SI Piece on PSU Trainer and Medical Staff

[WPIAL~Titan]

"PSU will continue to rise up above all of this and piss on all the haters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nets77

Fantastic post. So powerful, so lucid, so compelling. Sounds like something that would've been said in Germany back in the 1930s and 40s. While you're at it, keep minimizing child sex crimes and trumpeting your disgusting, renegade, rouge, filthy win-at-all-costs football program.

Let the Cultists **** on all the haters............................

.........YOU MEAN JUST LIKE PATERNO, SPANIER, CURLEY, SHULTZ AND THE ENTIRE PSU FOOTBALL FIRST CULT FOOTBALL MONEY MACHINE DID FOR DECADES AND CONTINUES TO DO TO THE DOZENS OF INNOCENT VICTIMS OF CHILD RAPE?

[El-Moldo]

I read BO'B's response about the SI article a few minutes ago. He's about as clueless as Obama about things happening under his watch. How many times can BO'B say, "I'm not a doctor"? Although HE was the one who arranged the new medical staff for the NITS, he knows NOTHING about what's going on. Not only is he a shyster, but he's a doofus too. Meanwhile, with the loss of Jermaine Marshall, Pat Chambers is now looking for another player who can "dive for those loose balls"?

[Coach]

O'Brien's interview was great.

[Nets77]

Loved BOB's interviews.

[Nets77]

How Penn State compares to some other major programs in terms of physician availability during the season. Assembled and distributed by Penn State:

Penn State

- Primary care physician attends all practices and games. On Sunday, examines every player who played in the game previous day and any others in need of attention.

- Orthopedic physician attends at least one practice each week (Wed.) and all games. Available post-practice Monday, Tuesday and Thursday if necessary. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

Iowa

- Primary care physician is available to attend practice and see players post-practice Monday-Friday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

- Orthopedic physician is available post-practice Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

LSU

- Primary care physician available post-practice Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

- Orthopedic physician available post-practice Tuesday and Wednesday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

Michigan State

- Primary care physician is available to attend practice and see players post-practice Monday-Friday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

- Orthopedic physician is available post-practice Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

Northwestern

- Primary care physician is available to attend practice and see players post-practice Monday-Friday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

- Orthopedic physician is available post-practice once or twice a week. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

Nebraska

- Primary care physician is available to attend practice and see players post-practice Monday-Friday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

- Orthopedic physician is available post-practice Tuesday and Wednesday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players.

Ohio State
- A primary care physician is available to see players early a.m. Monday-Friday and post-practice on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Sunday, the physician is available to examine all players. Attends all games.

- An Orthopedic physician is available to see players post-practice on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Sunday, is available to examine all players. Attends all games.

At least one of the three team physicians attends practice or a part of practice every day and sees players at the conclusion of each practice as needed for new injuries or follow-up care.

[El-Moldo]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. You actually looked this stuff up? But what about the cover-up? What's BO'B's ulterior motive? He shows up never having been a head coach and immediately changes PSU's medical department. Now you got athletic trainers dispensing prescription drugs WITHOUT permission from a doctor. Of course, it was just a misunderstanding. If I was BO'B, I'd get back on that bus. MORE damage control needed.

[Nets77]

I didn't look it up, it is available to anyone online and was provided to SI, but they chose not to use it in the article. Now it's time for you to go take your prescription meds!!! Don't wanna see you get sent to the looney bin!! Are there fumes building up in your mom's basement?

[El-Moldo]

Your jokes about me don't change the "medical" situation at Penn State. Another smear for a Big Ten football program, in a NATIONAL magazine no less. If I was BO'B, I'd get back on that bus, pronto!!!

[bleacherbum]

I couldn't care less who the doctor is for PSU, but what I'm getting out of this story is there's a rat in the ranks of the beloved PSU family. Dividing the "WE ARE" which is NEVER a good thing.
Can't wait to see what happens next.

[beastmodejack]

I agree with you bleacherbum. Seems some people got too comfortable with their positions at PSU under Paterno and now that there is some change they are not happy. Not sure what they thought would happen, but a new coach is always going to make changes and bring in people he is comfortable and familiar with.