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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

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jwinslow said:
How would that have helped him? Anyone can drop down a level and keep playing. That's not an ideal path for a top draft pick.

There's also the matter of displaying the same flaws as a true frosh that were ignored because of his age. It wasn't the offense that caught up with him. It was the pattern of his decision making.

That includes choosing Penn State in the first place.
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Yet. He was on a better, more advanced path taking coaching from O'Brien. (National Coach of the Year?) That wasn't a bad decision. That was a good decision. And we can assume that his parents are involved in his decisions about a school and coach choice.
His decisions on field are another matter. But it looked like O'Brien was helping him there. By all accounts the current staff is not equal to the former staff.
So, he's made a bad decision about sticking with this staff and school when the offensive line can't protect him and the coaching staff can't help development him.
 
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I just sat here for what seemed like hours in my recliner imagining the shitstorm that would have ensued had he transferred...Thanks, Taos

But hey, a guy named Ricky who played at Cornell for three years is just as qualified as the Houston Texans' head coach, right?
 
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Taosman said:
Yet. He was on a better, more advanced path taking coaching from O'Brien. (National Coach of the Year?) That wasn't a bad decision. That was a good decision. And we can assume that his parents are involved in his decisions about a school and coach choice.
His decisions on field are another matter. But it looked like O'Brien was helping him there. By all accounts the current staff is not equal to the former staff.
So, he's made a bad decision about sticking with this staff and school when the offensive line can't protect him and the coaching staff can't help development him.
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O'Brien is now a NFL head coach. What school (let alone a lower level school) could he transfer to where he gets that kind of teaching? The O-line he would play behind may be better suited to defend the opposition, but not sure how that costs him millions of dollars.

Edit: He decided to attend that POS school after the findings came out. How is that for decision making abilities?
 
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We got off track so I apologize for that.
Stuff is better off in the Penn State thread.

But, how much more could we say about one of the greatest years in Ohio State football history?
It was like made for TV movie!
 
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Taosman said:
Yet. He was on a better, more advanced path taking coaching from O'Brien. (National Coach of the Year?) That wasn't a bad decision. That was a good decision. And we can assume that his parents are involved in his decisions about a school and coach choice.
His decisions on field are another matter. But it looked like O'Brien was helping him there. By all accounts the current staff is not equal to the former staff.
So, he's made a bad decision about sticking with this staff and school when the offensive line can't protect him and the coaching staff can't help development him.
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His decision making on the field and spectacular penchant for unforced turnovers was a big problem under obrien. The difference was that people made excuses due to his youth. When he kept making the same mistakes this year, his stock plummeted

He also chose a horrendous program that had not bothered to recruit at a competent level for a decade long before the sanctions poured more dirt on their grave. It was quite predictable that he would not have the blocking, line or wrs to succeed.
 
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Taosman said:
Alabama for sure but LSU has been a QB fail for years now. PAC 12 for sure but he'd have to sit for a year.
If Flacco can go to Delaware and start for a pro team why couldn't Hack take that path?
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Flacco not only lost the qb job, but he was third string. That's a pretty huge stretch to reference an entrenched starting qb and franchise player in Hackenberg.

Flacco would have stayed put if he were starting.
 
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Taosman said:
Joe Flacco was the Super Bowl MVP, so there is that.

He did it and it worked which means it does work.
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Terrific. Lots of backups transfer and a small number excel elsewhere. How does that make it relevant to an entrenched starter that "screwed up by staying" ?

The mistake he made was committing to PSU in the first place. His flaws didn't start after O'Brien left, they continued. The roster deficiencies did not start after BoB left, they continued to plague the program.
 
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https://bwi.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=36&tid=179100075&mid=179100075&sid=890&style=2

Original post is some guy who thinks Tom Bradley should sue the BoT. I didn't click his link or care what he's talking about. But, as usual, it always comes down to how Joesus is great.

I would say 90% of the country feels that way and doesn't care and...
it gets better, even if new emails are discovered completely showing Joe went over the top to ban Sandusky and have him arrested, it might drop the 90% down to 88%. ESPN wants it to be true, and so does the majority of football fans around the country.
I realize this and just avoid the conversation now, no one cares. That said, I would still like to learn the truth and don't believe Joe would ever put a kid in harms way even if he had an inkling there was a problem, just my opinion.
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Of course, SPABH has to chime in, with his response to this post:

This is so true.
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My point to this post, though, is that it is another example of how the cult only wants to find the truth that backs up their beliefs. They don't want to believe in the things that are shown to be the truth.
 
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