James Franklin Appreciation Thread

[BilboBaggins]

If Jim Knowles is available this offseason... Freeman has to reach out, right?

 

[MacIrish75]

Does Peña have eligibility left?

 

[dankgesang]

"How old are you now, Marcus?"

 

[FU BK]

I don’t see them hiring Fran Brown at this point. Not enough body of work at Cuse.

Cig would definitely be 1A.

He he leaves IU he is an idiot. They have the means to make him rich, with little to no expectations to deal with

 

[arndtjc]

Kemon Spell YOU are a Notre Dame Fighting Irish

 

[MacIrish75]

He he leaves IU he is an idiot. They have the means to make him rich, with little to no expectations to deal with

Ego does crazy things to a dude. And Cig’s ego is roughly the size of Beaver Stadium.

 

[Huntr]

That is a lot of cabbage to pay someone to jerk off on the beach.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Could you imagine if they hired Cig and said you had to come now?

 

[ColinKSU]

FIRED

Wow. Notre Dame broke him.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Prayers for Franklin's hairline

 

[KPENN]

That is a lot of cabbage to pay someone to jerk off on the beach.

Better than paying him money to jerk off on television every week

 

[GowerND11]

 

[KPENN]

This has to be some sort of history/a record. A Preseason Top 5 team firing their coach 6 games in

 

[greyhammer90]

This is insane. I get that we love to clown on Franklin but just think about how this is James Franklin's reality:

You are a HC who was 3 points away from the NCG last year and finished top 5, you are currently undefeated and No. 3 in the country. Your team takes the lead against Oregon at home in OT.

Fast forward 3 weeks later, you're fired.

 

[Huntr]

Better than paying him money to jerk off on television every week

Good point.

 

[MrNimbus]

We're about to flip some players from there aren't we?

 

[BilboBaggins]

This is insane. I get that we love to clown on Franklin but just think about how this is James Franklin's reality:

You are a HC who was 3 points away from the NCG last year and finished top 5, you are currently undefeated and No. 3 in the country. Your team takes the lead against Oregon at home in OT.

Fast forward 3 weeks later, you're fired.

It's an overreaction by Penn State administration. Franklin is an asshat and I enjoy watching him suffer, but one season's collapse is not worth terminating him. But in the era of NIL, this may be the new normal.

 

[thekid33]

I hope they fuck up at least 3 consecutive hires and spend at least 20 years in football purgatory.

 

[calvegas04]

How much do the throw at MF?

 

[GATTACA!]

 

[zelezo vlk]

This is insane. I get that we love to clown on Franklin but just think about how this is James Franklin's reality:

You are a HC who was 3 points away from the NCG last year and finished top 5, you are currently undefeated and No. 3 in the country. Your team takes the lead against Oregon at home in OT.

Fast forward 3 weeks later, you're fired.

What Drew Allan does to a MF

 

[rikkitikki08]

I hate James Franklin but what an incredibly short leash. Sheesh

I imagine not only was he losing games but losing the locker room behind closed doors

 

[irishandy]

If Jim Knowles is available this offseason... Freeman has to reach out, right?

Yes, 100% agree; ND can easily afford to get Knowles.

 

[Dale]

 

[Dale]

If Jim Knowles is available this offseason... Freeman has to reach out, right?

Legitimately asking, didn’t Day force Knowles to make changes during the season last year? There was some conflict and I thought LJ/Day won out

 

[Irishdawg]

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That go fuck yourself smirk is classic!

 

[thekid33]

Franklin's .160 winning percentage against AP top-10 teams is tied for the third-worst record by a coach (minimum 25 games) at a single school since the poll era began in 1936, according to ESPN Research.

😂❤️

 

[Irish#1]

He also has a pretty good record and got them to the semifinals last year. I have to think that has garnered him a little wiggle room. We know that Coaches have been known to have a clunker of a season and bounce back.

I’ll take the crow with a side of ranch.

Never thought they would do it in season.

 

[Dale]

0 - 4 in his last P4 games starting with Marcus Fucking Freeman.

He literally killed the man

 

[stlnd01]

It's an overreaction by Penn State administration. Franklin is an asshat and I enjoy watching him suffer, but one season's collapse is not worth terminating him. But in the era of NIL, this may be the new normal.

It’s striking how quickly the triggers are being pulled this season. I don’t quite get it.

No one’s actually going to hire their new coach until the season’s over anyway. And the portal makes “keeping the recruiting class together” less important, even.