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Schiano to UM?

Everyone knows Schiano is waiting on the Penn State job to open up.
That ... or Tony Soprano told him he'd get whacked but good if he tried to leave Jersey.

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There is more to leaving one coaching job for another than just which program is more prestigious or which one pays the most.

Many of these coaches are not just vagabond gypsies looking for the next place to stop for the night. You're talking about a major relocation (sometimes to another part of the country) that can involve uprooting small children or even elderly parents. You're also talking about uprooting a coaching staff and support staff, not to mention the separation from players you've recruiting and may be very close to.

For every turncoat like Fran and his ilk, there are coaches out there that remain very loyal to the people they work for, the people that support them, and the program they've built.

While I think it's often disingenuous the way some coaches use job openings to leverage a new contract or play one school off another, I can understand why--at the end of the day--they decide to stay put and not undertake a major move, regardless of how prestigious the suitor may be.
 
StoneMtnDew said:
If you honestly think WVU is in the same category as Wake Forest, South Florida and Rutgers... well, I'm not sure you ought to be posting on any football forum. WVU, as you noted, beat the SEC champ 2 years ago and this year went 10-2 and beat the crap out of an MSU team Bama hasn't been able to beat in two years while WVU has beaten them by big margins both times.

Wake is 96th in all time wins, Rutgers is 38th (because they've played the most games in NCAA history) and South Florida hasn't gotten 50 wins yet.

Wake is 105th in winning percentage, Rugters is 78th and South Florida has only been around this century.

So you can't put them in the same category as WVU, you just can't.
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See, that is the beauty of message boards. It is people offering their opinions and interpretations and occasionally trying to assert their superior intellect over others with little jabs, barbs, and what-nots.

The point of my post is that some jobs just don't compare to others. The WVU job doesn't compare to the Michigan job. The WVU job doesn't compare to the Bama job. A lot of jobs can't be compared. They just can't. If you don't agree with that, then you shouldn't be posting on any football forum, to borrow your words. I'll rank my perceptions of different teams where I want to rank them. Isn't that what happens about 6 months out of the year with polls anyway?

Have a great day.
 
rizolltizide said:
See, that is the beauty of message boards. It is people offering their opinions and interpretations and occasionally trying to assert their superior intellect over others with little jabs, barbs, and what-nots.

The point of my post is that some jobs just don't compare to others. The WVU job doesn't compare to the Michigan job. The WVU job doesn't compare to the Bama job. A lot of jobs can't be compared. They just can't. If you don't agree with that, then you shouldn't be posting on any football forum, to borrow your words. I'll rank my perceptions of different teams where I want to rank them. Isn't that what happens about 6 months out of the year with polls anyway?

Have a great day.
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Game, set, match. Well said, rizoll.
 
Jack Bourbon said:
Schiano had better not screw up any time soon or he could really regret this. Since he doesn't work there, he can't have a deal with PSU a la Jimbo at FSU, can he?
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The man has a job for life making more money than he can spend at Rutgers. Even if the PSU job never works out, I seriously doubt that he will regret this if he doesn't think it owuld have worked out on a long term basis...
 
NYBamaFan said:
The man has a job for life making more money than he can spend at Rutgers. Even if the PSU job never works out, I seriously doubt that he will regret this if he doesn't think it owuld have worked out on a long term basis...
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Some people like a new challenge and some don't. But when you get to the million plus range, money can't be very important to most of them. The difference between having a few million and a bunch of millions is slight.
 
rpeastep said:
Some people like a new challenge and some don't. But when you get to the million plus range, money can't be very important to most of them. The difference between having a few million and a bunch of millions is slight.
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LOL, preach on, but also know that those who are fortunate enough to have stopped working for the money are also looking for a place that they can be successful, not just challenged. Not that UM is a bad place to coach, but Schiano may very well have seen/heard something in his meeting that made it a poor fit for him. A challenge is one thing - career suicide is another. When you are as settled as Schiano, you can pick your challenges...
 
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