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Originally Posted by MegaWoody
A 100,000+ seat stadium and a high visibility history will attract a so-called 'power' coach and the program will return to glory eventually. But it may not happen for the first coach they hire.
When Woody left the game, a lot of OSU folks wanted Lou Holtz, who had wanted tOSU job his entire life. But he wouldn't interview for the job because he didn't "want to be the coach who followed Woody Hayes", he wanted "to be the coach who followed the coach who followed Woody Hayes".
You may see that phenomenon happen in Happy Valley. The immediate successor can't possibly live up to expectations, so the school moves on a couple of years later to the successful successor.
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The major difference I see with these two legendary coaches is in what kind of state they left/are leaving their teams... Hayes left his team while they were still very competitive and successful while unfortunately for JoePa his last few years have been the exact opposite. While I do agree with you that there will probably be a smaller, unknown coach succeed JoePa, it wouldn't surprise me to see Penn State go after and land a larger name coach since the program has been on the slide for a few years. If they could pull that off and the coach would be successful he would probably have a job at PSU for a long time...