Unbelievable! Krafty The Clown fired Franklin basically 1 year after he negotiated himself a huge raise & an 8-Year ironclad guarantee (link)

JoePaMajorCFBrecord409Ws said:

Here is a hotlink to the article:

https://www.yardbarker.com/college_...ates_disastrous_2026_season/s1_17392_44416604

It is outrageous that this self-absorbed empty-suit clown negotiates himself a massive pay raise and 8 year guarantee.... and then shortly thereafter fires Franklin because he was asking for additional funding for the program and a renegotiated contract after the making it to the Final Four of the College Football Playoffs in 2024???

We're now on the hook for paying Krafty The Clown $14 million to stop destroying our Football Program and Athletic Department??? This is the biggest hypocritical load of crap (and irresponsible management of The Universities assets) ever - just utterly ridiculous! The more you dig on precisely what has transpired the last 2 years regarding Kraft, the more revolting it gets. They gave this horses @$$ empty-suit a huge pay raise and a 8-year ironclad Guaranteed Contract worth $16 million in August 2024????? What precisely for? Rhoades (Kraft's first big hire after coming on board) has been an unmitigated disaster! The PSU BoT and President should be sued for gross mismanagement of PSU's resources - this is just ridiculous that you would completely unnecessarily sign Kraft to this kind of contract when he has done NOTHING to deserve it. Quite to the contrary, he has done nothing but destroy PSU's Athletic Department - and he is rewarded for this bs completely unnecessarily (where precisely was Kraft going to go if they told him to pound salt re: his contract demands - he had zero leverage)?

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s1uggo72 said:

or maybe they told him to fire CJF, and Kraft was smart enough to ask, 'what do I get?' cause if I do that and the replacement doesnt work out, they will want to fire me. So he got protection and fired CJF.

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Psumatt85 said:

More likely, when in doubt, I go with Neeli, the board, and Kraft are incompetent. Some just more than others

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JoePaMajorCFBrecord409Ws said:

Here is a hotlink to the article:

https://www.yardbarker.com/college_...ates_disastrous_2026_season/s1_17392_44416604

It is outrageous that this self-absorbed empty-suit clown negotiates himself a massive pay raise and 8 year guarantee.... and then shortly thereafter fires Franklin because he was asking for additional funding for the program and a renegotiated contract after the making it to the Final Four of the College Football Playoffs in 2024???

We're now on the hook for paying Krafty The Clown $14 million to stop destroying our Football Program and Athletic Department??? This is the biggest hypocritical load of crap (and irresponsible management of The Universities assets) ever - just utterly ridiculous! The more you dig on precisely what has transpired the last 2 years regarding Kraft, the more revolting it gets. They gave this horses @$$ empty-suit a huge pay raise and a 8-year ironclad Guaranteed Contract worth $16 million in August 2024????? What precisely for? Rhoades (Kraft's first big hire after coming on board) has been an unmitigated disaster! The PSU BoT and President should be sued for gross mismanagement of PSU's resources - this is just ridiculous that you would completely unnecessarily sign Kraft to this kind of contract when he has done NOTHING to deserve it. Quite to the contrary, he has done nothing but destroy PSU's Athletic Department - and he is rewarded for this bs completely unnecessarily (where precisely was Kraft going to go if they told him to pound salt re: his contract demands - he had zero leverage)?

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J.E.B said:

He grabbed it while he was hot. Remember 2024-25 he was a finalist for AD of the year. Top 3! So he was rolling after 3 years. He heard how Franklin did it!

Then all the high hopes for several sports in 2025-26 ended in sub par performances, the Franklin firing and coaching search fiasco. All gone in 4 months… now he’s the villain.

Talk about penthouse to the outhouse in a year!

In the end Neeli hired him and gave him a pay increase. Not very smart especially with the cuts. She’s got some splaining to do!

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s1uggo72 said:

or maybe they told him to fire CJF, and Kraft was smart enough to ask, 'what do I get?' cause if I do that and the replacement doesnt work out, they will want to fire me. So he got protection and fired CJF.

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Catch1lion said:

The article goes on to describe how Kraft haas misjudged the pocket depth of the fans, and what they want in a gameday experience (besides winning). This link is supposed to be free access.

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