Limegrover let go at Penn St.

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Law of conservation of Minnesota coaches in play here.
 


It sounds like the Penn State assistant coach jobs at Penn State are must produce or be out. We hope Ciarrocca sticks.
 

hungan1 said:
It sounds like the Penn State assistant coach jobs at Penn State are must produce or be out. We hope Ciarrocca sticks.
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I thought their offensive line and running game were rock sold, but then I didn't watch that many of their games. They need to get a new DB coach from what I saw.
 



Does Kirk go after his long time buddy Callahan?
 

swingman said:
Does Kirk go after his long time buddy Callahan?
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Some where there is a line. Friendship, honor, loyalty to PJ. If that happens the boat is taking on water of Titanic proportions.
 




Limegrover has some ugly days...getting fired by Tracy had to be a shock. Had to hurt. Now from far away it seems like Penn State was pretty good in his department of responsibility. Team had a nice season but he gets fired. Life is hard.
 

We have an OC opening and Limegrover used to be our OC. Who wants more rutm first, second, third, and punt on 4th? :LOL:
 

60's Guy said:
Limegrover has some ugly days...getting fired by Tracy had to be a shock. Had to hurt. Now from far away it seems like Penn State was pretty good in his department of responsibility. Team had a nice season but he gets fired. Life is hard.
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Or maybe (and I am just speculating here) he had an attitude problem when he didn't get the OC job. I always wondered if he had a problem with Claeys getting the HC job over him. Limegrover also had the title of Assistant Head Coach, so maybe he thought he was next in line.
 





Boy that Kill staff was an over employed bunch at the time.
 

Don't feel bad for Limegrover, the dude has made a shit ton of money coaching in the past several years. If coaching is indeed his true passion he can and will coach for many years to come.
 

There has been talk of their O line underperforming for several years.
 



HoustonTXGopher said:
Don't feel bad for Limegrover, the dude has made a shit ton of money coaching in the past several years. If coaching is indeed his true passion he can and will coach for many years to come.
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This
I feel as bad as I possibly can feel for a guy who coordinated an okay offense
 


It is tough to see someone you know who was a former Gopher coach getting canned especially this late in the season. I wish him and Tracy Claeys good luck.
 

60's Guy said:
Limegrover has some ugly days...getting fired by Tracy had to be a shock. Had to hurt. Now from far away it seems like Penn State was pretty good in his department of responsibility. Team had a nice season but he gets fired. Life is hard.
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Kirk clearly wanted his own OL coach. Perhaps someone who has "bought in" to his philosophy of using 6OL and TE as blockers only.

Like others have said, maybe he's just waiting until after the bowl game to bring in Callahan?
 

GoForGold said:
Or maybe (and I am just speculating here) he had an attitude problem when he didn't get the OC job. I always wondered if he had a problem with Claeys getting the HC job over him. Limegrover also had the title of Assistant Head Coach, so maybe he thought he was next in line.
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Certainly possible, but he was obviously content being the OL coach at Penn St and I highly doubt he accepted the job under the condition of being OC in waiting.

I think it more likely that Kirk wanted to hire his own OL coach. But that could be wrong as well.
 

IMHO, Franklin is doing a little bit of house cleaning/tweaking of the offense with Ciarrocca. The Penn State O-Line played well enough the last four seasons, but not to the level that will propel them to the CFP. I would not be surprised if this is not the end of the changes to Penn State Offense.
 


MplsGopher said:
Kirk clearly wanted his own OL coach. Perhaps someone who has "bought in" to his philosophy of using 6OL and TE as blockers only.

Like others have said, maybe he's just waiting until after the bowl game to bring in Callahan?
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There hasn’t been much talk about whether Ciarocca will take any of the offensive staff with him, TMK. Plausible Callahan goes? Anyone else? Furthermore, I’d imagine the prospect of PJF going outside the family for an OC (and really even if he promotes from within) has the offensive staff scrambling to send out feelers, phone calls, CVs. It may be an unneeded distraction right now.
 

Sorry, poor wording, let me try again.

Like others have suggested, maybe Kirk wants to bring in Callahan, and out of respect to the team is waiting to start that interview/feeler process until after the bowl game?
 

Also, Penn State's best WR is declaring for the NFL.

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Nittany Lions WR Hamler declares for NFL draft

Penn State's KJ Hamler, ranked No. 10 among wide receiver prospects for the 2020 NFL draft by ESPN's Mel Kiper, posted on Twitter that he's forgoing his final two college seasons to enter the draft.
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Penn State wide receiver KJ Hamler said Tuesday that he's forgoing his final two college seasons to enter the NFL draft.

Hamler is ranked No. 10 among wide receiver prospects for the 2020 NFL draft by ESPN's Mel Kiper.
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GoForGold said:
I thought their offensive line and running game were rock sold, but then I didn't watch that many of their games. They need to get a new DB coach from what I saw.
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It didn't seem PSU had any real deficiencies. Hard to reason firing coaches with no deficiencies.
 

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