Ex Nittany Lion's shhhhhhhhhh

The current Penn State Administration had a difficult job to do.  Find a head football coach to lead the way through the aftermath of the mess the program created. The best thing, in my opinion, was to find a good coach who was never affiliated with Pennsylvania in any way.  They had to find a man who was a good leader with no blemishes in his past, And they had to do it before the recruiting season.

As far as I know they achieved all this by hiring the current New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien.  I don't know much about Mr O'Brien except this was his first year as the OC and that he was Tom Brady's Quarterback coach for a few seasons. And Mr Brady might just be the best QB in the NFL right now. So I hope that something good about Mr O'Brien.

But there are a number of Penn State graduates who disagree with the hiring. Before I start copying the quotes I apologize for the font size; it always messes up after I copy things.

Former Penn State Linebacker LaVar Arrington seems to be upset with PSU not allowing interim Coach to be the permanent hire, Wherever Tom Bradley goes, that’s the school I will start to put memorabilia up in my home. I’m done. I’m done with Penn State. If they’re done with us, I’m done with them. …
“By these people making the decisions the way that they are making them, basically coinciding with everything that’s being written about our university, if they get rid of Tom Bradley, that means they in essence have accepted the fact that we are all guilty. You might as well call it all the same thing.”" *quote fromNBCSPORTS.COM

To which I say to Mr Arrington, you were at Penn State while the alleged incidents were happening and in the public eye there is a taint of suspicion on all of you.  Penn State HAS to distance themselves from the former administration and coaching staff.  They have no other option.  There was no way in the world Tom Bradley was going to get the job.

And by the way I think Mr Bradley did a wonderful job this season and should get a head coaching job; anywhere other then Penn State.

And this from another Penn State player, Arrington wasn’t the only former Nittany Lion who feels the O’Brien hiring shafts the man who they feel truly deserves the job — Bradley.

“I don’t want to be affiliated with the university,” former All-American linebackerBrandon Short said, “if they don’t choose a Penn State guy because of our standards, our graduation, all the things that have been important… it’s no longer Penn State, so we might as well be in the SEC. They are intent on turning it into a booster culture. Ira Lubert went out and purchased a national title with wrestling and he’s under the illusion that he can do that in football. Well, ask (Redskins owner) Dan Snyder about that.”

“Penn State is a family and it is real and if they choose to get rid of Bradley and not hire a Penn State coach, then they’ve turned their backs on our entire family.* also fromNBCSPORTS.COM

The last quote from Mr Short makes me  wonder if there isn't a kind of disconnect from the former players.  The biggest problem was that Penn State was a family and chose to keep a very terrible and horrible secret in house.  I can't help but wonder if the players aren't more concerned about the secret being found out more than the sickness that was taking place at Penn State.

Shouldn't the alumni be more concerned with righting the wrongs and 'fixing" the culture more than just keeping things within the family?

Personally, I find the players reactions disturbing and can't help but wonder whether there are more secrets in the Penn State closet.