually making strides and we fired him prematurely. But he had a losing record going into his fourth year and got blown off the field by ODU. Just an untenable situation.
It certainly makes it a bit more awkward but at the end of the day, this is a business. If Franklin wanted to hire Pry as an assistant or analyst on his staff I don't think many people would be opposed in VT circles. By all accounts he was super well liked, just not HC material.
TEEMING WITH INTEL
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9 months 2 hours
# | The Argument for James Franklin to be the next VT Football Coach This would be an obvious yes from me.
I've only heard this mentioned lightly, so I am not certain on the details, but if my understanding of his buyout is correct, there is language that he needs to look for job aggressively in either coaching or media, and that his buyout would be offset by that contract. I wonder if this means we can go lower on his early contract OR back load the contract, since it will be offset by his Penn State buyout, and use that money to build out the rest of the staff at a higher level. I do not know how viable this would be, but it is an interesting thought at least.
I tend to agree
I think we'd have a shot without the Pry situation, but he's likely to get much better offers, at least in terms of salary and institutional support. If he's choosing between something like UF, Auburn, or even Arkansas vs VT, then he's likely to go the SEC route. If he's choosing between VT and another school at roughly the same level, he'd likely choose the other option because of the Pry awkwardness.
he had 3 runs with more yards than the Iowa QB
"pre-retirement jaunt"?
He's 53, not 63. He has a lot of years of coaching left.
This is the value prop imo. Franklin might win 'only' 9 games (or less), but you know he'll squeeze every dollar out of our administration.
A Running Back from Curry College ran for 522 yards last night on 20 carries and scored 7 touchdowns.
The touchdowns included runs of 85, 84, 76, 64, 58, 30 and 2 yards.
Surpasses the 427 yards by Samaje Perrine in 2014.
I have never understood the hype around Fickell. Yes he did well at Cincinnati, but it's like everyone collectively forgot that he went 6-6 as the interim HC at anOSU after Tressel left. Dude was given one of the best rosters in the B1G at the time and did that. Not to mention that he had never coached outside of the state of Ohio. But people thought him moving back up to the P2 level where he was previously mediocre with a stacked roster on top of coaching at a recruiting wasteland like Wisconsin was supposed to be a recipe for success? I just don't get it.
Hmm, so what if Franklin came here? Would he hire Pry as his DC? No, of course not, but talk about a weird dynamic.
10 LSU at 17 Vanderbilt (Vandy -2.5)
14 Oklahoma at South Carolina (Oklahoma -4.5)
5 Ole Miss at 9 UGA (UGA -6.5)
20 South California at 13 Notre Dame (ND -7.5)
11 Tennessee at 6 Alabama (Al -8.5)
23 Utah at 15 BYU (Utah -3.5)
4-2; would be 11-7 overall in the 3 weeks. Man, I should have signed up
I will say that I watched Franklin's interview on College Gameday and was actually impressed. He is (at least publicly) handling the situation with a high degree of professionalism. And it doesn't hurt his stock when Nick Saban comes out and says without reservation that PSU treated him unfairly in this situation.
Franklin said all the right things. He has always been well spoken so that is no surprise.
One of my negatives towards him is that I want VT to go younger. That being said Franklin came across as a coach who is still hungry and he presents as much younger than he is.
All of this probably won't matter to VT as I am reading chatter on BSD that Franklin has an interview in Gainesville on Wednesday. Even if not Florida he is going to have options.
Neither QB broke 100 yards passing, top receiver is 21 yards. Big 10 football at its best.
Best week so far with 3
I can think of at least one excuse
That being said, two of the three still really don't belong in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
I think from an organizational level at least, Franklin would be good for VT.
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9 months 5 hours
# | The Argument for James Franklin to be the next VT Football Coach I'm adding him to my list of "Go To" candidates in order of preference and this is after time has passed to really "understand" why it is this way.
Huff (used to be Mullen)
Mullen
Franklin
IMHO, Huff would be the hungriest of the group and have the passion/energy battle won. He has the GFY attitude needed right now from a HC. He will be able to win (quickly) and keep the locker room.
As stated before, I would be pretty amped on either 3.
This year, I think 3 wins is a great week for me.
Sheldon does know football
Yeah but that 2020 class wasn't part of a coaching change. There was no excuse
Fun fact: Franklin is younger than Pry