Career Coaches - Bowden & Joe P

[Pony_Fan]

After all the latest coach press lately , nice to see Joe and Bobby stick with a program for so many years. Hardly see that at all anymore with the Franchione's, Saban's of the coaching world.

[ponyscott]

Gonna miss that 'dad gum' FSU coach Bobby......always glib and he never put any players in the shed....

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

somebody's head should roll at CBS over the audio disasters with
Bobby Bowden after the game and in the awards presentation.
totally unacceptable to ruin such a special moment for the
Florida State nation.

[Charleston Pony]

Glad to see FSU send Bobby out a winner. It was sad to see his career end the way it did this year. Hope the same doesn't happen to Joe Pa.

[redpony]

They are both great and unique coaches. IIRC JoePa donated 3-5 million dollars to Penn St. a few years ago. How many coaches do you see do that? Maybe he should give some lessons to Leach in humility and caring. I hope JoePa retires now that he won another bowl.

GO PONIES!!!

[SMUer]

Pre-Knuckleheads

and it sold 20,000 copies

[SMU 86]

Best wishes Coach Bowden.

[SMU 86]

Pre-Knuckleheads

and it sold 20,000 copies

I remember that song. That was when Jimmi\y Jordan and Wally Woodham were the QB's at FSU.

[Big Hoss]

The same type of sentiment brewing that forced Bobby out was stirring at Penn St for JoePa just a few years ago. They don't make coaches like these guys anymore.

I fained a new found respect for JoePa after seeing him put his program back on top of the Big Ten after all that talk. Also got my respect after he cracked down [deleted] the whole team when some of them got involved in a brawl a few years ago. He is one coach that gets it.

And given that he makes "only" about $500k/yr and does so much for the school, it shows you how much of a self-centered, egotistical jack@ss that Mike Leach is.

[gostangs]

But isnt it also egotistical to hang on as head coach well after any reasonable time frame for retirement - they both lhave an unatural love of the spot light. It was time for both of them to leave a long time ago.

Bowden and Paterno are egoist in their own right. Time to exit gracefully instead of making the powers that be push you off the ledge - like they had to do at Florida State.

[mrydel]

They probably remember Bear Bryant died about a month after he retired.

[PonyKai]

They probably remember Bear Bryant died about a month after he retired.

Bobby actually said that about retirement. Once you stop working, there's only one place left to go...and I'm not ready to get there.

[No Quarter]

They are both great and unique coaches. IIRC JoePa donated 3-5 million dollars to Penn St. a few years ago. How many coaches do you see do that? Maybe he should give some lessons to Leach in humility and caring. I hope JoePa retires now that he won another bowl.

GO PONIES!!!

Whatever else it and he might be, Penn State has been a football factory of the first water and Joe Pa the king bee there. Altogether very much like FSU and Bobby Bowden.