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John Donovan named OC

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,878 Founders Club

    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.”

    To be fair Christian Hackenberg couldn't throw a fucking football so running it kinda makes sense.

    ...That's all I got.
    TYFYS
  • DoogWhisperer
    DoogWhisperer Member Posts: 1,035
    edited January 2020
    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.
  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823

    7-6 is in the bag.

    6-7
  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823
    I love me no ballz, but I am growing to hate him, and he has not even coached a game
  • rodmansrage
    rodmansrage Member Posts: 6,377
    commented already a few times but i dont get the hire, this is just so far out of left field.
  • UWhuskytskeet
    UWhuskytskeet Member Posts: 7,113

    This hire reeks of agent favoritism. What’s the connection? Lake and this guy have the same agent? Something is going on.

    Hoping someone asks this because it makes no sense.
  • TripleRainbowDawg
    TripleRainbowDawg Member Posts: 76
    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 The sanctions were rescinded such that they got back to the normal 85 in 2015, but in 2014 (Donovan’s first year) they had only 75.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*.
  • Mosster47
    Mosster47 Member Posts: 6,246
    I just wanted to stop by and congratulate you guys on the new OC hire.

    It sounds like he was a good one, until he wasn't.
  • SonnyShackelford
    SonnyShackelford Member Posts: 1,005
    jecornel said:

    This Ed Donatell, but on offense.

    Donatell was a much better hire
  • TripleRainbowDawg
    TripleRainbowDawg Member Posts: 76
    "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.