Bill O'Brien is a snake in the grass

[malbaker86]

I'm all for people, coaches included getting better jobs. But don't preach family and bring you kids into the shytstorm and then bounce. He got kids to commit and or stay in the midst of all the sanctions and penalties the school has to deal with and just leaves them there to deal with it. If he didn't want to deal with it he should have never went to PSU.

Is it a logical move sure but a hoe azz, SNAKE IN THE GRASS move nonetheless

So you're saying he KNEW the Texans job was going to open up when he accepted the PSU job? He saw into the future???

 

[Spaceman Piff]

cuz its bullshyt, 2 wrongs dont make a right

not sure why PSU even re-negiotiated his buyout, should have left it at 20M and let the Texans pay the bill if they wanted him so bad

the system is fukked..

but they gotta re-negotiate or else it'd send a bad message to the future head coach candidates.

 

[bnm8907]

He knew that there would be no chance at playing any bowl games, or winning BIG Ten Championships. Kids had the chance to leave the program if they wanted to. If the Athletic Directory and the College Univ. Board at Penn State were heavily rumored to be at odd with Bill O' Brien's plan, then at what point does Bill have to deal with all of this?

The NFL is the pinnacle of football head coaching, not to mention that as a head coach with the NFL, he won't have to go on recruiting trails because he has a son that has a physical-neurological impairment. Spending time on the road, away from your family in the off-season is something Bill cannot do forever, because his own son cannot literally feed himself.

Brah I don't have problem with coaches leaving for better jobs. Trust me I get it. My whole thing was he knew what it was before he stepped into job. He convinced players to stay and others to commit. All while preaching family.

The title of this thread is Bill O'Brien is a snake. Which in my opinion this was a snake move.

Logical and smart moves can still be snake hoe ass moves.

 

[MushroomX]

Brah I don't have problem with coaches leaving for better jobs. Trust me I get it. My whole thing was he knew what it was before he stepped into job. He convinced players to stay and others to commit. All while preaching family.

The title of this thread is Bill O'Brien is a snake. Which in my opinion this was a snake move.

Logical and smart moves can still be snake hoe ass moves.

I understand my breh. Just let me ask you something, no right nor wrong.

Should your current boss provide you with so much struggle, making your life a living hell and then you see a open position with known networks that can easily get you that job with higher salary and allow you more time with your son that needs constant care for his entire life because he needs it... wouldn't you take it?

 

[bnm8907]

So you're saying he KNEW the Texans job was going to open up when he accepted the PSU job? He saw into the future???

Nah I meant he knew psu had these problems going in. If he didn't want to deal with it or wanted to be a Head coach in NFL he shouldn't have took the job

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

I hate to use this quote but it has it's merit. "You commit to a school, not a coach." If I was an athlete, I'd buy into that more than falling for the aura of a coach. But I can see where a 17-18 y/o kid can fall in love with a coach

 

[malbaker86]

I hate to use this quote but it has it's merit. "You commit to a school, not a coach." If I was an athlete, I'd buy into that more than falling for the aura of a coach. But I can see where a 17-18 y/o kid can fall in love with a coach

Bingo. Will Grier said he a Gator regardless of who the head coach was gonna be

 

[MushroomX]

I hate to use this quote but it has it's merit. "You commit to a school, not a coach." If I was an athlete, I'd buy into that more than falling for the aura of a coach. But I can see where a 17-18 y/o kid can fall in love with a coach

Indeed. People forget, Penn State is not a football program but a legit college. Most of the people there are going to get degrees.

 

[bnm8907]

I understand my breh. Just let me ask you something, no right nor wrong.

Should your current boss provide you with so much struggle, making your life a living hell and then you see a open position with known networks that can easily get you that job with higher salary and allow you more time with your son that needs constant care for his entire life because he needs it... wouldn't you take it?

1. If I knew my son need that care I would have never took the job.
2. In your scenario I would probably take the job. But, I would say your scenario isn't an full analogy to whats happened here. If that's what you were trying to do.

 

[bnm8907]

Indeed. People forget, Penn State is not a football program but a legit college. Most of the people there are going to get degrees.

This is true, but lets be honest if your playing big time college ball the school is important yes, but a lot of the time if not most its to play for a certain coach and style of play.

 

[MushroomX]

This is true, but lets be honest if your playing big time college ball the school is important yes, but a lot of the time if not most its to play for a certain coach and style of play.

To a extent. I mean, if you live in Texas, chances are most of the kids want to be a Longhorn and didn't think about playing for Mack Brown. Just because maybe their father and/or mother was a Longhorn, or Uncle. Same for kids with OU, USC, LSU, BAMA/AUBURN, Michigan or OSU.

 

[duncanthetall]

The people in the Penn State organization were all in his ass. Would you want to have to deal with all those shytty higher ups as well as not being able to go to bowls and shyt? Like...how is that worth it at all? lol

 

[Smackdown625]

He left the program in a much better situation than the one he walked into....

 

[bnm8907]

The people in the Penn State organization were all in his ass. Would you want to have to deal with all those shytty higher ups as well as not being able to go to bowls and shyt? Like...how is that worth it at all? lol

did he not know that going in though?

 

[duncanthetall]

did he not know that going in though?

Probably didn't know the extent of the ridiculousness he was going to be getting from the university. People longing for the old Paterno ways. NO, motherfukkers, you need to distance yourselves as far away from that shyt as possible. It would be fair to assume that going in the people would want a fresh start, but they're just being fukking a$$holes about it. I don't blame O'Brien. fukk em.