The Coaching Change thread - Page 79

ElectricEye · 01-03-2012, 11:05 PM

Pitt would be so much better off than they were under Graham(they likely already are) if that were to go down. With Penn State potentially taking a step back for a few years, they have a real good chance to grab a piece of the pie if Chryst can cut it as a head guy.

T-RICH49 · 01-04-2012, 10:37 AM

Scott Holsopple new S&C coach at KU

bucfan12 · 01-04-2012, 02:37 PM

Penn State doesn't even have any coaches they have contacted interested in the position.

ElectricEye · 01-05-2012, 10:35 AM

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/p...?urn=nfl-wp766

Reports are coming out that O'Brien is interviewing for the Penn State job with "a deal possible soon". To be honest, I wouldn't mind if the guy left at all. I would rather have McDaniel's back. O'Brien has done a decent job, but he's way more of a caretaker than anything else. I wouldn't really be too thrilled with the get if I was a Penn State fan....and I'm not terribly enthused that O'Brien is shopping around like this when we're in a position to make a playoff run.

Giantsfan1080 · 01-05-2012, 10:45 AM

They're going to play it off like he was their first choice but he was probably about 20th down on the list.

MassNole · 01-05-2012, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by diabsoule

Tennessee DC Justin Wilcox and LB coach Peter Sirmon have both left the program to take the same positions at Washington

Was Sirmon a LB at Oregon a few years back?

CashmoneyDrew · 01-05-2012, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MassNole

Was Sirmon a LB at Oregon a few years back?

Yup yup...

phlysac · 01-05-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ElectricEye

Pitt would be so much better off than they were under Graham(they likely already are) if that were to go down. With Penn State potentially taking a step back for a few years, they have a real good chance to grab a piece of the pie if Chryst can cut it as a head guy.

Rumors prove false.

Paul Chryst hires Wisconsin LB Coach Dave Huxtable as new Pitt DC.

bearsfan_51 · 01-05-2012, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by phlysac

Rumors prove false.

Paul Chryst hires Wisconsin LB Coach Dave Huxtable as new Pitt DC.

Santonio10 · 01-05-2012, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bucfan12

Penn State doesn't even have any coaches they have contacted interested in the position.

Greg Roman has said publicly that he could imagine himself taking the Penn State job the rest of his life. There is legitimate interest in the Penn State job. I personally dont think it will be O'Brien either. Rumor is that the deadline is next wednesday. We will see

Hines · 01-05-2012, 06:45 PM

Randy Shannon is rumored to be the new DC at Tennessee. I kind of like it.

http://www.footballscoop.com/the-scoop

CashmoneyDrew · 01-05-2012, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Hines

Randy Shannon is rumored to be the new DC at Tennessee. I kind of like it.

http://www.footballscoop.com/the-scoop

I kind of love it, and hope to God it's true.

SickwithIt1010 · 01-05-2012, 08:13 PM

I thought Shannon signed to be the DC at Arkansas?

Cigaro · 01-05-2012, 09:30 PM

Bill O'Brien reported to be announced Saturday.

Quote:

New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien has agreed to become the coach at Penn State, according to sources.

The Nittany Lions plan to make the move official with an announcement Saturday, the sources said.

Terms of the deal are unknown.

O'Brien interviewed with Penn State on Thursday, his agent, Joe Linta, told The Associated Press.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ch-sources-say

Hines · 01-05-2012, 10:16 PM

What a **** hire..

ElectricEye · 01-05-2012, 10:20 PM

Again; as a Patriots fan, I'm not really going to miss(the timing blows though) the guy that much or one who I felt was super integral to our success as an offense the past few years. Penn State is in a bad position, but I'm still pretty surprised that they weren't able to do better.

Santonio10 · 01-05-2012, 10:26 PM

Even though O'Brien might not have the best track record, he is highly regarded in coaching circles. He was selected OC for the Pats for a reason. Every great head coach was an assistant at once point, so I think he deserves a chance. My college head coach was with Chip Kelly at New Hampshire before he got hired to Oregon, so who knows how well he will do. He had the nuts to take the position and I like that.

Some advice: Announce tomorrow and GET RECRUITING!!!

I find it strange that PSU has yet to confirm this even though its all over the place. Is there a reason why they are waiting until saturday and not announcing tomorrow? I also find it interesting that nothing has been reported yet on fox and they practically own the NFL

ElectricEye · 01-05-2012, 10:33 PM

He was selected as the offensive coordinator because there was no one else on the staff to fulfill those responsibilities and we didn't want to hire outside. He wasn't even named the coordinator officially until this year(after three seasons of being involved in playcalling) and was thought to be one of several in house candidates taking increased responsibility on offense early on. So no, I really don't think he was the offensive coordinator for any particular reason, other than the fact he was the best candidate from within the organization, which Belichick has let get thin over the years.

Oh...and his playcalling wasn't the greatest in the world either. The past two games, we had some major problems getting things off the ground, going down big to two crappy teams early. We were at our best this year when Brady was taking charge of things and changing stuff up at the line of scrimmage in the no huddle.