James “not elite” Franklin (HC Penn St. Nittany Lions)

[Steve19]

The only thing missing from the presser was him pounding the table saying, "I'm a man. I'm over 40!"

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

To be fair, we need to give a Buckeye leaf to Franklin for that call

 

[ScriptOhio]

Still a douche

Re: Still a douche

Yeah, both Franklin and the fan....

 

[Ryan36_1]

I found it hilarious that he thought the best use of his time in the first half was to run behind the sideline to pump up the crowd. Maybe he should have been working on a "need 5 yards to win the game" play call.

 

[Jaxbuck]

That is an incredibly childish look for the leader of a program.

Kids aren't stupid, they pick up on things like that.

 

[Steve19]

That is an incredibly childish look for the leader of a program.

Kids aren't stupid, they pick up on things like that.

Agree. Now, visit Ohio State and guess where you want to play.

 

[malibuspeedrace]

Curious what he said in the presser

Cliffs Notes?

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Gist of it was "We're not an elite team. OSU is an elite team. We're a great team and that's not good enough and that's on the coaches. We have to do better to make us an elite team."

At least that's what I saw of it.

 

[Bucklion]

He should have done the John L Smith self-flagellation last night

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

He should have done the John L Smith self-flagellation last night

Forgot about old slappy

I had to teach a few people what a gif was because of him

 

[Bill Lucas]

Gist of it was "We're not an elite team. OSU is an elite team. We're a great team and that's not good enough and that's on the coaches. We have to do better to make us an elite team."

At least that's what I saw of it.

First he took the blame. Then he put it on his team for not going to classes or something like that.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

First he took the blame. Then he put it on his team for not going to classes or something like that.

Nice. I missed that part obviously.

 

[Taosman]

His history at Vandy was he beat the teams he should beat but not the top teams. Working at a football blue blood has allowed him to fullfil his Peter Principle ceiling.

 

[maximumblitz]

Gist of it was "We're not an elite team. OSU is an elite team. We're a great team and that's not good enough and that's on the coaches. We have to do better to make us an elite team."

At least that's what I saw of it.

Agreed, and he began mumbling about all the little things that separate and elite team from a great team. I thought it was a reasonably good way to motivate his players. Better than saying life sucks, deal with it

 

[Jaxbuck]

Agreed, and he began mumbling about all the little things that separate and elite team from a great team. I thought it was a reasonably good way to motivate his players. Better than saying life sucks, deal with it

to me it's more how he says things than what he says

Just comes across as being very thinned skinned and emotionally volatile. My wife doesn't know him from adam but saw him on t.v and said "their coach is a dick".

then you see him getting all pissy with a fan and playing the tough guy bullshit of acting like he has to be held back.

I don't know, just something about the guy. Kind of like Harbaugh but with an IQ over 80.