Koa Farmer, James Franklin 2014
Penn State commit Koa Farmer with coach James Franklin during a campus visit.
(Instagram photo, Koa Farmer)
It's been recounted many times over the past month that while James Franklin has been showered with praise and welcomed with open arms at Penn State, there were a lot of hurt feelings left behind at his previous stop in Vanderbilt.
The issue of
at Vanderbilt and, in turn, bringing those players to Penn State has been debated at length, but very few people, if any, have debated Franklin directly.
But
, a regular contributor to ESPN college football, pressed Franklin on the issue this week just after National Signing Day. The interview began cordially, but turned a little testy when Finebaum didn't accept Franklin's answers to his questions.
At one point, Franklin and Finebaum were talking over and past one another until Finebaum cut off the Penn State coach to challenge him on whether or not it's right that he got several of his Vandy recruits to become members of the Nittany Lions.
(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW)
Give the interview a listen and let us know if you think Finebaum had some good points or if you think he was be being overly critical of Franklin.