95.9% of all the people complaing about Joe Pa ......would have done that EXACT same thing.......hoped that it was a lie.....or hope that it would just go away. Nobody is going to be this righteous saint and basically throw their legacy, their institution, and for all intents and purposes.....themselves......under the bus.......it was just easier to just hope that it was wrong and went away. I wish all these whinning assholes would get off their moral high horse. What are we supposed to do.....dig Joe and and put him in jail. Good gawd
Paterno knew Sandusky for years and years. He was his pal. All these coaches work and live closely together. Paterno knew this guy was fucked up way before '98 I'm sure and didn't have the moral fortitude to do anything about it. He was almost as guilty, along with all the other coaches, (current one included) and others that knew. By not doing anything about it just allowed Sandusky to continue the horror. A horror which YOU obviously don't comprehend with your pea- sized neanderthal brain.95.9% of all the people complaing about Joe Pa ......would have done that EXACT same thing.......hoped that it was a lie.....or hope that it would just go away. Nobody is going to be this righteous saint and basically throw their legacy, their institution, and for all intents and purposes.....themselves......under the bus.......it was just easier to just hope that it was wrong and went away. I wish all these whinning assholes would get off their moral high horse. What are we supposed to do.....dig Joe and and put him in jail. Good gawd
You may be partially right.
But there is a way he could have done both.
He could have preserved PSU had he simply fired Sandusky on the spot and banned him from getting withen 1 mile of the campus.
He could have easily forced Sandusky to resign.
JOE: You fucking idiot pedo. I demand you retire right now and never step foot on campus again!
Sandusky: I dont want to resign. I refuse.
JOE: Ok then im picking up the phone right now and reporting you to the law.
Sandusky: Ok I will call a press conference and announce my retirement right now.
JOE: And dont ever let me see your sorry ass withen 500 feet of the University.
If Joe would have done that it would have been a compromise between what he did and what he should have done.
What I said above is still not what he ultimately should have done, but it is a lot better then what he did.
At least if he would have done what I said above you could make a strong case that he did not enable him to do anymore of his sick acts under his watch.
You may be partially right.
But there is a way he could have done both.
He could have preserved PSU had he simply fired Sandusky on the spot and banned him from getting withen 1 mile of the campus.
He could have easily forced Sandusky to resign.
JOE: You fucking idiot pedo. I demand you retire right now and never step foot on campus again!
Sandusky: I dont want to resign. I refuse.
JOE: Ok then im picking up the phone right now and reporting you to the law.
Sandusky: Ok I will call a press conference and announce my retirement right now.
JOE: And dont ever let me see your sorry ass withen 500 feet of the University.
If Joe would have done that it would have been a compromise between what he did and what he should have done.
What I said above is still not what he ultimately should have done, but it is a lot better then what he did.
At least if he would have done what I said above you could make a strong case that he did not enable him to do anymore of his sick acts under his watch.
JOE: You fucking idiot pedo. I demand you retire right now and never step foot on campus again!
Sandusky: I dont want to resign. I refuse.
JOE: Ok then im picking up the phone right now and reporting you to the law.
Sandusky: Ok I will call a press conference and announce my retirement right now.
JOE: And dont ever let me see your sorry ass withen 500 feet of the University.
Sandusky: Wait, I'm retired you can't do shit to me
JOE: Well, I'm going to report you to the police....you really fucked us you pedo
Sandusky: Well, I'm going to report you to the NCAA for all your violations. I'll probably call your wife about all the hookers you been fucking on the road trips.
JOE: Actually, the more I think about it....carry on as usual....just try not to get caught
those who knew him, those who played for him, those closest to him all seem to think highly of him
the media can't rewrite that stuff, the accusations against him are speculative and circumstantial
some day, I hope we as a nation will stop believing the media hyperbole and listen more closely to the details, then arrive at their own conclusions
I've seen what the media has done to Jim Calhoun, the Patriots, Duke Lacrosse, political policy............................. Time and time and time again, they lie and distort and sensationalize, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt they're not worthy