{"id":229417,"date":"2025-10-16T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/229417\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:25:08","slug":"no-one-was-happier-that-selfish-james-franklin-got-fired-than-todd-mcshay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/229417\/","title":{"rendered":"No one was happier that &#8216;selfish&#8217; James Franklin got fired than Todd McShay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t let the door hit you on the way out.<\/p>\n<p>NFL and college football analyst Todd McShay had no love lost for Penn State head coach James Franklin when <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/12\/sports\/penn-state-fires-james-franklin-as-season-spirals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the powers at Happy Valley fired him<\/a> amid a nightmare season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled Penn State made the decision they did,\u201d McShay, the former ESPN talent that now works at The Ringer, said while <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Outkick\/status\/1978475735321817426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">speaking to Outkick\u2019s Dan Dakich<\/a>. \u201cImage, selfishness, agenda: eventually that kind of leadership rears its ugly head. I think James Franklin got away with it entirely too long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McShay added that \u201cunfortunately, with some coaches it\u2019s all about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Franklin has long been the issue at Penn State, according to Todd McShay.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Todd McShay speaks on Penn State\u2019s coach James Franklin.  X, @outkick<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/14\/betting\/penn-state-next-coach-odds-early-favorite-emerges-to-replace-fired-james-franklin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">betting favorite to be the next Penn State coach<\/a> is former Panthers coach Matt Rhule, who\u2019s currently Nebraska\u2019s head coach, but that\u2019s not something that McShay preferred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be a huge proponent of Matt Rhule given his history at Penn State,\u201d McShay said, while later adding that Ohio State wide receivers coach Brian Hartline is a good pick to take over.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Rhule was a walk-on at Penn State and wound up playing linebacker for three seasons at the school, and he briefly was a volunteer assistant coach for the Nittany Lions 1998 under Joe Paterno.<\/p>\n<p>The team bought out Franklin for $49 million, which <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/13\/sports\/james-franklins-49-million-buyout-causes-penn-state-campus-uproar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">caused a major campus uproar. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Northwestern\u2019s win over Penn State was the end of the line for James Franklin.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Franklin, 53, had a 104-45 record with Penn State, but the 2025 season was bordering on the lines of embarrassment after the Nittany Lions lost three straight, including back-to-back defeats to UCLA and Northwestern.<\/p>\n<p>Star quarterback Drew Allar, whom many speculated could be a top quarterback selected in the NFL draft come April, was lost for the season due to injury in what has been a lost year for Penn State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t let the door hit you on the way out. 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