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Rhule was never the plan...not from day one. Rhule begged for the job.
I don't think anything shows he was unprepared. I've said since the beginning the announcement would be next Sunday or Monday. If we hit 12/9 without a coach then you're right but we were never going to have a coach by yesterday
His health is not good. He could die from his blood clots before he ever announces. He missed a ton of spring and fall practices.
I'd be embarrassed if my 14 year old son posted something that immature. You can disagree with someone without the ridiculous amount of name calling.
I'd take Heupel though he's similar to James
He's young(er)...did make a playoff and is an offensive minded coach. Bad year this year but Nico leaving at the last second created some chaos and they still managed to win the games they should have...blown out by Vandy is a bad way to end it though
Yeah, might not be a huge fan of Josh, but if you could get the defense right, he has great recruits at WR in particular.
Yes he did. I thought I was the only one who remembered that. He went on and on gushing over Penn State in that press conference. He didn't come right out and say please hire me, but it was as close as you could get.
All it takes is Chesney or Hartline to take this job after this week and that would settle down the madness. We are still just worried that Kraft could end up making a terrible pick. At least he didn't give it to Terry Smith, who had an actual chance to win the job but showed he wasn't really cut out for it. Too nice and still too many game management mistakes like Franklin.
I think Heupel is a solid coach as I’ve said before, but….If you drag the search out for 6 weeks and disintegrate the class and roster and come up with Heupel I have lost confidence in Kraft.
Please just leave or try being a little more civil.
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I called out James when necessary. But any pain I feel now is worth it not to watch another underachieving Penn State team.
I don't love Heupel but would be fine with him. Probably closer to lateral from Franklin than I'd like, but he at least wins against ranked opponents sometimes.
However, if it is really this late in the game that we are interviewing someone than it's a big black mark against Kraft.
I think the interviews have been done for a few days. Most likely a few straggler coaches like Heupel feeling like they missed the boat and are trying to get their extensions.
There’s been “insiders” who have said it’s definitely not Chesney, but I’m still holding out hope. JMU has about a 1% chance to make the playoff and Chesney probably wants to coach them if they do. Either Kraft has some agreement with Chesney to coach their playoff game if they make it or Kraft will go with his fallback option (Hartline). Announcement will be made next Sunday/Monday after playoff teams are set. I know absolutely nothing, just my guess.
There’s been “insiders” who have said it’s definitely not Chesney, but I’m still holding out hope. JMU has about a 1% chance to make the playoff and Chesney probably wants to coach them if they do. Either Kraft has some agreement with Chesney to coach their playoff game if they make it or Kraft will go with his fallback option (Hartline). Announcement will be made next Sunday/Monday after playoff teams are set. I know absolutely nothing, just my guess.
No hate here but fallback isn't the right term for Hartline if it's him. Well maybe...Elko was the plan
Most are guessing. Jon Sauber (CDT) and Audrey Snyder (ex-Atlantic) discussed the coaching search on their latest podcast and reported that everything they know from within Lasch is off the record. But both claimed it was not a coordinator. Misdirection? Maybe. But I doubt it.
Surprised none have gone yet but who is he taking other than Smith and Poindexter? Maybe Barnes?
Tell Kotelnicki to fire up the Zamboni, grab Danny O’Brien and head to Virginia!
We should also start seeing announcements for entering the portal.
If there actually is a coach in tow it was never going to be a coordinator. By the way I'm not convinced anyone is in tow at this point. Not becoming a doubter in Kraft but funny things can happen on the way to the signing table. Seems to me that all the power 4 fan favs HC's are off the table.
I honestly don't know. Ideally the new coach will clean house, but we will see.
Kind of a funny headline if you aren't a Penn State fan.
mikefarrellsports.com
Has Penn State Forgotten That They Need to Hire a Head Coach?
After the dust settled from Sunday's coaching chaos, Penn State still doesn't have a head coach. Do they even have a plan?
mikefarrellsports.com
funny either wayKind of a funny headline if you aren't a Penn State fan.
Has Penn State Forgotten That They Need to Hire a Head Coach?
After the dust settled from Sunday's coaching chaos, Penn State still doesn't have a head coach. Do they even have a plan?
If there is a master plan in place and Kraft has managed to keep it completely under wraps it will be extremely impressive on his part
Hoping and praying are right but starting to think, call it a gut feeling, it is a proverbial s***show!
If there isn't, we need a new AD
It's changed literally everyday.
Rhule, Urban, then Hartline, then Elko, then Drink, then Key, then Deboer, Sitake, Riley, - and now Heupel.
I've been quick to trash Kraft during this process because it seemed like we were getting turned down left and right. But what if we only offered it to Elko? Who's to say any of these are just smoke screens. Drink said he never even interviewed. On Saturday, there were insiders claiming Deboer was a done deal.
All these other teams have announced their coach - we have not. So either our new coach is still playing in a CCG or the CFP, or Kraft truly hasn't offered it to someone yet. I'm going to choose to think our guy is still playing and there's been an agreement that we wouldnt go public until next week or the week after. Doesn't seem like Kraft gives a **** about the 2026 class.
Rhule, Urban, then Hartline, then Elko, then Drink, then Key, then Deboer, Sitake, Riley, - and now Heupel.
I've been quick to trash Kraft during this process because it seemed like we were getting turned down left and right. But what if we only offered it to Elko? Who's to say any of these are just smoke screens. Drink said he never even interviewed. On Saturday, there were insiders claiming Deboer was a done deal.
All these other teams have announced their coach - we have not. So either our new coach is still playing in a CCG or the CFP, or Kraft truly hasn't offered it to someone yet. I'm going to choose to think our guy is still playing and there's been an agreement that we wouldnt go public until next week or the week after. Doesn't seem like Kraft gives a **** about the 2026 class.
Was the context that we have a confirmed coach? and we just can't go public yet?
I enjoy all these podcasters, but there's no way they know anything. Somebody in the front office's family would leak it out at the grocery store before these people on youtube would know about it, but I will still watch them anyway since I'm Locked on Nittany Lions.
Completely agree on this statement... tough to get a top HC when he already starts behind the chains (although portal does lessen this)