Past, present Penn State players react to Franklin hiring

After a nine day coaching search, James Franklin was officially introduced as the head football coach at Penn State today. Franklin, who coached at Vanderbilt from 2011-2013, was introduced to the public in a news conference Saturday afternoon at Beaver Stadium.

With any coaching change comes plenty of reaction from both current and former players, as well as the media. We went to twitter to get some of those reactions, and to no one's surprise, it is a bit of a mixed bag.

Before we get to the top Twitter reactions, here is our popular video of the top moments from Franklin's press conference:

VIDEO: All the top moments from James Franklin's presser in one 2:11 clip. Enjoy, @PennStateFball fans! WATCH – http://t.co/A4Il1njXhF

— Penn State On BTN (@PennStateOnBTN) January 11, 2014

[ MORE: Our top moments from Franklin press conference ]

Current Penn State players:

https://twitter.com/ALynch_22/status/422007990745460736

https://twitter.com/AdamBreneman81/status/422029445957165056

It doesn't matter how many coaches come and go and how often. Winning is all that matters to players, not loyalty. Hire the best at all cost

— Mike Hull (@m_hull4943) January 8, 2014

Congrats to Coach Franklin on being named our head coach! Can't wait to get back to school and get back to work #WeAre

— Coach Matt Zanellato (@mzanellato) January 11, 2014

Welcome aboard Coach Franklin! I'm ready to get back to work #PSUfootball #Grindin

— Wendy Laurent (@WendyLaurent55) January 11, 2014

https://twitter.com/W3BII/status/422010756235030528

[ MORE: Watch James Franklin's opening remarks ]

Former Penn State players:

Throwing my cards on the table I support James Franklin 100% I believe he's the perfect person for the job. Hope he gets it!

— LaVar Leap Arrington (@LaVarArrington) January 9, 2014

https://twitter.com/dmoye6/status/421006979684118529

COACH JOHNSON ISNT LOOKING FOR A SHOT. HIS TRACK RECORD PROVES HES QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO RUN THE PSU FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

— Tamba Hali (@TambaHali91) January 6, 2014

(8)Hopefully the ENTIRE Penn State family (Lettermen, alumni, Board, students & fans) will be able to rally around and behind our new coach.

— Todd Blackledge (@Todd_Blackledge) January 11, 2014

[ MORE: Franklin a 'home-run hire' for Penn State ]

National Media:

The hiring of James Franklin at Penn State is the best of any school since the season ended. A bold and extraordinary move.

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) January 11, 2014

Penn State fans just got a solid first glimpse of Franklin. Extremely confident, some would say cocky, but he backed it up at Vandy.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) January 11, 2014

Penn State could've topped its James Franklin hire by hiring… no, wait. Penn State couldn't top that hire. Column – http://t.co/UXe37doYrb

— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) January 9, 2014

Friend says James Franklin is the one guy who has the personality to compete w Urban Meyer for Big Ten recruits

— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) January 9, 2014