Does Penn St hire Rhule

[Grug]

I dunno, man, Frost thought it kinda sucked to be head coach at Nebraska...

I see this persepecitve. This is his dream job, he will take it.

 

[Grug]

I see this persepecitve. This is his dream job, he will take it.

*if offered of course

 

[nja13]

I see this persepecitve. This is his dream job, he will take it.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Damon Benning seems pretty confident in his statement that Rhule is not interested in the job.

 

[ChocaEgg]

If Rhule leaves it might be because of our schedule next year. Non con is easy but

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Sandy Vag gonna grow exponentially next year fwiw hth gbr

 

[Carm]

I mentioned this in a nuked thread. I think their interim coach, Terry Smith, will get offered the job before Rhule if he can go 4-2 with a win over Indiana or OSU. And imagine if they beat Nebraska. Are they really going to offer Rhule the job after he loses to their interim, a guy who has a stronger connection to PSU than Rhule?

Smith played there and has been coaching at PSU since 2014. He’s had the assoc hc title since 2021. If he pulls off a win over a top 5 team, or goes 4-2 with a win over Rhule, then how would their fans support Rhule over Smith? Would Smith stay if they bring in Rhule or would he feel like he was wrongly passed over for the job? If he beats Nebraska, their fans would have to think he deserves the job over Rhule.

If they keep losing and we keep winning, Rhule surely gets offered the job, so I hope Smith turns it around for them, but then it could be our showdown in State College securing the job offer for the winning coach.

Rhule would likely be someone who would even recommend Smith. He gave Smith his first college coaching job on his Temple staff.

 

[Carm]

I see this persepecitve. This is his dream job, he will take it.

why do you believe this is his dream job? Has he ever said that? He doesn't have a reduced buyout if he quits to go to PSU, which a number of coaches have negotiated for their dream jobs.

 

[dsbigred1]

why do you believe this is his dream job? Has he ever said that? He doesn't have a reduced buyout if he quits to go to PSU, which a number of coaches have negotiated for their dream jobs.

I agree, and even if he had said it in the past, people should understand that dreams change when you gain perspective. Rhule seemed like a “grass is greener” type of coach before he went to Carolina. Not so much anymore.

 

[Carm]

I agree, and even if he had said it in the past, people should understand that dreams change when you gain perspective. Rhule seemed like a “grass is greener” type of coach before he went to Carolina. Not so much anymore.

The only example I could find of him calling PSU his "dream job" was Adam Gorney saying Rhule told someone at Penn State that when he was on the Western Carolina staff (2002-2005). He graduated in 1997 and was a volunteer assistant at PSU in 1998.

 

[Cavalot]

We're such battered wife syndrome fans these days.

Agree though.

Yeah not so much that way. But I get the sentiment. Its his dream job where he calls home. I think even if he was OSU one couldn't blame him for taking it.

 

[Cavalot]

I will say this until I am blue in the face, Cignetti isn’t leaving Indiana.

Maybe. I don't have any inside info. But I do know that PSU>Indy. It is what it is.

 

[MaxHuskers34]

Maybe. I don't have any inside info. But I do know that PSU>Indy. It is what it is.

Not when you can just call up Mark Cuban for NIL. Plus Cignetti is 65 years old. I think he only leaves Indiana for an SEC job ie. Florida.

 

[Cavalot]

Not when you can just call up Mark Cuban for NIL. Plus Cignetti is 65 years old. I think he only leaves Indiana for an SEC job ie. Florida.

I don't care how much money Indy has. They are not going to consistently pull athletes like PSU. Their's seemingly an endless stream of cash for players at every F'n power conference school with a pulse. Border line sickening. Actually way past the border. Going to be a crash at some point.

 

[MaxHuskers34]

I don't care how much money Indy has. They are not going to consistently pull athletes like PSU. Their's seemingly an endless stream of cash for players at every F'n power conference school with a pulse. Border line sickening. Actually way past the border. Going to be a crash at some point.

I promise you, as long as Cignetti is at Indiana they are going to be a major player. He doesn't gain anything at PSU that he doesn't have at Indiana right now.

 

[Tonkasker]

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Agents are going to feast on this cycle of coaching changes

 

[Baron Winnebago]

If Rhule leaves it might be because of our schedule next year. Non con is easy but

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If he's running from a schedule in what would be year 4, I'll drive him to the airport

 

[Kaladin]

If he's running from a schedule in what would be year 4, I'll drive him to the airport

Good point

 

[Ripping Lips]

Not sure if it's been discussed, but if MR is BFF's with the AD at PSU, would you think that Rhule would want to jeopardize that friendship in case things don't work out there? AD's come and go all the time and who knows how long his buddy will stay there.

 

[king_kong_]

why do you believe this is his dream job? Has he ever said that? He doesn't have a reduced buyout if he quits to go to PSU, which a number of coaches have negotiated for their dream jobs.

He has a reduced buyout ($5M) if he takes another job anywhere

 

[Carm]

He has a reduced buyout ($5M) if he takes another job anywhere

That's not reduced. It's market, or even slightly above market.

Buyouts coaches pay are just a fraction of the buyouts schools pay