Yeah, but thank God we have your hero Franklin to help put together great game plans like this for the next ten years.
he's not my hero, but i'm also not one of those people who just blame the coach for everything. It's so easy to just blame the coach as if you just dial up the great coach who is unemployed and looking for work.
Think of places like Texas and Florida State. Their alumni pretty much forced out Mack Brown and Jimbo Fisher. Sure they were good coaches but what have you done for me lately? We won't accept mediocrity anymore. Now both programs suck.
It's funny, i hear this stat all the time about record vs top 10 teams or whatever it is and i wonder, how many coaches actually have great winning records vs teams that are higher ranked? I'd bet not many. Is it Saban? Maybe but he's almost always the higher rated and more talented team.
You either have to slowly build a program by stacking multiple top 10 classes or you occasionally get lucky by having a few great talents that overcome weaknesses. The talent level at PSU has absolutely been going up each of the last few years. That's a big deal.
Another reason i'm optimistic with Franklin is because he has shown that he is open to change. He's open to admitting he was wrong. He did that when he fired OC Kirk Cirocca after 1 season. He has also done that by admitting he was wrong not to put more work into the transfer portal and he will do so moving forward.
It may come time to part ways with Franklin but it's not today.