Posted on 11/23/2010 6:29:26 PM PST by FlJoePa
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno plans to return as Penn State coach next season, ending the latest round of speculation about retirement.
The Nittany Lions meet Michigan State (No. 10 BCS, No. 11 AP) in the regular-season finale on Saturday, and some fans and members of the media were wondering if this would be the 83-year-old Hall of Famer's final appearance at Beaver Stadium. Illness slowed him down in the offseason, and the Nittany Lions' midseason stumbles even had some fans griping for change.
The rumor mill churned anew in recent weeks, but major college football's winningest coach said Tuesday at Beaver Stadium he hadn't even given thought to leaving a job he's held a record 45 seasons.
"I had no intentions, and I've never indicated to anybody, including myself, that I was not coming back," he said on the Big Ten coaches teleconference. "No, it's always been in my mind that now is not the time to go. I think we've got a good young team. They may not be there yet but they will be soon."
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Some say he doesn't even wear a headset on the sideline. He's never worn a headset on the sideline since he came to PSU in 1949. Never.
Some say he's out of the loop, that he doesn't coach. He obviously doesn't coach as much as he used to on game day, but the preparation and the game plan has his stamp all over it.
One of my favorite Joe quotes (the other is my tagline) is "The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital."
Ok ,if you say so. Nothing on our radar screen down here on any of that.
Hmmm...and I see my tagline is gone...Now its back.
I think that at his age he should take the Head Coach job for the Indianapolis Colts....with Peyton at QB you really don’t have to do anything except make sure he’s in the game and that there’s plenty of gatorade on the sidelines....
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