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PSU gives Franklin contract extension

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Good move by Penn State, IMO. Franklin might have a bit of slimeyness to him (but what CFB coach doesn't?) but his results as a recruiter speak for themselves. I think they'll continue on their breakout season last year. Man, I wish we could somehow get PSU in the ACC, but I know it's a pipe dream.

Of course the nutter Pitt fans think it's good for Pitt that Penn State extended Franklin. LOL, they are something else, very Moo-esque (cc: @UNC_Blue)

https://pittsburgh.forums.rivals.co...day-james-from-state-college-extended.115535/
 
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Good move by Penn State, IMO. Franklin might have a bit of slimeyness to him (but what CFB coach doesn't?) but his results as a recruiter speak for themselves. I think they'll continue on their breakout season last year. Man, I wish we could somehow get PSU in the ACC, but I know it's a pipe dream.

Of course the nutter Pitt fans think it's good for Pitt that Penn State extended Franklin. LOL, they are something else, very Moo-esque (cc: @UNC_Blue)

https://pittsburgh.forums.rivals.co...day-james-from-state-college-extended.115535/

I don't follow them closely but he's definitely got a used car salesman type reputation. Word on the street from Vandy was that he was pretty slimy and the program really fell off as soon as he left. He was pretty bad at PSU before last year too. He's definitely got it rolling on the recruiting trail but I feel like this extension might be a year early, at least for that much money. There was smoke that he was on the hot seat going into last year, but now they are paying him as if he's one of the best coaches in the country.
 
I don't follow them closely but he's definitely got a used car salesman type reputation. Word on the street from Vandy was that he was pretty slimy and the program really fell off as soon as he left. He was pretty bad at PSU before last year too. He's definitely got it rolling on the recruiting trail but I feel like this extension might be a year early, at least for that much money. There was smoke that he was on the hot seat going into last year, but now they are paying him as if he's one of the best coaches in the country.
He definitely didn't come out of the Vandy rape scandal squeaky clean.
 
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He definitely didn't come out of the Vandy rape scandal squeaky clean.
He ran a zoo at Vandy. A zoo anybody should have seen was filled with beasts ready to break loose. Franklin's only standards were about getting quality athletes.

And so many Vandy grads and Nashville people were so desperate for a competitive program that nobody wanted to see it. Franklin knew that and took advantage.
 
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