Posted on 08/31/2014 4:26:16 PM PDT by FlJoePa
In writing a biography about his father, Jay Paterno makes the point quickly that the book is not an attempt to canonize Joe Paterno: "I know all too well that he was human, an imperfect being." He also says that the book is for journalism students. "In a world where the pressure to be first often outweighs the responsibility to be right, I hope you always look in your heart and pursue the truth. It is the most solemn responsibility of freedom of the press. Realize your mistakes will have consequences for real people." Here is an excerpt of Paterno Legacy.
Nice obfuscation. What Paterno should really be ashamed of is his actions in 1998/1999. He was not stupid, and he was not some powerless person, as would be required by his apologists.
Nice obfuscation. What Paterno should really be ashamed of is his actions in 1998/1999.
...what actions was Paterno required to take in 1998...? The investigation was dropped, and as far as Paterno, or PSU, was concerned, that was it, all some big misunderstanding...under no circumstances was he required to do anything other than coach football...victories vacated back that far is NCAA excess, IMHO...
He was not stupid, and he was not some powerless person, as would be required by his apologists.
...no, he was not powerless, anything but...which is the proximate cause for the stain on his legacy...and there is no way for apologists, or even just admirers such as myself to get around that...
See post #35 this thread. Paterno’s own words, (in that June 10th 1974 issue I related to.....Johnny Miller on the cover), tells it all about the man. Cover it up baby!!
...my my my...that’s some compelling evidence you have there...one excerpted quote from 1974, forty years ago, concerning some unrelated topic...
...you sure have convinced me...we should’ve marched up to State College, pitchforks in hand, and strung the guy up to the nearest tree...how could we have been so blind, with all the ‘evidence’ right before our very eyes...?
The only logical explanation is that sometime later in the day, it was decided by the PSU trustees that the focus could NOT be on PSU’s gay friendly atmosphere. And the only way to assure that the topic wasn’t even discussed was to blow it off the front pages with Paterno’s termination.
...quite the conspiracy, isn’t it...but not likely...you are right concerning timing, though...Paterno publicly announced, the day before his firing, that he would retire after the season ended, and the BOT shouldn’t spend any time thinking about him...in other words, telling them ‘here’s what you guys are going to do’...
...Paterno’s days of calling the shots had ended by then, and upstaging the BOT was the final straw...though because they feared rioting, they dithered around, and finally just tossed it out there, like ‘and oh yeah, Joe Paterno is no longer head coach’ almost an afterthought...
...not the finest moment for anyone concerned...
I'm not excusing Paterno. He had enough cachet that it might have been possible to shift the focus of this scandal where it belonged early on had he acted in a timely and decisive manner.
At the very least, he was naive for thinking his superiors would act on the matter when it became clear that they had no intentions of doing so.
Not trying to convince anyone. Can’t be done. It is impossible to convince fans of the child rapist enabler Joe Paterno of anything. Even with his own words stating he would ‘never tell and never would’ it is impossible. This old fella thinks child sexual molesters, (or child abusers in ANY way), are the worst human beings on earth. The men and women that cover up for these monsters are not far behind and are gonna have to answer for it someday.
He had enough cachet that it might have been possible to shift the focus of this scandal where it belonged early on had he acted in a timely and decisive manner.
...this phrase will be the epitaph of this whole sorry affair...
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