Penn State’s Paterno proves his way works:
“… Paterno’s doorbell rang Nov. 21, 2004 — a Sunday — only one sunrise separating the coach from the conclusion of a 4-7 football season. Four high-ranking Penn State officials, including university president Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley, walked into Paterno’s home and told him, for the second time in less than two weeks, that they wished him to stop coaching, either at that minute or very soon.
“Curley, Spanier and the others arrived with a message they had heard from many. The 2004 season convinced legions that Paterno was instinctively driving his program to its grave. For the first time, folks spotted the coach’s sincere, growling confidence and figured it the root of his decay. …”