FC: New James Franklin article in The Athletic.
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I have an idea. Start your own site where your names and the other half wits who pollute here can rail away with nonsense all day and night.
I still need to find a place with positive discussion of Penn State. Maybe I’ll head over to Old Main. Do they talk about Penn State positively there?
Yet you take time to respond to all my posts.You bring nothing here.
OmertaI still need to find a place with positive discussion of Penn State. Maybe I’ll head over to Old Main. Do they talk about Penn State positively there?
Admittedly, I find you amusing. Sunday papers no longer provide comic sections.
I think you nailed it, Apex. And in the many discussions on these boards, which often conclude that for better or worse Campbell is a lot like James, the point that is missed is that game day decision making and game planning is where PSU needs to improve. And maybe, hopefully, Campbell can do that. If he is "like James" in other respects, I am good with that. But we know the record vs. top 10 teams; the record coming off bye weeks was also poor. As were the odd two point decisions and fake punts/FGs in big games.
Last season ISU led BYU 21-14 At half only to lose 41-27 for its 3rd consecutive loss. Becht threw 3 interceptions. Was Campbell out coached, was he responsible for the critical interceptions?
Or did BYU simply have a better team?
Can you be out coached and win? Who measures this statistic?
Yeah…BGJ could always recruit well…problem was, he couldn’t coach well, especially on game day. His decision making was horrible and his clock management sucked eggs. Player development was position-specific, depending on his assistant expertise…DB, DE, TE were good. OL, DT, RB were average, and QB, WR, LB were horrible.
Yes he was outcoached in that game.
Here's the thing...every coach that has ever lived has been outcoached. The longer they survived as a coach the more times it happens. The problem is when a coach is continously outcoached by the same guy.
I have a question for the AKB.....I have been told that PK attempted to discuss the position with HCMC but the inquiry was sent to an outdated address....never reaching Campbell. After significant time of failure a mediator spoke with both and conveyed PSU'S interest to HCMC and the proper channel was addressed.
Does anyone know if this SNAFU is actual and true?
The emoji imbecile is on the loose.
Supposedly, that did happen.
If true, it's a disturbing level of stupidity. You call the coach's agent, for Christ's sake.
You waste a lot of time posting about him.
His decision making got better and his time or clock management and even Time Outs' aren't much different than any other college or pro coach I've watched.
As for his player development if you think Barkley, Sanders, Allen and Singleton were average RB's you are going to be very disappointed this season. LB'r was also better than you think.
From what I’ve heard HCMC doesn’t have an agent. No excuse for the dysfunction of the hiring process.
If any top program would welcome Big Game James to lead their program then they're moronic. Of course middling programs like Va Tech would like him. He is a middling coach who can't win big games.
I think your assertion of Kraft is way over the top and negatively skewed but have at it. So if Campbell is a success (which I hope you want but not sure) then Kraft gets no credit but if he is a dumpster fire Kraft gets all the blame?
I like Kraft but I'm not a blind fan of his. He is not getting it in hoops (and better fast) and seemed to struggle getting Campbell....but he did land Campbell and thank God he stepped up and canned that walking and talking big game loss.
You can choose to believe what you want, obviously
Fan(atics) have no duty to be restrained by reality.
I hear ya but for me its easy. My dad, a former coach, calls me and says 'Franklin's staff got outcoached and outsmarted. Did you see this play'...and then he proceeds to go point by point and discuss what should have happened and that Franklin should have the squad better prepared for this or that. I saw it too. I had the same f'in conversation with my dad more than 24 times, even sometimes after games they eked out. At some point, you realize its obvious. My dad, who actually likes Franklin, sits there and picks his strategy apart with ease. So, hey its my Dad, I get it. But not 24 times or more. It was obvious Franklin was average as a coach and his staff was average when coordinating during each game.
I really disliked running Allar; not using Tyler Warren vs. OSU near the goal line; passing in OT vs. Oregon; staying in man vs. Michigan State at home; back up qb at Iowa travesty; how the end of the Indiana game out there was handled; the use of the RBs last year when one was having a great deal of success and the other was not; preparation for UCLA out there; and, I could go on and on. Dumb football.
Lots of people have coached football.
Including me. Franklin has been a D1 P4 head coach for now entering 15 years. He has had no trouble finding employment that nets him more than 8 million dollars per year. Meanwhile there are thousands that claim they would do better. It's all part of the deal.
Coaches like me and your Dad had people in the stands that knew how to coach better than we did too. I gave them all the attention they deserved.
Imagine how stupid a coach has to be....all those years of playing, watching film, attending clinics, countless hours of off season conditions etc. When all you need to do is watch games on TV to have all the answers.
He had planned on being done before the season started and jumping at the end of the year, oops!
There is no such thing as "having all the answers"! Just like there is no exact thing as the best coaching style and system. Cignetti proved that last year. Every NFL team and D1 semi-pro team has their preferred style and system. To argue which is better seems useless. CJF had faults, so did Joe PATERNO.....but this bickering over who is wiser is ridiculous. There is no reason to bash HCMC before his team has played a single down....seems foolish. Did everyone predict Nick Saban would win MNC at .LSU and Alabama after a mediocre MSU stint?Lots of people have coached football.
Including me. Franklin has been a D1 P4 head coach for now entering 15 years. He has had no trouble finding employment that nets him more than 8 million dollars per year. Meanwhile there are thousands that claim they would do better. It's all part of the deal.
Coaches like me and your Dad had people in the stands that knew how to coach better than we did too. I gave them all the attention they deserved.
Imagine how stupid a coach has to be....all those years of playing, watching film, attending clinics, countless hours of off season conditions etc. When all you need to do is watch games on TV to have all the answers.
15 years ago we had a guy here that was wiser than the great OZ....think his handle was MKsomething....he would argue just to be contrary. Any JA can complain. Personally.....I feel CJF was a better salesman than football coach. That chapter is closed and everyone should support Head Coach Matt Campbell!
Did any player, player's parent or fellow coach ever threaten to punch you in the face, and if so, did they follow through?
Not so fast my friend. Starting posts bashing Franklin months after he had left is the most important thing in many poster’s lives here. I do agree that the reverse is true as well; way past time for Franklin to stop talking about Penn State.