Joe Pa in bad shape??

[burn587]

Joe Paterno led his life with absolute decency. To read the comments on this board makes me sick. He led his life with the goal of aspiring for more than just athletic success. He led it to change the way we thought about life. His goal was always about the academics of student-athlete first. When you live a life of morality and honor, you should be rewarded in the end, not dragged through the mud and thrown to wolves without due process. When you have 85 years of integrity and respect, shouldn't you have the benefit of doubt?I can only hope I can be half the man JoePa was.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke

JoePa might've been a good man, but he certainly allowed evil upon children.

[xboxfever]

WOW!!,, As a proud Iowan, the one thing I've installed in my kids is compassion for people and their losses. I have never been a Penn State fan (even though my son went there on full academic scholarship). But,,, Seriously,,Paterno DID NOT RAPE KIDS!!!.
It was a former employee. How many of you have older relatives that you are uncomfortable with talking about sexual acts? How many of you have former employees that have been in involved in criminal activity? He didn't know exactly what he was being told by McQueery.
His legacy should be of his many great things he did as not only a coach, but a mentor to good men he coached.ie. High graduation rates,etc.
Signed,
Not Happy with anyones death,
Gregg

What if your child was raped? And after many years you found out people like Joe Paterno knew about it and did nothing? People standing up for Joe Paterno make me sick. He could have done something, but chose not too. I hope there is a hell, and he is burning it. Football is just a game. It in the grand aspect of life means nothing. He did nothing. NOTHING! Everyone involved that did nothing, deserves a horrible death.

[Clone9]

Joe knew.

[jmb]

Joe knew.

Worse than that. Joe encouraged. Joe helped. Joe was an accomplice.

[HGPuck]

Meh. Posting from iPad. Grammar is low priority when mod posts as such. Joe tolerated/encouraged rape as part of his culture.

Yeah not very clear on my part, the word usage is what I enjoyed. Got a reaction out of me when I read it, not really a good or bad one. But I enjoyed it. Don't think I could ever come up with something like that.

[jmb]

Yeah not very clear on my part, the word usage is what I enjoyed. Got a reaction out of me when I read it, not really a good or bad one. But I enjoyed it. Don't think I could ever come up with something like that.

How hunter s. Thompson made me feel :)

[HGPuck]

How hunter s. Thompson made me feel :)

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

[jmb]

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

1974 reference! I think 74...

[rworkman83]

A warning to all to keep this thread clean please.

Thank you.

[Incyte]

Joe Paterno led his life with absolute decency. To read the comments on this board makes me sick. He led his life with the goal of aspiring for more than just athletic success. He led it to change the way we thought about life. His goal was always about the academics of student-athlete first. When you live a life of morality and honor, you should be rewarded in the end, not dragged through the mud and thrown to wolves without due process. When you have 85 years of integrity and respect, shouldn't you have the benefit of doubt?

I can only hope I can be half the man JoePa was.

When my son gets older I'm going to use joe pa as an example of someone who was a coward rather than a man.

[ISUboi12]

Yes he knew of the allegations. However, it is a jump in logic to say he knew what took place. He knew law enforcement and eventually a grand jury were investigating. We can all agree that it took too long to go from allegations to indictment. But we don't know if Paterno had anything to do with the delay. Anyway, I guess my point is knowing someone is accused of something and knowing that they did something are two very different things.

Again, I'm not saying that Paterno isn't to blame for the situation, only that we don't know.

What most people are asking for retrospectively is that when Paterno found out about accusations, he assume they are true, and not only remove someone from their job, but also limit what they are able to do in their life to the fullest extent he could. Retrospectively this is what he should have done in order to mitigate the horrible damage that was done, but that's a nearly impossible standard.

The real question is what did Paterno know and when did he know it. And we probably won't ever find out, for better or worse.

I think when he admitted that he probably should have done more he gave plenty of evidence to suggest his level of knowledge at the time of the incidents.

It was an extremely difficult decision he had to make. Somewhere along the chain of command there was an evil person who made the decision to bury this. That was not Joe Paterno. Joe Paterno's fallacy is that he could have done more, admittedly, and he didn't for reasons we can only speculate but IMO they couldn't have been honorable.

[FarminCy]

I think when he admitted that he probably should have done more he gave plenty of evidence to suggest his level of knowledge at the time of the incidents.

It was an extremely difficult decision he had to make. Somewhere along the chain of command there was an evil person who made the decision to bury this. That was not Joe Paterno. Joe Paterno's fallacy is that he could have done more, admittedly, and he didn't for reasons we can only speculate but IMO they couldn't have been honorable.

It was more than one person who made that decision and Joe Pa was absolutely one of them.

Joe Pa is dying after living a long life that most of us would give anything to have. And to protect this lifestyle he enabled and looked the other way while one of his great friends and partners used his facilities to do acts that guarantee some boys will never get a chance to live a normal life.

[FarminCy]

Joe Paterno led his life with absolute decency. To read the comments on this board makes me sick. He led his life with the goal of aspiring for more than just athletic success. He led it to change the way we thought about life. His goal was always about the academics of student-athlete first. When you live a life of morality and honor, you should be rewarded in the end, not dragged through the mud and thrown to wolves without due process. When you have 85 years of integrity and respect, shouldn't you have the benefit of doubt?

I can only hope I can be half the man JoePa was.

I didn't realize enabling child rape and looking the other way to protect yourself is a life of morality and honor.

I think most decent men are already 10 time the man Joe Pa was. Hope you set your sights higher than 1/2 of Joe Pa, that's no much of a man.

[clonedude]

I for one, will not be honoring Joe Pa in any way. Some have said that you still have to admire him as a football coach... and I say no you don't.

Football is meaningless. It's a flippin' game. I does NOT matter.

But what he allowed to happen in his own locker room to young boys DOES matter... and it's disgusting.

Joe Pa ended up being a worthless scumbag that put football and winning above young boys lives. That's what I'll remember him for. Winning a football game is NOTHING.

[Clonefan94]

I wish my son had an opportunity to spend some time with JoePa. I know he would be better because of it.

Hence leading to the situation we have now. A string of young people who's lives will be a mess forever. Because JoePa could have stopped this guy, but didn't.