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PSUFTG said:
Wow. A month after being hired, and still trying to fill out the coaching staff (waiting on just a RB coach now, IIRC)

And - what do we have?
After PK promised the most expensive coaching staff in history (even more costly than last year's - with Knowles and Kotelnicki):


Offensive Staff (thus far, all brought over from ISU - which had less than stellar offenses in recent years):

Offensive Coordinator:
The OC at ISU for the last two years - who produced, to be kind, very underwhelming offenses since taking over there. Iowa State is the only program he has coached at.
Wideouts:
The WR coach at ISU for the last three years. Despite underwhelming offenses, many seemed to feel he did a nice job with their WRs. Prior to that, only experience was at FCS or lower division schools.
Offensive Line:
The OL coach from ISU for the last three years. That was his first and only D1 coaching job
Quarterbacks:
The QB coach from ISU. Been there five years - the first three as a Quality Control guy, coaching just the last two years. Prior to that, three years working with wideouts at UTEP. Thats it.
Running Backs:
TBD


Defensive Staff:

Defensive Coordinator:
Danton Lynn - who most people are familiar with, and who has a rather solid track record as DC at USC and UCLA over the last three years - following three years as an NFL defensive backs coach.
Defensive Backs (2):
PSU Holdover Terry Smith, and a guy from ISU. Everyone is familiar w T Smith, of course. The ISU guy's experience is five years at ISU, previously at D2 schools, and one year as a staff guy in the NFL.
Defensive Line:
Recently fired guy from UCLA, after two horrific years of defensive performance. Previously spent 11 years coaching at west coast schools - UCLA, Washington (under head coach Peterson), Utah State
Linebackers:
Recently fired guy from Cincinnati - who's defenses struggled mightily in his two years there. Prior experience was 10 years as LB coach on Campbell's staffs at Toledo and ISU..

Special Teams Coordinator:
PSU holdover Justin Lustig - who appears by all accounts to have been doing a fine job.


Six ISU guys (if you count the LB coach who was with Campbell for all but those two horrible years at Cincinnati)
Two PSU holdovers - Smith and Lustig
One West Coast guy recently fired from UCLA
and Danton Lynn

With one (RB) to be filled


- Aside from Danton Lynn, I doubt there is a guy on that staff that anyone would have been "hoping for"

- Aside from T Smith, not a single guy on the staff with any significant or focused experience recruiting in PSU's region - or anywhere in the entire Northeast, Atlantic seaboard region, DMV, etc (maybe one could add Lustig, a bit).

- The entire offensive staff - pending the hiring of a RB coach - has effectively zero major college experience EVER working for anyone other than Campbell at ISU. Just brought the ISU staff over.
Over the last five years, the ISU offense this group ran has NEVER cracked even the top 40 in the nation - and on average placed 68th in the nation. Ouch!

- The defensive staff? I think most think highly of Lynn's potential - and everyone seems to like Smith right now..... but it is them and two guys who got fired from lesser programs after turning out horrific defenses.

Really quite stunning. What was Campbell thinking?
Are they really going to pay these guys $20 Million (or whatever the figure was that PK stated). Why?
Truly stunning - when you break it down.
Anything can happen, of course, but it would seemingly be "hope and pray" as the only basis for assuming this group is well-suited for the task at hand (assuming that the expectations are to develop a "Big Ten Championship Competing" level program).



Probably the most reasonable possible "mitigating circumstance" is that Campbell was caught completely unexpected wrt the job offer from PSU (or anyone) and had not been planning on leaving ISU, or prepared at all wrt "whom he might bring together to form a new staff".
That would be congruent with the large influx of his ISU guys, and the extraordinarily lenghty time frame to complete his staff (when expediency would have been very valuable)..
If so, maybe will be significant shake-ups/upgrades before year 2.
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LOL. This is idiotic rambling and clear bias just to complain and be negative. Not sure when being a Penn state player was a better resume than being nominated for Broyles awards and actually having developed NFL talent as position coaches.
 
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Nittering Nabob said:
So Dan Connor has to do all of the heavy lifting work while his new boss (higher paid; friend of the CEO) provides "oversight" and contributes to "run game coordination". WTF? 🤷‍♀️

Decisions such as this by the CEO are the hallmarks of losing organizations. Franklin 2.0. (Even Franklin wasn't this stupid).

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This guy has the perfect handle. Whenever I see an asinine post, I check, and it's this guy. Well, ignore it is. I deal with enough crap without being subjected to you. Ignored....
 
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This guy has the perfect handle. Whenever I see an asinine post, I check, and it's this guy. Well, ignore it is. I deal with enough crap without being subjected to you. Ignored....
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Says the guy with the trashy NYY bimbette as his avatar.

I've never known you so I certainly won't miss you. :rolleyes:
 
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searay26 said:
This guy has the perfect handle. Whenever I see an asinine post, I check, and it's this guy. Well, ignore it is. I deal with enough crap without being subjected to you. Ignored....
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Ya know, I do hate the negativity all of his posts, but he actually is on to something with this. Football isn’t a corporate organization but the lines are starting to blur, and I think if we take a truly objective view, what he is saying here isn’t wrong. Connor got demoted to an assistant role, where he will have to do the same job. He gets a new boss who gets paid more to have his old title. We all have egos - this can’t feel great to Connor.

Look, I’m willing to give CMC the benefit of the doubt, but the optics aren’t great - it is organizational bloat, but the reality is that it’s happening across the college football landscape. Michigan just hired our old WR coach to be their Assistant WR coach, for example.
 
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PSUFTG said:
Wow. A month after being hired, and still trying to fill out the coaching staff (waiting on just a RB coach now, IIRC)

And - what do we have?
After PK promised the most expensive coaching staff in history (even more costly than last year's - with Knowles and Kotelnicki):


Offensive Staff (thus far, all brought over from ISU - which had less than stellar offenses in recent years):

Offensive Coordinator:
The OC at ISU for the last two years - who produced, to be kind, very underwhelming offenses since taking over there. Iowa State is the only program he has coached at.
Wideouts:
The WR coach at ISU for the last three years. Despite underwhelming offenses, many seemed to feel he did a nice job with their WRs. Prior to that, only experience was at FCS or lower division schools.
Offensive Line:
The OL coach from ISU for the last three years. That was his first and only D1 coaching job
Quarterbacks:
The QB coach from ISU. Been there five years - the first three as a Quality Control guy, coaching just the last two years. Prior to that, three years working with wideouts at UTEP. Thats it.
Running Backs:
TBD


Defensive Staff:

Defensive Coordinator:
Danton Lynn - who most people are familiar with, and who has a rather solid track record as DC at USC and UCLA over the last three years - following three years as an NFL defensive backs coach.
Defensive Backs (2):
PSU Holdover Terry Smith, and a guy from ISU. Everyone is familiar w T Smith, of course. The ISU guy's experience is five years at ISU, previously at D2 schools, and one year as a staff guy in the NFL.
Defensive Line:
Recently fired guy from UCLA, after two horrific years of defensive performance. Previously spent 11 years coaching at west coast schools - UCLA, Washington (under head coach Peterson), Utah State
Linebackers:
Recently fired guy from Cincinnati - who's defenses struggled mightily in his two years there. Prior experience was 10 years as LB coach on Campbell's staffs at Toledo and ISU..

Special Teams Coordinator:
PSU holdover Justin Lustig - who appears by all accounts to have been doing a fine job.


Six ISU guys (if you count the LB coach who was with Campbell for all but those two horrible years at Cincinnati)
Two PSU holdovers - Smith and Lustig
One West Coast guy recently fired from UCLA
and Danton Lynn

With one (RB) to be filled


- Aside from Danton Lynn, I doubt there is a guy on that staff that anyone would have been "hoping for"

- Aside from T Smith, not a single guy on the staff with any significant or focused experience recruiting in PSU's region - or anywhere in the entire Northeast, Atlantic seaboard region, DMV, etc (maybe one could add Lustig, a bit).

- The entire offensive staff - pending the hiring of a RB coach - has effectively zero major college experience EVER working for anyone other than Campbell at ISU. Just brought the ISU staff over.
Over the last five years, the ISU offense this group ran has NEVER cracked even the top 40 in the nation - and on average placed 68th in the nation. Ouch!

- The defensive staff? I think most think highly of Lynn's potential - and everyone seems to like Smith right now..... but it is them and two guys who got fired from lesser programs after turning out horrific defenses.

Really quite stunning. What was Campbell thinking?
Are they really going to pay these guys $20 Million (or whatever the figure was that PK stated). Why?
Truly stunning - when you break it down.
Anything can happen, of course, but it would seemingly be "hope and pray" as the only basis for assuming this group is well-suited for the task at hand (assuming that the expectations are to develop a "Big Ten Championship Competing" level program).



Probably the most reasonable possible "mitigating circumstance" is that Campbell was caught completely unexpected wrt the job offer from PSU (or anyone) and had not been planning on leaving ISU, or prepared at all wrt "whom he might bring together to form a new staff".
That would be congruent with the large influx of his ISU guys, and the extraordinarily lenghty time frame to complete his staff (when expediency would have been very valuable)..
If so, maybe will be significant shake-ups/upgrades before year 2.
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stater02 said:
Ya know, I do hate the negativity all of his posts, but he actually is on to something with this. Football isn’t a corporate organization but the lines are starting to blur, and I think if we take a truly objective view, what he is saying here isn’t wrong. Connor got demoted to an assistant role, where he will have to do the same job. He gets a new boss who gets paid more to have his old title. We all have egos - this can’t feel great to Connor.

Look, I’m willing to give CMC the benefit of the doubt, but the optics aren’t great - it is organizational bloat, but the reality is that it’s happening across the college football landscape. Michigan just hired our old WR coach to be their Assistant WR coach, for example.
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"Organizational bloat?" Ever see what a typical NFL coaching staff looks like?
 
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stater02 said:
Ya know, I do hate the negativity all of his posts, but he actually is on to something with this. Football isn’t a corporate organization but the lines are starting to blur, and I think if we take a truly objective view, what he is saying here isn’t wrong. Connor got demoted to an assistant role, where he will have to do the same job. He gets a new boss who gets paid more to have his old title. We all have egos - this can’t feel great to Connor.

Look, I’m willing to give CMC the benefit of the doubt, but the optics aren’t great - it is organizational bloat, but the reality is that it’s happening across the college football landscape. Michigan just hired our old WR coach to be their Assistant WR coach, for example.
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The Alabama staffs under Nick Saban were huge, loaded with “analysts”. Basically extra coaches to skirt the old rules of having 9 coaches on staff. Some programs have been doing this for years.
 
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They were good enough to beat us
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Northwestern not only defeated Penn State, they physically roughed up Penn State in that 2025 game in Happy Valley.

My expectation is the Coach Campbell will establish a new culture built on toughness and grit. Until the Indiana game, Penn State was just too soft compared to what Penn State teams have historically been.
 
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Catch1lion said:
If we are going to be free balling, we could use the OSU 5* WR in the portal. I hope we don't turtle up in the big games. Playing tight cost us more than a few wins.
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PSU has played tight in big games for as long as I can remember. Paterno used to try to grind out 10-7 wins all the time.
 
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Catch1lion said:
If we are going to be free balling, we could use the OSU 5* WR in the portal. I hope we don't turtle up in the big games. Playing tight cost us more than a few wins.
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If you like Kotelnicki you will love him. The strength of the ISU staff was the DC who retired.
 
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