@On3sports That interview was pathetic. It was just a bunch of playing victim and not taking any responsibility, and the game day guys were just tossing him up softballs. They should have asked the following: “how can you explain losing back to back games when you were 45+ combined point

@On3sports Franklin was 4-21 his record against top 10 teams, and 1-15 vs top 5 teams. Enough with this victim crap. I will always appreciate that he help bring Penn State back up after the scandal, but dude was overrated coach that never got the job done so it was time to move on.

@On3sports @DraftDiamonds He beat SMU and Boise State to get to the Final Four. Let’s relax here and provide some context.

@On3sports And how many times was Saban "unfair" to his players who worked really hard and remained loyal to his program only to be replaced mid season or mid game because they weren't delivering the results he needed to win. And that's what made him the greatest coach of all time.

@On3sports Check his record vs teams with a pulse then ask is it still unfair

@On3sports Eh, sorry Coach Saban. They showed more than enough appreciation for Franklin. It's in his bank account. BUT if you'd like to cut back on coaches salaries and instead just give them "we appreciate you" comments, average fans are all in for that.

@On3sports @CountdownUCLA Back to the Sandusky era they go. Why was JoePa given 20yrs to win a natty? Franklin was winning at the same pace if not better than JP but a loss to a POWERHOUSE UCLA team, decent Oregon, and motivated NW and he’s out? There is still time to do an about face & say you F’d up.

@On3sports Does a high-value coach hold it against Penn State for the way they treated Franklin and say… no?

@On3sports Last week he was saying he can't win the big games.... And let's be real that team was ranked so high because of us donors donating to NIL to keep the players from going to the NFL!!!

@On3sports all the people saying "big game James" now talking about how unfair it is

@On3sports Got to final four last year because we lost a big game for big ten championship and had the easiest path with SMU and Boise.

@On3sports They showed him $49 million worth of appreciation.

@On3sports Falling short of expectations and being handed $48 million as compensation sounds plenty fair to me, Nick.

@On3sports ‘Who’s going to beat u in the big 10, penn state, not likely’ Nick saban a week before the firing of james franklin

@On3sports For context, Saban never went wire to wire. And only his 2017 team won the natty after being preseason #1.

@On3sports Nick is 1,000% RIGHT .. this was an ‘emotional’ vs ‘logical’ firing .. PSU has every right to go a different direction, but firing Franklin mid-season, with no successor ready, they’ve turned the University into a sideshow of ‘who are we gonna get’ instead of just trying to win.

@On3sports Maybe he can start the fired coaches rehab program on College GameDay!

@On3sports @sportsandra 4-21 his record against top 10 teams. 1-15 vs top 5. PSU folks finally figured out he’ll NEVER win a natty. Facts are facts

@On3sports Especially because before Franklin psu wasn’t much more than pedophile university

@On3sports @NCAAPortal When did Nick go soft. He knows damn well losing to 0-4 UCLA and Northwestern is unacceptable.

@On3sports It’s asinine COViD still claiming victims The pandemic created a boom in podcasts Podcasts have given rise to asinine conversations within fan bases And nothing has stopped those conversations We’ve monetized stupidity

@On3sports Franklin lost to two unranked teams with a senior squad considered one of his best he has had. After 12 years of "almost" the truth is he was never close. He had his chances and deserved to be fired. That said Franklin showed class Saban is just a tool and has always been.

@On3sports He’s obviously right. You don’t fire a coach that has been that successful without a plan. Too many people in leadership have no plan and no backbone. And it shows. Now the AD should go.

@On3sports I would just like it to be known that James Franklin and Nick Saban are both represented by Jimmy Sexton as their agent.

@On3sports He’s exactly right

@On3sports If he had the record vs ranked teams that Franklin did he would have been shit canned at Bama. Gimme a break

@On3sports It's unfair we paid you tens of millions and you didn't deliver.

@On3sports Nicks gonna stick up for co workers. I respect that

@On3sports Penn st really wants rhule who lost to Minnesota lmao

@On3sports Burn it down saban.

@On3sports It’s why they get paid the big bucks.

@On3sports Coaches union. Is Sexton his agent too?

@On3sports @CFBTalkDaily All in the game. On to greener pastures.

@On3sports Maybe if he had great quarterback and receiver play most those years.. 🤷🏾‍♂

@On3sports Propped up each year and can’t win a big game…and now not even the easy ones.

@On3sports All of that is great Nick. But he could never win when it mattered most. Over and over and over again. Its not hard to understand. Fans were sick of it.