October 24th, 2022 at 12:22 PM ^
+1 Informative Title
October 24th, 2022 at 1:33 PM ^
🤣🤣. Franklin and Penn State shit the bed. Move on. You got your ass kicked (again). Instead of complaining get better like we did.
October 24th, 2022 at 3:23 PM ^
I've got to say, if I were a current player for Penn State, I'd be at least a little peeved about my coach's comments of "We need to recruit bigger guys." Franklin, these were guys you recruited and hand-picked. You didn't inherit them. So if they're not big enough or good enough to play, then that's on you for failing to develop them. And now I've got to sit there and wonder "Why am I playing for a guy who doesn't think I'm good enough?"
How much easier would it have been for Franklin to just say "Look, we got our ass kicked. Simple as that, and there's no other way to put it. We as coaches didn't prepare our players well enough to win, and that starts with me. This was a learning experience, and we'll go back and look at the tape to figure out how we can fix this, but I love this team. I love my players, and all our goals are still in front of us. That is the message right now, and everyone in that locker room understands that. At this point, our attention is 100% on Minnesota, so with that, I'll open it up to questions."
Easy peasy. Acknowledge what happened, take responsibility for it, quick, concise message where you can rip the band aid off, and place the focus on your next opponent.
October 24th, 2022 at 5:07 PM ^
To say that would be to admit responsibility. He would never do that.
October 24th, 2022 at 5:29 PM ^
A Penn State tradition.
October 24th, 2022 at 5:33 PM ^
It also seems to suggest that Franklin doesn't trust his staff's own ability to develop players. They've got to recruit more ready-made talents, apparently.
October 24th, 2022 at 6:45 PM ^
I thought the same thing at the time. Totally throwing his players under the bus. It gets worse when the internet then is filled with film studies showing that the PSU coaches got owned by the UM coaches. This is why the old, "I have to see the film first comment," actually is the intelligent thing for them to say.
October 24th, 2022 at 6:45 PM ^
I thought the same thing at the time. Totally throwing his players under the bus. It gets worse when the internet then is filled with film studies showing that the PSU coaches got owned by the UM coaches. This is why the old, "I have to see the film first comment," actually is the intelligent thing for them to say.
October 24th, 2022 at 7:23 PM ^
Here is the video of Franklin in the tunnel doing nothing to diffuse the situation, standing where his players were supposed to exit instead they are blocking the tunnel, and throwing F bombs, which supports Harbaugh’s statement.
October 24th, 2022 at 8:37 PM ^
Frames "just stop talking to us" Janklin, not sure he is 40 yet. Obligatory for this dickhead....
October 24th, 2022 at 1:40 PM ^
Videoclip of Harbaugh's statement in answer to a reporter's question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwqKXi0gSlo
October 24th, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^
Thanks for the link.
It shows he added, "bigger fish to fry than that kind of whining."
October 24th, 2022 at 2:27 PM ^
Thanks! That’s a great video. Especially the way he says “i’ve got bigger fish to fry than to worry about that kind of ……….. whining!”
😂
October 24th, 2022 at 4:30 PM ^
That’s my favorite part, where he pauses and says whining at the end. Lmao!
October 24th, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
Ha, that clip is perfect and the emphasis he puts on "whining" at the end is absolutely superb.
He wanted to say something instead of sophomoric and it sounded like he was going to start with "little.....", I'd give anything to know what he was about to say there.
October 24th, 2022 at 4:14 PM ^
The video really adds a ton of context…and sauce! Thx for posting.
October 24th, 2022 at 5:52 PM ^
Franklin and Penn State … 🖕🖕🖕🖕
October 24th, 2022 at 1:52 PM ^
Missing from the title was Harbaugh's very last word on the topic which was pure gold: Whining!
October 24th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
Don't forget the pause and eye roll before saying "whining."
October 24th, 2022 at 2:22 PM ^
Meh, I thought Harbaugh was being complimentary to Franklin… giving him sole credit for the one time all game that PSU was able to slow Michigan’s forward progress.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:33 PM ^
He also complemented him for being the leader.
October 24th, 2022 at 8:38 PM ^
First time all day for Frames!
October 24th, 2022 at 12:22 PM ^
This is like when you get an email from someone and the whole email is in the subject line and the email is empty except for their signature.
October 24th, 2022 at 12:29 PM ^
October 24th, 2022 at 12:31 PM ^
All that's missing here in the courtesy of an nfm (no further message). I appreciate knowing I don't have to waste time opening a message to find out there was nothing else in it.
The opposite of that is the "thank you" response. If I answer an e-mail and there's nothing else to say, please don't make me open another message to find out you're only saying thank you.
October 24th, 2022 at 12:50 PM ^
I always title those as URGENT.
The reader is relieved when they see that all I wanted to say was thank you.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:03 PM ^
URGENT:
Have a nice day
October 24th, 2022 at 1:10 PM ^
If someone sent me this email, I would immediately think more of them.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:29 PM ^
Ha!
I hit the Phish Alert button for any message with URGENT in the subject. Let IT deal with it!
October 24th, 2022 at 12:50 PM ^
No content after the jump.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:02 PM ^
Back in my usenet days we used "SSIA." Subject Says It All.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^
Thank you.
October 24th, 2022 at 8:57 PM ^
If I answer an e-mail and there's nothing else to say, please don't make me open another message to find out you're only saying thank you.
it's a two second acknowledgment that your message has been received, and further discussion is unnecessary. A lot of clients expect such acknowledgment, or worried the message hasn't been received or is being ignored or taken exception to.
October 24th, 2022 at 12:59 PM ^
I love those - all about efficiency
October 24th, 2022 at 4:13 PM ^
Or, for us old people, its like when you used to call home for a ride, but didnt have a quarter, so you'd call collect, but instead of just saying your name you'd say "Mom practice is over come get me at school" really fast, so then when the call went through the recording would say "You have a collect call from "Mompracticeisovercomegetmeatschool" and they could decline the call, but the message was delivered
Everyone under 35 (maybe 40) has NO idea what Im talking about
October 24th, 2022 at 4:31 PM ^
I know exactly what you’re talking about and I’m 30 so there’s that. But yes, that’s also what this post is like, just in internet form.
October 24th, 2022 at 4:33 PM ^
This just brought back memories of the "Wehadababyitsaboy" commercial!
October 24th, 2022 at 5:45 PM ^
Dammit....beat me by an hour. +1 to you.
"Collect call from "eightpoundsfourouncesandhesdoingfine" "
October 24th, 2022 at 12:23 PM ^
Why post a headline, when you can fit the entire message body in the title itself! Brevity is overrated...
October 24th, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
I disagree. As Churchill once wrote to a colleague:
"I apologize for the length of this letter, but I didn't have time to make it shorter."
Think about it.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:55 PM ^
I always heard it was Oscar Wilde.
Meanwhile, the interwebs say it was Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).
October 24th, 2022 at 2:19 PM ^
i think it was thoreau, who also had the great quote:
"some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in your milk":
October 25th, 2022 at 2:51 AM ^
I had to Google that for the meaning. I guess I am not farmer enough...yet...to instantly deduce that meaning. Great quote, however. Can we apply the same structure to anything in college football, maybe:
"Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, like when you interview Mel Tucker and after the celebratory handshake, your now oily hand slips off the doorknob and you bash your head into the wall and, concussed, forgot to review the contract before signing it."
October 25th, 2022 at 11:47 AM ^
i have used that line (thoreau's, not your tucker-concussion line) in a murder trial. it worked, or at least it didn't screw up the verdict.
October 25th, 2022 at 2:10 PM ^
I still regret not making it to your farm this summer. I am sure you have some great stories. Hopefully we come back in a year or two.
October 25th, 2022 at 6:24 PM ^
counting on you making it back. the invitation remains open.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:02 PM ^
And he was quoting Benjamin Franklin
October 24th, 2022 at 2:18 PM ^
Who heard it from Abraham Lincoln.
October 24th, 2022 at 7:53 PM ^
I believe Ben was before Abe