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Our old friend John Hufnagel

So I'm a huge Penn State friend.  I actively read Black Shoe Diaries, the PSU blog at Sports Nation, which I would arguably say is the standard-bearer for PSU blogs.  As you may know there is much controversy over JoePa's age and a succession plan.  So being cranky and irritable on a Monday, I see someone has posted this on BSD's Diaries :

How about John Hufnagel after JoePa?

With all the talk about eventual coaching succession, Hufnagel's resume is stellar. QB at PSU 70-72, I think sixth in Heisman voting. Played pro football 15 years, then coached Doug Flutie, and Jeff Garcia in Canada. Was QB coach for Peyton Manning; then Mark Brunell at Jacksonville, then QB coach for Tom Brady at the Patriots, onto the NY Giants as Offensive Coordinator 2004-2006 credited with Eli Manning's fast development. Do you sense a strong pattern here?!?! Now head coach in Calgary, probably left the Giants because Tom Coughlin felt threatened by his exceptional coaching talent.

I think my angry comments touched off the big Coughlin debate we had in December, and I believe Ed among others said I needed to let go of Hufnagel hate.  To be fair, I was never really back on the Coughlin bandwagon until it looked like we finally completely scrapped Hufnagel system after the Redskins loss.  Normally, this would roll of my back due to the pleasure of a being WorldChampionNewYorkGiant's fan, but I was a little cranky this morning, and thought of having to watch him call plays for another team I love made me crack a little.  So I responded with a "summary" of what I thought of his coaching ability. 

Ironically, I've never seen any signal caller so universally hated the current PSU OC, Jay Paterno, Joe's son, which in addition to describing his genealogy also describes what appears to be his only qualification for the job. 

 

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If Penn State

can’t do better than Hufnagel to replace a legend like JoePa, that’s a sad statement on Penn State football.

by Ed Valentine on May 6, 2008 8:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

fortunately

This is just the ill-informed ramblings of one fan, not an actual rumor.

by queler on May 6, 2008 10:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HUFFY

Huffy was just signed this year as the Calgary Stampeders Coach, Huf is ours now!!! There’s no way he’s going to Penn State for a couple years.

by GiantsfaninCalgary on May 16, 2008 12:19 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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