Posted on 11/08/2011 11:40:43 AM PST by bjorn14
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno’s tenure as coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university officials, according to two people briefed on conversations among the university’s top officials.
The board of trustees has yet to determine the precise timing of Paterno’s exit, but it is clear that the man who has more victories than any other coach at college football’s top level and who made Penn State a prestigious national brand will not survive to coach another season. Discussions about how to manage his departure have begun, according to the two people.
Paterno was to have held a news conference Tuesday but the university canceled it less than an hour before it was scheduled to start.
At age 84 and with 46 seasons as the Penn State head coach behind him, Paterno’s extraordinary run of success — one that produced tens of millions of dollars for the school and two national championships, and that established him as one of the nation’s most revered leaders, will end with a stunning and humiliating final chapter.
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Why would Paterno need to leave if he had nothing to do with the scandal?
Because he knew his assistant coach was blowing kids in the shower and did nothing to stop it?
Good, that dirtbag never reported this monster to the Police. Hopefully he also never gets honored for his coaching wins, since he’s rendered them meaningless by turning a blind eye to that monster.
Whither Joe Paterno? Will his name be scrubbed from the library on campus?
Because he knew his assistant coach was blowing kids in the shower and did nothing to stop it?
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That is so disheartening. Joe Paterno has been my favority sports figure for years because he is/was a man of integrity. But, he should have gone the the authorities with this when he first heard it. I’m very disappointed in him.
As a college football fan, I've had a tremendous respect for JoePa. It is inexplicable.
You sound like a Pitt fan?
Look the guy (Sandusky)is married and has at least one child. Do you think his family knew he was a monster.?
If you took any time to read the accounts of the story the grad assistant didn't tell Paterno the details of what he witnessed.
Paterno passed what information he had along to his superiors.
If you witnessed something of this nature at work (assuming you don't own the company), would you tell your boss or call the cops?
Paterno shares blame here, but the PSU administration was notified by Paterno and they tried to cover this up. If Paterno is the only one to pay then no justice has been done. Having said that, someone like Joe could have taken on the PSU admin (had he wanted) and won given his national standing.
I just hope everyone involved in this coverup eventually pays the price.
Paterno apparently reported it to his AD, which technically kept him on the right side of the law.
But like all of you, I would have then removed this dirtbag from campus and told him not to let me catch his arse around here again. Instead they chose to keep him around the football program.
I wanna know what did Graham Spanier know, and when did he know it?
Did he witness the crime first hand or hear of it second hand?
The NCAA needs to slap heavy sanctions on Penn State up to and including the Death Penalty.
So, what's stopping you, Sandusky?
Just don't use a gun, please. Gas yourself in your closed garage while sitting inside your running SUV, or go up into the forest and drink a gallon jug of Prestone® anti-freeze.
Paterno should be booger-hooked out of Penn State. I thought coaches were supposed to instill character in their players. Guess that old fart never really understood what the meant in all of his 46 years as coach.
Will they return the millions he and Sue donated to the University?
Makes me wonder if his staying on might’ve been related to keeping the lid on things? Idle conjecture on my part, since I haven’t a shred of evidence to back that up or perhaps, to even wonder aloud.
In addition to the AD, I would have reported the guy to the police.
“Why would Paterno need to leave if he had nothing to do with the scandal?”
According to the indictment, the second time this guy was caught in the shower (having anal sex with a young boy), the witness reported it directly to Paterno.
Paterno reported it to the AD...not the police...didn’t fire the guy, and apparently didn’t even admonish him for it.
Joe is king of all things football at Penn State. He could have fird the guy on the spot - but instead he pushes it on up the COC?
Sadly, it looks like Joe ignored the problem - and this guy was left to find even more victims.
As it should have been...Hayes was one of the greatest coaches of all time, and I say that as somebody who grew up as a diehard Michigan fan.
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