Penn State Coaching Search: Off The Radar With Jim Cantafio
by Chris Grovich on Dec 15, 2011 4:01 PM EST
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The Penn State coaching search has moved to the backburner with this week's legal wranglings in the Sandusky, Curley, and Schultz cases. With the search committee -- okay, Dave Joyner and Ira Lubert -- feverishly cycling Penn State planes through busy airports like Teterboro and Dulles, sifting through flight records on FlightAware has been a totally useless endeavor. Well played, Penn State. Well played. Jerks.
Just as bothersome has been the complete lack of leaks regarding possible interviewees. How the hell are we supposed to run a bumbling and embarrassing coaching search (#MichiganNDTrollGaze4Eva) if alleged insiders, mischievous reporters, and crafty coaches' agents aren't leaking interviews for fame and/or leverage? Honestly, if BSD commenters can change Chris Petersen's Wikipedia profile and send the media on a wild goose chase, it's safe to say that nobody knows anything about anything.
Worry not, loyal readers, our secret BSD Sources* are feverishly feeding us candidate information from inside Old Main. One off-the-radar coach who has emerged in recent days is a Hall of Fame coach and has the ability to bring something back to Penn State that has been sorely missing since the Sandusky scandal erupted.
Pride.
Jim Cantafio is the current coach of Cedar Cliff High School and a member of the Pennsylvania Football Hall Of Fame, primarily due to his winning well over 200 games as a head coach at other schools. Sure, his experience is only at the high school level, but I seem to recall Notre Dame hiring a high school coach and it turned out to be a pretty sweet deal for them. He has experience mentoring elite talent, having sent Chad Henne to Michigan, and is heavily involved in high school quarterback development camps.
He's also much more media friendly than Joe Paterno, and as you may recall, he's an insanely effective motivator:
URGENT MEMO TO URBZ: TAP OUT NOW, BRO. You never had a chance.
* - As opposed to ESPN Sources, which are really just Bruce Feldman tweets recycled under the name "Sources" 20 minutes later.
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I needed this.
The best thing about that whole video is that I can’t tell if Danny is paralyzed by fear of Cantafio or fear of laughing at Cantafio.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
My HS coach one screamed at us during a pre-game speech
FOOTBALL IS ONE HALF OFFENSE, ONE HALF DEFENSE, AND ONE HALF SPECIAL TEAMS. I almost passed out due to suppressed laughter.
by Chris Grovich on Dec 15, 2011 4:08 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
John Madden
was your coach!?!
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Dec 15, 2011 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
Him or Yogi Berra.
I’ll tell you why. Because we’re talking about Joe Freaking Paterno here.
-Jitterbug
by leeharvey418 on Dec 15, 2011 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
I think Danny peed himself
I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl
by jman07 on Dec 15, 2011 6:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This is pure awesome
(/recognizes he’s in the middle of the asskissing phase of a generalized passive-aggressive grovichian arc)
1. Love the radar pic.
2. Great first graph. Would totally not put it past LuberJoyner to pull this off. They may even be funding it. (they certainly can afford to fly planes back and forth with nobody of note on them)
3. Excellent h/t to Mr. Easy’s recent antics
4. twwl burn
5. CANTAFIO OHMYGAWD!
by jtothep on Dec 15, 2011 4:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Eh. We've had beers. We like each other.
People get mad under bad circumstances. Ain’t no thang.
by Chris Grovich on Dec 15, 2011 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
I LOL'd at "passive-agressive grovichian arc"
I’m anxiously awaiting the podcast next year when Chris tells me we’re going 6-6 in ‘12, cause then I know we’re going at least 9-3. It’s happened the last two years, it will happen again.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Dec 15, 2011 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
I said 8-4 this year! There's audio proof!
by Chris Grovich on Dec 15, 2011 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, come on, you're a hater.
What everyone wants is for you to just embrace it instead of being passive-aggressive.
You probably screamed with girlish glee when Ohio State hired Meyer. And you think Brady Hoke is “like a bawse.”
Oh, and you watch My Little Ponies with M1EK.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 15, 2011 9:58 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
This is great RUTS. . .
I wasn’t sure if you were serious or not until I got to Gerry Faust.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
OMG...
that, my fellow PSU freaks, was un-freakin-believable!
EVERY potential HC candidate should be forced to watch this. Afterward, Joyner clicks off the monitor (with a big-ass analog remote) and says, “Do you have pride, [insert last name]?!?”
When he grabs the kid by the face..
Remind anyone of Billy Madison grabbing the fat kid’s face and shaking him?
by jls83 on Dec 15, 2011 4:25 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
So....
no “tOSU sux” in the poll?
PS — I actually DO wish someone would have given the team this speech after the 2009 Ohio State game.
The depth of both my sadness and anger is unfathomable.
We (Still) Are...
There is a single engine piston plane
currently enroute from KUNV to KOSU. Which is awesome because either:
a) If one of the PSU coaches is thinking about jumping ship to OSU, he’s enduring a gut wrenching 2 hour vomit comet ride over a cold front as his punishment.
b) If it’s Jay Paterno covering his recruiting territory, he’s enduring a gut wrenching 2 hour vomit comet ride over a cold front as his punishment.
by PSU Mudder on Dec 15, 2011 4:33 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Secret option (c)
PSU is just flying what’s left of the current recruiting class to Columbus to hand them over to Urban and concede defeat
by Conan3124 on Dec 15, 2011 4:48 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
dude in my office was crestfallen
when he just realized I wasn’t laughing at his lame ass work-related joke
rec’d
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
by hbeach08 on Dec 15, 2011 5:02 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
More importantly...
did they get past Ampipe in the state championship?
I’ll tell you why. Because we’re talking about Joe Freaking Paterno here.
-Jitterbug
by leeharvey418 on Dec 15, 2011 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
no
found an article from lancaster paper from 2003 oct. saying they lost 27-24 to hempfield – made gallant effort to come back in 4th quarter down 27-12 or so at half – henne stopped at 1 yard line – couldn’t read more since i had to be a member of the paper
On a serious note: North Texas hired on e of Texas's best HS coaches ever
and he was terrible
that’s all
ESPN-The Enablers
Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Dec 15, 2011 5:28 PM EST reply actions
Gerry Faust.
No more needs to be said about hiring a successful high school coach to a D1 program.
So much of this post is 717 porn.
And Berks is culturally 717, so it counts too.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 15, 2011 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
And, no, 717 porn does not involve animals.
It involves Carhartts.
I saw a woman wearing a heavy sandstone Carhartt today. Identical to mine. Oh, yeah.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 15, 2011 6:42 PM EST up reply actions
Did you wash your Carhartts in windex?
I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl
looks like my size...
…wanna trade?
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
by hbeach08 on Dec 15, 2011 7:38 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
+1 right there
365 beers from 365 different breweries in 365 days. Game on.
http://www.blognamedbrew.blogspot.com/
by Tailgate Shogun on Dec 15, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
I ain't trading my damn Carhatt, man.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 15, 2011 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Oh I got it
“You look like my next ex-wife”
I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl
Nice jacket, sweety,would you like to go tour the applesauce factory and take in a couple of shrines on the battlefield.
We can finish up with a couple of burgers at Skooters, have you seen their new deck since they rebuilt after the fire? Maybe some candy from Mr. Ed’s, he rebuilt after the fire too!
I just read.
by BMAN13 on Dec 16, 2011 7:00 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Mr. Ed's: "Where the candy and fudge is at!"
Also, you forgot taking her on a tour of the Country Store: Ike and Mamie loved it!
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 16, 2011 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
the Famous Country Store
as seen in numerous national publications. My wife cracks up every time she reads that sign.
You could stop at the Round Barn too! Too bad Kristopher’s Famous Weiners is gone, but Montezuma’s is pretty good. Our son Kristopher always laughed at that place because boys from age 2 to 100 12 having their name associated with the word weiner is funny.
I just read.
My that heavy sandstone Carhartt sure looks mighty heavy . . .
Why don’t you slip out of it and allow me to carry it for you?
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Man I'm slipping
That took me a full ten seconds to realize what you meant.
I’ll tell you why. Because we’re talking about Joe Freaking Paterno here.
-Jitterbug
by leeharvey418 on Dec 15, 2011 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
To get her phone number so we can talk about how outlaw country relates to Stoicism and Epicureanism.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 15, 2011 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
I sang, and I quote:
Loving you would be easier than anything I’ll ever do again.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 15, 2011 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
My friend's cousin won 5 or 10 grand in the lotto
His first purchase? A Realtree living room suit. Proof you can’t give rednecks money.
I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl
I don't see anything in that picture.
A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.
by WorldBFat on Dec 15, 2011 7:41 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Did anyone hear the SI podcast with Feldman, Nelson, and Forde
Feldman, about half way through, goes on a fairly epic rant about ESPN.
I listened to that earlier
Tremendous.
I saw a girl crying tonight. When I asked why she said: "Because everybody lost."
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I've never been more proud of BSD
than I was today and getting Jonesy to call Joyner and ask about Petersen.
I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl
Was BSD responsible for Wikipedia?
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
by psume06 on Dec 15, 2011 7:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The wiki-coup was priceless...
In all seriousness, this has been a bad week for me and I’ve been stuck in this funk. However, today’s wiki job brought PURE, UNADULTERATED joy to world!!!
Thank you, Carolina Santa!
Please someone elaborate for the uninformed.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 15, 2011 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
carolinaeasy edited Petersen's Wikipedia page to say that he had been hired as PSU's coach.
David Jones reported it. (not attributing it to Wikipedia)
Joyner set him straight.
A great time was had by all.
I’ll tell you why. Because we’re talking about Joe Freaking Paterno here.
-Jitterbug
by leeharvey418 on Dec 16, 2011 6:24 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ah, David Jones
So many inside sources, so much wrong info.
Good times, good times.
365 beers from 365 different breweries in 365 days. Game on.
http://www.blognamedbrew.blogspot.com/
by Tailgate Shogun on Dec 16, 2011 7:34 AM EST up reply actions
Glorious!
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 16, 2011 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
Someone give me some freaking links.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 16, 2011 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
http://blog.pennlive.com/davidjones/2011/12/joyner_petersen_and_munchak_ru.html
A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.
sex with student?
didnt he get accused of sleeping with student at Conestoga VAlley?
Bingo
I heard whispers of a sexual scandal a few years back. Just what PSU needs.
Was it a girl?
just saying.
365 beers from 365 different breweries in 365 days. Game on.
http://www.blognamedbrew.blogspot.com/
by Tailgate Shogun on Dec 15, 2011 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
Yes. He did. And that's not all...
He married a former student shortly after she graduated from CV. He was forced out of CV for inappropriate contact with another female student. There were rumors that he was forced out of his next job (Wyoming Valley West) for similar issues – but that was not substantiated, that I recall.
I am a CV grad, and had him for phys ed (I never played football). He’s a lousy teacher; he treats his guys like dirt, and the only motivation tool he knows is abuse & shame. I hope to God that ass clown doesn’t get the PSU job (or any other college job, for that matter). He’s a joke.
For the Glory...
Class of 2000
sandusky
Sandusky has a better chance of getting the Penn State job than this guy.
Jerry Faust
How was hiring Faust a sweet deal for ND? The guy sucked.
Are you a Redskins fan by any chance?
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
BITCH.
You going to pay me royalties for this post? I’ve been calling for Cantafio to step up to the mic and spit game since, like 20 seconds after Joe was shit-canned. Now you want to hop on the bandwagon? DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE, CHRIS?
DO YOU?
#TeamCantafio4Life
365 beers from 365 different breweries in 365 days. Game on.
http://www.blognamedbrew.blogspot.com/
by Tailgate Shogun on Dec 15, 2011 9:14 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
You've known me long enough to know that answer. No. No, I don't.
by Chris Grovich on Dec 15, 2011 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, Indeeeed. You feel me?
365 beers from 365 different breweries in 365 days. Game on.
http://www.blognamedbrew.blogspot.com/
by Tailgate Shogun on Dec 15, 2011 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
Hold on, it's not gonna happen.
Before a playoff game last month, Cantafio said this:
"My heart bleeds for Joe Paterno and the victims of this tragedy."
He mentioned Paterno first – above anyone else; i.e. the true victims like the media and people who had to watch Paterno’s dirty attempts to do bad stuff that the media called bad. Penn State, thank God, will not hire any man irrational and inhuman enough to make such pro-pedophile statements.
"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings
by ReadingRambler on Dec 15, 2011 10:07 PM EST reply actions
DAMN.
Way to ruin my dream, Rambler. But I get it. He supported Paterno in the press, which clearly means he doesn’t hate child abuse enough.
I’m expecting his current employer to fire him, in fact, for this lack of outrage on the topic.
Sad day all around.
365 beers from 365 different breweries in 365 days. Game on.
http://www.blognamedbrew.blogspot.com/
by Tailgate Shogun on Dec 15, 2011 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
Financial shenanigans
I thought he got canned for some money shadiness with the camps he ran. No?
I remember he came in full Michigan gear to see Henne play at Beaver Stadium prattling on about Henne, who wasn’t really that good anyway. I have no sympathy for high school coaches that fall in love with their star players like that. They’re supposed to care about all the kids.
You’d never see coach Nickerson do that.
by reedjohnmiller on Dec 17, 2011 1:12 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Henne who really wasnt that good?
umm starting QB in the NFL….which we havent had since 1995
actually, it looks like Henne won't be starting
Devlin might be getting the nod over him.
And Henne wasn’t that good in college. I would prefer, at the collegiate level, to have a QB good in college over one who will eventually start for an NFL team. Ideally you’d have both, but many times it doesn’t work out that way. //JaMarcus Russelled
Fire Dan Snyder
I'd take Clark over Henne.
Probably Robinson too. NFL success is meaningless to me unless it happens on the Steelers.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
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