ESPN's Brett McMurphy reported Golden was a finalist.
James Franklin, Al Golden, Mike Munchak top candidates for Penn State job, source told @ESPN— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) January 3, 2014
Now CaneSports.com, Miami's Rivals.com website, is reporting he's been offered the job.
CaneSport has confirmed that Al Golden has been offered the head coaching job at Penn State. While expected to take it, no word yet from Al— CaneSport (@CaneSport) January 3, 2014
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Interesting. Who will Miami hire to replace him? They always go on the cheap.
Greg Schiano?
bud foster?
Not a bad idea. Bobby Petrino maybe?
I always imagined Petrino would be taking London's job at some point.
I'm sure they have plenty of back roads for motorcycles.
OH GOD, THAT'S AL GROH'S MUSIC!
I imagine a kazoo playing Pomp and Circumstances.
Interesting...I assumed they would at least wait to learn the fate of Munchak.
...So let's get ahead of ourselves and play the "what-if" game...
Who becomes the front runners for the Canes HC Job?
Al Groh?
Lol. That would be awesome.
LunchPail defense to Miami?
There would be no greater dagger to my heart than to lose Bud to Miami.
I would have to give up on football, and perhaps sports entirely.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE BANNED FROM SUGGESTING SUCH THINGS LEST ATHLETIC DIRECTORS PERUSE THIS BOARD IN SEARCH OF ADVICE!
eh, i should've read further down the thread.
Just trying to have some fun with you guys. maybe i crossed the line a little
Yer darn right you crossed a line.
I like to live dangerously
Any other time, I call you out in a game of chicken with syphillus filled syringes to test the notion of living dangerously.
However, your avatar has shut my stupid mouth.
Well played, Mister Dangerous.
this is (I believe) preceded by one of my all time favorite movie quotes...I use this all the time
"allow myself to introduce.....myself"
Checked on that, actually comes right after. For posterity:
00:00:00–00:00:12
thanks...i knew it was the same scene but couldn't remember the order
CollegeFootballTalk posted quotes from CaneSport: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/03/report-al-golden-off....
Meanwhile, David Jones, a columnist for The Harrisburg Patriot-News is reporting that no offer has been made.
This should be fun.
These coaching carousels are so fun!
He's so gone. Schiano to Miami sounds about right as well.
As wisec4g mentioned above, CaneInsider reported he's staying and it might be a power play to get raises for Golden and his staff.
http://www.caneinsider.com/?p=12499
Personally, I hope he stays. He's provided us some good competition the last few years. I know he has ties back there, but what does that say about #goacc if he digs Miami out from under sanctions just to go somewhere else with more sanctions. Is PSU that much better of a destination than Miami?
Isn't he a PSU alum? I think for him, it is. You don't want to be the guy to follow Paterno, so there is the barrier already there.
I don't see why he would leave for PSU. It just seems like a lateral move, maybe even a demotion. PSU has been irrelevant for a while now and has been tarnished by the Sandusky scandal as well. So yeah, Golden isn't leaving the talent rich Miami for PSU unless they offer him a ton of money.
He coached at PSU in the late 90's, and at one time the PSU job would have been worlds ahead of the Miami job.
I dunno, PSU even during the sanctions has consistantly sold out their huge stadium while Miami barely fill theirs. I think it is quite an upgrade. Besides they have a good qb, something that Miami doesn't have right now
To quote Bear Bryant: "Momma called. And when Momma calls, you just have to come runnin'."
But in reality, if you look at Golden's coaching history, all his stops have been somewhere that was really crappy to start, and he built up into a lot better program before he left.
1. Before he became a HC at Temple, they were 3-31 the 3 years preceding. While he remains only 27-34, his penultimate year he gets a division title, and is at least 2 wins over .500
2. We all know the Miami situation, so he comes in there, and rails off 3 .500 or better seasons, including a technical Coastal division title. Also, navigates them out of the sanctions (due to NCAA blundering), and still recruits well.
For all we know he could be a guy who likes challenges in fixing programs. But a good bet would be still power play for $$$
How about TIMECOP or GeorgeWelsh out of retirement?
wasn't timecop on their short list last time?
Only because he forced his name there to get a raise
Next Miami coach: Mack Brown.