Terry Smith on Drew Allar: “Our system wasn’t built for him.”

Bwifan

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Borque is not coming to Penn State. So your question is irrelevant. We're getting Will Wood. Nowhere near as talented.

Interesting that O$U and Auburn have entered the picture with him as well now.... Gonna be a tough pull for whoever lands him with most likely a lot of money being thrown at him.
 

DaytonRickster

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No, I'm critical of Drew constantly for his misguided loyalty to a man that was using him. He was someone that needed guidance. Terry claims he knew it was a problem and did...nothing.

Franklin didn't care about Allar. Franklin cared about Franklin. The NIL money was to benefit himself. If Franklin cared for him he would have told him to enter the draft.
How do you know Terry did nothing? Terry was the assistant head coach and probably expressed his opinion. His primary responsibility was defense, not offense. He loves PSU, so why would he quit or publically embarrassed CJF over the QB situation. Terry perhaps knew the end of the CJF era was near.
 

KingLando

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How do you know Terry did nothing? Terry was the assistant head coach and probably expressed his opinion. His primary responsibility was defense, not offense. He loves PSU, so why would he quit or publically embarrassed CJF over the QB situation. Terry perhaps knew the end of the CJF era was near.
What did he do? That's the question.
Loyalty to Penn State made the program worse.
You all love Terry because he loves Penn State and therefore ignore valid criticism. Why say it now then? Is that not embarrassing Franklin over the situation? Is it not worse to make the claim after the fact?
 

DaytonRickster

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What did he do? That's the question.
Loyalty to Penn State made the program worse.
You all love Terry because he loves Penn State and therefore ignore valid criticism. Why say it now then? Is that not embarrassing Franklin over the situation? Is it not worse to make the claim after the fact?
Well, none of us were/are privy to conversations between the two of them. I guess we have to leave to speculation on all our parts as well as the reason for the timing of Terry's recent comments. I agree with you that Drew should have pirtalled or entered the draft after his junior yeah. I still believe his loyalty kept him at PSU and perhaps his loyalty was perceived by Drew and not genuine on CJF's part. Again, open to speculation by all. Appreciate the differing opinions but I'm out on this thread.
 

rigi19041

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and the AD paid the coach for 4 years...when most of us were saying the same thing..."why recruit a pro style QB for a dual threat offense?"

Were there many 5* dual threat QBs standing in line to go to psu?

You don't always have a choice.

Just picture yourself at a bar at 3am.

Only 4 top 25 QBs still on the board. Only one with a psu offer.
 
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PSUFTG

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The things that manifest themselves on the field, that cause people to question Allar's ceiling, are not things that are/were due to "system".
One COULD argue they were due to coaching/development. That could be a reasoned argument. But the "system" bit is just an easy out.
 

KingLando

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Well, none of us were/are privy to conversations between the two of them. I guess we have to leave to speculation on all our parts as well as the reason for the timing of Terry's recent comments. I agree with you that Drew should have pirtalled or entered the draft after his junior yeah. I still believe his loyalty kept him at PSU and perhaps his loyalty was perceived by Drew and not genuine on CJF's part. Again, open to speculation by all. Appreciate the differing opinions but I'm out on this thread.
This is a fair response. Drew's ultimately to be blamed for his bad decisions but it seems very clear that many people who knew better didn't try to help him.