The Lions' Pride

I'm feeling like this was an average visit.

I'm not sure why, but I still get the feeling we're not his top school as of right now.
Hopefully I'm wrong, but we'll see. The game against 'Bama will be huge, obviously, I'm praying it will be competitive and a positive thing in Taylor's recruitment.

Kid has family local (if you consider Bloomsburg local) that he visitied with, and if he doesn't come here, the family will have a fairly large yard sale on all the gear they scooped up at the Family Clothesline.

Have to think that if he grew up a Penn State fan, has family in the area, and the competition = Penn State Vs. FSU... I actually feel optimistic. The Blue & White Typhoon sucked and might have done some damage in the back of his mind though...

Dude, I'm telling you Jimbo is a young, active coach in recruiting. Hate to say it, but when Joe hangs it up, I'd imagine our recruiting to heat up as well with a young active HEAD coach (not just assistants who visit prospects).

PS I know this post may get down-voted, but this is simply my opinion. And I am by no means calling for JoePa's head. I have been a staunch supporter for well over 8 or so years- ever since people were calling for his job. I think he should be able to leave on his own terms unless we see back to back mediocre seasons like last year and it appears that the program is headed south...

The one thing that stood out is the comments about integrity. To me that is the biggest hope that I have for landing him as other schools will push harder I think.

Yeah, but recruiting needs to be a selfish thing for these kids. They need to go where they feel comfortable, where they want to be the most, where they can get the best education for their major, etc. I hope we get him though, bc PSU has a lot to offer educationally, and his family is already here! COME TO PENN STATE KENT! lol WE ARE

Well said, rmj.

I dont know how I feel about a coach in waiting... I never said anything about that, but I don't know how I feel about it right now. I think that for us, we shouldn't do it because Joe openly said he isn't a fan and it would just create tension with the team- we all know how Joe can get, he's a fighter. BUT I do feel that it is time to start making a list and checking it twice. And when Joe walks away- OR we simply choose not to renew his contract because we've had 2-3 years of mediocre success and its apparent that he isn't effective anymore- we need to make moves ASAP and establish a solid coaching staff. If they choose to wait, the program will suffer. Also, they need to make it a situation where Joe doesn't feel disrespected so that he can continue to be an asset to the program- as I have argued above.

Or the better question might be to start with how many places even try the head coach in waiting scheme? The open ended schemes where there is no date set for the head coach to leave haven't worked out well with FSU having the messy "retirement" for Bowden and UT and UMD not hiring theirs. So to me, it only seems workable when the HC is retiring in a year and they name a HCIW, like they did with Joe Tiller and Barry Alvarez, and I guess Bill Stewart is another now.

Anyway, it isn't used often and it will be used even less now that the NCAA has made a rule limiting the HCIW's recruiting to the same they have for HCs.