Coaches chasing the money

Saltycane

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I know it is easy for me to say but I feel some poor decisions and lack of foresight are happening.

First, coach Strong going to Texas makes no sense from either side. From a money grab point is makes $5 million reasons for Strong, but he in my opinion is going to be swallowed by the enormity of the job and dealing with their boosters. I agree with him leaving Louisville because I think they are going suck next year and he didnt want to lose this window like Schiano did a few years ago, but he would have been better in the south somewhere. Texas is one of the top 2-3 programs in the country and should have gotten a more seasoned coach.

Now to Golden, this will kill his career mark it down. Going to PSU with these sanctions and the fact that Obrien has done pretty well the last few years have expectations up there that will not be met. I suspect he last 5 years then gets canned while he was beginning a upswing here. If he waited another 2-3 years he goes wherever he wants.
 

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Agree on Strong.

Disagree on Golden (the part about him being at UM). We are going nowhere fast with Golden as a HC. He did an awesome job leading us through the cloud, but he is no longer useful to us -my opinion.
 
Agree on Strong.

Disagree on Golden (the part about him being at UM). We are going nowhere fast with Golden as a HC. He did an awesome job leading us through the cloud, but he is no longer useful to us -my opinion.

If he brought in a real D coordinator he had more of an upside here then at PSU. He will languish in Happy Valley and be an after thought and failure in coaching circles. I don't think he can take us to the promised land, but looking at it as a career move I think he is blowing t.
 
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Lol at the Texas job swallowing strong. He's going to have more resources at his disposal. He's going to be fine at UT. Just has to find himself a qb tho
 
Just to be clear I am glad he is leaving if he couldn't make the difficult decision to **** can coach D. I just can't believe what these guys are thinking. It is like Butch Davis taking a crappy job in Cleveland rather than wait for the right fit.
 
Lol at the Texas job swallowing strong. He's going to have more resources at his disposal. He's going to be fine at UT. Just has to find himself a qb tho

With those resources comes expectations and dealing with Boosters which is not his strong suit. (no pun intended). He will be pulled in so many directions and have less time to focus on XOs.
 
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strong is originally from arkansas.......

he wasnt just going to take "any" job....and for the money....

dude actually "loved" it in louisville.....

Of all the jobs that have been opening up Texas was one of the only fits i saw for him other than the obvious Gainesville gig he would get.


the big 12 sucks...Strong knows how to recruit and coach d pretty good.....i think he'll be alright.....Mack Brown is a sh*t coach and TX kept the guy around forever.
 
Penn St is perfect for golden. He can win 8 games a year and get a statue built up in that cult. Also, he's been found out here, now he's gotta blow into a new town. This is his next hustle.
 
Penn St is perfect for golden. He can win 8 games a year and get a statue built up in that cult. Also, he's been found out here, now he's gotta blow into a new town. This is his next hustle.

There's 8-9 wins in there almost guaranteed every year.

2014 PENN STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Date Opponent
Aug. 30 vs. UCF (Croke Park Stadium; Dublin, Ireland)
Sept. 6 AKRON
Sept. 13 at Rutgers *
Sept. 20 MASSACHUSETTS
Sept. 27 NORTHWESTERN *
Oct. 11 at Michigan *
Oct. 25 OHIO STATE *
Nov. 1 MARYLAND *
Nov. 8 at Indiana *
Nov. 15 TEMPLE
Nov. 22 at Illinois *
Nov. 29 MICHIGAN STATE *
 
Let me tell you something, Strong signing with Texas is great for Miami. He was not going to sign here as we don't have the money. Next year when UF fires Muschamp because they suck again, they would of gone after Strong if they were smart and really started to recruit successfully South Florida. Now they can't and he is very far away and in a place filled with recruits for us to worry too much about him taking our recruits.
 
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Golden will be back in the MAC in about 3 years. Lol, when your best attribute is selling a program then you can't last too long anywhere. If it wasn't for miami guys like Duke, Coley, Howard, Flowers, etc. whom decided to stay home, we probably would have had two losing seasons these past two years. He can't coach and can't develop talent. His sidekick Dnoforio has non people skills, can't coach nor motivate his players. Penn State is doing us a big favor!!
 
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