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Bill O’Brien (HC Boston College, aka BillyBob O’Buttchin et al)

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Jake;2283820; said:
Norv Turner got about 15 years of NFL mediocre head coaching work for little more than being the guy calling plays for Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin 20 years ago.
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...and after washing out in Washington and Oakland, managed to inherit an immensely talented Chargers team. Then, won nothing and promptly ran them into the ground.
 
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NFBuck;2283821; said:
...and after washing out in Washington and Oakland, managed to inherit an immensely talented Chargers team. Then, won nothing and promptly ran them into the ground.
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Exactly. He seemed to lose his magic when he didn't have 3 hall of famers running his plays.
 
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This discussion reminds me of someone...

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ScriptOhio;2283630; said:
O'Brien's agent, Joe Linta, said in an email to the Post-Gazette Sunday night that no NFL team had contacted his client. "Bill has not spoken to any NFL teams and no NFL team has sought Penn State's permission to speak with him as of today," Linta wrote.
If any team, college or pro, wants to hire O'Brien it will be forced to pay a significant buyout. His contract states that if O'Brien terminates his contract with Penn State for any reason other than by death, disability or incapacity, the damages would equal his base salary ($950,000 for last year) and additional compensation ($1,350,000 annually) multiplied by the years remaining on his contract.
Under those terms, a buyout would equal about $9.2 million if applied to the original duration of his five-year contract. But because his contract was automatically extended another four years because of the NCAA sanctions, the buyout amount could be doubled to $18.4 million.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories...eing-penn-states-obrien-668461/#ixzz2Gdv816cU
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BuckeyeNation27;2283666; said:
If his agent can't get him out of his contract with 0 buyout after he was told there would be no NCAA involvement in the Sandusky shit......well, his agent sucks.
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We already know his agent sucks. Who on earth lets their client sign a contract that might result in an $18 million buyout?
 
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I wonder where that private gift is coming from. Maybe the governor of Pennsylvania:wink:
And so the worst-kept secret in college football is that O’Brien is considering leaving. Even the Harrisburg Patriot News is in on the act, reporting (via CSNPhilly.com) that O’Brien is coveted by a trio of NFL teams (Eagles, Browns, and Cardinals), and that the powers-that-be at Penn State will try to bump his pay to $3.5 million annually, via a private gift.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/02/obrien-has-a-decision-to-make/
 
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LitlBuck;2285321; said:
I wonder where that private gift is coming from. Maybe the governor of Pennsylvania:wink:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/02/obrien-has-a-decision-to-make/
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Says the gossip monger of the NFL. sleezeball Mike Florio. Hell, you can't even google the guy, it comes up with ProFootballTalk.com as his freaking bio on Wikipedia.

Who does that but a sleezeball attorney?

Anyway, here's the line that I DON'T agree with from his article:

If O?Brien goes, he'll have a Petrino-style reputation in the college ranks, and he'll potentially be chastised by those players he persuaded to stay during the no-penalty transfer window. O'Brien?s defense likely will be that he was told when he took the job that there would be no NCAA sanctions.
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Wha?!? A Petrino-style reputation?!? :shake:

I think in the college ranks, nobody would BLAME the guy for leaving.
 
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alexhortdog95 said:
Says the gossip monger of the NFL. sleezeball Mike Florio. Hell, you can't even google the guy, it comes up with ProFootballTalk.com as his freaking bio on Wikipedia.

Who does that but a sleezeball attorney?

Anyway, here's the line that I DON'T agree with from his article:



Wha?!? A Petrino-style reputation?!? :shake:

I think in the college ranks, nobody would BLAME the guy for leaving.
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There are two other links in the article that talk about a private gift that are written by other writers.

I was not referring to the Petrino portion of that article.
 
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Also, their reply of attempting to raise his salary so he stays? Idiotic as well.

What, they think they have bottomless wallets like the owners in the NFL?!? Instead of worrying about that, they'd better worry about their governor trying to sue the NCAA and getting them into hotter water.
 
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