Paterno

[bolshavik]

So, should all things Paterno be erased from the PSU campus? Your thoughts

[Macarthur]

I think they should, but I suspect they won't.

I think the whole group is a disgrace and when I see his family on the TV defending him, it makes me want to throw something through the TV. People need to go to prison over this, and not just Sandusky.

With regards to Paterno specifically, I hear many folks talk about how shocking it is because he always ran such a model program. Well, everybody needs to tap the breaks and take a look at his skyrocketing crime rate within the program the last decade he was there. He was not the patron saint many want to make him out to be.

[regaleagle]

Not much to think about. Never been a Penn State fan, or a JoPa idolizer. What happened in State College is their Waterloo to deal with from here on out. I'm not going to judge who's culpable, and who isn't. A similar set of circumstances occurred within the Catholic Church in certain dioceses worldwide before being brought to light. Woe to those that were aware, but sat idly by and let it happen.

[gatordaze]

Heard that the decided not to take down his statue, just to turn it 180 degrees so that it is looking the other way.

[ethsfbnut]

Well, he got off easy. He passed.

[bolshavik]

Yeah, maybe change the 1 finger standing up to a big thumbs down on the statue

[BEAST]

Well, he got off easy. He passed.

Thats what makes it easy to dump on him. Hes not here to defend himself and call out if someone is lying. Perfect scapegoat.




BEAST

[Macarthur]

Thats what makes it easy to dump on him. Hes not here to defend himself and call out if someone is lying. Perfect scapegoat.




BEAST

Scapegoat? You realize there will probably be several administrators that will go to prison?! No one is dumping JUST on him. He is not a scapegoat; he was neck deep in it along with the others that will be going to prison.

[Farmersfan]

Thats what makes it easy to dump on him. Hes not here to defend himself and call out if someone is lying. Perfect scapegoat.

BEAST

Nobody with that much success is squeaky clean! Nobody! In fact the greater they are today the better they were in the past at covering up all the negative crap that they built their empire on. Nice guys finish last is a cliche' but it does have a ring of truth to it when dealing with the human nature.

[Macarthur]

There's some rich irony here to because some of you that may be old enough remember that Joe made a habit of calling out guys in the business that he felt like weren't doing things the right way: Jackie Sherrell, Switzer, the Rutgers coach a couple of years ago.

How Ironic that the disgrace he was a part of doesn't even begin to compare to what he was so ready to get on his soap box and speak out about.

[bolshavik]

Paterno was a loser

[BEAST]

Scapegoat? You realize there will probably be several administrators that will go to prison?! No one is dumping JUST on him. He is not a scapegoat; he was neck deep in it along with the others that will be going to prison.

I didnt say he was innocent. I said him being dead makes him an easy scapegoat.




BEAST

[Phil C]

There's some rich irony here to because some of you that may be old enough remember that Joe made a habit of calling out guys in the business that he felt like weren't doing things the right way: Jackie Sherrell, Switzer, the Rutgers coach a couple of years ago.

How Ironic that the disgrace he was a part of doesn't even begin to compare to what he was so ready to get on his soap box and speak out about.

And don't forget when he complained in 1969 about UT winning the NC in football when he could have played UT in the Cotton Bowl but they chose to go to the Orange Bowl where there was fun in the sun and maybe a few more dollars. He let his players decide instead of insisting on the Cotton Bowl. Years later he publicly insulted the late President Nixon to the cheers of PSU students.

[MGAR]

Heard that the decided not to take down his statue, just to turn it 180 degrees so that it is looking the other way.

Ohhhh that's a good one.

[defense51]

It only takes one mistake to erase a lifetime of good deeds, and this was a HUGE mistake on behalf of Joe Paterno and Penn State as a whole. I cannot even fathom how anyone could turn their head and look the other way in this situation!