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  • Hamilton Lion said...

    Can I get two votes since my head and my gut are in cahoots and differ?

    Haha go for it

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  • Hamilton Lion said...

    Maybe not a huge name, but I would be fine with that name for PSU. Don't see it happening though.

    There is something about Mario that thinks he would do very well at a PSU. He is one of the up and coming younger coaches in the country and is intense. He has done a great job at FIU.

    IMO, you need things to be a big success at a major program.

    #1 - Ability to actually coach
    #2 - Energy
    #3 - Ability to sell

    I think Cristobal has proven all 3.

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  • Mark Richt UGA (SEC) Jan 3rd, 2011

    PS- Has Dan Mullen signed an extension with MissST yet?

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  • Tim Murphy, Ivy, 31Dec11

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  • arch1102 said...

    Tim Murphy, Ivy, 31Dec11

    I was waiting.

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  • Pipe dream but jon grudden 1/3 last MFN game will be played and no playoff for espn

    This post was edited by tabs52 on 12/19/2011 at 10:20 PM

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  • Chip Kelly Oregon(Pac-12) Jan 3rd official announcement but word will leak out earlier than that

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  • Al Golden ACC 12/21/2011 @ 330PM ET

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  • I REALLY reallly really want it to be Mark Richt @ 830AM 12/20 though...

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  • I think if t was a college guy you would already know. NFL is better at keeping secrets. Plus the timeline makes sense for the NFL guys. Gruden, Munchak, Perry, Cowher are all pretty much available after Jan. 3. So it makes sense that it would be an NFL guy. Too many college coaches are available that if a college coach was coming to PSU, the school thy were leaving would be looking.

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  • Brannen55 said...

    I think if t was a college guy you would already know. NFL is better at keeping secrets. Plus the timeline makes sense for the NFL guys. Gruden, Munchak, Perry, Cowher are all pretty much available after Jan. 3. So it makes sense that it would be an NFL guy. Too many college coaches are available that if a college coach was coming to PSU, the school thy were leaving would be looking.

    If the January 3 date is firm, I will tend to agree with you. We aren't talking Miles or Saban, so why not make the freaking announcement earlier. If its someone like a Richt, does it really matter at this point? He isn't coach in a BCS game.

    I hoping they aren't holding back the announcement to eliminate distractions prior to our third-tiered bowl game. Since the week prior to the Nebraska game, this entire time has been nothing but distraction after distraction after distraction. Adding another distraction in this instance, if its a great hire, wouldn't be thought of as such. It would be welcomed by the players and the fan base to the juncture that overshines the bowl game.

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  • Hamilton Lion said...

    If the January 3 date is firm, I will tend to agree with you. We aren't talking Miles or Saban, so why not make the freaking announcement earlier. If its someone like a Richt, does it really matter at this point? He isn't coach in a BCS game.

    I hoping they aren't holding back the announcement to eliminate distractions prior to our third-tiered bowl game. Since the week prior to the Nebraska game, this entire time has been nothing but distraction after distraction after distraction. Adding another distraction in this instance, if its a great hire, wouldn't be thought of as such. It would be welcomed by the players and the fan base to the juncture that overshines the bowl game.

    not saying I give it one bit of credibility that he is a candidate but I'm throwing it out as a possible reason for the wait....

    Chip Kelly has a clause in his contract that he cannot take another HC job until after the bowl game is over for that season or something along those lines. Now, that's not to say I think we're getting Chip Kelly (I dont) but its not unreasonable to think some other coaches might have a similar clause in their contracts

    This post was edited by PSU12 on 12/20/2011 at 9:09 AM

    Interesting clause in Chip Kelly's contract - Pac-12 Blog - ESPN

    Oregon coach Chip Kelly is generating a lot of buzz as a potential candidate at Florida after Urban Meyer resigned. That makes sense. For one, report

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  • Richt SEC January 3rd, 2012

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  • Stoops Jan 3rd, we find out 2 days after his Bowl Game.

    Easily could be Petersen Dec23/24/.

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    Phil Fulmer, former Tennessee coach ... 1/3/11

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  • PSU12 said...

    not saying I give it one bit of credibility that he is a candidate but I'm throwing it out as a possible reason for the wait....

    Chip Kelly has a clause in his contract that he cannot take another HC job until after the bowl game is over for that season or something along those lines. Now, that's not to say I think we're getting Chip Kelly (I dont) but its not unreasonable to think some other coaches might have a similar clause in their contracts

    Interesting, and very well could have something to do with our timing in all of this. Personally, I'm putting more stock in the idea that:

    a) The HC wants to finish his season and coach the bowl game (for instance Petersen at BSU with Kellen Moore graduating and 22 senior starters) OR
    b) We don't want the slightly negative press, at the expense of a few recruits, of forcing a coach to leave his current job for ours (which is a lame reason IMO) because then it looks like PSU isn't taking these allegations seriously and football is still paramount at PSU even above child sexual abuse

    Neither option is by any means air-tight. I would lean towards b though. Maybe I'm way off on both.

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  • bmorepsu said...

    Interesting, and very well could have something to do with our timing in all of this. Personally, I'm putting more stock in the idea that:

    a) The HC wants to finish his season and coach the bowl game (for instance Petersen at BSU with Kellen Moore graduating and 22 senior starters) OR b) We don't want the slightly negative press, at the expense of a few recruits, of forcing a coach to leave his current job for ours (which is a lame reason IMO) because then it looks like PSU isn't taking these allegations seriously and football is still paramount at PSU even above child sexual abuse

    Neither option is by any means air-tight. I would lean towards b though. Maybe I'm way off on both.

    B is the only thing that makes ANY sense to me. I can't imagine why a coach, if he has already agreed to take over at a new job, would want to jeopardize a recruiting class by waiting this long.

    For me, the longer this goes on where PSU doesn't announce a new coach, the more I am beginning to think they do not have anyone lined up. I know many on here are confident in the guys running the search, but right now I have little faith. A program as reputable as PSU should have a new coach by now, IMO. Hopefully you are right and PSU is trying to avoid negative press like your comment above...as much as I don't agree with it, it is the only thing that makes any bit of sense.

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  • Munchak - NFL - Named 1/3

    Hamilton Lion ●

  • Total gut feeling, but I really do think it's Munchak.

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  • PK5 said...

    Total gut feeling, but I really do think it's Munchak.

    I hope your gut is right. The guy's been with the same professional organizations for 30 years. He's now the new the HC of this same organization. And he spent, what?, 4-5 years at PSU?. I know allegiances to one's alma mater run deep. I'm a true-blue-blooded PSU alum and fan and will be forever. But I have to believe Mike's allegiances with the Titans is a stronger-bond than his ties to Penn State. I hope I'm wrong though and we get him.

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  • Bump for lion95

    If winning was easy even losers would do it.

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  • Well, it looks like most of us made disasterous picks especially on the date.

    lion95

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