patsfaninpa
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I get that, but these aren't normal circumstances. And if they were BOB wouldn't have a shot at the job. Which raises the question for me, why take it at all? Particularly since you left the college ranks to have a shot at the NFL... What suddenly caused you to shift focus so radically?
I was wondering who the other candidates were and stumbled across this article in the Times from Monday. After reading it it sounds like the orthopedic surgeon heading up the search team ran out of steam or was overwhelmed and settled for the placeholder. I just wonder if the fact that the placeholder settled for being that doesn't mean his shot at an NFL career is over - and maybe he knew that going in and decided to grab for whatever he could when any HC opportunity knocked. Hey, for all we know (since his contract hadn't been extended) maybe he was gone either way or had a feeling the team would be persuing Josh whether he went to Penn State or not... Our last DC didn't pan out and it had nothing to do with being lured away by a better gig. He ended up as a position coach in Baltimore.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/s...h-not-inspiring-confidence.html?_r=2&emc=eta1
He wasn't PSU's first choice. Munchak was once they knew they couldn't get a top level college coach. Jacksonville was interested in O'Brien. He may have been a hotter commodity than we think. Once upon a time Nick Saban left Belicick's staff for Michigan St. Ferentz left NFL staff for Iowa. Time will tell as to whether he can do the job. Honestly, it's not as difficult as you think to win in college. PSU won the Big 10 in 2005 and 2008 with a coach who literally had nothing to do with day to day preparation.