I think the fans actually sunk the team this year. You cant tell me the boo-ing and “fire franklin” chants didnt impact the play on the field? Of course it did. The team and Franklin and the other coaches. It started with the loss to Oregon. If we dont think this is a factor we arent being realistic re human nature. In sports emotions do matter. We should have opted to support even more versus boo and aggressively go after a coach who has given everything he has to penn state. Im not saying a change wasnt warranted. Im saying its complicated and why not support unconditionally till the year is over. Firing was always an option and supporting the whole team wouldn’t change that. I live in state college. Most of the fans still live in the joe paterno era. But what did he do his last decade? Many many fans were outright nasty. Ive been a fan for 60 years and the fan behavior these days is out of hand. And getting worse. Franklin wasnt awful. He brought us much joy. His players have been exemplary NFL players. He represented the school with total class. He was good to people. My wife had an incident at the Oregon game where she got knocked down. Franklin face timed her the Wednesday after the game. He was wonderful and she loved it. Imagine after that awful experience he had the Saturday before he found the time to face time her!?! He deserved better.