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LB99

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DaytonRickster said:
My list is based on the coaches that might potentially move to these openings, most of whom are more inclined to remain in the South or head south:
- Kiffin
- Key
- Drinkwitz
- Lea
- Sumrall
- Fisch (current UW coach but Florida alum)
- Lashlee (sp?)

It is not a slight of the PSU position, it is the reality of the desirable coaches.

I have no desire to see PSU hire Hartline, Golden, or Fitzgetald.
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FWIW. To your point. The rumors with UF are they are interested in Fisch, which would open up the UW job…..for DeBoer to go back unfortunately
 
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Anon1763591307 said:
We're gonna hire Chaz Powers aren't we
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More like Austin Powers

 
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DaytonRickster

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LB99 said:
FWIW. To your point. The rumors with UF are they are interested in Fisch, which would open up the UW job…..for DeBoer to go back unfortunately
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I think you're right about Deboer jumping at the opportunity to return to Washington should Fisch end up at Florida.
 
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WestSideLion

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NittanyBoy88 said:
Quite frankly, I’m stunned Terry hadn’t even interviewed for the job until this week. It’s actually alarming as it means to me, coupled with the Bobby Engram news, we’re not close to hiring a coach. It also leads me to almost believe Terry is the front runner right now, if for no other reason, there aren’t many other candidates. Which is wild to me, if true.
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*that you know of.

That's a critical caveat. I think this has been kept quiet by design.
 
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KingoftheBigTen

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NewEra 2026 said:
That's a really interesting ranking of the open jobs. Until further notice, Penn State is the premier job in the entire northeast and mid-Atlantic states, and it is easily top 5 in the country. As a coach, you know that the Penn State job doesn't come open very often, so you may have only one chance to make a claim to that real estate during your coaching career. Meanwhile, one or two "prime" SEC jobs is likely to come open every other year. So if you are a top-level coach, you have the opportunity to get a good SEC job several times during your career. The Penn State job is highly coveted in the coaching community, as we will soon find out.
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Penn State isn’t a top 5 job in the country. Hiring Terry Smith or Chesney proves that. Similar to IU wasn’t a top 5 job when they poached Cignetti from JMU. You can’t attempt to hire Cignetti, fail then hire his replacement at JMU and call yourself at Top 5 program. Hiring Smith just proves you’re not serious, you didn’t have any serious candidates and it’s a easy scapegoat in a attempt to avoid national embarrassment of striking out on every major candidate.
 
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KingoftheBigTen said:
Penn State isn’t a top 5 job in the country. Hiring Terry Smith or Chesney proves that. Similar to IU wasn’t a top 5 job when they poached Cignetti from JMU. You can’t attempt to hire Cignetti, fail then hire his replacement at JMU and call yourself at Top 5 program. Hiring Smith just proves you’re not serious, you didn’t have any serious candidates and it’s a easy scapegoat in a attempt to avoid national embarrassment of striking out on every major candidate.
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Okay. If you say so.
 
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Bvillebaron said:
Franklin was FIRED in case you missed it. He has EVERY right to do all he can to make VaTech a winner, including poaching coaches and players. If Kraft wasn’t smart enough to realize this, he’s a fool.
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Honestly, I don't think he cared whether he's right or wrong I can't say. But a coach cannot publicly dis the university he works for and keep his job. I believe Franklin's comments were intentional and calculated. He had already checked out and didn't care. There is reason to believe that he and the people to leave with him were intimating to recruits to decommit before Franklin was fired.
 
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KingoftheBigTen said:
Penn State isn’t a top 5 job in the country. Hiring Terry Smith or Chesney proves that. Similar to IU wasn’t a top 5 job when they poached Cignetti from JMU. You can’t attempt to hire Cignetti, fail then hire his replacement at JMU and call yourself at Top 5 program. Hiring Smith just proves you’re not serious, you didn’t have any serious candidates and it’s a easy scapegoat in a attempt to avoid national embarrassment of striking out on every major candidate.
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You have no idea whatsoever if Penn State tried to hire Cignetti
 
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KingoftheBigTen

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PSU87 said:
You have no idea whatsoever if Penn State tried to hire Cignetti
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If you’re right it’s almost worst that you would hire Smith or Chesney without reaching out to Cignetti. Not really the gotcha comment you thought it was, isn’t it’s Krafts job to attempt to hire the best in the country if available.
 
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KingoftheBigTen said:
Penn State isn’t a top 5 job in the country. Hiring Terry Smith or Chesney proves that. Similar to IU wasn’t a top 5 job when they poached Cignetti from JMU. You can’t attempt to hire Cignetti, fail then hire his replacement at JMU and call yourself at Top 5 program. Hiring Smith just proves you’re not serious, you didn’t have any serious candidates and it’s an easy scapegoat in an attempt to avoid national embarrassment of striking out on every major candidate.
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You have no idea what has gone on during this coaching search and have no idea who Kraft is targeting or who he offered or who has turned him down. You sound mad though so good luck with that.
 
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PAgeologist said:
I dont have a problem with Franklin trying to get his recruits to VT. I expect that. Its the fact that people still employed at PSU were telling kids to decommit. I guess PSU was stupid enough to keep them around. Is sabotage from within acceptable in 2025?
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The actions by BGJ are to be expected. I do believe that depending on the state (and perhaps at the federal level), there are civil legal remedies with respect to current employees operating in a manner that is clearly against the interests of their employer.
 
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KingoftheBigTen

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WaffleShopper said:
You have no idea what has gone on during this coaching search and have no idea who Kraft is targeting or who he offered or who has turned him down. You sound mad though so good luck with that.
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Another emotional Penn State fan who can’t handle an ounce of objectivity and has to resort to personal attacks.
 
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KingoftheBigTen

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WaffleShopper said:
Honest question: who do you think Kraft should have hired by now? Because the only guys available before the end of the regular season were either just fired or they’re “retired”.

I guarantee every one of Kraft’s legitimate options is still coaching and there is no possible way he could have hired any one of them by now. Give it another week or two. Our search was always going to take this long.
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How do you know this? You have no idea how many options Kraft has. How do you know what options are legitimate? You have zero idea how long this search is going to take.
 
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Mongrel said:
The actions by BGJ are to be expected. I do believe that depending on the state (and perhaps at the federal level), there are civil legal remedies with respect to current employees operating in a manner that is clearly against the interests of their employer.
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Any chance this could maybe impact Sexton? He’s the one moving all the pieces here.
 
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DaytonRickster

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Mongrel said:
The actions by BGJ are to be expected. I do believe that depending on the state (and perhaps at the federal level), there are civil legal remedies with respect to current employees operating in a manner that is clearly against the interests of their employer.
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I would hope so but I'm not a lawyer. We need some lawyers to chime in here but even that might be hard given the limited info.
 
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Nitt1300

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Mongrel said:
The actions by BGJ are to be expected. I do believe that depending on the state (and perhaps at the federal level), there are civil legal remedies with respect to current employees operating in a manner that is clearly against the interests of their employer.
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lol
 
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