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Terry Smith is their only option. He is the one guy that wants the job and I doubt he'd be sour that he wasn't their first choice.

They need to get this done and back the guy. Shit Show at the Fuck Factory via one major Slapdick
 
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Bishop2b5 said:
In a shocking turn of events, PSU has hired British soccer coach Nathan Shelley as its new HC.

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Damn, he’s a soccer coach AND the mayor of London?
 
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Penn State is one Matt Cambell extension at Iowa State away from having to poach a guy from Lehigh or Lafayette to come to PSU.

On a real note, keeping Terry Smith for one year, hiring a new AD, suffering, and being first in line for the coaching cycle in '26 is probably the best path forward.
 
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Polish Leppy 22 said:
Penn State is one Matt Cambell extension at Iowa State away from having to poach a guy from Lehigh or Lafayette to come to PSU.

On a real note, keeping Terry Smith for one year, hiring a new AD, suffering, and being first in line for the coaching cycle in '26 is probably the best path forward.
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if Smith was the interim, you would kiss two recruiting classes goodbye and takes years to recover
 
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Polish Leppy 22 said:
Penn State is one Matt Cambell extension at Iowa State away from having to poach a guy from Lehigh or Lafayette to come to PSU.

On a real note, keeping Terry Smith for one year, hiring a new AD, suffering, and being first in line for the coaching cycle in '26 is probably the best path forward.
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They were pretty much first in line in 2025 as well.
 
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In all seriousness why do they not simply hire Al Golden?
He's a better option than either Daboll or Smith.
 
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Kingbish01 said:
I hate to say it, but probably because as a head coach...he's pretty trash.
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Ok but one of their other candidates just got fired as an NFL head coach and has one year of relevant experience coaching college football, and the other looks like a lifelong assistant who hasn't set foot outside of Pennsylvania in three decades.
Golden wasn't a great head coach at/for Miami but he was pretty good at Temple and I suspect learned a fair bit while at Notre Dame.
 
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I have doubts that Golden wants to be a HC anymore, he didn't want to recruit or do any of that kind of shit while he was the DC here and I doubt he has the stamina to want to deal with it as the man in the big chair. Especially not a dumpster fire like PSU. I get he's an alum, but he'll have options.
 
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stlnd01 said:
Ok but one of their other candidates just got fired as an NFL head coach and has one year of relevant experience coaching college football, and the other looks like a lifelong assistant who hasn't set foot outside of Pennsylvania in three decades.
Golden wasn't a great head coach at/for Miami but he was pretty good at Temple and I suspect learned a fair bit while at Notre Dame.
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I think Daboll is trash too...LOL

Penn St. is in a ton of trouble unless they have a trick up their sleeve.

PS....Golden was worse at Temple than he was at Miami
 
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Bane said:
I have doubts that Golden wants to be a HC anymore, he didn't want to recruit or do any of that kind of shit while he was the DC here and I doubt he has the stamina to want to deal with it as the man in the big chair. Especially not a dumpster fire like PSU. I get he's an alum, but he'll have options.
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I'll give a crazy hot take that probably won't go over well.....Outside of his time in South Bend, when was Al Golden even a good coach? I think he is a smart, likeable guy that was successful at ND because of ND not Al Golden. Just look at their last 5 DC's
 
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Kingbish01 said:
I think Daboll is trash too...LOL

Penn St. is in a ton of trouble unless they have a trick up their sleeve.

PS....Golden was worse at Temple than he was at Miami
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I dunno. At the time he took the Temple job, they had been fired from the Big East for sucking so hard. That was a difficult place to win and eventually he did. The challenges to succeeding were different at Miami, probably more akin to what one would have to deal with at a job like Penn State, but also ones he might have witnessed up close at Notre Dame.
I agree he may not want to be a head coach. But if I were Penn State I'd certainly make that call and make him tell me no. Their other options at this point are just losers.
 
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Kingbish01 said:
I'll give a crazy hot take that probably won't go over well.....Outside of his time in South Bend, when was Al Golden even a good coach? I think he is a smart, likeable guy that was successful at ND because of ND not Al Golden. Just look at their last 5 DC's
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I haven't looked at his pre-ND record recently but I do recall being super underwhelmed when he was hired. I'm sure he could get another gig as DC in CFB based off of his body of work at ND if/when the Bengals clean house. How great of a coach he is overall, I can't really speak on that.
 
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Terry Pegula is a huge PSU donor, massive, and Daboll coached in Buffalo, just in case anyone is wondering what the connection might be... He also has a whopping 4 years of college experience in his coaching career. 3 of which occurred before the year 2000. Hell recruiting isn't even the same since his stint at Bama
 
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