John Donovan named OC
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TYFYSNorwegianHusky said:
To be fair Christian Hackenberg couldn't throw a fucking football so running it kinda makes sense.NEsnake12 said:Penn St fans on reddit:
“Not to doom and gloom things but he’s our worst OC of the past two decades.”
“He ran a read option with Christian Hackenberg”
“Bubble screens, jet sweeps, and getting sacked on a two man rush.”
“The Jimmy Lake era has ended before it even began.”
“I hope y’all like jet sweeps to the short side of the field.”
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To me it sounds like we went all in on Moore and when he told us to fuck off we had no alternatives so Jimmy panicked and hired this failure.
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This hire reeks of agent favoritism. What’s the connection? Lake and this guy have the same agent? Something is going on.
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6-7MikeDamone said:7-6 is in the bag.
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Donovan was fired after two seasons as Penn State’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach in 2015. That season, the Nittany Lions finished 126th out of 128 teams nationally in third down conversion percentage (27.57%), 106th in rushing offense (134.15 yards per game), 105th in total offense (348.6 yards per game), 103rd in completion percentage (53.2%), 100th in scoring offense (23.2 points per game) and 99th in red zone touchdown percentage (54.55%).
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I love me no ballz, but I am growing to hate him, and he has not even coached a game
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commented already a few times but i dont get the hire, this is just so far out of left field.
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Hoping someone asks this because it makes no sense.RoadDawg55 said:This hire reeks of agent favoritism. What’s the connection? Lake and this guy have the same agent? Something is going on.
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As the entertainment value wears off, I just don't care. I boldly said a few years back that if Petersen wasn't the guy, then that was it for Husky football for the foreseeable future. Petersen proved not to be the guy, and now here weº are. I was and am right until I am wrong.
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It’s something to do with agents or the search committee. I would be more excited about getting the best NAIA coordinator. This fucking sucks.UWhuskytskeet said:
Hoping someone asks this because it makes no sense.RoadDawg55 said:This hire reeks of agent favoritism. What’s the connection? Lake and this guy have the same agent? Something is going on.
Fire Lake already. It’s over. I’ve defended these clowns for too long. Jimmy will be a turd. -
No wonder @puppylove_sugarsteel always plagiarismed your shit.GrundleStiltzkin said:As the entertainment value wears off, I just don't care. I boldly said a few years back that if Petersen wasn't the guy, then that was it for Husky football for the foreseeable future. Petersen proved not to be the guy, and now here weº are. I was and am right until I am wrong.
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This Ed Donatell, but on offense.
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No doubt that the Penn State results were awful, and Donovan was apparently not Lake’s first choice. PSU was supposed to lose 40 scholarships between 2013-2017, and be limited to 65 per year during the same period. The sanctions were rescinded such that they got back to the normal 85 in 2015, but in 2014 (Donovan’s first year) they had only 75. In 2015 they leveled up, signing Saquon, Ryan Bates, Juwan Johnson, many other 4-star WRs and OLs. Donovan supposedly recruited Mike Gesicki, from NJ, Mackey award winner, possibly GOAT TE at PSU.
The top-line knock against Donovan was that he was fired after 2 seasons, while fans are now jealous that Oregon is getting Joe Moorhead - who was *fired from Miss State after two seasons*. -
I already miss Pete. We wouldn’t have struck out this badly with him. His offense still sucked, but we hired a coordinator that has had no success as a coordinator and was stuck in one of those extra roles in the NFL where they don’t have coaching limits.GrundleStiltzkin said:As the entertainment value wears off, I just don't care. I boldly said a few years back that if Petersen wasn't the guy, then that was it for Husky football for the foreseeable future. Petersen proved not to be the guy, and now here weº are. I was and am right until I am wrong.
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I just wanted to stop by and congratulate you guys on the new OC hire.
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Donatell was a much better hirejecornel said:This Ed Donatell, but on offense.
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From The Athletic a year ago:RoadDawg55 said:
I already miss Pete. We wouldn’t have struck out this badly with him. His offense still sucked, but we hired a coordinator that has had no success as a coordinator and was stuck in one of those extra roles in the NFL where they don’t have coaching limits.GrundleStiltzkin said:As the entertainment value wears off, I just don't care. I boldly said a few years back that if Petersen wasn't the guy, then that was it for Husky football for the foreseeable future. Petersen proved not to be the guy, and now here weº are. I was and am right until I am wrong.
"Yet when he addressed the media after UW’s 28-23 loss to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, Petersen appropriately focused on what needs to be fixed and what the Huskies must do not only to extend their current streak of New Year’s Six bowl appearances but actually win one.
Despite a third consecutive New Year’s Six bowl appearance for his program, Chris Petersen knows the offense needs to be revved up. (Kirby Lee / USA TODAY Sports)
“We’ll have a plan. We will,” Petersen said. “We’ll study the hell out of the tape, and, you know, pare things down so we’re more precise at what we’re doing. It all comes down to execution. And I don’t know if it’s any one thing — we would have fixed it long ago. But we’ve done it in the past. We’ve played good in the red zone in the past. We’ll analyze every bit of tape that we have of ourselves from not just this year. We’ll figure it out.”
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It’s been pointed out but Saquon wasn’t the difference between Donovan and Moorhead in 2015 and 2016.
Saquon was only a frosh in 2015 but he was still Saquon. 182 carries for 1076 yards at 5.9 a pop. Only got 1 carry for 1 yard in their season opening loss to Temple but they figured out what they had in the next two games when he went 12/115 and 21/195.
Really no excuse to be ranked outside the top 100 in nearly every offensive category at Penn frickn State with Saquon Barkley at RB. That’s how you go 7-6 with a defense ranked in the top ten nationally at just 4.5 yards per play allowed.
And that’s why nobody hired him and he ended up as a random assistant, not even a position coach, with one of the worst franchises in the NFL.
He must have had a helluva pitch to Jimmy. Because the hire makes zero sense on its face. -
But but but
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In happier news, I was right about the Lake hire.
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Hey it’s ok guys I’m hearing from a very reliable source that Donovan was a top 3 candidate.
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That’s actually worse news if true.CuntWaffle said:Hey it’s ok guys I’m hearing from a very reliable source that Donovan was a top 3 candidate.
I can handle a rookie coach striking out in his top options and having to settle.
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fuck man even for me this is a dick punch
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Agent and search committee bullshit. Convince me otherwise. This guy has been a bum. I would be underwhelmed with him as the new TE coach. He’s the new OC.FremontTroll said:It’s been pointed out but Saquon wasn’t the difference between Donovan and Moorhead in 2015 and 2016.
Saquon was only a frosh in 2015 but he was still Saquon. 182 carries for 1076 yards at 5.9 a pop. Only got 1 carry for 1 yard in their season opening loss to Temple but they figured out what they had in the next two games when he went 12/115 and 21/195.
Really no excuse to be ranked outside the top 100 in nearly every offensive category at Penn frickn State with Saquon Barkley at RB. That’s how you go 7-6 with a defense ranked in the top ten nationally at just 4.5 yards per play allowed.
And that’s why nobody hired him and he ended up as a random assistant, not even a position coach, with one of the worst franchises in the NFL.
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"It’s been pointed out but Saquon wasn’t the difference between Donovan and Moorhead in 2015 and 2016."
Not just Saquon - who added 400 yards to his freshman rushing total - but also Trace McSorely, who in 2016 emerged as the starter, broke the PSU single-season passing record, and wound up on Heisman ballots along with Lamar Jackson. I've read here that his predecessor, Hackenberg, "couldn't throw a football." That seems like a stretch for an NFL draftee, but I'd agree that McSorely was an obvious upgrade. -
I'm usually pretty even-keeled about this kind of stuff but this is worst case scenario. It feels like Sark all over again.
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With how much this is going to cost us, I was thinking more like...WilburHooksHands said:fuck man even for me this is a dick punch
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Send Jimmy to Australia!
