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The money difference between P2 schools and VT (even after our increased budget) is startling.
PSU is dropping big money to more than likely continue to play second fiddle to OSU. 🙄
Whit and Sands are the gifts that keep on giving. Have screwed VT athletics continually and put us behind the 8 ball for over a decade now.
I think at this point you have to do a hail mary for Shane. Bump his pay and job security from SC and give him the budget to hire all star coordinators.
I don't know about Shane's interest or lack thereof, but we're getting absolutely screwed by this carousel.
We'll be lucky to be in the top 10 openings by season's end.
I can't stand him personally, but he would win. We'd be lucky to have him.
I thought our last two coaches were good guys. I don't need the next one to be a nice guy. He just needs to not be a loser.
This carousel is now going to be insanely tough with a lot of high profile openings. I'd say the odds we end up with Shane are getting increasingly higher. I don't buy his public signals that he's not interested.
Have watched several Jets games and just don't understand how Fields is still starting over Tyrod. Fields is as bad as Drones on holding onto the ball. He took nine sacks against Denver in their 13-11 loss and almost every one of them he had plenty of time to throw. Jets only had 82 yards of offense and were 2 for 15 on 3rd down. Only reason they got as many points as they did was defense forcing turnovers and a safety for offense getting flagged for holding in the End Zone.
Well the financial implications also wouldn't be as bad if he didn't negotiate such one-sided deals we can't get out of, lol. I mean even Pry who we had 0 competition for and basically asked if he wanted the job, we signed for $4+ mil a year and a buyout of I believe 75% of his remaining contract. Shane was hired at SC for like $2.5 mil on his initial deal.
Would be pretty hilarious
A live view of hokieforever12
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We definitely is not the best at moving on from Bell coaches. I'm curious how much of this is him versus our financial situation.
The expectations in Happy Valley are outrageous.
But unlike at VT, their funding matches their expectations.
Norval just lost to Pitt. He might be gone. Freeze continues to have unimpressive results and even worse pressers.Honestly, I think Napier is the most likely of the three to keep his job. And I don't think the odds are great lol
I know PSU fans are fed up with him not being able to break through the ceiling, but this gives me massive Nebraska Bo Pelini vibes. The likelihood of them being able to hire a coach who can take the next step vs a coach who can't replicate the same level of consistency is extremely low.
This was my opinion a couple years ago, but we've seen Penn State make enormous investments in the program. Their NIL is one of the best in the game. They have two coordinators each making $3 million. And, they no longer have to play Ohio State and Michigan every single regular season.
No hire is a guarantee, but I think it's pretty likely that the next guy at Penn State makes a playoff in his first year or two.
I know my vote will not count (unless I become the 150th 🙄 committee member) but:
I for one want NOTHING to do with Franklin.
Honestly, dude rolls out of bed and wins 9 games
Wow, just wow. Took them to within a game of the national championship last year and fired this year.
I boldly (and incorrectly) stated yesterday that Franklin would survive due to the buyout which I had read (on Black Shoe Diaries) was 56 million dropping to 49 million on January 1st.
The expectations in Happy Valley are outrageous. I get it that this year has been tough but (and I am not a fan of James) Franklin had done as well as I expect anyone to do at that job.
We need a big cash injection though. Our total football operating budget in fiscal year 2024 was about $40 million. Penn State just paid James Franklin $49 million to never coach another game for them.
They spent more than our entire football budget to fire their coach...
I'm getting off topic here, but I think there's a belief that the $30 million per year donation increase is going to close the funding gap between us and a lot of other schools.
It does not.
Whoa. That's a whole lotta dead money.
I have to agree, this is actually kind of pretty bad for us
This is shocking. I thought Norvell was at risk and maybe Freeze or Napier, but probably the second best coach in program history who made the semifinals last year? I know PSU fans are fed up with him not being able to break through the ceiling, but this gives me massive Nebraska Bo Pelini vibes. The likelihood of them being able to hire a coach who can take the next step vs a coach who can't replicate the same level of consistency is extremely low.
I don't doubt that Franklin's family would rather live in Florida than happy Valley Penn State. I'm telling you that I don't think Florida has any interest in hiring Franklin.
Franklin is a tough sell to any fan base after losing back-to-back games as a 20 point favorite, while having two coordinators on the roster making $3 million per year
lol, is there any chance we interview Franklin? Would be pretty hilarious to replace his old DC with him.
Franklin's family is in Florida and his wife reportedly isn't happy in Happy Valley.
Expect Florida to fire Napier and hire Franklin.
Hey even G5 teams surprise sometimes. With cash injection (not just some of the hopes and dreams of cash injection) and the right coach we can get back to at least being in the conversation every year and not just a "remember them" conversation
It doesn't make him look any less like a kicker or punter out there haha
I don't know if he's an attractive candidate after this weekend. Penn State has been really well financed over the last two seasons, and they plateaued. Florida, Auburn, etc. all have national championship potential, and have all won or competed for a national championship far more recently the Penn State has.
Maybe at an Arkansas or if Missouri opens up because Drinkowitz gets poached, I could see those schools settling for him... but no blueblood/blueblood adjacent school (except for maybeee USC) will give him a shot.
Two students were selling these pre-game for $5 each