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RFDC

Post subject: Bill O'Brien

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:09 pm

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I am sure he is going to take some crap from people for staying at Penn St, but I think it is rather refreshing to see someone who wants to honor his commitment to the players.

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Bill O'Brien will remain coach of Penn State next season, he said Thursday, turning away several NFL teams that were interested in talking to him for their head coaching vacancies.

Four NFL teams were interested in O'Brien, and he interviewed with the Cleveland Browns this week, sources confirmed to ESPN.

O'Brien had previously said he would stay at Penn State after revitalizing the program in one year, but sources had told ESPN that both the Browns and the Philadelphia Eagles had him on their short list of candidates.

"I'm not a one-and-done guy," O'Brien told pennlive.com on Thursday night. "I made a commitment to these players at Penn State and that's what I am going to do. I'm not gonna cut and run after one year, that's for sure."

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conns7901

Post subject: Re: Bill O'Brien

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:21 pm

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Buyout kept O’Brien at Penn State
Posted by Mike Florio

There have been various accounts and reports regarding the magnitude of the buyout necessary to extricate Bill O’Brien from his contract at Penn State after only one season. Whatever it was, it played a role in O’Brien’s decision to stay put.

Per a league source, while O’Brien was drawing interest at the NFL level, he couldn’t find anyone to write the check to Penn State.

Of course, that’s not how O’Brien is spinning it. “I’m not a one-and-done guy,” O’Brien said, via David Jones of the Harrisburg Patriot-News. “I made a commitment to these players at Penn State and that’s what I am going to do. I’m not gonna cut and run after one year, that’s for sure.”

So why did he interview with the Browns, if he wasn’t going to “cut and run” after one year?

It likely was all about leverage, about getting Penn State to step up with a higher salary or, perhaps in the future, a lower buyout. Per Jones, O’Brien’s flirtation with the NFL finagled a $1.3 million raise.

We don’t fault O’Brien for now creating the impression he didn’t consider leaving. He’s not a bad guy for considering doing one thing and saying he always intended to do another; he’s simply being what he is — a college football coach.

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Post subject: Re: Bill O'Brien

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:31 pm

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RFDC wrote:

I am sure he is going to take some crap from people for staying at Penn St, but I think it is rather refreshing to see someone who wants to honor his commitment to the players.

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Post subject: Re: Bill O'Brien

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:57 am

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RFDC wrote:

I am sure he is going to take some crap from people for staying at Penn St, but I think it is rather refreshing to see someone who wants to honor his commitment to the players.

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It's like a who you crappin all nicely wrapped in three paragraphs. YOU INTERVIEWED FOR ANOTHER JOB ASSHOLE!

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Post subject: Re: Bill O'Brien

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:19 pm

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conns7901 wrote:

League source softens this shoutout.

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Hatchetman

Post subject: Re: Bill O'Brien

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:22 pm

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didn't I hear that PSU gave him some extra cash to stay?

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Post subject: Re: Bill O'Brien

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:24 pm

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Hatchetman wrote:

didn't I hear that PSU gave him some extra cash to stay?

second post in the thread? =D

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Post subject: Re: Bill O'Brien

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:06 pm

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I didn't think Penn State necessarily needed to pay Bill O'Brien extra cash to stay at (Un)Happy Valley. I wasn't all that convinced in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer story about O'Brien's supposed interest in the Cleveland Browns' vacancy either.

Based on everything I've read, despite the unpredecented NCAA sanctions, O'Brien wasn't about to leave those kids. I think in the long run, O'Brien might ultimately regret his decision to stay, especially because the Penn State scandal is far from over.

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