Should Joe Paterno retire after this season?

I am a huge Penn State fan and I am planning on going to college there, but I think Joe Pa should retire. He is too old to be coaching and he obviously has just lost the touch. He has so much talent on that team and he is basically just wasting it. Luckily, Austin Scott got kicked off the team, or Evan Royster would have never gotten a chance to play this year. Don't get me wrong Joe Paterno was a great coach but he should hand the job over to someone else!

Public Comments

1. ya he probly should (just like every year) but i doubt he will
2. He's Joe freaking Paterno, he can do whatever he wants. He has won championships, made kids graduate because he is an "academics first" coach, and developed kids into great NFL players. And now some little girl thinks she can say when he should retire? Who the hell are you and what have YOU ever done?
3. Joe Paterno has earned the right to do what ever he wants to do. Same with Bobby Bowden.
4. I don't think Jo Pa is going anywhere until Bobby Bowden retires, and he can ensure he has the most wins record. I like Jo Pa, but I don't disagree with your statement about the talent not playing to their potential. This leads to the question of who really coaches, Jo Pa or his assistants?
5. i'm afraid only the grim reaper will determine when joe p retires, and then only after the end of the decade.
6. he should but hes to selfish
7. If you have not realized this JoePa does not do the coaching, its mostly on the offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, JoePa is just a motivator to make Penn State play better, without him I think Penn State will stink!
8. he should, but won't, and the university certainly isn't going to ask him to.
9. Joe can have assistants do whatever he's too old to do, he's a smart guy and maybe not the greatest coach at this second, but he's a total institution. He's the best thing about Penn State. They're doing as well as can be expected. Also, he's an inspiration to old guys everywhere!
10. It's his life and his reputation, not any of ours. It's no one's business but his what he does with them. And the players that go there do so willingly, knowing that he's going to be there. So as long as the school is willing to keep him on, he'll probably be there. He may have missed some good recruits because some players may be reluctant to go there and play for a coach of that age...but that's up to the school to decide.
11. Big PSU fan myself. Was at the OSU game a couple weeks ago. Quite a letdown from a hype standpoint. Anyway, this question comes up all the time. What people don't realize is - Joe doesn't hardly do anything anymore anyway. He makes a couple punt or go for it decisions during the game and watches a little film. The rest is on the other guys. Joe put that program on the map though. He pretty much IS Penn State. Maybe he should retire, maybe he shouldn't...his game philosophies and offensive game planning are clearly outdated but after all he's done, he's earned the right to walk away when he chooses - even if the program suffers for a couple years while he's at the end of his tenure. People are calling for his head but they don't realize how much they'll miss him when he's gone.
12. He probably should have after winning the Alzheimers Orange Bowl against Bowden a few years back. Surprised either one of them remember plays to call into the OT
13. I wouldn't write Joe Pa off yet.
14. If he wants to, that man has earned the right to choose how and when he leaves.