Terry said it....he'll do anything to help Penn State be successful.
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Good analysis, I'm wondering if this years version was really just a 3-3 with a bigger LB that they called a DE. I havent seen them play or watched any film to determine that but maybe that was the case. They had great size on their line, 265, 325, 305, 285, so maybe it was a case of just getting the best guys on the field. They only managed 13 sacks on the year which bothers me a bit but they held Iowa to 3.4 yd/rush and 214 total yards while getting 3 of those sacks. They held BYU to 3.7/carry but gave up a couple long pass plays. Ultimately they only lost to BYU because they threw 3 picks and lost a fumble, out played them/played even for most of the game.
Either way, it seems like the difference between him and Knowles is your last sentences in the first paragraph, he quickly changed after seeing what the other team was doing. JK did not do that this year.
Agree. That is either spin or an even bigger example of incompetence of Kraft. On second thought, maybe it did happen
There was a write up of his DC's choice of big bodied DE versus the twitched up athletes PSU recruits and was largely because recruiting them to Ames was a high bar. I am curious what kind of scheme they run with better athletes.
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Or maybe Kraft thought Campbell would be interested since he turned down a bunch of other jobs in the past….just trying to give Kraft some kind of benefit of the doubt.
The less the better. Not going to convince anyone he isn’t a putz who got lucky,……so I’m expecting him to talk for 20 minutes
Take it for what it's worth, and being an internet random that I am, I don't expect you or anyone to take my opinion all that seriously. That being said, I think that 90% of Knowles issues were personnel and, especially last week, effort.
That being said, part of a coach's job is to keep guys playing hard or play the ones who will. But looking at the schedule, I really think the team, defensively, had 3 bad games: Ohio State (there ain't a DC alive that was going to do better that day, total mismatch personnel-wise), UCLA, and Rutgers. UCLA and Rutgers, I will never believe they were playing hard or focused. Terrible look, but it was a terrible and long season.
Iowa will look bad on paper, not doubt, but that is what Iowa is and does to most teams. The qb took advantage of some poor angles/bad tackling on 3 runs and that was that in that game. But you go into the 4th and you have gotten several stops and they're sitting on 10 points, that's a win for the Defense. I know they didn't get a stop at the end, but poor tackling and angles killed them.
I hope they keep Knowles and recruit, from ISU or elsewhere, the big double team eating tackles he prefers. Looks like a longshot now to do that, I get it. Comes with coach change. But when guys got after it and tackled, the system for most part took them to the ball. That wasn't a fluke against Indiana, they bothered them as much as anyone has or will all year on offense.
Oh well, good discussion and thank you for the kind words on the analysis. I am looking back over some of the stuff I wrote down what feels like yesterday but turns out was 2018(!) about what he did schematically, probably doesn't do any of it anymore anyways ha.
Edit: It is funny in that Iowa State has been one of the few teams to out-Iowa Iowa consistently head to head. They shut down that run pretty well year after year.
I think he’ll use a couple million to make Liam Clifford a GA?
LJ sr. Was with O'Brien the whole time he was our coach. If you remember Johnson was a candidate for the HC job when O'Brien left.
Given the changeover in personnel and the near empty recruiting class, I think there will be an opportunity to recruit some decent players from the portal.
It’s not that uncommon for new coaches to retain one or two guys to provide some continuity. BOB actually kept both Johnson and Vanderlinden
Yessir.
Retain as much as possible, if possible, then fill in some holes where needed.
I thought Chris Partridge played drums with his family’s band. No?
Everything I’m hearing and reading points to Campbell bringing both of his coordinators with him. Which makes sense given Iowa State already hired a new coach who likely will want to bring in his guys.
with Terry staying, it puts us in a really good position to hand pick the best position coaches between the two staffs.
with Terry staying, it puts us in a really good position to hand pick the best position coaches between the two staffs.
Landon did not look into Heacock's background very carefully. Heacock uses multiple fronts (3-3, 3-4, 4-3) depending on where he coached and what he had to work with.
Reported by who? Some dude in his parents’ basement? This is the kind of "reporting" that leads to a thread reaching 8,000 posts in a matter of days.
Vanderlinden. There’s a guy I would bring back in a heartbeat. The linebackers were phenomenal during his tenure.
I’m struggling now. Trying to be unhappy about our football program, but I’m thrilled to have Campbell and hear that Smith will stay on. I love it.
That big 12 defense has won a lot of games for Iowa State. I understand what you’re saying, though.
We all know who’s not going to play in a meaningless bowl game. And they shouldn’t. Play a ton of young guys and have fun.
I’m struggling now. Trying to be unhappy about our football program, but I’m thrilled to have Campbell and hear that Smith will stay on. I love it.
There is still Kraft. We can funnel our hate to him until we find a weakness in the coaching staff to exploit.
I have never once in my life ever said anything even remotely hyperbolic.
We need a New Coach Weather Thread!I’m struggling now. Trying to be unhappy about our football program, but I’m thrilled to have Campbell and hear that Smith will stay on. I love it.
I once has a yearlong “discussion” with a blowhard on another website who insisted I tell him he was right over and over because his opinions were facts. Finally I told him that he was showing serious narcissistic tendencies. His response was, “I am the least narcissistic person you’d ever meet.”
Still not following. ISU didn’t "give" us anything. Not sure why any PSU fan would now pull for the Cyclones.
I put the guys name up in a previous post. Matt Fortuna, he is a reporter. If you would of actually followed a conversation and not just picked certain statements you would have known who. It's posting like you do without reading everything that makes posts reach 8,000.
For me it's more the failure to develop WRs than to recruit them.
Gotta’ love the attitude from someone who’s been here for a week and has made…checks stats…28 posts.
Talk to me when you hit 30, redshirt.
Ouch! That hurt. You ran your mouth. I called you out and pointed out my source, which you would have known if you would read posts. Lol I'm glad your status as a poster makes you feel important.. I needed that laugh. Im All-Conference on a message board...
His first recruiting class was Denmark's class who are rs freshman followed by Kobe Howard class who are true freshman.
Just so I can get 30 posts in so I can continue to talk to you and continue my journey to All- Conference.Ouch! That hurt. You ran your mouth. I called you out and pointed out my source, which you would have known if you would read posts. Lol I'm glad your status as a poster makes you feel important.. I needed that laugh. Im All-Conference on a message board...