Franklin “Had to Go…” Here’s Why We Needed Him to Stay

Steelers1 · Wednesday at 5:15 PM

mcpat said:
You’re saying there only around 10 coaches in CFB that are better than Franklin. Curious if you think the 11th best coach in all of college football should be expected to have two unranked seasons with losing conference records in the last five years.

I dont even think there are ten better. I thought the same thing as you unitl I started a list... I got about 5 that were clearly upgrades (and nooo way they were coming here).

1. Ryan Day
2. Kirby Smart
3. Kurt Cignetti
4. Marcus Freeman (Probably)
5. Dan Lanning (maybe)

Okay fill in the next five that are CLEARLY better, Im sure Im missing some.

Steelers1 · Wednesday at 5:19 PM

mcpat said:
Coaches who have not finished with a losing conference record at least twice in last five years:

Day
Smart
McGuire
Lanning
Kiffin
Elko
DeBoer
Freeman
Sitake
Sarkisian
Whittingham
Sumrall
Key
Ferentz
Heupel
Lashlee
Campbell

Stopping there. I’m sure there are many more.

So you're telling me Matt Cambell is better, Kirk Ferentz, Josh Heupel etc. That's a bad metric to measure a head coach. Its like me saying name ten coaches that had their teams in the final four in the year of 2025.

Mufasa94 · Wednesday at 5:39 PM

rigi19041 said:
Franklin had been to the final 4.

Ooooo, once in a dozen years because of a favorable format. PSU didn’t even finish ranked in the top 4.

It’s not like Franklin had Dabo like success to put up with his and his agent’s repeated rumors/extension occurrences.

rigi19041 said:
Campbell will never sniff the playoffs.

Campbell wasn’t my preference. I cross my fingers and hope he does well just as I did with Franklin after the ‘21 extension.

Marshall2323 · Wednesday at 5:57 PM

Erial_Lion said:
Like a scorned lover...Franklin could do no wrong and anyone questioning him knew nothing about football. And suddenly, Campbell is a complete idiot and a total loser. It's kinda sad what he's become on this forum.

Just can't wait to give Campbell credit for improvement. It's just that there isn't any.

Mufasa94 · Wednesday at 5:58 PM

Steelers1 said:
So..... would you fire our coach now????

I didn’t say to hire him, nor am I Mark Cuban like to be able pay for whatever I’d like to have done.

Any more ridiculous questions?

Marshall2323 · Wednesday at 5:59 PM

Steelers1 said:
So..... would you fire our coach now???? Same spot as last year, with less talent coming in. And the guy before, had us in the final four just 8 months earlier seems like that should buy a little more time.

You just don't recognize excellence at the highest level

Marshall2323 · Wednesday at 6:02 PM

Mufasa94 said:
Ooooo, once in a dozen years because of a favorable format. PSU didn’t even finish ranked in the top 4.

It’s not like Franklin had Dabo like success to put up with his and his agent’s repeated rumors/extension occurrences.

Campbell wasn’t my preference. I cross my fingers and hope he does well just as I did with Franklin after the ‘21 extension.

Speaking of "favorable format" let's talk about how Campbell choked away the most favorable PSU schedule in memory.

Psumatt85 · Wednesday at 8:46 PM

Marshall2323 said:
Just can't wait to give Campbell credit for improvement. It's just that there isn't any.

4-8, 5-7, 6-6. Improvement and new contract!!!

Krafts got this

Mufasa94 · Wednesday at 9:57 PM

Marshall2323 said:
Speaking of "favorable format" let's talk about how Campbell choked away the most favorable PSU schedule in memory.

There are plenty of current threads to discuss that subject. This one was made specifically about Franklin and “needing him”.

Chumboshifko1 · 2026-10-22T06:01:05-0500

Mufasa94 said:
There are plenty of current threads to discuss that subject. This one was made specifically about Franklin and “needing him”.

2323 is obsessed. And a board cluttering clown. With many self liking nics.

Marshall2323 · 2026-10-22T07:07:42-0500

Mufasa94 said:
There are plenty of current threads to discuss that subject. This one was made specifically about Franklin and “needing him”.

Franklin is employed elsewhere. We need a coach that can win more than he did. Good luck with that.

Chumboshifko1 · 2026-10-22T07:47:25-0500

Marshall2323 said:
Franklin is employed elsewhere. We need a coach that can win more than he did. Good luck with that.

There's no "we" with you

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BobPSU92 · 2026-10-22T14:01:19-0500

For f*ck’s sake.

Marshall2323 · 2026-10-22T15:19:16-0500

Chumboshifko1 said:
There's no "we" with you .

We Deserve Better

Psurock · 2026-10-22T15:33:53-0500

Chris Holtman came out of nowhere .and helped the Buckeyes have a deep tournament run. They let him go 2 years ago despite a talented roster, very quickly. Sometimes you find a diamond in the rough. Unfortunately for Franklin his constant salesman pitch for raises always rubbed people the wrong way. I won't miss his overlydramatic time out calls yet he did get his players to believe in him

ApexLion · 2026-10-22T19:14:51-0500

Marshall2323 said:
With Franklin the problem was Franklin. Now the problem is money

No, the problem with Franklin was Franklin and money.

Marshall2323 · 2026-10-22T19:19:11-0500

Marshall2323 said:
Sitake is a very good coach. I just don't think he was a fit in Central Pa.

Agreed

Marshall2323 · 2026-10-22T19:22:56-0500

ApexLion said:
No, the problem with Franklin was Franklin and money.

Thankful the problems are gone.

Erial_Lion · 2026-10-22T20:01:53-0500

Marshall2323 said:
Agreed

That’s better than disagreeing with your own post, lol.

Chumboshifko1 · 2026-10-22T20:01:54-0500

Marshall2323 said:
Thankful the problems are gone.

Marshall2323 · 2026-10-23T05:56:45-0500

Erial_Lion said:
That’s better than disagreeing with your own post, lol.

At least I'm consistent!

LaJollaCreek · 2026-10-23T06:48:06-0500

For those retired high school coaches that still worship a college HC, this is pretty accurate.

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