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Eh I think for a scenario like this it wouldn't be. He's not somebody who is going to get another P4 job unless he succeeds here and with the Portal and NIL, the kids are eventually going to become loyal to the cash and not the coach. I just don't see another hire right now that overwhelms you. So if you can't get that home run, you know this guy hits for average. Who ordered the wind?

Which is why I would give Smith two years max. With the Portal and NIL, you no longer have to give a new coach an entire recruiting cycle to build a team. Theoretically speaking Smith would mitigate or minimize the exodus to Blacksburg and that's even if the kids planning to join the used car salesman haven't already discovered he's entirely full of shit. That alone is reason enough to consider a short term deal. He said something very very concerning last night at the presser in that Penn State is going to win games and lose games and will win more than they lose. That likely sticks and will come up as to why he may not be hired. Penn State doesn't want to lose games. Even being a realist, you're going to be spending the money to win everything, right now, all the time. His bit of realism may have sunk him.

That'll do it. The entire country just saw players endorse the guy. The search is over.

Okay so let's remove the emotion. 1) Gateway was one of the best programs in the state when he ran it. So Smith is known throughout the WPIAL as a program builder and a winner. 2) He is already known as a great recruiter. Penn State recruits well in Philadelphia and Jersey suburbs, DC/NOVA, and the Hampton Roads. Where they seem to struggle a little bit is in Western PA, where the best football is played in the state. Perhaps some kids from Farrell, Aliquippa, Pine-Richland, and other places start to sniff around a little more instead of going straight to Pitt, West Virginia, and Ohio State when they're wanted. 3) He once obliterated his team after a 27-0 win for lack of effort. Players seem to respond to somebody who is going to provide you with the tools to be the best but then expects you to do so. Look at the list of candidates. Who do you think is automatically a better long term plan? Kalen DeBoer? Maybe but that's an expensive "What if?" Lane Kiffin isn't the least bit interested, Mike Elko is getting paid by the Cult, Eli Drinkwitz absolutely STINKS, Matt Rhule STINKS, Bob Chesney from James Madison is an absolute unknown based on the Chaos of Cignetti, which, if Indiana doesn't win a playoff game or two, that dude starts feeling heat fast. Joe Brady is likely staying in the league, Brian Hartline will probably get paid to wait out Ryan Day, so who is left? Remove the tag. Give him two years. If it doesn't work, in two years you go after the shiniest new hire. The fans are chanting "Terry" as I type this.

Look at this. Get rid of all the unnecessary shit at the line, all the stupid shifts and focus on blocking, running, and passing, and the offense looks damned good. James Franklin can go straight to Hell for ruining this season. Straight to Hell.

Remove the interim tag at halftime.

I'm glad PennDOT was on the ball somewhere because 453 from Water Street to Tyrone was pure, unadulterated ass this morning.

Didn't this happen in one minute via a Chinook?

I have a poker game scheduled for Black Friday so watch a coastal develop and over perform.

About an inch of PASTE in Philipsburg.

If I could smack you with a fish digitally for posting the Euro for New Year's Day, I'd smash you with the largest fish I could find lol

Here's my honest to Christ opinion: If Brian Hartline isn't the hire, or maybe Joe Brady from the Bills, it needs to be Terry Smith. Terry has the endorsement of many of the Letterman, which will have a say in this process after two non-Paternoites in charge of the program over the last 14 years, as he himself is a Paternoite, a Letterman, played in the League, and has children who repeated (Justin King). The players that are there currently seem to be playing hard for him, and there has been progress offensively since Smith decided it was time to throw the ball downfield. You give Smith two years and enough money to make sure he doesn't work after the job because he's a lifer and deserves it. It allows the carousel to cool down because all firing Franklin did was get a ton of dudes paid and if you don't get a bigger hire than the dude you fired, you just give Smith two years and see what happens.

A cousin of mine played at Tech. Played in the first ever BCS Championship game. I can't tell you how STOKED I am to continue to have to deal with this fn guy.

Better cut this shit out before you get swarmed by the mountain top farmers...

Can somebody build a giant wall a thousand feet tall?

Is this the same plunge of air he said was bullshit last week?

Tornado-warned storm out in SWPA.

Wind advisory hoisted

All my homies hate the wind.

I think you're gonna get a 65-70°F day.

Just you lol

Weather Socials are sounding the alarm on a Turkey Day displacement in the PV.

Just had one HELL of a gust of wind.

A few flakes falling here in Huntingdon county. Christ the weather is boring here lol.

Fixed it for you lol