Jay Paterno available as qb coach.
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I second that...no way!!! A friend of mine that I work with in the firehouse has had PSU season tkts for 20 years. He has Nothing but horrible things to say about Jay Paterno as a qb coach. His developement of PSU qb's the past 5 years is sub-par at best! He was an assistant here under Tom Jakson...coached wr's.
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Don't want that name attached to our program in any way
In any way? Did you know that Jay Paterno was TE/WR coach at UConn under Tom Jackson?
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Haha no I didn't. But I meant it because I don't want to see anyone from UConn fielding Sandusky questions at all.
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Even without what happened at PSU, Paterno is not well liked as a QB coach.
They have somehow managed to land several highly ranked QBs the last few years, none of whom have panned out as of yet. They have had some decent QBs since 1994, but only 5. That's a big whiff over 16 years. Michael Robinson, Rashard Casey, Zach Mills, Kevin Thompson and Darryl Clark were all excellent. That's 8 out of 16 years of competency. Not good enough. But Anthony Morelli, Paul Jones, Kevin Newsome and Ricky Bolden were top 5 QBs in the nation. Jones is yet to get a shot but I don't hold out hope.
More important are all the QBs that Penn State has lost. Chad Henne was a longtime PSU fan and PSU lean, the staff was shocked when they lost him. Chris Simms too. It was because of Jay that Henne ended up at Michigan.
They have somehow managed to land several highly ranked QBs the last few years, none of whom have panned out as of yet. They have had some decent QBs since 1994, but only 5. That's a big whiff over 16 years. Michael Robinson, Rashard Casey, Zach Mills, Kevin Thompson and Darryl Clark were all excellent. That's 8 out of 16 years of competency. Not good enough. But Anthony Morelli, Paul Jones, Kevin Newsome and Ricky Bolden were top 5 QBs in the nation. Jones is yet to get a shot but I don't hold out hope.
More important are all the QBs that Penn State has lost. Chad Henne was a longtime PSU fan and PSU lean, the staff was shocked when they lost him. Chris Simms too. It was because of Jay that Henne ended up at Michigan.
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Daryll Clark was actually an excellent QB. McGloin was subpar. Last 5 years it's been Morelli/Clark/Clark/McGloin/McGloin. 2 of the 5 years. McGloin is actually a walk-on.
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I'm still up for Jeff Tedford, i know he is not available, but who's with me? I think an extra George Washington or two will help seal the deal :-P In all seriousness, we should consider going and looking in the MAC again for a good QB coach. I'm amazed how good some of the QB play can be at that level and I think it is DUE, IN PART, to the quality of coaching and teaching mechanics.
I wrote due, in part, in caps because people are going to come at me and argue that there were high quality QB's who were overlooked by BCS programs. True in some respects, but there are coaches at work too.
I wrote due, in part, in caps because people are going to come at me and argue that there were high quality QB's who were overlooked by BCS programs. True in some respects, but there are coaches at work too.
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I think a lot of the MAC's great qb play has a lot to do with geography. Ohio and Western PA are pretty good recruiting grounds and ironically that's where many of the MAC teams are located. It's a fallback option for kids who don't get Big 10 offers but want to stay close to home.
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A successful college qb has to have the ability to lead, which may be the most difficult quality to project in recruiting (probably more so than at any other position). Agree that there seems to be some good qb play coming out of the MAC with second-tier recruits. I'm sure PP has some candidates in mind.
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So let's see on Paterno:
1. Not a good track record of coaching QBs.
2. Strong ties to a neighborhood program, where if they ever call him back he's gone in a heartbeat.
3. Whether or not he has any culpability, in people's mind linked to what may end up being the biggest college football scandal ever.
Yes, that possibility was worth a thread.
1. Not a good track record of coaching QBs.
2. Strong ties to a neighborhood program, where if they ever call him back he's gone in a heartbeat.
3. Whether or not he has any culpability, in people's mind linked to what may end up being the biggest college football scandal ever.
Yes, that possibility was worth a thread.
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