Pats’ Bill O’Brien To Take Penn State Job
Added on Jan 06, 2012 by Jack Thurman in
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Fallen legend Joe ‘Captain Underpants’ Paterno and his entourage of degenerates left the once mighty Penn State football program in shambles and it wasn’t easy to find a talented coach up to the challenge of cleaning up the mess. Given the difficulty and high stakes of the task, it’s not surprising that the Nittany Lions found their man on the staff of the New England Patriots’ Bill Belichick. Belichick’s offensive coordinator Bill O’Brian has agreed to become the first new head coach at Penn State in over fifty years.
Penn State originally looked to alumni but none wanted the gig–O’Brien has no ties to the university as a player or a coach. He does have an impressive track record on one of the best run coaching staffs in all of sports. O’Brien will continue working with the Patriots throughout the NFL playoffs and assume his new job sometime afterwards. New England owner Tom Kraft thinks O’Brien will do a great job but is sorry to lose him:
“I’m sad to lose him. I told him that. We have a philosphy in our company, that if anyone has an opportunity and we can’t match it — we did have the ability to deny him under our contract — but this is one of the great college coaching positions. They have their challenges right now.”
“Billy is a very high-quality guy. He’s got integrity. He’s honest, and I’m sad to see him go, but I think they’ve chosen wisely.”
To say that O’Brien has a monumental challenge is an understatement. In addition to the obvious challenges of getting the team competitive on the field and restoring the reputation of the Nittany Lion program there are less apparent issues at play–including a group of Neandrethals loyal to Joe Paterno who apparently feel that ‘winning with honor’ aren’t words to be taken seriously. One such outfit is the Letterman’s Club and Brandon Short and his group still have a bitter bone to pick with everyone concerned:
“It’s unfortunate that Coach O’Brien … has not been made aware of the implications of him being in this position. I don’t envy him at all. He doesn’t have support of the vast majority of former Penn State players and the vast majority of the student body and the faculty won’t support him. I feel sorry for him.”
It’s telling that a relic that looked the other way while young boys were abused and sodomized in Penn State facilities is afforded a lot more respect than a class act like O’Brien.
