Weakness.
Posted: April 27th, 2007, 2:52 pm
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Well, I can almost guarantee Scirroto will only miss a few games, and I dunno about Baker, but I'd bet the rest of them get slaps on the wrist.
Here's the problem, gentlemen. This kind of stuff happens every season now at Penn State. You wanna know why? Because the head coach has no control over those players. I am of the opinion that a sports team is a direct reflection of their head coach. Weak leaders lead weak soldiers. I have been ranting for awhile about how these coaches are supposed to be not only winning titles but also molding boys into strong men. Paterno did that for over a generation, but the guy has completely lost touch with the players now. Take a look at who coached Miami when they were as rowdy as they were. Is it any wonder? If you have a strong enough leader, who knows compassion and when to get tough, this stuff doesn't happen. I understand the head coach doesn't have a tracking device for his players, but we're seeing patterns now. When the Cowboys search was on, I posted a blog about how I was a Cowboys fan and was completely disgusted by Parcells and Nick Saban quitting the jobs the way they did, through email and speaker-phone. That's not the man you want molding your kid during his impressionable years. You don't send Johnny to Alabama. A lot of these kids don't even have active fathers, and some don't even have active parents at all; this is the male role-model you want your kid having? It is disgusting to me how we glorify cowards in society nowadays. Don't even have the will to show up in person to announce a quitting. I am sickened and I am disgusted by Penn State letting that man run this program into the ground. Pull the plug already before this gets even worse. I pray for the day he leaves, and I pray that whoever gets hired has the will to lead men and shape men. This kids should fear that coach, and know that when they get nailed for doing something stupid, they are jeopardizing their futures. Either consiously, or unconsiously, those kids at PSU, because of past infractions being dismissed, think it'll blow over. This job, at this point in people's lives, is not just about recruits and football. Paterno knew that, and he lost it, and its time Penn State loses HIM.
Well, I can almost guarantee Scirroto will only miss a few games, and I dunno about Baker, but I'd bet the rest of them get slaps on the wrist.
Here's the problem, gentlemen. This kind of stuff happens every season now at Penn State. You wanna know why? Because the head coach has no control over those players. I am of the opinion that a sports team is a direct reflection of their head coach. Weak leaders lead weak soldiers. I have been ranting for awhile about how these coaches are supposed to be not only winning titles but also molding boys into strong men. Paterno did that for over a generation, but the guy has completely lost touch with the players now. Take a look at who coached Miami when they were as rowdy as they were. Is it any wonder? If you have a strong enough leader, who knows compassion and when to get tough, this stuff doesn't happen. I understand the head coach doesn't have a tracking device for his players, but we're seeing patterns now. When the Cowboys search was on, I posted a blog about how I was a Cowboys fan and was completely disgusted by Parcells and Nick Saban quitting the jobs the way they did, through email and speaker-phone. That's not the man you want molding your kid during his impressionable years. You don't send Johnny to Alabama. A lot of these kids don't even have active fathers, and some don't even have active parents at all; this is the male role-model you want your kid having? It is disgusting to me how we glorify cowards in society nowadays. Don't even have the will to show up in person to announce a quitting. I am sickened and I am disgusted by Penn State letting that man run this program into the ground. Pull the plug already before this gets even worse. I pray for the day he leaves, and I pray that whoever gets hired has the will to lead men and shape men. This kids should fear that coach, and know that when they get nailed for doing something stupid, they are jeopardizing their futures. Either consiously, or unconsiously, those kids at PSU, because of past infractions being dismissed, think it'll blow over. This job, at this point in people's lives, is not just about recruits and football. Paterno knew that, and he lost it, and its time Penn State loses HIM.
