Don't think Paterno gave the marching orders you stated. You sound like a bias ND supporter and a jealous PSU hater. For sure PSU has their problems but to his credit, Paterno did not hide them and disciplined the athletes. Nothing was worse for ND when Holtz led the program. Remember the fake punt agains Navy? (up 40 points with under 2 minutes...first down...next play, pass to end zone for TD, and drunk students chanting...go for 2 go for 2) Pretty embarassing for me as an alumni!
Okay....we need to get a coach that can develop the reputation of Paterno.
Well, BGIF pretty much chewed you up and spit you out already before i could. Well done BGIF.
I will say this...facts are facts. I'm not a 'PSU hater', I really have nothing against them b/c I live out here on the west coast, and my 'hatred' is saved for FUSC. Again, the FACT is:
Since 2002, 46 Penn State football players have faced 163 criminal charges, according to an ESPN analysis of Pennsylvania court records and reports. Twenty-seven players have been convicted of or have pleaded guilty to a combined 45 counts.
What is so hard to comprehend about that? I'm not making that up. Go look it up for yourself. Is that what you want from this university, considering your an 'alumni', errrrrr, alumnus? And you're equating Holtz' time with ND with those 163 criminal charges? For real? In Holtz' final 7 years at ND, how many criminal charges were brought up against his players? I'm going to take a wild stab and guess that it was under 163.
YOU said we should hire someone with the reputation of JoePa. Well guess what...we get that, and we're getting some players with some heavy, heavy baggage. Just think, Jimmy Clausen RECEIVED a punch and it made national headlines. What do you think would happen if 46 ND football players had been arrested in 7 years??? I think ESPN's computers might explode from information overload personally.
Finally, as for disciplining his players...ummmm, yeah right. Again, go look it up. He's been veerrrrrrryyyy lenient towards football players who get in trouble with the law. Nothing like what would happen to them at ND...