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LB99

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Welcome to the Chesney train. I have been saying look what he did after Cignetti poached all those JMU players. He can obviously coach & motivate. I believe with PSU brand behind him he will recruit at a high level. He has recruiting contacts in VA, MD. DC, NJ, NC, SC, GA, DE, Florida, Texas, and NE.
You are a consistent Mofo. I’ll give you that. I think you may have convinced me along the way though.
 
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NittanyBoy88

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Who is he again?
A guy who posts regularly on this board as JoePa blah blah blah and on X 100x a day about Penn St and now Va Tech. Was known for very wrongly predicting last hire before Franklin got job. Recently predicted Franklin to Arkansas and guaranteed Brohm to PSU. He rips people on this board and all Penn St fans for being out of touch with reality while he lives in a fantasy land that he actually has insider information and isn’t sitting in his mom’s basement. Many believe he is a Franklin family member. To him, Franklin is a God.
 
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donaldfair71

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A guy who posts regularly on this board as JoePa blah blah blah and on X 100x a day about Penn St and now Va Tech. Was known for very wrongly predicting last hire before Franklin got job. Recently predicted Franklin to Arkansas and guaranteed Brohm to PSU. He rips people on this board and all Penn St fans for being out of touch with reality while he lives in a fantasy land that he actually has insider information and isn’t sitting in his mom’s basement. Many believe he is a Franklin family member. To him, Franklin is a God.
Actually think it might be bgj.
 

Arringtonian

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Hartine doesn't walk in the door until February. By then, all of 2026 and probably 2027 will be forfeited.

Chesney is a better coach anyway, and there absolutely will be a group of schools that will poach Hartline anyways: He is not the coach in waiting in Columbus anyway, that's Freeman.

Bob Chesney is going to be our next coach and frankly I think it's a home run hire. This guy had his entire team stolen and in 2 years he's at the doorstep of the CFP.
No, you’re wrong. In my opinion Chesney isn’t a better coach than Brian Hartline. He’s a WAY better coach than Brian Hartline! I was a huge Hartline fan. But Chesney looks like an even better version of him. Potential superstar. Id be ecstatic if we got Chesney. I know it may not work out, but just from a curiosity, experiment standpoint. Like can he succeed? Also, in my opinion, he turned the JMU team around in ONE year after Cignetti pillaged it. 😂. But I’m trying not to get my hopes up because then it won’t happen.
 
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That’s an A-hole statement

#1 he isn’t from Shamokin

and the other crap is just total fabrication on your part

It's the classic logical fallacy of argumentation called Appeal To Anonymous Authority. "They" also wanted.... LMAO at this douche troll, the biggest simpleton, childish form of argumentation you can get - typical a-hole anti-PSU/JVP troll on here with a low-IQ and big a-hole quotient.
 
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Arringtonian

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We don't need a big name. We need a great coach that fits in State College at a unique program. We are similar to BYU, or Notre Dame, or Florida State, or Michigan. We are not Texas, ir Alabama or Ohio State.

We had the two biggest names in football this year coordinating an offense that can't pass and a defense that can't stop anyone when it matters.

That **** ends if Chesney takes the helm.
Yes, I’m hoping for common sense to return. Like which running back to play or develop your 5 star qb to complete actual passes down the field.
 
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Arringtonian

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Here's to hoping it's over. But I think they are still working out the details so again I'm not seeing an announcement this week. I hope I'm wrong on that and the others are right because I've tired of the chase..
I hear you. I’m hoping it’s over by the end of next week. We have to stop the bleeding and get moving. Get players looking at us again.
 
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DaytonRickster

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No, you’re wrong. In my opinion Chesney isn’t a better coach than Brian Hartline. He’s a WAY better coach than Brian Hartline! I was a huge Hartline fan. But Chesney looks like an even better version of him. Potential superstar. Id be ecstatic if we got Chesney. I know it may not work out, but just from a curiosity, experiment standpoint. Like can he succeed? Also, in my opinion, he turned the JMU team around in ONE year after Cignetti pillaged it. 😂. But I’m trying not to get my hopes up because then it won’t happen.
Another passenger on the Chesney train. Welcome aboard.
 

Arringtonian

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I'm not related to Chesney 😂. I just like him and believe he's the best fit for us. I don't believe we need a name, I believe we need a coach. We already had a name, and that was James Franklin. I'm ready to have a football coach now, for the first time since probably the 1980s and Joe. By the way, when Joe was hired he wasn't a name either. We already have a name and that name is Penn State. Penn State needs a young, capable, hungry, professional, passionate man who knows the game of football, and after 12 years of that snake oil salesman blabbering about "it starts with I love you", I want a guy that says "it starts with kicking some ***" 😂
100%!
 
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How is DeBoer in play? Right now, bama is a playoff lock. The timing to get DeBoer doesn’t work.

l call bullsh|t on DeBoer. It’s going to be nardoozie.

I love all the bs about Krafty The Clown's black-ops planning from the beginning to create a misdirection smokescreen to give him cover. The much more likely explanation for the $hitshow that has transpired with potential candidate after potential candidate being taken off the board via contract extensions AND Franklin being turned into a rival for PSU's players at his new home is that Krafty had no plan and was was solely focused on showing up Franklin in a very public manner without thinking about the consequences for PSU's Football Team. His actions have made things much harder for whoever the next coach is, when a good AD would have been primarily focused on giving the new guy the best situation possible once he made the decision, would not have been itching to pull the trigger because he wanted to "show that Franklin who's the boss".
 
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Arringtonian

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I'm not related to Chesney 😂. I just like him and believe he's the best fit for us. I don't believe we need a name, I believe we need a coach. We already had a name, and that was James Franklin. I'm ready to have a football coach now, for the first time since probably the 1980s and Joe. By the way, when Joe was hired he wasn't a name either. We already have a name and that name is Penn State. Penn State needs a young, capable, hungry, professional, passionate man who knows the game of football, and after 12 years of that snake oil salesman blabbering about "it starts with I love you", I want a guy that says "it starts with kicking some ***" 😂
He doesn’t have power 4 experience, but he seems really smart and quickly turned around every level has been and has already mastered JMU. Next school!
 

Arringtonian

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Let's also remember that Bill O'Brien took what should have been an 11-1 team and came out and lost to Ohio University and Virginia. We have lost many recruits for next season but IF we hire the right man, I think we can keep the roster together for the most part. Have you seen next year's schedule? If we can just keep it together and hit the portal hard with a real coach who knows how to use it, then damn right we can do better than 6-6
Absolutely can do better than 6-6, no question.
 

WaffleShopper

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The Deboer to Penn State predictions are laughable. Are people really falling for it like they did Elko? Alabama is at #10 and will make the playoff. I’m sure he wants to get out of there ASAP and move north to the recruiting hotbed of PA.
 
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donaldfair71

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The Deboer to Penn State predictions are laughable. Are people really falling for it like they did Elko? Alabama is at #10 and will make the playoff. I’m sure he wants to get out of there ASAP and move north to the recruiting hotbed of PA.
Difference being Elko could have very well used an interview for an extension which he got.

DeBoer no such extension coming either way so interviewing does show some level of openness.
 
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Fred8811

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I’d have to double check this, but he hasn’t beaten an SEC opponent with a winning record his entire time at Missouri. Like 0-15 Talent deficit or not that’s that major red flag. (I know he won at app state and has beaten other top 25 teams.) Also, ive seen them play 3 times with and without pribula. Kind of reminded me of Penn states offense. And not exactly the 1994 or 2017 offense either. I want someone with an edge and he’s not creative enough of an offensive mind to offset that. I absolutely don’t see him taking down OSU/oregon/indiana once, let alone on a somewhat regular basis. He seems like SEC Franklin to borrow that term. He also seems really tied to the south and wants to coach near family. (Completely understandable). Anyway, he a fine coach. Definitely not for us, however.

He also has the Ozarks as his playground.
 

PaForest75

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If it is Fitzgerald then Kraft should be fired at Fitz’s introductory news conference.

What if it's Al Golden?

We're all the way down to Chesney. When this thing started, he was about 10th on the list. What happens if he really goes to UCLA? All that Hollywood stuff is hard for some people to turn down. I hate it myself, but he might like it.

Then it's back to Fitzgerald or Al Golden. Still I'd give Diaz a call before them.
 

Nittering Nabob

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I love all the bs about Krafty The Clown's black-ops planning from the beginning to create a misdirection smokescreen to give him cover. The much more likely explanation for the $hitshow that has transpired with potential candidate after potential candidate being taken off the board via contract extensions AND Franklin being turned into a rival for PSU's players at his new home is that Krafty had no plan and was was solely focused on showing up Franklin in a very public manner without thinking about the consequences for PSU's Football Team. His actions have made things much harder for whoever the next coach is, when a good AD would have been primarily focused on giving the new guy the best situation possible once he made the decision, would not have been itching to pull the trigger because he wanted to "show that Franklin who's the boss".
The return key is just above shift. Bless your heart.

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LB99

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What if it's Al Golden?

We're all the way down to Chesney. When this thing started, he was about 10th on the list. What happens if he really goes to UCLA? All that Hollywood stuff is hard for some people to turn down. I hate it myself, but he might like it.

Then it's back to Fitzgerald or Al Golden. Still I'd give Diaz a call before them.
Agree. But if that happens, Kraft better start packing up his office.
 
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WaffleShopper

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Difference being Elko could have very well used an interview for an extension which he got.

DeBoer no such extension coming either way so interviewing does show some level of openness.
He would be stupid not to talk to us just like any other coach but he’s not coming here.
 

psuno1

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I'm not related to Chesney 😂. I just like him and believe he's the best fit for us. I don't believe we need a name, I believe we need a coach. We already had a name, and that was James Franklin. I'm ready to have a football coach now, for the first time since probably the 1980s and Joe. By the way, when Joe was hired he wasn't a name either. We already have a name and that name is Penn State. Penn State needs a young, capable, hungry, professional, passionate man who knows the game of football, and after 12 years of that snake oil salesman blabbering about "it starts with I lo

Sekrah weighs in


Pretty sure Sekrah is Sandy Barbour will be joining James soon at V-tech.
 

SummitLion

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Ok? The discussion was about Fitzgerald, Golden, and Diaz. At this point, I’m open to Chesney. Dayton has convinced me.
Ok? The discussion was about Fitzgerald, Golden, and Diaz. At this point, I’m open to Chesney. Dayton has convinced me.
You said, "We are down to Chesney, who was 10th on our list when we started." I pointed out that he is looking at lot better now.
 
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