Penn State OL coach likely heading to Auburn
In a sad day for every DL in the B1G, it appears that PSU OL coach Herb Hand is leaving for Auburn (per Dan Wolken). Not a done deal yet, but Hand is apparently close friends with Malzahn. I am assuming that the fine people at Auburn haven't been able to locate any PSU OL game tape from the past few years.
This comes shortly after DC Bob Shoop departed for Tennessee.
Hard to read too much into a couple staff defections, as it happens everywhere, but some of the PSU staff may be seeing the writing on the wall in Happy Valley.
January 11th, 2016 at 3:06 PM ^
furiously refreshing Black Shoe Diaries for garment-rending
January 11th, 2016 at 4:03 PM ^
Sounds yummy.
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January 11th, 2016 at 3:06 PM ^
look no further than the OL. As we know, it's a position group with a high miss rate. In 2012,13 and14, PSU got a total of 8 OL commits. Only one of whom was a 4* to Rivals. They should be looking at another tough season, regardless of the coaching. By comparison, we took 12 OL in those classes, 9 of whom were 4* or 5*.
I believe Hand was PSU's recruiter in this area. Remember seeing pictures of him at Cass Tech.
January 11th, 2016 at 3:17 PM ^
January 11th, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^
Poor Auburn.
As for PSU I am sticking to my call a few months ago that the tanner version of Brady Hoke will be out of a job within a year. If Narduzzi smacks tanner Hoke next Sept, Sad Valley is going to be up in arms.
(Also I assume Funk is available for hire James - hurry and snag him!)
January 11th, 2016 at 3:53 PM ^
If Pitt beats penn state next year, some news vans may get torched.
January 11th, 2016 at 3:39 PM ^
Maybe Franklin is forcing him out because his wife isn't hot enough.
January 11th, 2016 at 3:41 PM ^
But I really enjoy this happening to that program and fan base :D.
January 11th, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^
Well Franklin is interviewing for the Giants so his assistants know he's going pro. Right? haha.
January 11th, 2016 at 4:01 PM ^
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On a side note, has anyone noticed how primitive Penn State commenters are over at BSD?
January 11th, 2016 at 4:05 PM ^
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PennLive, as you might expect, is covering this with much interest - LINK
Auburn lost its offensive line coach, J.B. Grimes, to Cincinnati on Monday morning. Hand, who has been with Penn State coach James Franklin for five seasons, previously coached with Tigers' head coach Guz Malzahn when the two were co-offensive coordinators at Tulsa in 2007 and 2008.
That's the reason the position is open at Auburn, so everyone is aware. The article also mentions that Hand's legacy may very well be some units which underperformed, although the author claims that it is largely due to circumstances beyond Hand's control, particularly this year.
January 11th, 2016 at 4:34 PM ^
should extend Franklin and hire Funk!
On another note, wonder how this impacts 4* PSU Commit OT Will Fries. The M staff was pushing for him to visit. We might not have spots left though...
January 11th, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
Funk would maintain consistant play on the line.
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January 12th, 2016 at 2:39 AM ^
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January 12th, 2016 at 2:52 AM ^
Had some TV gig after the regular season, maybe the B1G champ game or was it another conference (forgot), one that was on Fox.
I was shocked at that, but maybe he needs to polish his TV image...
...or maybe just go polish his head....(just kidding I'm losing hair too)
January 12th, 2016 at 10:00 AM ^
Save the Auburn Quarterbacks. https://www.change.org/p/jayjacobsauad-save-the-auburn-quarterbacks