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Bill O’Brien (HC Boston College, aka BillyBob O’Buttchin et al)

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iBucki said:
Well damn, Buttery O' Biscuit!

This feels like getting on a rollercoaster after inhaling a corn dog. Butt O' Buttcheeks clenched, queasy but excited at the possibilities at the same time.

Hope it works out for BoB, Day and all of us. 2014 championship gear no longer fits, and I see way too many Maize and Blue gear out and about now :ohno:
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Sounds like Thump before a game
 
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Wouldn’t fault BoB if he left. I left flying in the Air Force ( my career, my passion) for my 1 & 6 year old. Was gone every other week for unpredictable amounts of time flying the Vice President and Combatant Commanders. I would be damned if I’m going to miss them constantly deploying and TDY, and they are healthy. So from my life perspective, I want him to go for his ease of mind and the health of the program. Can’t really do your job 100% effectively when your mind is elsewhere.
 
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Zurp said:
Yeah.. he may burn a couple of bridges if he goes to BC. He may get a little bit of a bad reputation. But that will be forgotten pretty quickly if he wins at BC.
Someone said what his son's condition is, but I forget. I'm sure Ohio State has someone who can treat him. He may even get better care in Columbus. I won't be the judge of who is better than whom in the medical world. But BOB and family are familiar with the doctor they have in Boston. And that probably goes a long way.
I don't make decisions on who coaches where. But if my manager comes to me and says, "Yo, BOB wants to work here. What do you think?" I'd be a little hesitant to agree to hire him based on his situation, and leaving Ohio State now will only make my opinion a little worse. But BOB needs to make the best decisions for BOB and his family.
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His son's illness is called lissencephaly. It's an extremely rare brain disorder that causes him to have daily seizures, often requiring a trip to the ER. There "may" be someone in Columbus who they could work with, but the top specialist in the world for his son's illness is in Boston where his family lives, and apparently they weren't going to make the move to Columbus because of that. I think since the BC job didn't become open until after BOB took the OSU job, most people are giving him a pass for wanting to stay near his family and getting the best care possible for his son. Some things are far far more important than football, or even a job for that matter.
 
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ant80

ant80

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NYTimes Article: As Tough as His Task
Penn State?s Bill O?Brien No Stranger to Adversity
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ? Every morning, Bill and Colleen O?Brien know their older son, 10-year-old Jack, will have a seizure when he wakes up. It could last 30 seconds or go on for 30 minutes, necessitating an ambulance trip to the hospital. There may be more seizures during the day, depending on disparate factors like weather patterns and Jack?s growth spurts. And when they happen, the O?Briens can do little except to turn their son on his side and wait for the seizure to end.

The O?Briens face daunting challenges every day that have nothing to do with scholarship restrictions, a bowl ban or reviving the sullied reputation of the Penn State football program. In a college town where perspective has become a buzz word in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, O?Brien, the Nittany Lions? new coach, and his family have plenty of experience in keeping it.

?Obviously the challenges that they?ve had, those are far greater challenges than what?s going to come down the road professionally,? said Syracuse Coach Doug Marrone, Bill O?Brien?s best friend. ?I know that the football situation now is a great challenge, and people have their perspective on it, but they go through great challenges every single day.?

Bill O?Brien has an Ivy League education and more than a dozen years as a college assistant, and he took a salary cut of more than 50 percent at age 37 in order to be a glorified film grunt for the New England Patriots. Yet what has shaped him and his wife most has been their experience with Jack, who has a rare genetic brain malformation known as lissencephaly. Jack O?Brien moves around only by wheelchair or commando crawling on his belly and has severely limited motor planning, meaning the brain is slow to tell the body what to do.

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BOB has a child with a genetic brain malformation, lissencephaly that causes seizures, among many other symptoms. Really touched to read how he goes about his life in light of this. I used to date a girl with seizures. I also have a close friend with a child who has hydrocephalus. I know first hand, how they deal with life, and can relate. I can't help but like this guy, no matter how much I hate Penn State and their idiot fans.

I couldn't find a thread dedicated to BOB, so I started one. Mods feel free to move or merge if there is a thread.
 
He seems like the perfect hire for PSU. He will have little pressure to win for 5 years. If he survives or stays, he could rebuild them into a power.

His family needs stability, I assume.




ant80;2200108; said:
NYTimes Article: As Tough as His Task
Penn State?s Bill O?Brien No Stranger to AdversityBOB has a child with a genetic brain malformation, lissencephaly that causes seizures, among many other symptoms. Really touched to read how he goes about his life in light of this. I used to date a girl with seizures. I also have a close friend with a child who has hydrocephalus. I know first hand, how they deal with life, and can relate. I can't help but like this guy, no matter how much I hate Penn State and their idiot fans.

I couldn't find a thread dedicated to BOB, so I started one. Mods feel free to move or merge if there is a thread.
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He's in a horrible situation, especially considering that he was told there probably wouldn't be sanctions. The PSU fans will handle this situation one of two ways 1) Blame O'Brien and basically force him out. Or 2) They will blame the Big Ten referees and the NCAA for all of their losses. I really hope it's #2 because that would be a lot funnier, and because I think O'Brien no longer has the resources to win at Penn State, and it would suck to see the mob turn on him.
 
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jarv;2200453; said:
2) They will blame the Big Ten referees and the NCAA for all of their losses.
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Season hasn't even started and this has already happened in spades over on their boards. BOB will be given a pass for the next couple of years simply because the B1G and the NCAA are in it to keep the pedsters down. The BOB statue has already been commissioned.
 
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