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#27
#27
Boston Vol said:
Is giving a masterclass in how not to run a coaching search. It’s pretty clear they had no plan after firing Franklin. I guess they just assumed people would be lining up and begging for the job. They’re at the point where they may be forced to remove the interim tag from Terry Smith and give him the job on a full time basis.
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Yep. I think they assumed they would get Cignetti and had no plan B when he re-signed with Indiana.
 
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#28
#28
Boston Vol said:
Yes, he turned them down.
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Honestly I never thought he was actually take it. Why? He's at his alma mater, he is going to get a great pay bump, he's loved there, and flirting with winning the B12/making the playoffs every few years is all he has to do at BYU.

Unless a coach doesn't care about anything but getting a pay day (or I guess having a big ego), I don't see why any sane coach would want to go to a place with THAT history and just let go a guy who had a ton of 10 win seasons and was a drive away from playing for a National Championship. And I say that as someone who thinks Franklin is a douche nozzle.
 
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05_never_again said:
Yep. I think they assumed they would get Cignetti and had no plan B when he re-signed with Indiana.
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This is exactly what happened.

Sitake was supposedly way down their list so the fact they got that far and still got turned down is really really bad. Honestly, they should’ve gone after Chesney from JMU harder. He’s from Pennsylvania and word is he really wanted the job. But PSU thought they were stealing Sitake so they let UCLA swoop in and grab Chesney. They’re screwed.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Honestly I never thought he was actually take it. Why? He's at his alma mater, he is going to get a great pay bump, he's loved there, and flirting with winning the B12/making the playoffs every few years is all he has to do at BYU.

Unless a coach doesn't care about anything but getting a pay day (or I guess having a big ego), I don't see why any sane coach would want to go to a place with THAT history and just let go a guy who had a ton of 10 win seasons and was a drive away from playing for a National Championship. And I say that as someone who thinks Franklin is a douche nozzle.
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I agree, now that he’s getting a pay bump. Before he was making $3 million a year. Penn State was reportedly offering $11 million a year. BYU is reportedly bumping him up to $9 million a year.
 
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Boston Vol said:
I agree, now that he’s getting a pay bump. Before he was making $3 million a year. Penn State was reportedly offering $11 million a year. BYU is reportedly bumping him up to $9 million a year.
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11 million for Sitake is insane. That’s as desperate as it gets. He’s a good coach but nowhere close to deserving of 11 million.
 
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ETNVolunteer1 said:
This is exactly what happened.

Sitake was supposedly way down their list so the fact they got that far and still got turned down is really really bad. Honestly, they should’ve gone after Chesney from JMU harder. He’s from Pennsylvania and word is he really wanted the job. But PSU thought they were stealing Sitake so they let UCLA swoop in and grab Chesney. They’re screwed.
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I thought the same thing. When Chesney went to UCLA, surely that was a clear indication PSU wasn't even interested in him but should have been.

Also, this is easier to say in hindsight now that he's staying at BYU but Sitake was obviously playing PSU for a raise. He's an LDS guy and BYU alum who has spent most of his adult life in Utah. Had a way below market salary (probably, BYU is private so we don't know for sure). There is no way in hell he was going across the country to coach at a program who just fired the coach that had them in a CFP semifinal last year and was #2 at one point this season.
 
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#34
I don't know any Penn state fans, but I am unable to not see on Facebook that the fans are ready to be happy with the interim, Terry Smith.

Next time you're tempted to type here "they wouldn't fire him unless [something]" don't type it. It's a Charlie Foxtrot every time.

On the plus side, I'd never heard of Crumbl cookies, and so being the punchline of a joke has really given them a ton of publicity. I am out of touch with the cookie industry.
 
#39
#39
If they can find a coed with a certain morally casual attitude, Bill Belichick is wanting to get out of Tarheel country.

Said the southern heat is hard on his hoodie game
 
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#42
I know that you want your job vacancy when the team is not a total rebuild ... but otoh ... when you can the coach that brought you out of a sleazy dumpster fire and is fresh off a Final Four ... then any candidate has to ask themselves "what exactly am I looking at doing in order to satisfy that"? One of the worst "Fhar sumbiidy" knee jerks Ive seen in CFB ... VT got the gold mine and PSU got the shaft (no pun intended on their sordid history).
 
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#45
farmdogvol said:
24/7 sports now has them at 144 with 3 recruits. Behind Army and just ahead of ND ST andUAB. This is turning into a major disaster for them. It may take them a couple of years or more to recover even if they hire an unknown superstar.
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That AD has to be canned when this is over
 
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#46
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Boston Vol said:
Is giving a masterclass in how not to run a coaching search. It’s pretty clear they had no plan after firing Franklin. I guess they just assumed people would be lining up and begging for the job. They’re at the point where they may be forced to remove the interim tag from Terry Smith and give him the job on a full time basis.
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They went back in archives and copied some of Vols best efforts in coaching hires in the 2010 decade.
 
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But I read PSU was going to shock the world with their hire.... Maybe it's a NFL guy with a playoff team ......🤣
 
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