This goes far beyond just Franklin on game day. He’s compared to schools like OSU, Bama, Mich, etc that up until recently, had far greater commitment to winning regardless of expense and had resources at their disposal that Franklin couldn’t even touch. The inner dynamics at PSU have been a mess since the scandal. Slowly but surely Franklin and his camp have been able to turn the tide and gain more support for improving things like recruiting budget, NIL budget, facilities renovations, etc. I can write with 1000% confidence based on very reliable info that the dude has put everything into fighting for more with pushback from the old guard admin and old guard boosters that are still bitter about things that went down up there more than a decade ago.
Now, Franklin is far from perfect and does deserve blame for some of the more high profile loses they’ve taken in recent years, but someone (not you) to say the guy is a loser is absurd. PSU is top 10 in both wins and winning percentage amongst P4 schools in the last decade. And he’s now taken them to 2 rose bowls, 2 fiesta bowls, a cotton bowl, peach bowl and made it to the CFP semifinal all in the last 9 seasons. Is he Nick Saban or Kirby Smart? F no. But Bama and Georgia also throw everything they have into winning. PSU has not until very recently.