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Attention, Concerned Citizens Against Perpetual JoPa

For all the increasingly vocal Paterno critics who ever said "He's hanging on too long," Dennis Dodd delivers today's ammo, courtesy Terrelle Pryor's high school coach, Ray Reitz:

Reitz also said that if Tom Bradley were named Penn State coach today, Pryor would be headed to Penn State. Bradley, the Lions defensive coordinator, has recruited Pryor intensely but fairly. One thing keeping Pryor from signing with Penn State is the uncertain future of Joe Paterno.
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Bradley, aka "n00b."
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Yes, like Paterno's career, Pryor's recruitment has outlasted the Castro administration. The nation's most sought-after prep is still vascillating on his football choice through basketball season, which will go on as long as he continues posting ridiculous stat lines in the playoffs. The kid's hedged so long, Dodd says even Memphis has decided to trot a mule into the derby. Who knows? From what we hear, Tommy West could sell Graceland in this market.

And what high school kid wouldn't identify with Tom Bradley, a 30-year Paterno assistant in his early fifties? In relative terms, that makes him basically the Obama of the PSU staff, and now that his recruiting tactics have passed the brutal "Dodd Test" for intensity and fairness, his route to the boss' chair next year is just staying in front, collecting the endorsements and counting the superdelegates, dawg. (Don't even try to get a seat in Bradley's life-affirming cornerbacks meetings. Pissing in the wind.)

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It makes me laugh
that people want a guy who has won nine games in each the last two years as well as a Big 10 Championship three years ago.  I'm not saying he's a golden god, but he's still winning more games than the majority of teams out there.  Does PSU think they'll have better seasons under somebody else.

by ThreeNout on Feb 20, 2008 5:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The guy keeps winning
And there's never been a hint of scandal or NCAA violations (aside from some Fulmer Cup points, but that's true of almost every school). Until that's no longer true, PSU would be crazy to fire him. Have the "Joe Must Go" folks forgotten what happened to the last program who fired a coach for the unforgivable sin of a 9-win season? I think Kansas just scored on them again.

by SpartanDan on Feb 20, 2008 10:43 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Imminent future
You make it sound like we don't appreciate what he's done. We don't deny that he keeps winning.

It's a matter of the imminent future. We get the feeling that a lot of recruits share Pryor's [reported] sentiments. The man is 81 years old. Look at the graphic from LSUFreek for perspective. He has to leave sometime and if the administration, alumni and the program are unstable beacause of a stubborn coach, I'd prefer he leave now rather than die on the field.

That being said, he should set his own exit date. I just hope Spanier can persuade him to make that at the end of this year.

by Jeff C on Feb 21, 2008 7:45 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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