James Franklin fired at Penn State

[rezero]

In today's college sports you simply need to win or else you will be shown the door. Teams now have a 40% roster turn over every year, so coaches are no longer afforded a "rebuilding" year or two. With the portal you are expected to build championship teams every year. Franklin's last 3 years at Penn State were 11-2, 10-3, and 13-3 with all being top 10 finishing in final AP poll.

[JW]

Uh oh...

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I'm not surprised. He built records based on beating up on B1G nobodies. Now he couldn't beat them anymore, so...

And Drink's buyout is $5 million as I understand it. Would PSU go after him?

[Armchair QB]

$50 million buyout.

Who in their right mind would want to go coach at Penn State given what they just did to a coach who’d went 34-8 his previous 3 seasons and 2 top 10 finishes. I know they’re a “blue blood” but coming off their near death penalty and all that weirdness, they’re just not what they used to be as a brand.

And I thought Tennessee had irrationally high expectations.

[winonsports]

In today's college sports you simply need to win or else you will be shown the door. Teams now have a 40% roster turn over every year, so coaches are no longer afforded a "rebuilding" year or two. With the portal you are expected to build championship teams every year. Franklin's last 3 years at Penn State were 11-2, 10-3, and 13-3 with all being top 10 finishing in final AP poll.

Thank God we have Drink, who has stayed up to date with the changes in college football.

[jcgmoi]

Bray out at Oregon State too.

Things can go south in a hurry these days. See Gundy, Mike.

Who in their right mind would want to go coach at Penn State

Matt Rhule?

[Rantz]

I wonder what Beau is thinking with Franklin gone and Allar hurt.

[rightthinker4]

I wonder what Beau is thinking with Franklin gone and Allar hurt.

Don’t know what he’s thinking about Franklin out at PSU, but he wasn’t thinking too clearly Saturday.

[jcgmoi]

He's probably thinking he's glad he beat the rush to transfer.

[Barksdale's People]

I’ve seen Cignetti, Rhule, and Mullen all mentioned. Have to think they’d slot behind Florida in the pecking order no?

[onemizzou]

Bray out at Oregon State too.

Things can go south in a hurry these days. See Gundy, Mike.

Who in their right mind would want to go coach at Penn State

Matt Rhule?

And many others...

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Mullen would probably come the cheapest of him, Ruhle and Cignetti. He makes just $3.5 million in salary now, and his buyout is a relatively modest $7 million if he left this year.

Cignetti is making $9 million a year in salary and retention bonus in an 8-year deal starting this year, and his buyout would be $6 million this year.

Ruhle is in the middle of an 8-year, $74 million contract, and his buyout would be $49.6 million this year. Ouch.

[JW]

Would PSU go after him?

Or...Would Drink go after them?

[winonsports]

I wonder what Beau is thinking with Franklin gone and Allar hurt.

He's not. It's behind him

[JackBolly]

PSU considers themselves at least the equal of The OSU, and MI. However, never knew PSU had aTm stupid money to blow - +$49M in dead money is staggering, even for a PSU. As one of the CFB beauty pagent darlings though, I'm certain they believe they are entitled to more. - Most likely conferred with ESPN/ Disney before the firing. When you're a CFB beauty pagent darling, dreams come true no matter what.

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PSU considers themselves at least the equal of The OSU, and MI. However, never knew PSU had aTm stupid money to blow - +$49M in dead money is staggering, even for a PSU. As one of the CFB beauty pagent darlings though, I'm certain they believe they are entitled to more. - Most likely conferred with ESPN/ Disney before the firing. When you're a CFB beauty pagent darling, dreams come true no matter what.

They're 3-3 -- not even in the fine print of the polls -- and going nowhere.