Matt Campbell to Penn State??
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He'd take the kids with him
I’m surprised nobody is bringing up that sweet Ames water as a factor.
Campbell left Toledo after 7 years. He may be a lifer at ISU, he may leave. If he wants somewhere stable he can compete for national titles then where would be better than PSU?
But he also just lost out on the opportunity to recruit higher ranked kids to PSU this cycle.He'd take the kids with him
I agree with your sentiment. But due to way college football works...there is never a good time to leave a job without "breaking" deals with team members/schools/boosters. A college football coach is always promising something to someone. It might just be a promise of an opportunity but it is still an offer. A job like PSU is open now...it won't be in April or May...if Matt Campbell dreams of being a coach at a school near where he grew up...this might be the only opportunity he ever has to fulfill that dream. I have no idea if that is his dream/desire...or if PSU even wants him. But it is very likely that this could be MC's one shot at getting that gig.
About a combined 5 or 6 brain cells in those last two names...as a Steeler fan I loved watching those two play...but as observers/commentators...I will pass!
Totally believable.
He’d definitely be a splashier hire than Campbell, and maybe a better one?
While I’d guess the Steelers would be Campbell’s dream NFL job he wouldn’t get an interview, would he?
That was lost regardless of who was hired for the early signing period. Even if things went smoothly with BYU.
When a coach leaves a mini portal period opens up so anyone can move their recruiting class to a new school very easily.
That being said I don’t see PSU grabbing him
Penn State is closer to falling into the rhythm of churning through coaches who do not live up to sky high expectations, than they are of allowing anyone to establish an actual culture and program. I suspect whoever is hired at Penn State will be gone in 3 years.
Why? They have legit never fired a coach before Franklin and he was there for a decade. That’s a massive leap. This isn’t LSU or some SEC chaos. Penn state is kinda like the Steelers where it’s an extremely stable job. Their fan base isn’t demanding nattys, just that they occasionally win a big game.
Honestly that’s the fate I’m hoping to see Iowa fall into as well.
Exactly this. To me, the question on the Penn State job comes down to actual resources versus expectations. Penn State is an upper tier job. Bit I would say their fans think they are just the right coaching hire away from Ohio State or Alabama level results.
If you believe that to be true, then it is a great job. But if you believe that the ceiling at Penn State is below that, then you have a similar situation to something like Nebraska where you are setup to fail because the ceiling at the program can't ever meet fan expectations and thus you get sacked 6 games after a playoff run. I'm inclined to believe that PSU is in this setup to fail category, where it just isn't quite setup to build a true dynasty type run.
Those two places are insane.
I moved to Pittsburgh as a teenage college freshman during Cower’s 2nd season.
Mike Tomlin is the only coach the Stillers have hired since then…and I’m closing in on retirement.
The past is not an accurate indicator of future behavior in the current landscape of college athletics. They have wild expectations, and the resources to match. In in their minds, they feel it is a birthright to win the national championship. In this microwave environment, that combination will lead to hasty decisions.
Your fault for getting a Nittany Spaniel.Feeling kind of down this morning. My dog informed me that he has, indeed, been contacted by Penn State, but I have not.
Is that last part true?
Penn State has won NCs in the past, and is a program that is certainly capable of it.
If their expectations are Saban at Alabama where they were close to winning it all every single year, that’s a little out of whack. But I wouldn’t fault a PSU fan for expecting them to be in the NC conversation every so often.
They gave Paterno 22 years to win a title.
Franklin got 11.
Clearly there is an established pattern here.
Edit: Don’t check my math.
They just fired a coach mid-season after he took them to the college playoffs. This landscape of college football and NIL/Donations has changed and coaches at schools like Penn St are obviously on shorter leashes or else they would have at least waited until the end of the season to fie him.
