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Jiggafini19Deux said:
If you were a Penn State fan, you'd be EATING UP what he just did this past weekend paying tribute to Paterno.

He's from PA, played for PSU and has been coaching there since 2014. I don't know about the internet crowd, but I'm going to guess that there is a good enough contingent of PSU fans that want this guy now and that contingent is likely going to grow in the days ahead.

And he might be the only person right now that genuinely wants the job.
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Then they’ll get what they deserve when they fire him in two seasons.
 
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KPENN said:
I’ve been meh on him as a coordinator but I have a gut feeling he could jump into a HC role and thrive.
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Really? Rees feels to me like a natural born coordinator. Very good x's and o's but doesn't have face-of-the-program charisma. Which is not to say he'll never be a head coach - I think he probably will - just doesn't feel like it'd make sense for him so young. And Cal's a tough job. Why make that your move?
 
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stlnd01 said:
Really? Rees feels to me like a natural born coordinator. Very good x's and o's but doesn't have face-of-the-program charisma. Which is not to say he'll never be a head coach - I think he probably will - just doesn't feel like it'd make sense for him so young. And Cal's a tough job. Why make that your move?
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Cal has Rivera as a GM so it seems like the onus on the HC would just be purely on the football/strategy side. A situation like that would help someone like Rees or any young coach tbf
 
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I wouldn't mind Justin Wilcox being brought in as an analyst now that Cal fired him.
 
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PSU better hire someone soon. They are down to 10 commits and at least two of them are predicted to flip.
 
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Jiggafini19Deux said:
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$12 million head coach emerges as top candidate to replace Sam Pittman at Arkansas

The Arkansas Razorbacks appear to be closing the book on an extended search for their next head coach. Arkansas fired Sam Pittman on September 28 after the team
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Arkansas and Ryan Silverfield might be close.
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I guess Bobby P wasn't able to close the deal.

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I think the Jim Mora hire is a really good one for CSU. People love to talk about that place as one of untapped potential. Don’t think Mora will be the guy to reach that potential, but with his background he should be the guy who gets the infrastructure in place to make it possible for the next guy.

Silverfield I think is going to flop hard. Guy couldn’t ever live up to expectations in Memphis despite having more resources than the vast majority of the American. Don’t see him doing well at a second class SEC program
 
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NotKoon said:
I think the Jim Mora hire is a really good one for CSU. People love to talk about that place as one of untapped potential. Don’t think Mora will be the guy to reach that potential, but with his background he should be the guy who gets the infrastructure in place to make it possible for the next guy.

Silverfield I think is going to flop hard. Guy couldn’t ever live up to expectations in Memphis despite having more resources than the vast majority of the American. Don’t see him doing well at a second class SEC program
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So he should retain Petrino as OC & future interim

Seriously, I don’t know much about Silverfield but the ones who preceded him haven’t fared well at big name programs either & I doubt Arkansas has many suitors lined up to take the gig.
 
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NotKoon said:
I think the Jim Mora hire is a really good one for CSU. People love to talk about that place as one of untapped potential. Don’t think Mora will be the guy to reach that potential, but with his background he should be the guy who gets the infrastructure in place to make it possible for the next guy.

Silverfield I think is going to flop hard. Guy couldn’t ever live up to expectations in Memphis despite having more resources than the vast majority of the American. Don’t see him doing well at a second class SEC program
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What were the expectations at Memphis he didn't live up to? He's won 29 games the last three seasons and wins bowl games. His stock probably won't be higher.
 
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Jiggafini19Deux said:
What were the expectations at Memphis he didn't live up to? He's won 29 games the last three seasons and wins bowl games. His stock probably won't be higher.
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I’d argue inheriting a team that won back to back conference championships and then never making it in 6 years is a failure to live up to expectations. Especially when the conference has gotten much weaker and the program is flush with FedEx money
 
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It's funny that Penn St. kicked this cycle off and yet seems farther from a hire than anyone. The fan base hated the idea of Rhule. Now they love the interim HC and that might be enough for them to give it to him. But, that's probably not the slam dunk hire they imagined getting when they fired Franklin.
 
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NotKoon said:
I’d argue inheriting a team that won back to back conference championships and then never making it in 6 years is a failure to live up to expectations. Especially when the conference has gotten much weaker and the program is flush with FedEx money
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That's fair. He seems to have lived up to his administration's expectations, though. He got hired as an assistant in 2016. They've stuck with him and he could be poised for three straight double digit win seasons. Maybe that's enough for them and maybe it's good enough for Arkansas?

He took over the program in 2020. They've progressed since he's been there in terms of wins and losses, and he doesn't lose bowl games.

Fair to look at Fuente and Norvell at their respective next stops and be skeptical. He's also never been a coordinator. At 45 years of age, he's coached in the NFL for 8 years. Seems pretty solid at best, which for some is fine.
 
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