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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2011 17:30:57 GMT -6
Coach Jeter to Penn State? Andy Katz just tweeted that Rob would be make sense for the Nittany Lions. I didn't want to post this but it does need to be watched...
"ESPNAndyKatz - Milwaukee's Rob Jeter makes sense for Penn State. Former Big Ten assistant. Pitt native. Was in mix for Miami. PSU has to go Horizon level."
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Rawls
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Everyone's Entitled To My Opinion
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Post by Rawls on May 23, 2011 17:47:12 GMT -6
If in fact Jeter turned down the Hurricanes, this job offer isn't any better. Not sure how much of his childhood was in Pittsburgh, his profile at uwmpanthers.com says he grew up in Chicago, so I don't know how much he considers PA "home".
Here we go again...
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Post by Hack on May 23, 2011 18:33:45 GMT -6
Excuse me if I missed something, where was is published that Jeter turned down Miami?
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Post by Pantherholic on May 23, 2011 20:22:46 GMT -6
Penn State is by far a worse job than Miami. Football is unquestionably #1 at both but Miami is showing a committment to bball via new facilities. The one benefit to PSU is its such an afterthought position you don't have a lot of expectations.
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 23, 2011 21:18:20 GMT -6
According to ESPN's Dana O'Neil, the Penn State job paid DeChellis $700,000 per year.
That's Bradley-type money.
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Post by PantherU on May 24, 2011 0:09:26 GMT -6
Less than Miami. No way.
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Post by uwmbacker24 on May 24, 2011 6:52:50 GMT -6
Penn State is a worse job than Milwaukee at this point. They dont appear to have a strong recruiting class and they play a distant second fiddle to the football program. This would be very similar to Jeter's second year at Milwaukee when he had a huge void of talent and struggled to win 10 games. This would be a HUGE step down for Jeter. I don't see any chance of this happening.
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 24, 2011 6:57:09 GMT -6
Also, Rob now has considerably more administrative support than he had in his second year.
Penn State basketball could only dream of having Michael Lovell and Rick Costello at the helm.
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 24, 2011 9:02:17 GMT -6
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Post by GoPanthers33 on May 24, 2011 9:58:28 GMT -6
I heard this yesterday but I'm not to worried.
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Post by BBFran on May 24, 2011 10:00:29 GMT -6
I doubt Rob would have much interest (and I also doubt PSU would have much interest) but stop kidding yourself, folks. This is a job at a Big Ten flagship with 40,000 students, an excellent newer basketball arena and tremendous resources. Calling that a "bad job" compared to any Horizon job with the possible exception of Butler is just whistling past the graveyard.
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Post by JG Panthers on May 24, 2011 10:11:08 GMT -6
I doubt Rob would have much interest (and I also doubt PSU would have much interest) but stop kidding yourself, folks. This is a job at a Big Ten flagship with 40,000 students, an excellent newer basketball arena and tremendous resources. Calling that a "bad job" compared to any Horizon job with the possible exception of Butler is just whistling past the graveyard. You can't just compare the Milwaukee job to the Penn State job. You have to compare the Milwaukee job plus his potential for a better job to the Penn State job. Rob has a good chance of landing a better job than Penn State down the road. Why would he take this position? I can't imagine a good reason. |
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 24, 2011 10:26:01 GMT -6
Fran, I'm talking about the PSU job as a bad one relative to making the NCAA tournament, which of course should be the baseline objective for every program ... or at least every one from a BCS conference (and yes, I realize that the Nittany Lions backed into a berth this year).
What's the better situation: a perennial upper-tier team in an emerging league or the ninth-best program in the Big Ten?
With his outside income, Rob makes about $625,000 a year at Milwaukee. DeChellis re-signed with PSU in 2009 for $642,000 a year. I just don't see this a serious possibility.
I'll simply echo what JG said: why take this opening when a better one will surely come around the bend in another year or two? What does going 9-22 next year at PSU do for anyone in Rob's current position? In essence, he holds all the cards.
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Post by PantherU on May 24, 2011 12:14:48 GMT -6
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Post by PantherU on May 24, 2011 12:23:47 GMT -6
Here's an excerpt of the article that speaks to me:
"Until DeChellis was hired, the Bryce Jordan Center sported little in the way of artwork or signage to signal it was the home of Penn State basketball, and only last season were the basketball staffs given significant office space."
In the Cell, which will likely be our home for at least the next 3 years, there is practically NOTHING pointing to the fact that it is the most historic basketball facility in the state. NBA and NCAA Champions have played there, our best moments were there, hell it was the building where Stone Cold Steve Austin made his famous "3:16" speech. There's nothing showing that history.
I think it would be smart of the WCD to emphasize what they do have as opposed to the Bradley Center - world champions, conference title games, big moments in entertainment - I mean, the BC still has a poster of Elvis Stojko in the entrance for crying out loud.
That's where the next emphasis in the Arena should come from. Ambiance.
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