Football Takeaways from Jim Knowles's introductory press conference

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Takeaways from Jim Knowles's introductory press conference

Happy Valley Insider offers five takeaways from Jim Knowles' introductory press conference on Tuesday.

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[Obliviax]

these are all great answers to these questions. very smart and very cerebral. Looking forward to watching PSU's D next year under his leadership.

 

[dailybuck777]

"To this point, he hasn't shown a desire to be a head coach again after previously being the head coach at Cornell from 2004 through 2009. " I believe this is wrong. Last year he interviewed for the head coaching job at Duke.

 

[jimarnp]

"To this point, he hasn't shown a desire to be a head coach again after previously being the head coach at Cornell from 2004 through 2009. " I believe this is wrong. Last year he interviewed for the head coaching job at Duke.

You may be correct, but interviewing for HC gigs are multifaceted. Some just use them as levers for raises, or test the current teams waters for future desirability ( observe reactions). — Since the implementation of full blown NIL/playoff/Portal , HC’ing is virtually a 24/7 /365 thing , and much less desirable for “old school” coaches….(see Saban/ OSU OC etc). — He’s making a very good buck right now, and I think it’s less likely, at his age and status , that he wants to test HC waters. We’ll see, I guess.

 

[mhlarch]

Obviously a great hire for PSU and he'll do well here. I especially like his temperament and the fact he wants to be here (I know the contract is lucrative, but he seems single minded in wanting PSU to win it all!). The only thing that concerns me are what some Buckeyes posted on this forum after he was hired. While they spoke highly of him, they said he runs a complicated D and it takes time to implement and for players to learn the system.....like 2-3 years. If he plans to stay around for a while like it seems he will maybe that's okay, but PSU appears to be in a win now mode with all the offensive weapons returning next season. I'm far from an X's and O's guy so who knows if this is true. Just wondering if this is an accurate assessment and what our experience will be.

 

[dailybuck777]

Obviously a great hire for PSU and he'll do well here. I especially like his temperament and the fact he wants to be here (I know the contract is lucrative, but he seems single minded in wanting PSU to win it all!). The only thing that concerns me are what some Buckeyes posted on this forum after he was hired. While they spoke highly of him, they said he runs a complicated D and it takes time to implement and for players to learn the system.....like 2-3 years. If he plans to stay around for a while like it seems he will maybe that's okay, but PSU appears to be in a win now mode with all the offensive weapons returning next season. I'm far from an X's and O's guy so who knows if this is true. Just wondering if this is an accurate assessment and what our experience will be.

An example of what can go wrong was the 2022 game with Michigan. OSU played extremely risky defenses and got burned time after time. That is the worst of Jim Knowles. If you watch that game, you will see the downside of what generally is a very good defense. The best of Jim Knowles was the second half of the recent season.

 

[bdroc]

these are all great answers to these questions. very smart and very cerebral. Looking forward to watching PSU's D next year under his leadership.

He needs a LB and DB. That would make him a lot smarter.