I *think* it was that he wasn't willing to formally talk to us until after the conference championship they were in against Arizona State on Dec. 4. But then when they lost that game to ASU, he was open to talking to us until it became clear that the UNC BOT was running their own search. Whether he would have actually come to UNC or not is definitely a different question, since other teams had previously tried to lure him out of Ames and he didn't bite.
How much of a staff does Matt Campbell have to put together?
Tommy Rees and Jeff Monken only became Bubba's top targets once Jon Sumrall and Matt Campbell told us that they weren't interested in talking to us anymore, once they learned of the BOT's one-man search.
Yep. I feel extremely confident that Penn State with their first year coach will win more games than North Carolina will win next year with our second year coach. We are still apparently trying to reinvent the college football wheel here, while Matt Campbell is likely to be able to transition relatively easily into that role at Penn State. They will have a temporary one-year recruiting blip this year, almost certainly, but they'll get that ship righted very quickly. Campbell is an overall upgrade from James Franklin, and probably the only such realistic coach that they could have hired who could be considered such.
Apparently Vodney Cleveland is young for his class "Tracking to start college before his 18th birthday\". If he's physically ready already it will be a tiny bit surprising.
I hope the investment continues. My sense is the opposite. I think they have sufficiently alienated everyone with a big checkbook on the athletics side. The folks who drove this on the academic side will likely abandon it as quickly as they jumped in. That will leave the football program with a gaping wound of lost financial support.
Hopefully you're wrong...but I can totally see it playing out like you describe
That’s the thing when you hire a snake oil salesman/grifter. Much harder to get continued donations after someone like that.
At the moment we have more players booked for 2026 than are allowed. Hopefully the vast majority of those who leave are guys who wouldn’t have been on the field anyway, but that remains to be seen.
I'd prefer wins over future investments. We better be ballers going forward to make up for this disaster of a season. I know Greg advocates that theory but SEC membership would have forced our hands on investment with or without this disaster of a season.
I am not at all sure that is true. Time will tell.
Well, our roster has nine former walkons who didn't play much:
Yeah. He may not ultimately be a better recruiter than Franklin but he is almost certainly a better gameday coach than Franklin. He has a better record against Top 10 and Top 25 opponents than Franklin, so that's already a plus in his favor for Penn State.
Jarvious Green , Miles Mcvay-not in a category of "we needed to leave " And that's just the last couple hours-as you know
I think they are likely similar coaches, in floor/ceiling if not style.
they were looking at Terry smith or Brian Daboll otherwise, it’s a massive win for them
Losing Mcvay is bad, really bad, guys like that are expensive even if he wasn't that good. But Green kinda lost PT to Madrid Tucker and Clower... I see a guy like CJ Sadler jumping him for minutes.
Why is losing someone who was expensive and not very good a bad thing? Seems like a positive as it would clear up funds to go after someone who will hopefully end up being better (and maybe cheaper).
