Penn State: A Destination Job
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 23, 2009 1:35 PM EST
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SI's Andy Staples calls PSU a destination job, one of the most attractive and desirable jobs in College Football.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/02/23/destination-jobs/2.html
As you can expect, this list consists of the traditional powers of CFB. Initially I was a little surprised that Georgia made the list over Tennessee, although after thinking about UT's poor record last year and their lack of a big-time name in the coaching search this year, it makes sense.
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“Hopefully, after Paterno retires, Penn State’s administration won’t try to get the same discount and miss out on the best candidate.”
I couldn’t agree more. If Bradley/LJSr/whoever else in house is the answer, that’s fine. Pay the man the money a school like PSU deserves to pay.
by PSUJunny05 on Feb 23, 2009 1:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I agree
We’re lucky to have a coach like Joe Pa who doesn’t demand a high salary, but if we want to compete for the best coaches, we’ll have to compete on salary as well.
by Screen Name 20 on Feb 23, 2009 2:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
When it’s time, I think that this job will be one of the most sought-after coaching positions in the country. Few places have the combination of tradition, success, and location that PSU does. There will also be a lot of very high-expectations — we have something like 4 of our last 5 coaches in the NCAA HoF.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Feb 23, 2009 2:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Further proof
that SI has a pro-Penn State bias (perhaps as an intentional thing to counter tWWL?). I don’t mind it, either.
Also, I may have misunderstood what they were trying to accomplish, so perhaps they were taking into account that ND and Michigan just had recent big-name hires, but I don’t see how PSU would be a bigger destination for a coach than either of those places.
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 23, 2009 2:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Funny, but....
…..scUM and ND may have coaching changes before Penn State….
Don’t forget that PSU has as great of facilities as any other place in the nation, with the exception of Oregon.
WE ARE.......PENN STATE!
by Nick7 on Feb 23, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
why oregon?
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Feb 23, 2009 4:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oregon
Phil Knight has probably given a quarter billion dollars to Oregon, his alma mater.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Feb 23, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nike was started at Oregon
it was actually started as a running/track shoe company by Bill Bowerman and Steve Prefontaine. That’s ironic because I haven’t found a pair of Nike running shoes I like besides the miler. More or less, Oregon gets a sh*tload of money from Nike and Nike itself has state of the art facilities at its headquarters, which is near the campus
by WPIALkid22 on Feb 24, 2009 12:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Common misconception
You must have seen the HBO movie “Pre.” The company was actually started by Bowerman and Phil Knight. Prefontaine came years later when Bowerman made his waffle shoe, and just happened to be a very successful runner for Bowerman. Bowerman sold his portion and now it is just Phil Knight reaping the massive rewards of child slave labor in third world countries.
by PSUJunny05 on Feb 24, 2009 8:12 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Your Right
“Pre” and a Steve Prefontaine book is where I got the info. My understanding was the company was started on Bowerman’s and Pre’s waffle shoe idea. Thanks for clearing that up
by WPIALkid22 on Feb 25, 2009 9:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
It’s not like there isn’t a ton of Nike money flowing around Penn State. Penn State was one of the original three “Nike Schools”, back when it was cool, and we’ve been on board the entire time, and I don’t suspect that the Nike corporate relationship is going anywhere anytime soon.
Further, a lot has been made about Phil Knight contributions to Oregon State, and T Boone Pickens contributions at Oklahoma State, but where the payoff? Oregon does not have better facilites than Penn State, they are comprable, and better than they would have otherwise, but I’m pretty sure they are not better. There is really only so much one guy can do, even if he’s a billionaire.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Feb 24, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's kinda apples and oranges
I’ve only seen each stadium + fan facilities, not the weight rooms etc., but as for an analogy, Oregon comes across as a shiny new Japanese sports car with all the gadgets. PSU is a Hummer covered in mud. Each is going to appeal to a different mind set.
I don’t know about better or worse, but from what I’ve seen Oregon has very, very, nice facilities. They ooze money and high-tech, and look newer and better than PSU’s. They put U-Wash.‘s facilities to complete shame, and I don’t think its coincidental that Oregon has ascended while UW has fallen off the face of the earth (which makes me happy since I get to listen to their alumni whine all the time on the radio).
Do I know what rhetorical means?
by NLseattle on Feb 24, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Apples and Oranges?
Yes.
But where are the Confrence titles? Zero. BCS wins? Zip. BCS Trips? Nada.
Seems to me that it’s all flash, and no substance.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Feb 24, 2009 12:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
When did Oregon start getting Nike money?
Besides 1994, Oregon won a championship in 2001 and a 3-way tied co-championship in 2000. Their BCS Win came in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl. (I know the 1995 Rose Bowl was a Bowl Coalition Trip, but it should be mentioned if it came after the influx of Nike cash.)
So Oregon has the same number of championships that we do, but due to whatever the tiebreaker was in 2000, they have one less BCS game than we do.
by Aaron PSU on Feb 25, 2009 5:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is Mark Parker still at Nike?
Parker (PSU ‘75 I think) was/is the CEO of Nike. So we should continue to have favorable relations with the Swoosh! Too bad they can’t arrange a PSU/Oregon matchup in the coming years. You don’t suppose they had any influence on the OreSU game, do you?
by PaJoe on Feb 24, 2009 12:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A Ducks/PSU Nike sponsorship
game would be nice. Home and Home with some corporate money thrown in to juice the draw.
pinkertonpark.com
by rahpsu92 on Feb 24, 2009 2:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
riiiiight
like college football would ever let corporate sponsorship get in the way of tradition.
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 24, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Seeeeee, you can sense
sarcasm on the net if it is done right.
pinkertonpark.com
by rahpsu92 on Feb 24, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
me? sarcastic? never!
I take offense to your comments.
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 24, 2009 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
From Reuters...
Mr. Parker has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of NIKE, Inc. since January 2006. He has been employed by NIKE since 1979 with primary responsibilities in product research, design and development, marketing, and brand management. Mr. Parker was appointed divisional Vice President in charge of development in 1987, corporate Vice President in 1989, General Manager in 1993, Vice President of Global Footwear in 1998, and President of the NIKE Brand in 2001.
Education
Pennsylvania State University, BS in Political Science (1977)
pinkertonpark.com
by rahpsu92 on Feb 24, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Go figure
I didn’t think you could do ANYTHING with a political science degree. All mine got me was a six-figure grad school debt…
by PSUJunny05 on Feb 24, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you had me excited about switching to poli-sci
until that last word. The elipses didn’t help my enthusiasm, either.
On the other hand, I do have a friend who dual majored in English & History. The joke was always that at least she’d know the context and the plight of the potatoes, and she’d be able to properly phrase the question, “Would you like fries with your meal?”. Of course, now she’s making a pretty good chunk of change, and more than most of my friends (though some of them are just now getting out of med school, and man, once that debt is paid off…)
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 24, 2009 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Your friend sounds hot
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
by ReadingRambler on Feb 24, 2009 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pepsi Money
Shouldn’t we be rolling in pepsi money?Did I suffer without coke for no reason?
by markpsu on Feb 24, 2009 12:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
hahahahaha
that’s probably the thing I hated most about PSU. The inability to get a friggen Coke on campus. I guess it was for the better, though, as I just drank juice in the dining commons (plus the 6-pack of soda back in the dorm). Of course, I don’t drink any soda anymore (at least on a regular basis), but man, at the time it was like living in a friggen desert.
by The JuggerNitt on Feb 24, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There is building near East Halls
it’s run by the Federal Government, some sort of Agricutural Experimentation building, it wasn’t technically Penn State property, and they had coke machine. Of course that was almost 20 years ago now. Sweet Jesus I’m getting old.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Feb 24, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Soo you were in that building just looking for...
a coke…or you were helping out with that “mad cow research..?”
"...I got mad, saw a picture of you, and I kicked it..." (JoePa during a 2008 presser)
by BlueWhiteLife on Feb 24, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My friends Dad worked in the building
I bought the coke there based on general principal. I was very idealistic back in the day. I was also late to class alot.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Feb 24, 2009 4:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just rolled with it and
now given a choice, I prefer Pepsi products to this day. Thank you PSU, you have left a lasting impression on my taste buds (in more than one way).
pinkertonpark.com
by rahpsu92 on Feb 27, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i work with the guy that brought Pepsi deal to Penn State.
It was one of the first deals of its kind.
PSU Softball
by QBsneak12 on Mar 2, 2009 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you work with the devil?
what is it like? Do you get to steal people’s souls, also?
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2009 12:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
he made out pretty good
SuePa had a nice dinner for everyone at the house after everything was signed.
I hate Pepsi…that is why i bring my Coca-Cola up with me during trips…
PSU Softball
by QBsneak12 on Mar 2, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Destination Job
They’re right. Penn State is in the top 10 of best College jobs. There is no other team in the Northeast that compares. Joe has built a legacy that this or any future administration will be forced to maintain. The team may have some down years but the alumni and the entire fan base will demand a winning program or heads will roll.
As they say in Jurassic Park…" we spared no expense".
Reg4
by Regulator4 on Feb 24, 2009 6:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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