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Trojan Wire: LSU has deeper pockets than USC, and Franklin looks to be their #1 choice
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:08 pm
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A big and significant development in the coaching carousel occurred Monday night. Penn State head coach James Franklin switched agents, for one thing. What’s even more impactful and notable is that he switched to college football superagent Jimmy Sexton, who represents the heavyweight coaches in the sport, especially in the SEC.
Football Scoop broke the story about Franklin switching to Sexton.
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You can put two and two together and see that a Sexton client is likely to go to the SEC.
Add this point to the mix, noting that Scott Woodward (whom we have written about here at Trojans Wire) is LSU’s athletic director:
Jimmy Sexton doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a done deal that James Franklin is gone and that he will certainly leave Penn State. However, it does mean that Franklin knows he is in a position to gain a lot of money one way or the other in the coming months.
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Sexton will force Penn State to fork over a massive amount of money if it wants to keep Franklin. LSU is deep-pocketed and has the institutional muscle and desire to pay top dollar for a candidate, more than USC. Trojan fans might not want to hear that, but it’s the truth. (“It just means more,” to quote a familiar saying.)
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The fact that Scott Woodward and Sexton get along well — Sexton is Jimbo Fisher’s agent, and Woodward hired Fisher when he was AD at Texas A&M — offers a crucial piece of evidence which points to James Franklin being LSU’s No. 1 target at this point.
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Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:10 pm to Cs
A USC fan site does not know anything about Woodward’s top choices
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:10 pm to Cs
I doubt Franklin is even a top 2 option
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:12 pm to Cs
I hope it's not Franklin
But yeah I could see where LSU wouldn't want to deal with Trace Armstrong again
He definitely wants out though if he is getting Sexton
We shall see how high Penn St is willing to go or if they are ready to let him walk
But yeah I could see where LSU wouldn't want to deal with Trace Armstrong again
He definitely wants out though if he is getting Sexton
We shall see how high Penn St is willing to go or if they are ready to let him walk
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:12 pm to Cs
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he switched to college football superagent Jimmy Sexton
So he is angling for a huge raise at PSU on the rumors he is floating about going to another school...Sexton101
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:13 pm to Cs
If Woodward gives Franklin some massive deal like he gave Jimbo then he should be fired.
Most likely this is just to get Franklin a raise though
Most likely this is just to get Franklin a raise though
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:16 pm to tigersquad89
My head is spinning
Thank you, CCB
Einhorn is Finkle, Finkle is Einhorn
Thank you, CCB
Einhorn is Finkle, Finkle is Einhorn
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:18 pm to Cs
Interesting timing. I think that this is work Being done by sexton to get Franklin’s price up for USC.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:18 pm to tigersquad89
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If Woodward gives Franklin some massive deal like he gave Jimbo then he should be fired.
Most likely this is just to get Franklin a raise though
exactly
franklin without moorehead is mediocre at best.
#ANYONEBUTFRANKLIN!!!!
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:19 pm to tigersquad89
Even if Franklin is perfectly content to stay at Penn St, I’m sure Sexton got in his ear and asked him what his agent was doing to get him a raise there.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:19 pm to abellsujr
Possibly…make usc think LSU has Franklin #1
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:20 pm to tigersquad89
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If Woodward gives Franklin some massive deal like he gave Jimbo then he should be fired.
$7.5m a year? He currently makes $6.7m.
Even looking past the fact Woodward had a blank check from A&M boosters and was told to pay what it took to get Jimbo, I don’t think you people realize the strategy of locking in a coach for a salary like that for 10 years. Look at athletes and coaches in sports where the salaries are increasing in orders of magnitude every few years. Locking in Jimbo for $7.5m for 10 years seemed like an outrageous sum of money, but now it’s right in line with top coaches and towards the end of the contract life he’d be underpaid. Now, the fully guaranteed part, not for me, but that wouldn’t happen at LSU without the billions of dollars backing him. Also, Woodward’s successor gave him a raise.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:22 pm to Cs
Lol at the guys on here that said the economy was going to cause us problems paying for a new coach and O’s big buyout.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:23 pm to Cs
Alright USC don't frick this up and get your boy Franklin
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:24 pm to Cs
Jimmy and Woodward are close… Jimmy and Jimbo are close… Jimbo and Woodward are close…. Maybe we shouldn’t close to book on Jimbo yet?
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:25 pm to Bring Da Wood
Lol the folks saying that were Orgeron apologists and many of the same are convinced we won’t be able to get anyone good bc nobody has come out and said they’d love to have the job.
I sometimes wonder how people like that function as adults in the real world
I sometimes wonder how people like that function as adults in the real world
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:39 pm to Cs
Franklin is 4th on the list to what I’ve been told.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:41 pm to Tigerbait1977
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Franklin is 4th on the list to what I’ve been told.
should be last
he is 36-35 in conference without moorehead
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:46 pm to Tigerbait1977
[quote]Franklin is 4th on the list to what I’ve been told[/quote
Priority still the following?
1. Riley
2. White Whale 2 (Dabo)?
3. Napier
4. Franklin
Priority still the following?
1. Riley
2. White Whale 2 (Dabo)?
3. Napier
4. Franklin
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