Comments on: Buyout keeps O’Brien at Penn State

By: vegasdestroyer

vegasdestroyer — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Another Nittany Lying

By: granadafan

granadafan — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:21:15 +0000

Any harm or damage that comes to the despicable Penn St program is well-deserved. I hope he leaves them high and dry and without a coach. The legacy and state of the art facilities with TV contracts, sponsors, shoe contracts, hundreds of millions in alumni donations were all built on the screams of terror by children at the hands of Sandusky. Paterno and the head administrators covered up and looked the other way as long as the millions of dollars were rolling in to the Penn St cofers.

By: seamhereseamthere

seamhereseamthere — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:21:46 +0000

He’s so full of it! Someone needs to call him out on his “one and done” comment. If he could work out a deal with the right NFL team his Penn St players would have been thrown under the bus-again.

I’m sure it won’t help his recruiting either when the other school can accurately point out the Penn St guy already tried once to bail and will most likely try again.

If he’s got leverage fine-use it. But don’t try to do a con job on the public.

By: grogansheroes

grogansheroes — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:51:58 +0000

From a Pat’s fan, this guy is soooo over rated it’s not funny. Tom Brady is the offensive coordinator in New England, much like Peyton is in Denver. Brady made Weis, Mc Doosh, and O’brien a ton of money.

By: pastabelly

pastabelly — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:50:33 +0000

Billy took a bad deal and he’s stuck with it. Those sanctions will choke that program and he’ll be back in the NFL as an OC after Penn State fires him.

By: hollymolley

hollymolley — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:50:25 +0000

How about using the extra money to build a Library ? Oh, sorry that’s been done already.

By: tg1896

tg1896 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:48:58 +0000

Excllent analysis. I wish I could scare my boss into giving me a $1.3MM raise.

By: marcuswelby1

marcuswelby1 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:11:00 +0000

If O’Brien really cared about the student athlete at Penn State he would not have interviewed with the Browns.

By: kattykathy

kattykathy — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:09:25 +0000

Anybody so desperate, and with so little morals, that would take a job at such a corrupt and disgusting school is not someone I ever want associated with my team.

let the scum remain with the scum he attached himself to

By: giantssb42champs

giantssb42champs — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:24:38 +0000

Typical Belicheat BS artist. The apple never falls far from the tree.

By: gogatorsjohn

gogatorsjohn — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:11:14 +0000

Spin cycle. He is two and done. He shouldn’t go over the top and pat himself on the back for staying. I like how specifically said one year. He’s more of a two and gone.

By: rawgator06

rawgator06 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:02:30 +0000

How much is his buyout? Also, why would he agree to a high buyout with Penn State in such a terrible position? He should have had all of the bargaining power in his contract

By: ancylostoma

ancylostoma — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:49:09 +0000

Obviously.. no team was going to pay that amount of money for an unproven HC!

By: jmbates10

jmbates10 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:46:10 +0000

He should stay at PSU. His stock dropped in my mind just for interviewing…..sends the wrong message to his players and impacts his credibility at the same time.

By: xxakshunxx

xxakshunxx — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:21:55 +0000

It’s not about just being a head coach, nearly 99% of the people on here would like to get leverage from another company to get a raise even if they loved their job

By: mojosmagic

mojosmagic — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:09:08 +0000

Pretty obvious that’s what went down.

By: 1oldpro

1oldpro — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:58:12 +0000

That coach at Nevada looks more and more honorable every minute. No wonder I cannot make myself sit and watch college football any more.

By: dadsource

dadsource — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:48:14 +0000

This guy had NFL aspirations all along. You never want to be the man who follows ‘the man’. He’s done a good job at PSU but is still not considered a Penn Stater since he’s an outsider, and it will take years for him to do so. Putting names on the back of the uniforms after he said he would not certainly didn’t help. We all know he is leaving, but are actually glad he’s staying. It will benefit him and the school. Their certainly is no shortage of NFL jobs available at the end of each year!

By: nyyjetsknicks

nyyjetsknicks — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:43:49 +0000

Didn’t teams know about the buyout before? Why waste the time of the meeting if the buyout problem were already known.

By: gronkspike802

gronkspike802 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:43:02 +0000

Why are you making him out to be such a bad guy? I’ve taken job interviews even though I knew I wasn’t going to take the job – you never know what could happen in the future. Besides most of what has been said about him is from “sources” and “reports”.

By: stoutfiles

stoutfiles — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:33:51 +0000

Congrats Penn State, you’ve got a smooth talker that will abandon ship the first chance he gets. I’m sure this will hurt recruiting going forward, now that O’Brien’s true colors have been revealed.

By: bharr170

bharr170 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:33:43 +0000

All he did was have a chat with another employer about a potential opportunity. Happens in the business world everyday. If that nets him another million good for him. No harm no foul.

If this hurts his recruiting, that’s on him.

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:33:28 +0000

On the plus side he can shamelessly flirt with the NFL every season to extricate more money from the school and he will still be the most honorable man to coach the team in the last half century.

By: spearsnva

spearsnva — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:31:34 +0000

Nick Saban II

To bad the students at Penn State will have to pay for a huge increase after 1 year for this clown!

By: mlenenski

mlenenski — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:26:05 +0000

The fact that he was able to work an unbreakable contract into a raise shows the street smarts of this guy(or his agent)

This is a sign of a great NFL coach someday….as long as he has a decent quarterback.

By: vegasdestroyer

vegasdestroyer — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:19:11 +0000

When Penn State has a losing record next year, the BOT should let BOB walk away Scott-free. The guy is not to be trusted.

By: xx4zu1

xx4zu1 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:18:44 +0000

In today’s job market get what you can while you can, there is nothing wrong with leveraging interest into more money in your pocket. I say congrats.

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:17:32 +0000

Don’t overlook the obvious. A coach in demand by the NFL helps in recruiting – that alone makes this “flirtation” more than worth the time, effort and money.

College players may like Bowl games but what they really want is a springboard into the NFL – and learning from one of the NFL’s most sought after coaches can’t hurt their chances to be drafted in the long term.

By: jbaxt

jbaxt — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:15:22 +0000

He’s no Nick Saban…