After a demoralizing 32-point loss against the Ohio State Buckeyes Wednesday night, head coach Mike Rhoades took questions at his postgame press conference regarding if he is the right man for the job.
Rhoades was asked if there was any part of him that thought tonight’s game was his last game coaching at Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center.
“No, I got four years left on my contract,” he said. “Do you think it’s going to be my last game? I’m going to coach my butt off, go as hard as I can. Wake up tomorrow, work harder than I ever have and just keep going. Keep coaching.”
As a follow up, Rhoades was asked why he feels he’s still the right man for the job.
“Because I care,” he said. “I’m going to fight. There’s some things you got to deal with, we’ll deal with them. Try to keep building the program. It’s a different landscape than its ever been before so you just got to continue to respond in different ways to it and fight for your program and keep pushing.”
Penn State is 12-18 overall and 3-16 in Big Ten play.
PSU has shown brief glimpses of excitement, with single digit losses to ranked programs Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois and Purdue.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.But with four losses by 30 points or more, the negatives have well outweighed the positives.
With eight freshmen, two sophomores, two juniors and one senior making up this squad, there have been plenty of justifiable growing pains.
At the same time, Penn State fans want results, and haven’t been getting them.
Through three seasons, Rhoades is 44-50 overall and 18-41 in Big Ten play.
Penn State ends its regular season Sunday at Rutgers. Tipoff is scheduled for noon.
