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No more Paterno at PSU


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This is almost old news now but as of last night Paterno has been fired from Penn State. Paterno and president Spanier along with various others were let go at the decision of the board of trustees. This all due to the shock wave of former PSU staff Sandusky having affairs with young children. I agree what Sandusky has done is wrong. I don't really feel the university is handling things in a correct manner let along the media blowing things up as well. As a PSU alumni I have seen many good things Paterno has done for that school. In my personal opinion he may have been there a little to long but I can't speak down about him because he was still working at an age I might not live to see. His retirement was announced to be at the end of the season. I just seems with some of the actions around the school they must like to have a roit ever 10 years or so.

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I am comfused..... Was this douche bag ass of a defensive coach molesting children in the locker room or abusing his position as an authority figure by having sexual contact with college students?
 

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I am comfused..... Was this douche bag ass of a defensive coach molesting children in the locker room or abusing his position as an authority figure by having sexual contact with college students?
He was having "sexual contact" with 10 year old boys that were a part of his "2nd mile" charity program. While he was a coach and after he retired.
 

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I am comfused..... Was this douche bag ass of a defensive coach molesting children in the locker room or abusing his position as an authority figure by having sexual contact with college students?
find the indictment and read it all. if you can make it through it all with puking, you win a prize. the guy was, no IS, a perverted jackass and he needs to be taken out back and tortured and then shot. i dont give a shit if he was a great coach or whatever, no excuses for what he did.

i feel bad for paterno having his name tarnished b/c this prick was so fuhqed in the head. no question though, paterno should have handled it differently. i'd have gotten the police involved, not just the dean or president of the school.
 

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I am comfused..... Was this douche bag ass of a defensive coach molesting children in the locker room or abusing his position as an authority figure by having sexual contact with college students?
Sandusky is the "douche bag ass of a defensive coach molesting children in the locker room".

Paterno is the one who knew (not the only one, I might add) , but only reported it to his boss, not the police .

They werent college students, they were 8-10+ year old boys.
 

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This all due to the shock wave of former PSU staff Sandusky molesting young children.
There, I fixed that.

I don't feel sorry for Paterno at all. He should have notified Police, as well as Spanier.
 

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They should all face charges and do jail time.....POS IDIOTS!!!!!
 

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This is a crazy situation, I also think Joe could have handled this differently and should have gone to the police years ago. I am from the area, this is a local issue, I can see Beaver Stadium from where I work. You guys have heard of this scandal, but it has been ALL I have heard since the story first broke. Penn State is bigger than any sport and the university needs to do what is best for the whole school. Last night's riots turned over a local news van and bent a few light poles, It has been worse. Saturday's game is going to be very emotional!
 

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Paterno went to his supervisors concerning something he didn't see take place.....

he took the initiative to have the allegations investigated...

His boss probably told him that "the problem was resolved".....

Now.....in hindsight...everybody says he should have done more...

Seems to me that the "Board", in a way, did to Paterno the same thing that the Perv-
assistant-Coach did to the kids...they gave Paterno the "shaft".
 

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Paterno went to his supervisors concerning something he didn't see take place.....

he took the initiative to have the allegations investigated...

His boss probably told him that "the problem was resolved".....

Now.....in hindsight...everybody says he should have done more...
That is my take on it too.

According to the news last night the riots had the Nebraskans worried about violence. Now I am kinda lost on what team to root for instead of my golden rule of thumb of whoever is playing Nebraska.
 
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Paterno went to his supervisors concerning something he didn't see take place.....

he took the initiative to have the allegations investigated...

His boss probably told him that "the problem was resolved".....

Now.....in hindsight...everybody says he should have done more...

Seems to me that the "Board", in a way, did to Paterno the same thing that the Perv-
assistant-Coach did to the kids...they gave Paterno the "shaft".
this was also my take on it. Not saying this was a false accusations, but I have seen careers (military) ended by false accusations and people seeking revenge so things like "he was touching my kids" get made up and tossed out there (kinda like whats going on with Herman Cain right now....... the latest one) wether or not the person was guilty.... once the accusation is made your career is done. Paterno did what he thought he needed to do to protect the kids and his employee..... maybe he should have stayed on top of it..... but weren't also alot of mysterious disappearances surrounding this case ...... something about a prosecutor that was going to file charges and disappeared and was declared dead last year?.......... Maybe Paterno was warned to keep his mouth shut....
 

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Paterno went to his supervisors concerning something he didn't see take place.....

he took the initiative to have the allegations investigated...

His boss probably told him that "the problem was resolved".....

Now.....in hindsight...everybody says he should have done more...

Seems to me that the "Board", in a way, did to Paterno the same thing that the Perv-
assistant-Coach did to the kids...they gave Paterno the "shaft".

So an assistant football coach molests children and Paterno phones it in to his boss.....nothing gets done. Paterno should have called the police since nothing was done.
If you think Paterno got shafted then you need to learn about ethics and morality.
 

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