I must've missed something...is Paterno being erased?
More like..... deleted.
I must've missed something...is Paterno being erased?
Look I'm not going to argue because I know I'm in the very small minority. My issue is when he was notified he notified his boss. That is all that he is required to do. Should he have insured more happened yes, but he didn't have to by law. Ignoring one of the most famous coaches does nothing to help the victims recover. Sandusky gets nowhere near as much outrage. Put your effort into helping victims instead of being outraged.
Except he did his mandatory reporting.
Here's the thing. I would have had him finish the year and then never again honor him. I wouldn't have tried to remove previous honors. The removing things they previously did is what bothers me. Penn State needs to own what he did and what it brought them. They can't try and hide it and pretend they didn't benefit.
My problem really isn't with Paterno's destroyed reputation. My problem is Penn State tried to distance itself when Penn State knew about it and let it continue to happen.
Does he deserve it no, but he was still a great football coach.
I think the biggest thing people or at least I struggle with here was was Joe Paterno was a fraud just as Jim Tressel was. The 2 coaches I thought were most likely honest men who were above winning at all costs.
I know this isn't a popular opinion but we shouldn't ignore his accomplishments just because of the scandal.
To whom did he report, if you say his boss, that's not enough. It needs to be to the police with follow up and he needed to immediately dismiss him.
It's not an excuse but there are protocols for these sorts of things, from that standpoint, I don't think he could take it to the police without risking his own job. I think he was looking out for himself, you have to remember he wasn't as influential in the 70's as he was in the 80's and 90's.
With all that said, even IF the administration didn't allow him to bring the information forward, even if he didn't fire Sandusky, even if someone believed he did everything he could do within his power when he heard about the abuse, there is no legitimate reason to allow the guy access to kids or any facilities 20 years after he had been a coach. That's one aspect JoePa would have had 100% control over and he still allowed this creep to prey on children. We think the Baylor fans are ignorant for not admitting they did wrong, the PSU fans make them look levelheaded. Today's tribute is just disgusting and classless. It's like they feel that since the NCAA took it easy on them, they did nothing wrong.
Sadly, they won't. Trust me. They will sing and praise his name.....Hope Penn State fans boo