Mullen just mentioned on Sportscenter as possible replacement
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I think they need a manager and someone who has been through the tough stuff and knows how to right the ship, and Meyer makes more sense in that role to me. Ferentz at Iowa also makes sense. Schiano would have been a better looking pick 2 or 3 years ago, but he has really fallen off the radar. I think this is going to be a very select group of guys in their 40's and 50's who have been around a while. And I would only go after someone that has HC experience. They don't need a current OC or DC coming in to rebuild what is left over from the crap Paterno and Co. will be leaving behind.
My list would be start out Meyer, Ferentz, Patterson, Peterson, Whittingham in that order. After that, if you can't get an experience coach,go young and try Schiano, Dabo Swinney, Mullen.
My list would be start out Meyer, Ferentz, Patterson, Peterson, Whittingham in that order. After that, if you can't get an experience coach,go young and try Schiano, Dabo Swinney, Mullen.
How many times does he need to say he's committed to Msu for it to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Right now he is worried about the #4 Team in the Nation coming to Scott Field Saturday and getting Msu bowl eligible, so give him a 17ing break if he doesn't hold a press conference to say he's not interested in coaching Penn State.
...if a football program as corrupt & disgusting& just plain creepy as Penn State could lure a slightly above average coach like Dan Mullen, it would be, by far, the best case scenario Penn State could hope for at this juncture.
The NCAA might turn a blind eye to thegrift & bribery that takes place @ Auburn & Ohio State, but I think even a tradtionally corrupt organization like the NCAA can not stomach the thought of pedophiles lurking about college football locker rooms.
I just hope Dancan deal with the NCAA, social service officials & the <span class="st">Pennsylvania District Attorney camping out in Dan's office until the year 2019.
Because that's what the new PSU coach is going to have todeal with.</span>
The NCAA might turn a blind eye to thegrift & bribery that takes place @ Auburn & Ohio State, but I think even a tradtionally corrupt organization like the NCAA can not stomach the thought of pedophiles lurking about college football locker rooms.
I just hope Dancan deal with the NCAA, social service officials & the <span class="st">Pennsylvania District Attorney camping out in Dan's office until the year 2019.
Because that's what the new PSU coach is going to have todeal with.</span>
I don't know if there's anyone in the nation better at convincing kids that going to play for a coach who is well respected and held in fairly high regard around the country is a bad thing. Why take the risk on a coach who may be wanted by other schools when you come play for this cluster in good 'ol Oxford?
Not only would he have to replace the coach that built that program and is a living god to most of their fans, he'd have to do it following possibly the biggest scandal in college football history.
OR he could continue to get paid millions going to bowl games in Starkville and the athletic office doesn't look like Nagasaki.
OR he could continue to get paid millions going to bowl games in Starkville and the athletic office doesn't look like Nagasaki.
i think it's obvious that the individuals are to blame, not someuniversitywide policy. people made bad decisions and they are in the process of being dealt with. harshly. the athletic dept and coaching staff will be full of new, fresh faces who had nothing to do with any of the current going ons. i seriously doubt anyone in 2 years is gonna look at a well respected penn st coach and accuse him of being a pederast when he was coaching somewhere else during all this and had no involvement whatsoever. i also don't think anyone believes the university as a whole condones these actions. finally, i don't think the ncaa is going to bring any penalties. what ncaa penalties were violated? the individuals responsible are being prosecuted and/or have lost their jobs. what does the ncaa, DA, and social services hope to accomplish by harrassing a coaching staff and admin that have no ties to molesting kids outside of taking over the position from a staff and admin that did?
The head coach knowingly let a sexual predator use his NCAA sanctioned program to lure young boys in for the purpose of having sex with them for a decade. Being an NCAA institution isn't a right, its a privilege. Penn State, through its systemic corruption at all levels, has lost that privilege.
Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in jail. The other two might do some time. Paterno will retire in disgrace and shame. The GA,.now assistant coach, will forever be known as the guy who called his daddy rather than beating Sandusky to death. Penn St will settle with the victims. The "Penn State Sex Scandal" will be talked about for years. The football program will endure.
Nobody at Penn State broke any NCAA rules. The NCAA isn't like the NFL where players can be suspended for getting arrested. When players are suspended for being arrested, it's the school that suspends them. Same here, the NCAA isn't going to punish any illegal activity because that's not their place. Now, maybe the should have some rules in place so they could punish something like this, but as far as I know, they don't.
Usually you want to be the guy that follows the guy that follows the legend, especially with the issue they have going on at PSU at a much higher level.
I honestly think if I'm Penn State, I hire from within and do an interim coach in 2012, choosing to postpone the replacement of Paterno a year to let the scandal fire settle itself first.
That said, on paper, the PSU job is one of the best in the country. The state of Pennsylvania is loaded with high school football talent, and they, in general, all want to go to PSU. Paterno has been there almost literally forever, so it's hard to say how they'd do under a different coach, but I do think it would be a job that would be very desirable for candidates once the fire from this scandal dies down some.
I honestly think if I'm Penn State, I hire from within and do an interim coach in 2012, choosing to postpone the replacement of Paterno a year to let the scandal fire settle itself first.
That said, on paper, the PSU job is one of the best in the country. The state of Pennsylvania is loaded with high school football talent, and they, in general, all want to go to PSU. Paterno has been there almost literally forever, so it's hard to say how they'd do under a different coach, but I do think it would be a job that would be very desirable for candidates once the fire from this scandal dies down some.
i completely disagree. they want as much space between them and anyone associate with the current mess as possible. even tom bradley who is a hell of a D coordinator and hasn't been implicated in any of this has been on the penn st staff for 33 years. do you really want to hire a guy and hear how he should have known or wonder why he didn't know? or worse, to have something subsequently come out linking him to the molestation or cover up?RebelBruiser said:
That refers to control over the process of complying with NCAA rules. And nothing that happened at Penn State was against any NCAA rules. At least none of this was. I have no doubt that Penn State cheats to some degree even though they've never been caught.
I don't know much about the PSU staff, but if they had someone on the staff who had potential to run things as an interim, especially if that person wasn't there when this all happened, I would consider doing an interim, just because there is going to be a big shake up in the entire athletic department top to bottom. The uncertainty is going to make it difficult during the transition.
They need a year, if they can buy a year, to let the whole thing get settled and get a different direction before they hire a new football coach.
That's just my thought on it, not knowing anything about PSU's current staff. At this point, the fact that you'd be blowing 2 straight recruiting classes is small potatoes in comparison to the need to let the scandal repercussions settle.
Just a thought, though I'm sure they'll line up a replacement for next year and not go the interim route. I don't know that I'd want that job though with the upheaval, even though it's a very good job with a great built in recruiting base.
They need a year, if they can buy a year, to let the whole thing get settled and get a different direction before they hire a new football coach.
That's just my thought on it, not knowing anything about PSU's current staff. At this point, the fact that you'd be blowing 2 straight recruiting classes is small potatoes in comparison to the need to let the scandal repercussions settle.
Just a thought, though I'm sure they'll line up a replacement for next year and not go the interim route. I don't know that I'd want that job though with the upheaval, even though it's a very good job with a great built in recruiting base.
It's one thing if Mullen is reaching out to other schools but he's not. He was contacted by Miami and 17ing listened to what they had to say and said thank you but no thank you.