FC/OT: Sarkisian says firing of prominent college football coach has him worried for the health of the sport.
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Like Texas doesn't fire coaches.
I follow Tengwell on social media. It just magically appears in my timeline and since some folks here are interested in these kinds of things, I share them. I think Sarkisian is right, but not because a coach got canned, got a buyout, and then got another high paying job coaching football. The players are going to kill this sport (coaches' salaries will help).
PSU football was more fun when the stadium sat 55.000 and the players were college students.
And the coach had coke bottle glasses and whale pants.
Granted I am taking his comments out of context, but Franklin getting fired is what has him concerned about the health of the sport? The out of control NIL system isn't a problem?
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A bunch on this board who need to click on the "show more" part and read that bottom part. It's not that we expect championships yearly, you can't do all the stuff he did to get what he wanted and then produce what he did.
So in this upcoming season, if Texas with a qb who may win the Heisman Trophy starts 3-3 and plays apathetic and disinterested football while doing so, does he think that his own job won't be in jeopardy? The coach about whom he speaks had over twelve seasons at the helm, which is a lifetime these days, and appeared to have quit on his job after the Oregon loss.
smart people know where they stand- CJF knew he wasn't in with Kraft and only winning it all was going to keep his job
the more admirable thing would have been to resign before the season started, but that would have been expecting a lot
I still have PTSD from the end of 2024 season.It pains me every time I read a recap of the 2025 season.
Please take this opportunity to remember that championships are the standard.
I still have PTSD from the end of the 1999 season.
I’d give you 3 guesses as to who Sark’s agent is, but you’ll only need the 1.
Please take this opportunity to remember that championships are the standard.
“The standards are the standards!”
— Terry Smith, October 13, 2025
”We are here to win a National Championship”
— Pat Kraft, October 13, 2025
because it's only been 40 years since we met "the standard"
not only that, but was constantly reminded by the football "experts" that he couldn't win the "big" games. So he went from a "ridiculed" (probably not right word) to a really successful one...the day after he was fired.
Produced one of the top 10 winningest programs in the country….how dare he!
i guarentee you , Sark does not answer to the AD, its a straight line to the president
Exactly. Franklin getting sh|tcanned crossed the line for SARK.? For f*ck’s sake.
The only thing BGJ accomplished was to turn us into a laughingstock
Sark is worried for himself. How much longer will Texas wait?
Probably not long. I don’t think that their fans were too thrilled with how the 2025 season was going until the OU game, and even after that game they didn’t exactly play dominant football. My guess is that his tenure at Texas won’t last as long as Franklin’s tenure at PSU did.
What does Sark and Saban know? It's good the BWICAC set these clowns straight.Exactly. Franklin getting sh|tcanned crossed the line for SARK.
It's getting harder and harder to remember 1986.Please take this opportunity to remember that championships are the standard.
We do a pretty good job of that here daily. People weren't laughing at PSU when Franklin came here. They wanted to wipe out the program.
yep, sort of, I loved the hire and defended him for years but as an athletic administrator myself, he needed to go after his last month of work and it's funny how you guys defend him for it. He set the bar at 'elite' and he did not deliver
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Eventually you have to win more than one big game per decade…even if by accident!
Login credentials to VATech board? I am sure it is buzzing with anticipation…
I have no respect for this clown who essentially quit on PSU after the non-conference games last season. Good riddance.
Then think about 1994; PSU was deemed to be the NC by the NY Times, which PSU added to the back of the scoreboard in the south end zone before the south upper decks were added. Since it was a mythical NC back in 1994, PSU has every right to claim that as a NC season. Also, Paterno had rings given to that team that has the #1 on the face; I have a replica of that ring.
I wonder what Sark has said about Lane Kiffin abandoning his team in the midst of a national championship run