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Penn State Coaching Search Disaster

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Penn State fired James Franklin on October 12th not satisfied "only" winning 10 games a year. And yet - they still have no coach. Cignetti, Drinkwitz, and Rhule all signed extensions. They then tried to get the BYU coach, only to be punked by Crumbl. They're apparently looking now at Brian Daboll lol.

Their recruiting class is 135th, they might as well not have a recruiting class.

They've destroyed their program for the foreseeable future.
 

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Supposedly there are people at PSU pushing for retaining the interim head coach b/c 'he has been loyal to PSU for 10+ years and is an alumni'

At least this is what was said on the Yahoo College Football Enquirer.

Sidenote: I have said it before and will continue to do so... if you have any interest in listening to a podcast that discusses all of college football (i.e. not Miami focused), the Yahoo College Football Enquirer is such a good one to listen to. Highly entertaining and informative. I also find that with them only having 2-3 shows per week that it is just the right amount of information vs some of the daily shows that are repeating the same things over and over or stretching content.
 
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Brickell said:
Penn State fired James Franklin on October 12th not satisfied "only" winning 10 games a year. And yet - they still have no coach. Cignetti, Drinkwitz, and Rhule all signed extensions. They then tried to get the BYU coach, only to be punked by Crumbl. They're apparently looking now at Brian Daboll lol.

Their recruiting class is 135th, they might as well not have a recruiting class.

They've destroyed their program for the foreseeable future.
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Personally, I would hire Al Golden. What hurt Golden was D'Onfrio and the players he wanted were not in south florida. Golden was really good at evaluating talent. I think his style of coaching fits perfectly up north
 
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Penn State lost the top target of its coaching search earlier this week, with BYU head coach Kalani Sitake opting to stay in Provo. The Nittany Lions will also not be hiring Louisville’s Jeff Brohm, who informed his bosses on Wednesday of his intentions to stay with the Cardinals.

Sources have told On3 that, throughout the day on Wednesday, there has been a groundswell from high-level donors pushing for athletic director Pat Kraft to hire interim head coach Terry Smith. He orchestrated the signing of former Auburn quarterback commit Peyton Falzone with Penn State on National Signing Day. And he closed out the regular season with three consecutive wins to get the Nittany Lions to bowl eligibility.

Outside of Smith, the name that continues to come up the most at Penn State is former New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll. He’s a former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator, working for Terry Pegula’s franchise, who is a Penn State alum. Duke’s Manny Diaz and Iowa State’s Matt Campbell were other names initially mentioned at the beginning of the search. Army’s Jeff Monken has also popped up in conversations.

Update on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7:20 a.m. CT: Sources tell On3 that Iowa State’s Matt Campbell and Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley are at least names to know.
 
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