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Sea level here. Been awhile but I'm a club longer in Asheville and at least 2 clubs longer in Albuquerque
I said this when he was hired, he outmans all the unranked teams and wins those, and he struggles with the top 10.. We're in the ACC that means he's 12=1 most years. We dont have an OsU or Michigan. We have Mike Norvell's FSU and a past prime Dabo's Clemson. SMU is a bigger dog right now. (yes Miami too)
Well based on his first letter we knew he was considering it. I wonder if he is trying to bait her into something that he can sue her over rather than an injunction on his firing?
I'm not sure ttu knew he was placing bets on his own team. I have zero doubt that they were aware of the gambling addiction.
Just about every D1 program uses some combination of Sterling/Teamworks/Front Rush to run background checks and validate eligibility on players. They interview previous coaches, people around the player.
I don't think this is the moral failing of TTU; I think it's arrogance to believe they could 'change him' and/or keep it under wraps.
I think the moral failing (for lack of a better term) occurred when TTU said 'we're going to fight to keep this kid - who know broke the rules that we agreed to - eligible so we can do better football'
Update: it appears Rocovich has filed suit in Montgomery County Circuit Court making precisely this argument. That is, that the termination letter was unlawfully vague. I still say the obvious outcome is she just writes another public letter detailing the reasons, at which point, he's out with no recourse. But will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
Even if Franklin has some in game coaching faults and failures, he's been a head coach 15 years and has won nearly 70% of his games. You don't win that many games without being a damn good football coach. Is he elite? No, but he is great and has proven to be one of the most consistently successful coaches in the country for over a decade.
I know Franklin gets killed (and rightfully so) by PSU fans for being a horrid in-game coach. We'll probably witness that first hand once we get into the season.
But even if we see some high-school level coaching ineptitude, I still think this was a home run hire. I don't think there's a coach in the country that could have pulled what he's done from a recruiting standpoint.
They will NOT be denied
And then they go and de-rate Bryce Woods today. The point still stands, Franklin is still killing the recruiting trail.
Will the NCAA be able to enforce next-game suspensions for targeting, or will they too get enjoined? If we can get a judge on the sidelines, is anything impossible? ("Your honor, my client's future prospects would be greatly diminished by a completion rate below 65%. Calling that pass incomplete is an infringement on his economic freedom")
This is the kind of recruiting scenarios we can all appreciate.
Elevation increase experience i have. Play regularly in the Bburg area at 2100 ft ASL. Played in Boulder, CO, mile high elevation, so ~3200 ft higher, had to adjust 2 clubs.
Hope that helps u.
JMMF being cool and collected.
VT fans:
Yes, your Grace.
We bless thy Second Coming, Bronny.
"Look at me, I am the coach now..."
Damn! Me neither! Great work on that alignment!
Do you smellllllalala.
What James Franklin is cookin'
How long before a player stops on the 1 and yeets the ball into the stands? This is kind of an all or nothing situation
I just saw a post on bookface that the 920 pound Marlin was painted and made some big ass gyatoku prints and then donated to CMAST, which is the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Research
I don't want him, I want the #1 recruit in VA! This isn't a loss, more like a "Good, now we have room for the DE from VA that is #1 in the state and the LB from ND."
Well we're movin' on up, to the top five
To a deluxe ranking in the sky
Movin' on up
To the top five
We finally got a piece of the pie
I think the last paragraph is good and was compounded by their egregiously tone deaf interviews/press conferences yesterday full of false equivalencies. The basis of their argument right now is that the NCAA has done a bad job of disciplining players so their player that clearly broke the rules shouldn't be disciplined.