PSU OC Change

Submitted by jimmyshi03 on January 8th, 2021 at 11:02 AM

Kirk Ciarrocca, hired last year from Minnesota, is out after a year in favor of Mike Yurcich, who’d been at Texas and let go as part of the firing of Herman’s staff. Yurcich had been QB coach at Ohio State previously.

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MichAtl85

January 8th, 2021 at 11:06 AM ^

Must be easier to make a change when people know who the HC is

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tennis_labeef

January 8th, 2021 at 11:10 AM ^

Anyone know why the “OT - $20 million for charity” post got taken down? Asking for a friend.

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tennis_labeef

January 8th, 2021 at 11:10 AM ^

Sorry to thread jack

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East Quad

January 8th, 2021 at 11:13 AM ^

No, you aren't!

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LabattsBleu

January 8th, 2021 at 11:11 AM ^

Well, that was a fast replacement of a coordinator....is that how its supposed to happen?

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UMxWolverines

January 8th, 2021 at 12:02 PM ^

Because most likely Franklin didnt have to go through a list of candidates and get to #12 before someone said yes.

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Catchafire

January 8th, 2021 at 11:21 AM ^

Seriously, Minnesota had a good thing going, PSU swooped in and fucked it up, and now they are spitting him out.

Screw PSU.

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Golden section

January 8th, 2021 at 11:35 AM ^

It's a strange move. Kirk Ciarrocca was celebrated as one of the great young minds in college football.

Everyone got thrown a COVID curve. PSU lost it's top 3 running backs.

As we saw here. with Gattis, it takes a few games to get things going under a new OC. PSU won it's last 4 games and they weren't close.

This suggests he is the sacrificial lamb, or the more likely, there something else is going on here.

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Fezzik

January 8th, 2021 at 11:51 AM ^

Have we got things going yet with Gattis?

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MichAtl85

January 8th, 2021 at 12:11 PM ^

Agreed. What have we seen with Gattis that’s very positive? 21 against MSU? Running zone read repeatedly with no read? Wildcat?

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JonathanE

January 9th, 2021 at 8:34 PM ^

I believe he is referring to the play with McNamara under center.

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Gulogulo37

January 8th, 2021 at 7:24 PM ^

No. And if they don't really get it going next year they're all gone. Michigan is gonna need to score a lot of points next year. I've been pessimistic here, but if there's any hope it's this offense doing to OSU what it did to Minnesota last year.

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Cruzcontrol75

January 8th, 2021 at 12:33 PM ^

Ciarrocca also did a great job at Western taking down Northwestern and pasting Illinois en route to a Cotton Bowl. I wish he could be HC in Kalamazoo instead of freaking Howdy Doody.

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NittanyFan

January 8th, 2021 at 1:04 PM ^

I don't think this is entirely fair to Kirk Ciarrocca. It was only one year, where there were A LOT of unique factors (COVID, losing the various running backs).

As someone else said, PSU did also noticeably improve as the season went on. That should be worth something.

One thing that is for certain: Franklin has had a lot of offensive coordinators. The next one will be #5 (in the 8th year) at PSU under Franklin! John Donovan, Moorhead, Ricky Rahne, Ciarrocca, and the next one.

On a tangent, I feel bad for Rahne for other reasons. He deservedly got the ODU head coach offer in December 2019. He took it --- leading the way for Ciarrocca at PSU --- but then ODU was one of only 3 FBS schools not to play in 2020. Hoping that Rahne gets his chance in 2021.

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