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I was wondering outside of the 2025 staffs of PSU and the cyclones . Thought the money might possibly bring in a new perspective.
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You're certainly right that drawing up plays is pretty much standard across the levels. You aim to exploit the other team's weaknesses while trying to hide your own.
Respectfully, though, coordinating goes beyond calling plays. As you know, it's a lot of studying the opponent and developing a plan to attack wherever you can find weaknesses. It's also anticipating how you think the defense will possibly adjust to you as the game progresses and then having ideas on how to counter those. The superior Jimmy's and Joe's on the best defenses of this conference will have smaller kinks in the armor that will need to be exploited (especially in the trenches). Better athletes on the best defenses can also allow those teams to use a wider variety of schematic looks that you have to be prepared for. The prep remains the same, but there will be some different things to adjust to. I'm sure he will be just fine.
FYI... Knowles just announced officially as Tennessee new DC. So that salary is gone.
Part of it.... but certainly not all (PSU will be on the hook for at least portions - several million - of Knowles and Cutelnicki - at least - in addition to the $9 million door prize to (VT)HCJF).
For coaches to NOT coach your team.
The most recent year that full numbers are available (2024) the most highly paid staff was OSU at $11.5 Million College Football Assistant Coach Salaries - USA TODAY
I am sure those numbers will continue to inflate for 2025 and 2026.
In addition to the $17 million PK was talking about for this year's staff, PSU will be paying somewhere around $13 million for coaches to NOT coach the team in 2026.
So, not only the most highly paid staff in 2026, in all likelihood - but ALSO paying the equivalent of "top 5" staff money to another group of coaches to NOT coach here.
That is, obviously, not optimal
Especially for a program that is already on the edge of the cliff and losing money. Krafty, eh?Like Veruca Salt in a candy store.
This is actually great news. After witnessing first hand that abomination called the UCLA game that guy should not have been allowed to fly back with the team on the plane. That goes for BGJ as well. Pathetic.
So, Knowles, Kotelnicki, and O'Brien are all gone, and I can't say I'm broken up about any of them leaving.
I was excited for the Matt Campbell hire, but there are some potential issues brewing. As a head coach, the first duty needs to be to the program, not your buddies. I certainly hope Matt can keep that in mind.
My concern is that Campbell may be engaging in too much nepotism. I'm not saying that the people he is bringing in aren't qualified. I'm saying that a head coach needs to be able to go to his subordinates and say, "You're not cutting it at this level. I need to look elsewhere." And if you're hiring your bros... you aren't likely to do that.
We've all seen, first-hand, the problems with nepotism at this level of competition. I don't even have to specifically mention them.
We'll see what happens, of course, and these guys absolutely deserve a chance, the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise, and our support...
...but as a general rule, this approach doesn't end well.
I was excited for the Matt Campbell hire, but there are some potential issues brewing. As a head coach, the first duty needs to be to the program, not your buddies. I certainly hope Matt can keep that in mind.
My concern is that Campbell may be engaging in too much nepotism. I'm not saying that the people he is bringing in aren't qualified. I'm saying that a head coach needs to be able to go to his subordinates and say, "You're not cutting it at this level. I need to look elsewhere." And if you're hiring your bros... you aren't likely to do that.
We've all seen, first-hand, the problems with nepotism at this level of competition. I don't even have to specifically mention them.
We'll see what happens, of course, and these guys absolutely deserve a chance, the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise, and our support...
...but as a general rule, this approach doesn't end well.
They do deserve the chance to prove themselves. Hiring his staff from ISU has to help him concentrate on other items that need to be done. How many hours were saved by not doing interviews. They can now concentrate on portal players and current players they want to fit their systems. I look at it as comfort and familiarity vs nepotism.
Part of it.... but certainly not all (PSU will be on the hook for at least portions - several million - of Knowles and Cutelnicki - at least - in addition to the $9 million door prize to (VT)HCJF).
For coaches to NOT coach your team.
The most recent year that full numbers are available (2024) the most highly paid staff was OSU at $11.5 Million College Football Assistant Coach Salaries - USA TODAY
I am sure those numbers will continue to inflate for 2025 and 2026.
In addition to the $17 million PK was talking about for this year's staff, PSU will be paying somewhere around $13 million for coaches to NOT coach the team in 2026.
So, not only the most highly paid staff in 2026, in all likelihood - but ALSO paying the equivalent of "top 5" staff money to another group of coaches to NOT coach here.
That is, obviously, not optimal
Like Veruca Salt in a candy store.
Maybe the next staff should be the lowest paid staff. Will you be happy then?
"As a head coach, the first duty needs to be to the program, not your buddies."
You don't have the success Campbell has had by coddling your buddies. You surround yourself with people who make you better and your task easier.
He has had good people around him at ISU. That's a credit to Campbell for knowing good people when he meets them.
Believe it or not Campbell has a management system that has served him well proving to himself as well as others he's been doing it the right way. He believes and understands his system works across all plains.
That self-assurance of his reminds of Joe Paterno. When a reporter asked Joe when he was being courted by the NYG if he believed he could be a success in the pros he said yes that his system would work at any level even in the pros.
I'm not the least concerned about Campbell being a success at PS I'm only concerned about what might be unrealistic expectations especially early on.
or maybe nobody here knows much
That was my concern as well and I was looking for a splash oc hire, but we have to trust him to do what he feels is best. If it’s not working out in years two and three, then I would agree with you. Don’t forget that he retained Terry, so it’s not completely his guys. And we just hired an assistant GM from another school as well. The DC hire will be very interesting.
I trust Campbell. He needs a guy he trusts as everything is new for him. If he brought in some splash big ego hire and they didn't mesh well that would be a huge disaster.
He didn’t get the job at PSU all by himself…PSU went after him because of what he accomplished at ISU and he did that with his coaching staff….why wouldn’t he bring them?
TE room should be in good hands
Trout back to UF . Might help mitigate severance . Good luck coach .
Get to Know New Penn State Offensive Coordinator Taylor Mouser
Newly hired Penn State head coach Matt Campbell has already brought a handful of staff members with him from Iowa State, including offensive coordinator
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Franklin had guys he trusted too.
There comes a point where you need people who perform at a high level. Can they beat osu?
He did but he failed miserably at figuring out the OC role so the splash hires did not work for him. My point is that Campbell has so much to do and he is learning Penn State, getting to know his players, on and on. Trying to bring in a hired gun who he doesn't know that well could prove to be more than he or the program can handle. I am not saying it would be a terrible option but it comes with a lot of risk.
As for OSU, we avoid them for a couple years and I don't know if this OC can beat them. No one does at this stage. Big picture is I hope Campbell along with his staff (not just the OC) can actually beat OSU more than once every 10 years. I'll take 3 or 4 out of 10.
Where is the list of OCs who can beat tOSU?
I think we all have seen what "splash" hires have resulted in. Knowles, highest paid DC ever, bust; Kotelnicki, an industry proclaimed guru was below average. Stan Drayton, "stud recruiter", not one commit by my count.
Systems work; shiny toys cobbled together often do not fit (proof PSU). Not to compare them, but Cignetti ported his staff with him and we know how it turned out. It is not "nepotism" if you are confident that the people working for you are responsible, in part, for your success.
Campbell has been wooed by NFL and CFL teams before taking this job. I suspect he know what he is doing,
^ Knowles, in part, left dOSU because he was frustrated that Day (rightly) made some changes to the D scheme/playcalling; the Bucknuts weren't exactly sad to see Knowles depart.
That should have been a warning sign, but Franklin being Franklin...
That should have been a warning sign, but Franklin being Franklin...
Yeah, and I was careful to say they deserve a chance, while pointing out the potential issues that come with nepotism.
Interesting that you brought up Paterno. Did you not pick up on the hint I dropped?
Paterno hired his own son, who had no business being a coach at Penn State.
As for unrealistic expectations early on, that is certainly a possible sticky wicket. No doubt everyone has a different idea of what we should reasonably expect to see over the next few seasons.
Compounding the uncertainty is that we have a VERY easy schedule in 2026, IMO. We don't play Ohio State, Oregon, or Indiana. Our toughest games are @Michigan, where the program is presently in total disarray, and home vs USC.
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Good question. Over the last ten years, tOSU is 115-16 - with no more than two losses in any of those seasons. Not bad.
Part of it.... but certainly not all (PSU will be on the hook for at least portions - several million - of Knowles and Cutelnicki - at least - in addition to the $9 million door prize to (VT)HCJF).
For coaches to NOT coach your team.
The most recent year that full numbers are available (2024) the most highly paid staff was OSU at $11.5 Million College Football Assistant Coach Salaries - USA TODAY
I am sure those numbers will continue to inflate for 2025 and 2026.
In addition to the $17 million PK was talking about for this year's staff, PSU will be paying somewhere around $13 million for coaches to NOT coach the team in 2026.
So, not only the most highly paid staff in 2026, in all likelihood - but ALSO paying the equivalent of "top 5" staff money to another group of coaches to NOT coach here.
That is, obviously, not optimal
Like Veruca Salt in a candy store.
The $13 million Penn State will be paying is chump change for a big time program that will bring in nearly $100 million annually under the new B1G tv contracts.
By comparison our peer institutions paid:
- Florida $21.2 million for Billy Napier
- LSU $54 million for Brian Kelly
- Texas A&M $77 million for Jimbo Fisher
Bottom line, there is some ridiculous money being made by the giant football programs. Do not fret over Penn State.
I’m not really concerned for the lack of splash hires. They tend not to work and expectations are set sky high. I’m sure Cambell knows what he’s doing. Also, Cignetti took his entire staff from James Madison that seemed to work.