(OT) Penn State Football - James Franklin no longer

[bigegypt0417]

No surprise...Knowles getting a buy out and may be on his way to Tennessee.

[zambonir]

Man, what a bummer for both sides though. PSU probably still has to pay him a pretty good chunk of change (he was owed $7 million), and he took the job because he was from PA, not just for the money.

Ty Howle also leaving to join Franklin.

I wonder if any of Campbell's staff will participate in bowl prep.

[bigegypt0417]

And Sherrone Moore fired by Michigan for an inappropriate relationship.

[zambonir]

Amazing that we pretend some of these people can do anything other than football. Including education and the care of students. Incredible self-sabotage too.

[zambonir]

A student, perhaps? Or he's also been accused of something?

Ex-UM coach Moore detained by police after firing

DeBoer now the Internet's choice to get the job, the carousel never ends!

[phillychuck]

I know I’m not a Michigan fan, but it sure seems like they have hired a series of questionable characters since Schembechler, who was himself accused of brushing incidents concerning the UMich doctor under the rug...

[zambonir]

Well, Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State and Ohio State have all had their issues in that regard, some of them multiple times. But I don't recall Gary Moeller or Lloyd Carr doing anything wrong for almost two decades. Harbaugh just cheated of course (as did Moore!) but that's a completely different character issue.

[phillychuck]

Good points about Moeller and Carr...but...

Moeller had an issue in a bar dispute in 1995 where he was filmed being drunk and obnoxious. Carr was widely respected, but he left the program in disarray IIRC.

[zambonir]

Actually Carr was the national coach of the year and retired after upsetting #9 Florida in the Citrus Bowl, though that was also the year of the famous App State upset. Did not recall the Moeller thing but that kind of thing certainly doesn't keep anyone from coaching either (see Steve Sarkisian, who at least got help).

People probably thought Rich Rodriguez was as good a hire as Campbell at the time, just as Charlie Strong was at Texas. But I'm happy how it worked out.

[zambonir]

Like attracts like I guess (2022)

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