Story: Penn State adds former Big Ten offensive coordinator to staff in an analyst role

TheBigUglies

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Hopefully they up the salary level then what was posted on the PSU Jobs board, he won't be able to support his family in State College on that salary band.
 

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Hopefully they up the salary level then what was posted on the PSU Jobs board, he won't be able to support his family in State College on that salary band.
He made about $2mm in his three years with the Illini, so if he didn't fritter it away he should manage to survive,
 

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Hopefully they up the salary level then what was posted on the PSU Jobs board, he won't be able to support his family in State College on that salary band.
Would you be so kind as to share the salary (and save me looking it up)?
TIA

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Does anyone think that a Head Coach, incapable of even managing in-game timeouts, has the skill set to manage a football organization that has now become a bloated bureaucracy?
 
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So I just did a quick comparison of the 2011 and 2021 PSU Football Media guides to see how much the Football staff has grown over the past 10 years.

Description: 2011 Staff # / 2021 Staff #

Primary Coaching: 10 / 11
Grad Assts: 4 / 4
Administration: 2 / 7
Admin Support: 11 / 14
Medicine & Training: 6 / 6
Performance Enhancement: 3 / 10
Academic Support: 2 / 5
Recruiting: 0 / 8
Quality Control & Analytics: 0 / 6


Totals: 38 / 71 (+87%) <<<<---- Does PSU Football look 87% better to you?

I did not include any of Franklin's recent additional hires or any staff affiliated with Communications, NLC, Letterman's Club etc.. By the time the 2022 season starts and Franklin has filled all of his newly created positions, he will have more than doubled the PSU Football organization.
 
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So I just did a quick comparison of the 2011 and 2021 PSU Football Media guides to see how much the Football staff has grown over the past 10 years.

Description: 2011 Staff # / 2021 Staff #

Primary Coaching: 10 / 11
Grad Assts: 4 / 4
Administration: 2 / 7
Admin Support: 11 / 14
Medicine & Training: 6 / 6
Performance Enhancement: 3 / 10
Academic Support: 2 / 5
Recruiting: 0 / 8
Quality Control & Analytics: 0 / 6


Totals: 38 / 71 (+87%) <<<<---- Does PSU Football look 87% better to you?

I did not include any of Franklin's recent additional hires or any staff affiliated with Communications, NLC, Letterman's Club etc.. By the time the 2022 season starts and Franklin has filled all of his newly created positions, he will have more than doubled the PSU Football organization.
compare staff levels to Alabama and ask yourself why Saban has had a huge staff for years
 

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or anything else- PA may be the world capital of negativity

FIRE. CAEL. o_O

 
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BW Lion

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compare staff levels to Alabama and ask yourself why Saban has had a huge staff for years
Jeebzus....you have a bad case of "whataboutism". The size of Saban's staff relative to Franklin's is unimportant. Saban has put a quality product on the field and has enjoyed success. You can't say the same about Franklin's Empire.
 

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Jeebzus....you have a bad case of "whataboutism". The size of Saban's staff relative to Franklin's is unimportant. Saban has put a quality product on the field and has enjoyed success. You can't say the same about Franklin's Empire.
we get it- you hate Franklin

He's rebuilding a program that hasn't had a legitimate title contender since 1994- not an easy task, and a lot harder than it was 30 years ago before the really big money became the main driver in what we laughingly call "college" football
 

BW Lion

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we get it- you hate Franklin

He's rebuilding a program that hasn't had a legitimate title contender since 1994- not an easy task, and a lot harder than it was 30 years ago before the really big money became the main driver in what we laughingly call "college" football
It's a rather long rebuilding project without much to show for it. The last two seasons show he's already apexed professionally
 

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Jeebzus....you have a bad case of "whataboutism". The size of Saban's staff relative to Franklin's is unimportant. Saban has put a quality product on the field and has enjoyed success. You can't say the same about Franklin's Empire.

In ten years Franklin will have a staff of 100+ and a .500 record.
ten more years.....ten more years......ten more years....
 

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The postings are no longer up and I no longer have access but I do remember the top of the band was $79k.
That was how much they get from PSU how much do you think they get ‘under the table’? I’d say whatever it takes
 

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Once you accept the fact that Penn State will never, ever, ever win a national title again, it’s kind of freeing! In fact, it’s bliss.
 

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Once you accept the fact that Penn State will never, ever, ever win a national title again, it’s kind of freeing! In fact, it’s bliss.
 

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The postings are no longer up and I no longer have access but I do remember the top of the band was $79k.
This is the best I could find…..201


Report: LSU reveals analyst salaries​

Andrew Olson | 4 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/sha...football/report-lsu-reveals-analyst-salaries/
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If support staffs are the new arms race in college football, then it looks like LSU does not want to be outspent.

Ross Dellenger of The Advocate recently obtained the 2018 salaries for LSU analysts via a records request with the university. Dellenger found LSU is paying 10 analysts a combined $595,000. The salaries range from $30,000 (former NFL assistant Donovan Jackson) to $76,500 (Ronnie Wheat).

The offensive analysts are listed as follow:
Jorge Munoz – $70,000
Steve Kragthorpe – $60,000
Brad Kragthorpe – $50,000
Blaine Gautier – $48,500
Donovan Jackson – $30,000

The defensive analysts are:
Kevin Coyle – $70,000
Mark Criner – $70,000
Aaron Schwanz – $70,000
Ronnie Wheat – $76,500
Leon Wright – $50,000

Analysts are not allowed to participate in on-field coaching according to NCAA rules and typically do not go on the road recruiting except in the instance of a staff vacancy. Dellenger’s report notes that the 10 analysts are “at will” employees and not under contract with the school.

While circumstances vary, it is interesting to note that many of the LSU analyst salaries are higher than the salaries for Alabama’s high-profile analysts. Former Tennessee coach Butch Jones will reportedly make $35,000 at UA this fall.

The Crimson Tide previously paid Steve Sarkisian the same salary in 2016. Current Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley made $45,000 as an analyst in 2016.
 
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Why pay analysts when the only omniscient ones are right here and free?
I actually think it would be interesting if they did hold interviews to hire one member of this site. It might actually get the fan base more engaged. I know it’ll never happen but I find it funny and it would make for a great reality tv show
 
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