- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Winter Olympics
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Penn State with no coach in sight and the 139th ranked class
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:05 pm to tigersquad89
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:05 pm to tigersquad89
Well, for a school that covered up youth rape for decades….. it couldn’t happen to better program.
0
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:11 pm to Scoob
quote:
They're going to get raped.
I hear they like that up there.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:16 pm to jb4
If the choices are Hartline, Mullen, or Kelly, who do you take? And do they want to walk into that mess?
I mean, Kelly has actually done that here at LSU, so he could in theory handle it. Would he want to again? Did he leave Notre Dame just to pull programs out of the ditch the rest of his career? And why would Penn State fire a 53 yr old who can't win the big game, and then hire a 64 yr old with the same issue?
Mullen weirded out over at Florida. Seems to have it going again at UNLV, but would you trust him with a big program?
Hartline seems like a hot coordinator, and Penn State would be a nice program to take over. But do you want to come into something this dead, for your first run as HC?
I mean, Kelly has actually done that here at LSU, so he could in theory handle it. Would he want to again? Did he leave Notre Dame just to pull programs out of the ditch the rest of his career? And why would Penn State fire a 53 yr old who can't win the big game, and then hire a 64 yr old with the same issue?
Mullen weirded out over at Florida. Seems to have it going again at UNLV, but would you trust him with a big program?
Hartline seems like a hot coordinator, and Penn State would be a nice program to take over. But do you want to come into something this dead, for your first run as HC?
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:31 pm to tigersquad89
Sad part is in 2-3 years they’ll be demanding the new coach be replaced for not developing talent or winning. This years group would have been your upper classsmen. This mishandling of replacing the coach could have a detrimental effect that lasts a decade. NIL is their only hope. As a regular recruit the shenanigans can’t give much confidence.
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:34 pm to GeauxTime9
quote:I doubt they’re about to poach a sitting head coach for a playoff bound team.
Could it be that they’ve found their coach, they are just waiting until after the playoffs?
If their coach is a current coordinator, they would have already announced him as the incoming head coach and let him finish coaching the playoffs while still getting a start on recruiting. Happened plenty of times with coordinators of teams in national title contention getting hired as HC elsewhere
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:54 pm to Scoob
quote:
Hartline seems like a hot coordinator, and Penn State would be a nice program to take over. But do you want to come into something this dead, for your first run as HC?
Exactly!
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:59 pm to tigersquad89
In ten years we won’t even track high school class rankings.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:05 pm to tigersquad89
I've said it before but will keep saying it. If Penn State wants to become a playoff team in the next decade, they need to move to the ACC. They will have an easier time getting there. But if I had any say after that whole coverup, they would have dropped to a G5.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:18 pm to tigersquad89
They’re Sanduskying themselves.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:31 pm to sportsaddit68
quote:A natural fit would be that Penn State leave the Big 10, and the old Big East minus Miami leaves the ACC, to form a new Big East football conference. Take Pitt, Boston College, Syracuse, Va Tech. You also pull West Va and Cincinnati out of the Big 12, maybe Rutgers also out of the Big 10. Get a couple more that fit the footprint, say Temple, Army, Navy and East Carolina out of the AAC. If you like, Louisville maybe instead of one of the last 4.
I've said it before but will keep saying it. If Penn State wants to become a playoff team in the next decade, they need to move to the ACC. They will have an easier time getting there. But if I had any say after that whole coverup, they would have dropped to a G5.
That's 12 schools in a relatively tight area, many with history playing each other, that fanbases could re-develop rivalries with. Penn State as the football power, but reasonable challenges from maybe half the other teams in a given year. Basketball would become solid, you'd have ECU and Louisville with solid baseball, etc. The 2 service academies regionally fit, and would give a marquee national game where records don't matter.
I'd say it would be better than any G5, would lock up a playoff berth in football, and breath some life back into that part of the country as far as fan interest.
It would be better than a G5,
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:52 pm to Scoob
I've heard several advance the theory of a playoff coach in waiting, but why then go so hard for Sitake? For that matter why fire Franklin in October? In any case, waiting for such a hire makes no sense with the current calendar.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:17 pm to tigersquad89
Karmic retribution for getting off easy in 2011–12. Fitting that it happened by firing the guy who helped them avoid catastrophe back then.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:19 pm to tigersquad89
Are they pursuing any NFL coaches?
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:25 pm to GeauxTime9
quote:
Could it be that they’ve found their coach, they are just waiting until after the playoffs?
They were all in Sitake until yesterday…so…prob no
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:35 pm to Muahahaha
quote:
They overreacted and fired Franklin
Dude only got them to the second round of the playoffs last season. What a bum.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:36 pm to Scoob
quote:
Louisville maybe instead of one of the last 4.
Yeah, no
Posted on 12/3/25 at 6:00 am to TigahTX
BK doesn’t want a job. After his debacle in BR, no one should want to hire him.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 7:58 am to Scoob
quote:
They're going to get raped.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 8:26 am to RED DAWN REDUX
Sitake is a backup plan. They are holding for a big name. That's the intel anyway...
This post was edited on 12/3/25 at 8:28 am
Page 2 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News