Joe should go

I was a fan of Penn State football up to about 10 or so years ago when Coach Paterno had several losing seasons. I totally gave up on him because he wouldn’t apply to himself the same criteria he does to his players.

If a player can’t get the job done he is replaced. The only reason Paterno could provide for continuing to coach during and after the losing seasons was that he ‘loved coaching’ and what would he do if he retired. Who cares Joe?

Paterno has created more of a problem for Penn State now than the wins he has accumulated since that period. As much as the media like to hype Penn State the Lions are no longer an elite football team. That’s because Joe has the ultimate say in what happens and the premier high school players don’t see PSU as the place to go to win or to improve their prospects to become a pro.

I know what you sycophants are saying, what about the high graduation rates? I think Joe uses that to cover over his lack of championships. I think the great players may be harder to deal with and Joe doesn’t like that so what may have started out as a legitimate reason to work with young men has now turned into an excuse for why PSU is somewhat mediocre.

Penn State turned into a power by beating up on the weak teams in the East during most of its history. They did win some bowl games against some strong teams but given the amount of time a team has to prepare for a bowl game it is not surprising that PSU won many bowl games.

But, Joe, why can’t you win the big games week after week. It seems to me that that is what the premier recruits want to know.

Just like everything else in life when you lift your head up to look around you realize that there is a lot of world out there and there are better, more interesting and more exciting teams and coaches out there.

I for one will be glad to see Joe leave coaching.

Go PSSnooze!