[ScottinVA]

...if he would have went public and done every thing in his power to get rid of Sandusky the day the first allegation surfaced. Not only would we be celebrating him as a great football coach, but as a great person who wasn't afraid to risk his own reputation to take out a child molester.

Exactly. He had two options: 1) Use every bit of moral and legal authority to fire Sandusky and ensure that university goes full-bore public on the matter, replete with a promise to fully cooperate with ALL investigations on the matter; or 2) Cover it up and roll the dice in the hopes the code of locker-room secrecy holds.

Well, it's quite clear which path he took. Shame on him, and everyone around him who knew.

[Uncle Chip]

Exactly. He had two options: 1) Use every bit of moral and legal authority to fire Sandusky

Sandusky was not working for him at the time of the McQueary Report. He was retired and working for his charity run by Dr.Raykovitz, a child psychologist -- who was notified of the shower incident.

[IrishBrigade]

1) Use every bit of moral and legal authority to fire Sandusky

...technically, because Jerry wasn’t an employee at the time but an emiritus professor, fired probably isn’t the right word to use...don’t know what methods to use to gwt rid of an emeritus...