because his heart was always going to be in the nfl. reading between the lines, he doesn't want to shake hands with alumni, speak at lunches, and all the BS that college coaches need to do. he just wants to coach football, so he's better off in the NFL.

none of this makes paterno people any less moronic, btw. i don't know if we could've kept him even if we were perfect towards him, but the behavior of a certain key segment of psu's fan base all but ensures the next hire is going to be truly terrible.