Tom Bradley: Press Conference Shows Bradley Wrong Man for Job

Penn State introduced Tom Bradley as the Nittany Lions' interim head coach, and once he took the podium to answer questions, it was clear that he isn't a long-term answer to replace Joe Paterno. 

Wednesday night, the Penn State board of trustees fired Paterno and president Graham Spanier, which caused students to riot in the streets, making matters much worse for Penn State. 

Bradley is certainly in a tough situation, and while the Nittany Lions chose the right guy to be interim, he isn't going to be the head coach of the future.

Of course, if Bradley regroups and gets his players to win their final games against Nebraska, Ohio State and Wisconsin, then he will have earned the head coaching job. 

However, the chances of that happening are very slim, just like they were before this scandal broke and ruined Penn State. 

The Nittany Lions need to hire from the outside to help rebuild the image of their program. Cleaning house and starting fresh is the best way to go. 

No doubt Bradley was nervous during his press conference, as well as emotional. He talked about what Paterno meant to him. 

Bradley played for the Nittany Lions during the late '70s and began his coaching career as as a graduate assistant in 1979.

He was promoted through the years and was the defensive coordinator for the last decade before being named interim head coach. 

One area were Bradley did well in his press conference was handling the situation about assistant coach Mike McQueary, who witnessed former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky molesting a young boy in the Penn State showers. 

CBS Sports' Bryan Fischer tweeted Bradley's responses about McQueary. 

Many believe McQueary should be fired because he too was morally wrong and failed to call the police and report what he allegedly saw. Sure, he told his bosses, but how does he let a child molester walk away free? 

One fan points out the negatives of Bradley.

Bradley would be wise to push for McQueary to be out because the longer he keeps his job, the more problems it would create.

He's smart to pin it on the administration, but he should take a stand to get McQueary removed from the coaching staff.  

This is no easy task for Bradley, and he'll do his best at it, but he is not the right man to coach the Nittany Lions for the future. 

Penn State has been set in their traditional ways for a long time now, but this scandal forces them to make big changes, and one of those has to be hiring a coach from the outside. 

A big-name coach would be the best bet, as it would certainly help with recruiting. 

Keeping a member from the current staff as head coach for next year and beyond will only make people wonder if the problems are truly gone at Penn State.

The Nittany Lions have to restructure their program, and while they're firing the right people, they have to repair their image properly for the 2012 season, and the best way to do that is to hire from outside the program.