The Lions' Pride

BOB's NFL interest will only decrease, unless we somehow manage to have big seasons during the sanctions.This was his best chance to jump to the league.

IMO, if we come out of the sanctions and improve quickly, he'll be here as long as we want him. Only thing which changes that is the Patriots job, but he'll be just one of many who covet that job.

Call me nieve but if BOB wanted to go to the NFL that badly this would have been the year to do it because alot of people outside of PSU would have understood based on the sanctions. Now that he has his raise and extension, along with the other concessions from the PSU administration, he knows what he's signed up for. Will he be here for 20 years? Probably not but I think he sticks around till atleast Hackenberg and Breneman are gone and sees PSU through the sanctions with the possibility of staying a few years at PSU without sanctions to try and win big. I preface this all on PSUs admin giving BOB want he needs to be successful. If PSU goes cheap or gives him a hard time about stuff I could see him leaving sooner.

To answer your other question, I want PSU to win as many games as possible because that will be the only way to stay competitive and attractive high profile recruits.

I think at least 4 more years.

After that who knows. I have to think, that being "the man" at PSU is intriguing. But he may also want to try the NFL at some point.

Ask yourself one important question:

Where does he have more job security? At Penn State or in the NFL ? He could be gone after 2 years in the NFL, where 20-25% of the coaches get fired over that time span.

Without the sanctions I think he easily would have secured a few more 4star prospects and had a top 15 recruiting class.
Not quite the Michigan recruiting class (which is absurdly good) but could have easily become a mainstay in the B1G title game within a year or 2.

How many years will BOB stay, REALISTICALLY?

If history is any indicator I would say anywhere between 2 and 46 years. Kinda like predicting who will be the next President after Obama's 2nd term. Way to premature to speculate, IMO.

1 season, he'll be coaching Bama next year after Saban leaves for the Browns.
Edit: guess I should've added this

My thought would be after 3 to 5 years it will matter less. Not because he won't be successful because I think he will. He's not just a glass half full guy but he's also looking around for the pitcher to fill the glass back up. Meaning he's a smart, outside the box thinker that will find solutions to problems that others would be stopped by. This and other characteristics of his make up will keep him successful. More successful than many of you think he can be over the next few years.
Now my reference to mattering less after 3 to 5 years refers to roughly the time it will take for the O'Brien way to become the Penn State way. Not just his offensive and defensive philosophies but his way of doing things from A to Z. By that time, certain current coaches or future coaches will become clones of O'Brien's successful formula. There will evolve one or more able to carry it forward with success. I don't think he will leave before this point.
At this point, shed the handicap of the sanctions, IMO, Coach O'Brien will then have to decide whether he wants to move to a more "national" level of competition, a true top 5 program competing for BCS titles almost yearly or does he want to leave the program strong in the very capable hands of a successor and move on to the NFL and a new challenge. Whichever way he decides to go Penn State will be strong, stable and thriving. If he does decide to leave his conscience will be clear. If he decides to stay he will have set the groundwork and have the momentum to compete with the Alabamas of the college football world. That's how strongly I feel Coach O'Brien is a once in a generation type coach.

I think Trock made the point in the other thread that BOB played this in order to set up the program for long term success. Why play high stakes chicken to build the program if you are not planning on staying. Not saying he wouldn't leave for the perfect opportunity, but I would agree with Trock's analysis that his plan is to be here for a while.

Agreed. This is a project to him. He never intended on leaving, Hackenburg said BOB was upfront on what he was fighting for. If he is fighting for things he felt were just, his intentions were not to leave. Hackenburg was his first catch. I cannot imagine him leaving before seeing his end product. I actually spoke to a guy tail gaiting this year who knows Hackenburg's family. He said BOB told his parents he would make him the next Tom Brady. At a minimum, that puts him 4-5 more years if he sees that through. By then, he is a rock star. He is also a smart guy. NFL jobs are open for a reason - the team stinks. A crappy NFL team with a short life span versus his job is his in Happy Valley as long as he wants it. That is huge.

Based on his actions ... going the extra mile to get the AD canned as well as possibly others, I'd say this isn't a one or two year deal. No one does the power play he did and sticks around one or two more years.