If he did know about 1998, what would he have known??? If he knew what Spanier, Schultz, Curry, and Harmon knew, then he would have known that Sandusky did the same thing in 1998, was fully investigated by all public child welfare agencies, child psychologists, and law enforcement, and was exhonerated to continue his work with kids full time with The Second Mile.
Let's say that he knew all that. How would that have helped him??? What should he have done differently???
then he would have known that Sandusky did the same thing in 1998, was fully investigated by all public child welfare agencies, child psychologists, and law enforcement, and was exhonerated to continue his work with kids full time with The Second Mile...
...if hopefully you come back to this thread, then for the sake of clarity, which I’m sure you’re all for, please acknowledge that Sandusky was not exonerated by anybody...it was determined that there was not sufficient evidence to go to trial...I’m sure you know the difference between those two points...
Let’s say that he knew all that. How would that have helped him??? What should he have done differently???...
...sigh...I’ll go slow here for you...when Mike came to him with his news, Joe would (or should) have made the immediate connection with the 1998 situation, have slapped himself on the forehead, said something like ‘oh no, not this shit again’ and have immediately phoned Curley, Schultz, and Spanier, gotten them out of bed if he had to, and, considering this guy was at PSU doing this stuff because of him in the first place, would have taken the lead in seeing that it got resolved in a timely fashion...whereas if he didn’t know about 1998, he would have listened to Mike, waited a day or so, and then called Curley and said something like ‘we might have a problem’, and then washed his hands of the matter,thinking he’d done his part, which is in fact exactly what he did do...
...see why the point is crucial? And see why it’s important what Joe told the grand jury? Either he was a detached, disinterested coach just going through the motions, which is not likely, or he lied...nothing else is possible...