Not sure but the old rules no longer apply.
Franklin simply wouldn't have been fired short of a scandal 20, probably even 10 years ago.
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Has a FIRED P5 coach ever gone directly to another P5 w/o rehab first?
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 02:01 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 02:01 PM ET
How many coaches have been fired half a season after a top 5 finish?**
-- soflahokie
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:38 PM ET
soflahokie
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11/17/25 04:38 PM ET
Beggars can't be choosers man - we're straight poverty in football
-- WildTurkE
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:32 PM ET
WildTurkE
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11/17/25 04:32 PM ET
Why are you tying yourself in knots over this?
-- MontgomeryTexasHokie
Nov 17, 2025 at 03:38 PM ET
MontgomeryTexasHokie
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11/17/25 03:38 PM ET
Yes, getting fired is a bad thing. That's why nobody goes there.**
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:47 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 04:47 PM ET
Great pull. And he sucked even more at Illinois than at Florida.**
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:43 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 04:43 PM ET
Good one. You were smarter than ChatGPT in this case.
-- c5hokie
Nov 17, 2025 at 03:02 PM ET
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11/17/25 03:02 PM ET
Rich Rodriguez? Feels like her bounced around after bit cannot remember if
-- FlintMS
Nov 17, 2025 at 02:29 PM ET
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11/17/25 02:29 PM ET
Nope. Took a year off between Mich and AZ. 8 yrs between AZ and WVU.**
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 02:43 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 02:43 PM ET
Not sure but the old rules no longer apply.
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-- Hokie4Heisman
Nov 17, 2025 at 02:21 PM ET
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11/17/25 02:21 PM ET
100% agree. Different era. Different rules. **
-- Hokiefied
Nov 17, 2025 at 03:11 PM ET
Hokiefied
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11/17/25 03:11 PM ET
LOL. PSU was pre-season #2. They're 4-6.**
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 02:42 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 02:42 PM ET
Even good teams have off years. IMO, he didn’t deserve to be fired.
-- Hokiefied
Nov 17, 2025 at 03:45 PM ET
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11/17/25 03:45 PM ET
He's had a number of off years by Penn State standards.**
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:36 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 04:36 PM ET
LOL 1 losing season in his tenure in 2020 which was not a real season
-- Hokiefied
Nov 17, 2025 at 05:03 PM ET
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11/17/25 05:03 PM ET
He won 13 games and in 3rd round of playoffs LAST YEAR. Clowning yourself**
-- Techsupport
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:44 PM ET
Techsupport
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11/17/25 04:44 PM ET
Talking heads like everybody. PSU had enough of his underachieving. **
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:14 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 04:14 PM ET
James Franklin doesn't coach at Penn State anymore.**
-- Techsupport
Nov 17, 2025 at 03:28 PM ET
Techsupport
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11/17/25 03:28 PM ET
You don't think Pry is the reason this VT team still sucks?**
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:14 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 04:14 PM ET
yeah, and Pry wasn't coaching a playoff game 7 games ago.**
-- Techsupport
Nov 17, 2025 at 04:41 PM ET
Techsupport
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11/17/25 04:41 PM ET
Thx. Nice pull. And that predictably didn't go well.**
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 02:36 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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11/17/25 02:36 PM ET
He wasn't fired from ND. I'll bet he is not coaching a P4 team in '26.**
-- marcbvtgm
Nov 17, 2025 at 02:16 PM ET
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11/17/25 02:16 PM ET