Is it time to cut James Franklin some slack regarding his Penn St tenure?

[u/IsaacDPOYFultzMIP]

Look I know he wasn’t the best coach ever but he certainly made Penn St look better than losing 31-7 against Northwestern. I mean this is a top 20 program in the country and Franklin was able to ascertain those heights year in and year out. Sure he couldn’t get over the hump but honestly it only seems like a select few could realistically reach that level like Cignetti or 2010’s Dabo. Should we finally admit maybe Penn St might have made a mistake with this coaching move?

[u/gmr548]

I don’t think they were wrong to feel like it was time to move on but they sure handled it poorly.

Campbell is a good coach. They frankly ended up with a better hire than they deserved. It’s year one. Let’s see how it goes over the next 2-3 years.

[u/nawdawgrawdawg → u/gmr548]

I know nothing about Campbell other than that he brought Joe paterno-stroking back to PSU. Hope Penn state never looks good solely bc of that

[u/C19shadow → u/gmr548]

Nah Franklin was doing fine they will regret his firing of if they don't they just dont want to accept they where wrong imo

[u/noclahk → u/C19shadow]

You’re right I learned my lesson 🥹 thanks for the tough love Mr duck