It is very hard to go from assistant coach to a P2 head coach if you have never been a head coach. Skipper is doing the right thing to get a head coaching job and if he is successful, he will get better opportunities. He probably should have made the move years ago.
Well he was HC for 1/2 a season. But I'm not saying P2 head coach. There's a lot before going all the way down to Cal Poly ...
Cal Poly was ranked in FCS 8 times from 2008 to 2016, but they haven't been good since. Big Sky is a real good FCS conference.
Or he’ll found that USF is not equal to Ohio State and never quite get it and he’ll be the second coming of Jeff Scott.
USF failed when they hired Jeff Scott, the OC at Clemson and his resume is very similar to Hartline's. Golesh had made stops at G5s and multiple P5s so he was better prepared for the USF job.
Being in a better place will be tough…USF is in a pretty good place right now.
I would be careful questioning other fan bases coaching selections given UConn has made some of the poorest head football coaches hires in the last 14 years. Hopefully DB gets this one right.
Keeping the coach until after the season to hold the recruiting class together doesn't work anymore. Players have 30 days after the coach leaves to jump ship.
My point is that the new coach would have some time to keep the recruits. My guess is that Penn St. would have been able to keep at least half of their class if Franklin was fired last week and a new coach was hired. Franklin was fired almost 2 months ago and still no idea who the replacement will be!
No one wants to work for a school that has unrealistic expectations while having to fight with schools like Ohio State, Michigan, USC, Oregon etc. for the B1G title. The fanbase is also incrediblely impatient. This kind of stress can age anyone by 10 years just thinking about it.
Getting 6 wins at PSU next year would put the new HC on the hot spot, meanwhile getting 6 (although 7+ would be better) wins here with all the turmoil of the staff/player rebuild, and that coach would be seen as a savior of sorts. Both jobs come with crazy difficulty and pressure, but here at least the threat to terminate employment has a much longer leash.
If the new Penn St. coach can't win 6 games with their schedule next year, they should be on the hot seat:
USF is certainly in a great spot. They have an improved funding department, a new stadium and former Big10 coach in fertile recruiting state. They’re in great position to go for improved conference affiliation. And currently UConn is scheduled to play there in 2028
Unfortunately, that's always been the trend... I say continue to give Black coaches a shot though... You never know when you'll strike gold... If he's the right guy, you try and get him...
Honestly, solid point... we shouldn't be throwing stones anywhere...
Penn State has probably set themselves back at least 2 years and maybe 4 years. To win the National Championship in football you need to do well in High School recruiting. The elite teams have a split of 80/20 between High School and portal players. I can see the AD getting fired.