R.I.P. -- Joe Paterno

[jlf58]

awesome post

Another one for the "Like" button.

 

[pjrose]

My crystal ball is predicting a lock if people are insulting each other.

 

[geekette]

Sounds like you have no idea about how college football programs work. As long as Paterno was there, he called all the shots. He could have made that off limits but he didn't. It amazing how niave you are !

Glad to amaze you. Being female, there have not ever been any football programs open to me.

Paterno got fired. Which means he reported to someone. He clearly did not call ALL the shots.

 

[BoaterMike]

My crystal ball is predicting a lock if people are insulting each other.

Yep. :ignore:

R.I.P. Joe.

 

[geekette]

...I will always think that it is paramount to the future well-being of the victims to ask the questions and expose the truth, regardless of whether the truth damages the reputation of anybody who was formerly thought of as above reproach. Always. Here I get the feeling that some people just don't want the questions to be asked.

Great post.

I'm not sure what best serves the victims, I only know they were greatly harmed. Of course I want them to heal, to be able to live full lives, to put it behind them. I hope they all got/are getting the help they need.

I am fine with the questions, and I agree that light needs to be shined. I'm just wanting actual answers versus conjecture.

I also don't care about damaging the reputation of someone that did wrong. A reputation, good or bad, is earned. But to boil down Paterno's life's work to this scandal doesn't sit well with me. If he's culpable, his reputation will carry the stain. I simply do not believe that he was key to this, that his involvement was as large as some post with vehemence.

I am not a long time fan of PS nor Paterno. I'm simply a Libra who craves truth and justice, who weighs things before deciding and the facts aren't all on the scales yet. Calling me names ain't gonna change that (not you, Sue, you are a most diplomatic poster). I'd be an excellent juror but clearly a pita to the other 11. So be it. If reasonable doubt exists, I won't convict.

 

[Talent312]

As long as Paterno was there, he called all the shots. He could have made that off limits but he didn't. It amazing how niave you are !

Reporting it up the chain of command was a poor call by someone who [allegedly] was trying to cover it up. Then he made the deccsion to fire himself. The decision to bar Sandusky was not made by the PSU President.

I suggest that relying on half-truths, suppositions and innuendo is intellectually dishonest and at best an opinion.

Unfortunately, this thread has degenerated into a flame war, which was never my intention. I say, its time to put this one to bed and return to our Happy Valley.

 

[Makai Guy]

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Unfortunately, this thread has degenerated into a flame war, which was never my intention. I say, its time to put this one to bed and return to our Happy Valley.

Agreed. This all has been hashed out before.