‘26 PA RB Messiah Mickens (Virginia Tech Verbal)

[Ophiocordyceps]

Does it make sense to fire Franklin mid-season and lose all of your recruits?

 

[SportsingHard]

Does it make sense to fire Franklin mid-season and lose all of your recruits?

While I think the firing was dumb, firings, once certain, are generally better undertaken sooner than later. The sooner you blow everything up, the sooner you can pick up the pieces.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Does it make sense to fire Franklin mid-season and lose all of your recruits?

What's more important, that, or losing all of your games?

 

[FWIrish4]

What's more important, that, or losing all of your games?

Are they going to win anymore games this year?

 

[Irish Man3]

Probally woulda ended up here but we are all full

Unless perhaps, you think he’s good enough to play WR or DT

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Are they going to win anymore games this year?

Without Allar, no.

You could fire Franklin in a couple of weeks, after Thanksgiving, whatever. The recruiting class, while a priority, has to take a back seat to other things at this point.

 

[LifelongFan]

They were probably losing a ton of these guys regardless with how this season has gone.

 

[calvegas04]

Can he play DL?

 

[dublinirish]

Without Allar, no.

You could fire Franklin in a couple of weeks, after Thanksgiving, whatever. The recruiting class, while a priority, has to take a back seat to other things at this point.

they'll beat MSU and Rutgers but got hosed by Iowa, Indiana, OSU and Nebraska

 

[ulukinatme]

Probally woulda ended up here but we are all full

If he's interested again do we make room? I'm inclined to say no, kick rocks. It goes back to: "More Carrs, less Moores." for me. I want guys that are committed to ND and unwavering.

Does it make sense to fire Franklin mid-season and lose all of your recruits?

From a recruit standpoint I dunno. From a future standpoint Penn State is getting in early as the top destination possibly in the next Coaching Carousel. I'm not sure what coach currently on the hot seat would have a more attractive location. Michigan might be the only one where the seat could be warm and it would be a better job.

 

[Rizzophil]

Can he play DL?

Are we still doing this? Asking for a friend

 

[Katzenboyer]

Does it make sense to fire Franklin mid-season and lose all of your recruits?

It does if you don't want him to coach the program anymore.

What happens if PSU catches lightning in a bottle, Franklin wins the rest of the way (including with wins against OSU and IU), and wins a bowl game to go 10-3? How do you fire him if that happens?

Leave nothing for tomorrow that can be done today.

 

[notredomer23]

Fong’d to Oklahoma.

PSU isn’t gonna have a single top 300 player when this is said and done. Sucks to be bad and broke

 

[Dale]

Fong’d to Oklahoma.

PSU isn’t gonna have a single top 300 player when this is said and done. Sucks to be bad and broke

Their GM who has been with Franklin since Vandy is already at Va Tech. Basically all of their off field staff are no longer with the program.

 

[Bane]

Their GM who has been with Franklin since Vandy is already at Va Tech. Basically all of their off field staff are no longer with the program.

When I see what has happened to PSU since they fired the Black Brian Kelly, I'm so glad we had Marcus Freeman there waiting in the wings when the White James Franklin ditched us. The wheels could have fallen off quickly and we could have been right back to square one.

 

[greyhammer90]

Their GM who has been with Franklin since Vandy is already at Va Tech. Basically all of their off field staff are no longer with the program.

That seems less than ideal

 

[Dale]

When I see what has happened to PSU since they fired the Black Brian Kelly, I'm so glad we had Marcus Freeman there waiting in the wings when the White James Franklin ditched us. The wheels could have fallen off quickly and we could have been right back to square one.

Yup I’ve seen a lot of “good riddance” from PSU fans on Franklin’s staffers following him but the alternative is they all could have stayed, worked hard for PSU as a program through NSD to get the class over the hump and then left after. Doesn’t seem to be the case. If the recruit and staff exodus is followed by a player exodus, I would imagine that tune changes.

 

[ColoradoIrish]

Flipped to VT

 

[thekid33]

It will be interesting to see how much/little raiding of the Harrisburg kids Franklin will be able to do moving forward.

 

[DCDomer]

It will be interesting to see how much/little raiding of the Harrisburg kids Franklin will be able to do moving forward.

One I'd keep an eye on is Tony Rojas. He retweeted this commitment, posted a ton of pro-Franklin stuff after the firing, and he's from VA.

Would be a huge get.

 

[DCK_1981]

Wait, so Fong threw down a CB last week and he committed elsewhere a few days later. I’ve rarely seen that. I always thought when Wiltfong chimes in it’s all but done. Something to think about after the prediction on Spell.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Big miss, Messiah should be scoring in the shadow of Touchdown Jesus. Plus he's obviously Mickens' son.

 

[HouseofPain]

So these guys all flock to Virginia Tech to be terrible there as well

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

So these guys all flock to Virginia Tech to be terrible there as well

Franklin couldn’t ever beat the best teams in the country, and he’s a bit of a cuck, but his players liked him and his PSU teams were far from terrible.

 

[ulukinatme]

Flipped to VT

Chose wrong twice! Good luck to him, can't imagine following Big Game James again after he blew it this year. We'll be fine of course, we just keep reloading.