Comments on: Penn State coach Bill O’Brien considering an NFL interview

By: donkeykong2011

donkeykong2011 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:59:30 +0000

Belichick is the best coach any of us has ever seen. And you know it.

That said, none of his assistants that move on ever pan out. Romeo Crennel, Charlie Weis, Josh McDaniels, Eric Mangini, and Scott Pioli have all been a bust.

By: chattanola

chattanola — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:47:48 +0000

I admired O’Brien and thought he was pretty gutsy to take on the Penn St. coaching job, but 4 years of obscurity may be too much to bear for any man with ambitions.

My question is, if Penn St. had any inkling that they were going to be hit this hard, why didn’t they offer the job to a lower profile coach who needed some notches on his belt vs. a coach who could, arguably, take a HC position in the NFL?

Four years of recruiting challenges and when winning won’t even get you a participation trophy?

Who would’ve knowingly taken that on except a young up-and-comer wanting to put some skins on the wall?

O’Brien has a tough decision here but I can’t say that I fault him.

By: thetooloftools

thetooloftools — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:49:13 +0000

I think O’Brian is going to stay at Penn State if he has any character.
(How can you ask player to stay and then leave)?
I was the biggest Penn State basher on the planet and Joe Paterno really did know EVERYTHING .. he really did.
But O’Brian knows if he hangs in there a few years, college coaches are going to make just as much (if not more) then pro coaches. He’ll go legend in Happy Valley and can fill in the blanks on his paycheck.
Why do you think Penn State never blinked over $60 million? Pocket change to them.
O’Brian will not interview with anyone or it will be a sign of disloyalty.
Either he’s all in with Penn State or he’s on his own.
They will eat they’re young in Happy Valley.

By: anonymouslyanonymouscommentor

anonymouslyanonymouscommentor — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:12:21 +0000

Does anyone realize how good this must look to recruits? A lot of PSU fans are worried, but the more informed ones seem to be pretty confident he’s staying. O’Brien just doesn’t seem like the type of guy to go against everything he stands for, or at least stood for last year. Can’t ever be sure, but seems to me (and part of this is definitely me hoping) that he’s just keeping his name out there so everyone knows he could have a job at the NFL level if he wanted it.

By: contract

contract — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:36:51 +0000

“hey, how’s that 7th Lombardi coming along?”

One thing is sure … it’s coming along a heck of a lot better than it is for your team.

By: xcerebus1

xcerebus1 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:50:09 +0000

This is almost as good as the story where Tony Dungy announced he wouldn’t take a head coaching job that was never offered to him.

By: sdiegosteel

sdiegosteel — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:31:32 +0000

I don’t know how much he’d help an NFL team, but losing him would be devastating to Penn State (and I say this as a PSU fan). There’s a fine line here – - being successful enough to get recruits but not so successful that he gets offers from elsewhere. He might have crossed that second line – - and then where will PSU go?

By: John A.

John A. — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:27:23 +0000

Cupcake schedule? Are you out of your mind?

He did a masterful job with the TOUGH schedule they had and all the defections of players from the team.

By: patfanken

patfanken — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:26:54 +0000

Those who believe that the Pats won’t be a serious competitor when Brady leaves, are really just hoping that will be the case. In their hearts, they really know that its not true. They all saw what happened in 2008.

Everyone who makes the NFL is a good player, NE has a system that tends to make them better, and that’s going to continue after Brady is gone.

BTW- don’t forget the Pats went to the superbowl last season with a team that had 19 players who started their careers as UDFA’s. They added 2 more this draft, both who are contributing.

By: CKL

CKL — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:24:52 +0000

giantssb42champs says:
Jan 1, 2013 2:45 PM
Another Belicheat flunky in the making.
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I LOVE when NYG fans whine about BB and cheating. Means that your first two Lombardis are tainted too, right?

As for O’Brien, even though I don’t care about college football, I sure hope he doesn’t jump. Whether he was misled or not, and especially in that particular job, a man of integrity would stay and see his contract through. Period. Some things money just shouldn’t buy.

By: bobzilla1001

bobzilla1001 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:12:55 +0000

I’m a little surprised that O’Brien is so highly coveted, considering he has zero significant wins so far at Penn State. O’Brien, like Paterno before him, benefited from a cupcake schedule.
When O’Brien’s PSU teams start beating Ohio State even once in a while, get back to me.

By: badgerbuck

badgerbuck — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:59:49 +0000

Can you blame him?

By: pondbridge

pondbridge — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:47:37 +0000

I’m no PSU fan, but maybe the loyal supporters of that program in State College PA including the Penn State student-athletes who stayed around after the sanctions deserve a coach who thinks of himself second.

By: fran021

fran021 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:20:11 +0000

Somedayike to meet these “Belicheat” and “Tom Bundchen” type folk, just to see if they have two heads or look like normal people.

By: stairwayto7

stairwayto7 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:19:23 +0000

If he leaves, he will be known as Benedict Bill!

By: kirksutton

kirksutton — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:58:58 +0000

Belichik and his flunkies are good, but the mega success in New England comes from Tom Bundchen, and when he retires, the glory departs. Along with BB.

By: blancodiablo

blancodiablo — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:58:13 +0000

As a Penn State grad and Jag season ticket owner, if Khan brings in O’Brien, he can keep his tickets. Maybe some homer Gator fan will buy them when Tebow is brought onboard. But I doubt it. SEC grads make an average of $12 an hour.

By: deebo92

deebo92 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:58:06 +0000

As a Penn State student, Bill could you not?

By: hbegley6672

hbegley6672 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:47:05 +0000

He knew there was a risk going in. He’s entitle to go where ever he chooses. Although, it would make his actions an statements this past year, very disingenuous. Those seniors stood by him, each other and the university…

By: nflfan1

nflfan1 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:41:44 +0000

@giantssb42champs

Another Belicheat flunky in the making.
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Full disclosure. Not speaking as a Patriots fan. Just tired of idiots using the term “Belicheat” because they are too lazy and stupid to come up with anything new. It is 2013. You would think that a true Giants fan who’s team has beat the Pats twice would be happy with that.

By: tommyg2012

tommyg2012 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:40:47 +0000

Not even George Steinbrenner would pay 18 million just to buy this guys contract out…he ain’t going nowhere unless Penn State agrees to waive that buyout…. The next 4 years are going to suck … Imagine if PSU went undefeated in those 4 years … It means NOTHING!!!!!!

By: maddenisfordorks

maddenisfordorks — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:36:30 +0000

Bobby Knight!

By: burgandy2260

burgandy2260 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:30:57 +0000

His reputation from the start was that he’s a man’s man and a leader. If he leaves PSU after 1 yr then he’d fall right into the ranks of these other college coaches who stray from the truth. I know it’s all part of a big dream for these guys but when is your word your word!?!?

By: johnnyb216

johnnyb216 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:22:41 +0000

Nick Saban!!!

By: lifelongbrownsfan

lifelongbrownsfan — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:14:55 +0000

I thought O’Brien’s contract at Penn State had some sort of escape clause language that permitted a clean break if the school was sanctioned for more than one year, particularly because there was so much uncertainty about it when O’Brien signed on.

By: Cereal

Cereal — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:13:04 +0000

Its absolutely ridiculous that Penn State’s millions of fans are being punished by the criminal actions of an individual who wasn’t even employed with the school at the time. Shame on the PSU board for willingly accepting these sanctions. The 4 players mentioned in the Freeh report, whether they did enough or not is hearsay. As deplorable of their potential crimes are there really is little evidence to back any of it up. ESPN’s guilty first witch hunt media attack was borderline slander & the NCAA completely whiffed on their power move. Of course nobody is writing about this, it sells more papers to bash Joe Paterno.

By: fio1963

fio1963 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:07:23 +0000

He did know there were possible sanctions. In his contract if there was sanctions he had 4 more years added to his contract which took effect. C’mon do your research!!!

By: mazblast

mazblast — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:06:14 +0000

coys10 says:

No owner is going to pay 18.4 million for guy that has never been an NFL coach. If they did, they are an idiot and usually idiots don’t get to own NFL teams.
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Ross
Snyder
Jones
Adams
W. Johnson
Brown
Bidwill

Any idiot who makes enough money elsewhere can be an NFL owner if he plays his cards right. Any idiot who happens to be the son of an owner, whether the father was an idiot (Bidwill Sr.) or not (Paul Brown), can get a team the same way.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:01:50 +0000

Sure, pay the $18.4 million. After all, it is Known Fact that having been with the Patriots makes one a guaranteed winner for life, that any team that employs anyone endowed with the Belichick/Brady magic is an automatic winner.

Cheeseburger Charlie Weis
Romeo Crennel
Matt Cassel
Scott Pioli
Josh McDaniels

I mean, has any group of disciples of any coach ever experienced such an uninterrupted record of success???

That said, I wish coach O’Brien many years of success and happiness–at Penn State.

By: seanemac75

seanemac75 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:58:35 +0000

If he were to leave, then everything he stood for last year would been just fake. Here is the interesting thing, I wonder what happens when the state of Pennsylvania sues the NCAA?