DeChellis gets boost from AD – Altoona Mirror
Penn State athletic director Tim Curley gave Nittany Lions basketball coach Ed DeChellis a vote of confidence yesterday. No surprise there, but given the #fireed mentality out there, worth noting. PSU made the NCAA tournament in season 8 of DeChellis’ tenure which is an unacceptable timeline too many fans. It probably should be, but this is where we are as a program and unless somebody wants to dump a lot of money into it, nothing will change. That being said, I don’t get all worked up about DeChellis because he probably has the most security of any Big Ten coach. He’s a alumnus who views this as “the job,” he doesn’t cost a lot and he runs a clean program. I think he is a thoroughly decent person too. Unless the bottom falls out completely, I think DeChellis has at least 3 years of breathing room.

I don’t expect much from the 2011-12 Nittany Lions, but by 2012-2013 they need to in the postseason again. A reasonable goal for the next decade of Penn State hoops is 3 or 4 trips to the NCAA tournament and just as many to the NIT.