[sarcasm] This is feasible for head coaches these days - if they know how to use e-mail, send text messages, etc. [/sarcasm]
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[sarcasm] This is feasible for head coaches these days - if they know how to use e-mail, send text messages, etc. [/sarcasm]
OSUBasketballJunkie;1221103; said:
I wonder how many "poopie pants!" emails that journo got for that article?
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
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jimotis4heisman
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ESPN - Paterno, nursing sore leg, hopes to coach from sideline Saturday - College Football
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno hopes to be back on the sideline Saturday for the 12th-ranked Nittany Lions' Big Ten opener against No. 22 Illinois.
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Paterno has a sore right leg. He coached from the press box after halftime of last week's rout of Temple.
The 81-year-old Hall of Famer said Tuesday he could have coached the second half from the field but was taking it easy since there was a lot of football left to play this season.
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He claims to have hurt it doing an onsides kick in practice. I call bullshit on that, but what else is new.
I fucking hate you, Joe Paterno.
I fucking hate you, Joe Paterno.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Paterno's physical health has declined to the point where it could cause him to do something no one expected: retire of his own accord.
The Lions begin the most crucial part of their season this week when on successive Saturdays they play at Wisconsin, at Beaver Stadium against Michigan and at Ohio State.
Sadly, Paterno will probably be watching some or all of those games from the press box instead of the sidelines. There is some mystery about the exact condition of Paterno's right knee, but he is hobbling badly and looked like a man who will be 82 in two months when he made a brief appearance on the field before the game Saturday against Purdue.
The injury is said to have occurred three days before the season opener when Paterno was demonstrating a kicking technique. It appears to be getting worse instead of better, not all that surprising for someone his age. Some have speculated he has a ligament injury that will require surgery. A more authoritative source has said the problem is with his hip and that Paterno will require hip-replacement surgery after the season.
Paterno was on a golf cart at practice this week, a further indication that he is not getting better.
Having the head coach missing from the sidelines would be a critical issue for some teams, but it does not figure to much affect Penn State.
The Penn State players are used to Paterno not being around. He missed games in 2006 when he was injured in a sideline collision with two players in a game against Wisconsin. The accident broke a bone in his left leg and tore two ligaments in the knee.
Beyond that, Paterno often works from home during the week and doesn't have the presence with his players that most head coaches do. He delegates much of his decision-making power to assistant coaches.
Where it would be unfathomable to expect some teams to proceed without so much as a blip with their head coach absent, that would not be the case at Penn State.
Paterno is a proud man. He is understandably proud of his accomplishments on and off the football field and proud that he was still fit to lead a football team in his 80s, when most people have retired. He also prided himself in running onto the field with the team, something he did after recovering from the injury at Wisconsin but something he can do no more.
If there is anything that can make him walk away from the job he loves, it's being seen as a man not physically capable of doing his job. He denied accusations he was not mentally up to the challenge of coaching.
He laughed when people suggested the game had passed him by. But physically the evidence is there for all to see: He's a coach who's not coaching.
Entire article: Two acts playing out in Happy Valley drama
The Lions begin the most crucial part of their season this week when on successive Saturdays they play at Wisconsin, at Beaver Stadium against Michigan and at Ohio State.
Sadly, Paterno will probably be watching some or all of those games from the press box instead of the sidelines. There is some mystery about the exact condition of Paterno's right knee, but he is hobbling badly and looked like a man who will be 82 in two months when he made a brief appearance on the field before the game Saturday against Purdue.
The injury is said to have occurred three days before the season opener when Paterno was demonstrating a kicking technique. It appears to be getting worse instead of better, not all that surprising for someone his age. Some have speculated he has a ligament injury that will require surgery. A more authoritative source has said the problem is with his hip and that Paterno will require hip-replacement surgery after the season.
Paterno was on a golf cart at practice this week, a further indication that he is not getting better.
Having the head coach missing from the sidelines would be a critical issue for some teams, but it does not figure to much affect Penn State.
The Penn State players are used to Paterno not being around. He missed games in 2006 when he was injured in a sideline collision with two players in a game against Wisconsin. The accident broke a bone in his left leg and tore two ligaments in the knee.
Beyond that, Paterno often works from home during the week and doesn't have the presence with his players that most head coaches do. He delegates much of his decision-making power to assistant coaches.
Where it would be unfathomable to expect some teams to proceed without so much as a blip with their head coach absent, that would not be the case at Penn State.
Paterno is a proud man. He is understandably proud of his accomplishments on and off the football field and proud that he was still fit to lead a football team in his 80s, when most people have retired. He also prided himself in running onto the field with the team, something he did after recovering from the injury at Wisconsin but something he can do no more.
If there is anything that can make him walk away from the job he loves, it's being seen as a man not physically capable of doing his job. He denied accusations he was not mentally up to the challenge of coaching.
He laughed when people suggested the game had passed him by. But physically the evidence is there for all to see: He's a coach who's not coaching.
Entire article: Two acts playing out in Happy Valley drama
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txp135
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He's injured, it's no surprise that an injured person can't run "on to the field". He shouldn't have demonstrated an onside kick. I'm sure Weis, Mangino, and many other HC don't demonstrate these kicks and no one wrote about how "they're not physically able" to coach. But he wanted to be more involved. They can say he's not coaching, like RR wasn't coaching WV against Oklahoma in the bowl.
He's the leader of the program, I don't see how people can criticize him when things went bad but then give all the credits to his assistants when things are going well. When things went bad he didn't throw any assistants or players under the bus, he pulled everyone together to right the ship. About him being in the press box and the team didn't miss a beat, it would have been the same thing 10 yrs ago. Why didn't they mention that he's only making 1/4 of what most people in his position are making and the program is still in good shape even when he's struggling with his health at the moment? This means that he could actually coach until he drops dead on the sideline and PSU would still have enough time to hire a new HC. You should be proud too if you can run a college football program with so much ease.
He's the leader of the program, I don't see how people can criticize him when things went bad but then give all the credits to his assistants when things are going well. When things went bad he didn't throw any assistants or players under the bus, he pulled everyone together to right the ship. About him being in the press box and the team didn't miss a beat, it would have been the same thing 10 yrs ago. Why didn't they mention that he's only making 1/4 of what most people in his position are making and the program is still in good shape even when he's struggling with his health at the moment? This means that he could actually coach until he drops dead on the sideline and PSU would still have enough time to hire a new HC. You should be proud too if you can run a college football program with so much ease.
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Sportsbuck28
Here comes the BOOM
There's a 2 ton weight difference between them and Paterno.txp135;1285767; said:
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