BigNastyDefense
12-30-2011, 10:00 PM
Penn State's AD recently told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that they have not decided on a coach and will not meet their self-imposed deadline of January 3rd.
This tells me that nobody other than Packers' QB coach Tom Clements; and probably their current interim head coach Tom Bradley actually want the job.
Some Penn State fans think that Penn State is landing a BIG FISH (Nick Saban/Les Miles/Chip Kelly/Bob Stoops type), but I do not think that's the case at all. I don't see why a coach at a big time program would leave to go to Penn State. Their schools would match or beat what Penn State offers them in pay anyhow, so the case of PSU will pay them more doesn't even work.
I think the best thing for them to do is hire either Clements or an up-and-coming mid-major coach who wants his chance to play with the big boys. Someone young who will bring a new energy to Penn State.
Right now, Penn State is underneath a big storm cloud. They covered up a child molester & there is the stigma (true or not) that the head coach of the football team basically ran the school. Even if they could bring in one of the BIG FISH, that would not help the school's current stigma and would lead people to believe that they are just going to go back to the way things were.
If they don't want to go a guy with little or no head coaching experience, they should see if they could talk one of these two into taking the job:
Frank Solich, Ohio University HC - He is a good football coach who led OU to their first ever bowl win last week, and did a good job at Nebraska going 58-20 there. I believe he would recruit well and keep Penn State at least where they currently are in the Big Ten.
Ron Zook: Yeah, his record isn't the best, and he was just fired by Illinois. But he know the conference and he is a very good recruiter. So even if he's brought in to at the least see the program through the civil & criminal lawsuits that are/going to be brought against the school and it's former administrators (and if he does well, making Penn State a top team in the Big Ten he keeps the job), at least the cupboard wouldn't be bare for whoever takes over (the cupboard wasn't left bare for Urban Meyer in Florida, he won a NC with a roster of mostly Zook's recruits).
And whoever the new head coach is, he should be allowed to replace the entire coaching staff if he wants to, Penn State should be willing to break all ties to the Joe Paterno era when it comes to the coaching staff, as long as the new head coach wants to do so.
This tells me that nobody other than Packers' QB coach Tom Clements; and probably their current interim head coach Tom Bradley actually want the job.
Some Penn State fans think that Penn State is landing a BIG FISH (Nick Saban/Les Miles/Chip Kelly/Bob Stoops type), but I do not think that's the case at all. I don't see why a coach at a big time program would leave to go to Penn State. Their schools would match or beat what Penn State offers them in pay anyhow, so the case of PSU will pay them more doesn't even work.
I think the best thing for them to do is hire either Clements or an up-and-coming mid-major coach who wants his chance to play with the big boys. Someone young who will bring a new energy to Penn State.
Right now, Penn State is underneath a big storm cloud. They covered up a child molester & there is the stigma (true or not) that the head coach of the football team basically ran the school. Even if they could bring in one of the BIG FISH, that would not help the school's current stigma and would lead people to believe that they are just going to go back to the way things were.
If they don't want to go a guy with little or no head coaching experience, they should see if they could talk one of these two into taking the job:
Frank Solich, Ohio University HC - He is a good football coach who led OU to their first ever bowl win last week, and did a good job at Nebraska going 58-20 there. I believe he would recruit well and keep Penn State at least where they currently are in the Big Ten.
Ron Zook: Yeah, his record isn't the best, and he was just fired by Illinois. But he know the conference and he is a very good recruiter. So even if he's brought in to at the least see the program through the civil & criminal lawsuits that are/going to be brought against the school and it's former administrators (and if he does well, making Penn State a top team in the Big Ten he keeps the job), at least the cupboard wouldn't be bare for whoever takes over (the cupboard wasn't left bare for Urban Meyer in Florida, he won a NC with a roster of mostly Zook's recruits).
And whoever the new head coach is, he should be allowed to replace the entire coaching staff if he wants to, Penn State should be willing to break all ties to the Joe Paterno era when it comes to the coaching staff, as long as the new head coach wants to do so.