Penn State Coaching search guesses.

**dualthreat** · 11-10-2011, 08:53 PM

Actually I think they will go with someone of high character. Someone with good relations to young men. Like mangino or leach.

**CyJack13** · 11-10-2011, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by HFCS

I think they get some young guy looking to skip a few rungs, or an old coach looking for his last job with no connection to Paterno.

Maybe a recently fired NFL guy.

The more I think about it, big picture, Penn State is better off suspending the football program for a year or two. With no gap the public perception will linger indefinitely.

It's not even about justice, I think ten years from now, PSU will be better off if they imposed their own 2 year suspension than if they don't miss a game. It's in their own self interest.

The next 5 years aren't going to be pretty no matter what, better for them to spend two years not having a program, then 3-6 years rebuilding with a clean conscience.

Absolutely not, you get rid of the program for two years, it's going to take a decade to get it back. You're also shorting your athletic dept out of about $60M so it's going to affect every other sport too.

You clean house, bring in a completely new staff and you'll be shocked at how fast this will blow over. This is going to kill their recruiting for this year and probably next year, but Penn St is a top ten job in the coach. Even if no big name coach wants it now, there will be lots of coaches who do. These types of jobs don't come open very often, regardless of the circumstances. Some coach is going to see this as his chance to get an elite job, if he can survive the next two years, Penn St can be back to normal by year three.

**CyCloned** · 11-10-2011, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by cyclone13

Why no one brought this one up yet ?

Dan McCarney

DMac might actually be a good choice, although the issues with his ex-wife that came up after he was hired at ISU might hurt him in this situation.

**cyclones500** · 11-10-2011, 10:19 PM

Here's "a list"

Head coaching candidates to replace Joe Paterno at Penn State - College Football - ESPN

If Ferentz did make the short list — I'm not sure that'd be a career move to even consider.

I don't care much one way or another about Ferentz's career -- but if I were current coach at Iowa, I'd stay put unless I was getting the chance at a premiere program with a major $ boost that also didn't include a major leap in expectations (and/or program wasn't mired in recent controversy).

Of course, that job probably doesn't exist.

**GMackey32** · 11-10-2011, 10:25 PM

Dave McCarntey?

**heitclone** · 11-10-2011, 10:25 PM

I think they'll do what tOSU did and basically wait a year to make a real charge at a big name. No way anyone takes the PSU job over the tOSU job this year.

**Sloup** · 11-10-2011, 10:31 PM

Turner Gill will take them to a National Championship in two years, getting hired before Kansas can fire him.

**RING4CY** · 11-10-2011, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Knownothing

50. Paul Rhodes.

Who?!

**LutherBlue** · 11-10-2011, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by CyJack13

You clean house, bring in a completely new staff and you'll be shocked at how fast this will blow over. This is going to kill their recruiting for this year and probably next year, but Penn St is a top ten job in the coach. Even if no big name coach wants it now, there will be lots of coaches who do. These types of jobs don't come open very often, regardless of the circumstances. Some coach is going to see this as his chance to get an elite job, if he can survive the next two years, Penn St can be back to normal by year three.

I agree. I think PSU is going to be humbled by this whole series of events and will have a lot more patience with the new coach than they would have otherwise had with Paterno's successor.

**Psyclone Brian** · 11-11-2011, 02:07 AM

...won't be Ferentz. I could careless if he goes to the pros, or another major college program. He will never make more money if he leaves Iowa.

**clonestar12** · 11-11-2011, 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by CyJack13

Absolutely not, you get rid of the program for two years, it's going to take a decade to get it back. You're also shorting your athletic dept out of about $60M so it's going to affect every other sport too.

You clean house, bring in a completely new staff and you'll be shocked at how fast this will blow over. This is going to kill their recruiting for this year and probably next year, but Penn St is a top ten job in the coach. Even if no big name coach wants it now, there will be lots of coaches who do. These types of jobs don't come open very often, regardless of the circumstances. Some coach is going to see this as his chance to get an elite job, if he can survive the next two years, Penn St can be back to normal by year three.

PSU will take 20 years to fully recover from this. The civil damages alone will be in the $100s miilion. This issue is sickening!

**Naughtius** · 11-11-2011, 06:41 AM

1. Marty Fine (Oh, wait. You said clean. Then,)

2. Lou Holtszchs

**erikbj** · 11-11-2011, 07:11 AM

Why would Urban Meyer come back? He left Florida where he didn't even have to recruit, kids were throwing themselves to play there. His health isn't great and i think he likes the ESPN job.

Dan Mullen is an interesting name, he will never win at Miss St while playing in the SEC west. I think he is a solid coach and has experience coaching all over the country.

Kirk and Pat will not leave another B1G team to go to PSU.

**tm3308** · 11-11-2011, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by CyJack13

Penn St just needs a two or three year stopgap hire now. Wait until this scandal dies down and then they can go for a big name hire.

This. I don't see a big name wanting to come in. It was always going to be very tough to follow Paterno. That's certainly not improved over the past week, we'll put it that way.