Bill O'Brien to interview with Texans

[Warner2BruceTD]

Both these guys are more than likely on the way out anyway, so of course they would be interested in a head coaching job there lol.

While this may be true, Penn St is a better job than Tampa or Tennessee, too.

I'm not even saying Penn St is a top tier job. It clearly took a hit. But not as big a hit as you think and that program is going to be back. And its still a better job than these NFL bottom feeder jobs.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

No I don't.

Again, we're talking about the Texans. It's not a big time job, it just isn't. Bottom third NFL job. Non descript middling franchise with no cache.

It doesn't matter if that pro job is the Jaguars or the Buccaneers...it is better than all but maybe 5 jobs (and that is stretching it)...at the college level. Penn State isn't in that group.

Texas, Alabama, Ohio State....and then I'm stretching when I throw out Oklahoma or LSU.

[JimLeavy59]

It doesn't matter if that pro job is the Jaguars or the Buccaneers...it is better than all but maybe 5 jobs (and that is stretching it)...at the college level. Penn State isn't in that group.

Texas, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, USC....and then I'm stretching when I throw out Oklahoma or LSU.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I don't agree with Michigan and USC. Great college jobs...not a job I'd keep over a pro job.

The pay scale is slanted so far in the NFL's direction college can't keep up outside of a select few. Only two pro coaches make less than 2M (Dennis Allen and Chud...two NFL guys)...Average is 4.6M. There are only six coaches in CFB that make more than that (Saban, Mack Brown, Stoops, Meyer...and Butch Jones/Bret Bielema, lol). There are only 25 programs that make more than the NFL's lowest coaching salary. Only 17 that make over 3M (which is kind of the entry level NFL Coaching salary for non-broke dick teams like Cleveland and Oakland).

[ram29jackson]

LOL at you assessments. Its a top 40 premier college job. Penn State aint no Wyoming or trendy Rutgers.

Why the hell would he do so much to improve these players in so short a time and jump ship ?

[Sportsbuck]

Very short sighted takes on the quality of the PSU job.

The probation will be over quicker than you think, and whatever coach chooses to stay there forever will be treated like a king, especially once they start winning again. Again, with the money, facilities, and history it is pretty laughable to call it a 3rd or 4th tier program based on one short probation which hasn't even buried them even close to the extent people thought it would. Let's not act like this is Iowa St or Wazzou or NC State or some shit, let's get a clue.

I think that your opinion on how the tiers work is different than most. Think of it like the food pyramid, with the highly coveted jobs being smaller sections and then as it goes down they get larger. Iowa State, Wazzu or NC State wouldn't be 3rd tier schools.

First tier jobs are ones like Texas, Alabama, OSU, USC (It's a short list). Second tier is teams like Oklahoma, LSU, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Georgia, etc. 3rd tier is teams like Penn State, Auburn, Tennessee, etc.