A quick perusal of PSU's Scout board reveals that they do not want Grobe. Hiring Grobe would be an "epic fail" and an "awful choice" as he is a "hack" coach who is "substandard."
That is pretty much what the UVA board said when I floated Grobe's name months before Grobe went to Wake and UVA hired Groh. Those same posters were excited about Groh's super bowl rings and after his first full year recruiting class predicted a national championship.
With the exception of this board, you can't put much stock in what posters say, LOL.
It would have been nice to see what Grobe would have done at a "Big Time" program, but to me, I enjoy the fun of watching him coach an underdog program that actually has a basic concept of some correlation of recruiting players who actually want to earn a degree and make something of themselves.
As bad as Ohio State fans are, Penn State fans are a step below and I would hate to see Grobe at a school like that.
From the recruting aspect, at his age, Grobe really needs to make clear he is staying at Wake if that his intent. It would seem his recruiting might have dipped a few years ago with all of the rumors of a move. The margin of error is really thin for recruiting at Wake.
At the end of the day, Coach Grobe wants to win, but I think developing life long relationships is more important to him. I think much of that is based on the death of his father when he was growing up and the death of him mentor and close friend Ray Hagley in the Marshall plane crash. I think coach Grobe will stay at Wake and I think he has the ability to guide the team to another ACC Championship!