Will Joe Pa resign?

[tech2101]

C'mon Tech, you are not that naive.....start at post #1 for openers?

You are correct. I forgot the context on which this thread was started.

And no, it does not make me happy. Nothing about this thread should bring joy to anyone.

 

[delldude]

You are correct. I forgot the context on which this thread was started.

And no, it does not make me happy. Nothing about this thread should bring joy to anyone.

Never was directed at any of our regular friends.....

 

[delldude]

AP

Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85

 

[SparrowHawk]

AP

Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85

Double Check Dell! There was a false report out there. As of about 2 hours ago he was still with us.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Just shows you the instant aspect of the news cycle

Joe Paterno: 1926-2012
Posted by John Taylor on January 22, 2012, 10:23 AM EST

Sadly, the grim reports that dominated the college football news cycle beginning Saturday evening were a precursor to the inevitable but still numbing reality: a coaching legend has passed.

A family spokesperson confirmed to the Associated Press that Joseph Vincent Paterno has died at a State College hospital at the age of 85, just over two months after being diagnosed with a form of lung cancer. A posting to Penn State’s official Facebook page read simply: “With great sadness we mourn the passing of Coach Joe Paterno…Few have done more.”

Paterno passed away at 9:25 a.m. ET Sunday, and the official cause of death was metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung.

If the Administration knew about his illness and fired him anyway to save their hide, then that's a whole new ball game.

 

[Veritas]

Double Check Dell! There was a false report out there. As of about 2 hours ago he was still with us.

TIME - Joe Paterno Erroneously Reported Dead Saturday Night By Many Media Outlets

The legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno died Sunday morning, according to a statement released by his family. But for at least a short time on Saturday evening, untold numbers of Internet readers thought the Nittany Lions’ beloved, embattled ‘JoePa’ had actually passed the night before, thanks to an erroneous news report that spread quickly around the web.

At 8:45 p.m., while most news organizations were in the middle of covering the results of the hectic South Carolina GOP Primary, a Penn State student-news organization published a report stating that Joe Paterno had passed away. The news website, Onward State, cited an email supposedly sent to football players announcing Paterno’s passing and published a news alert, pushing it out via Facebook and Twitter. (The original tweet has since been deleted, but hundreds of retweets are still available.)

NBC Sports - Joe Paterno: 1926-2012

A family spokesperson confirmed to the Associated Press that Joseph Vincent Paterno has died at a State College hospital at the age of 85, just over two months after being diagnosed with a form of lung cancer. A posting to Penn State’s official Facebook page read simply: “With great sadness we mourn the passing of Coach Joe Paterno…Few have done more.”

Paterno passed away at 9:25 a.m. ET Sunday, and the official cause of death was metastic small cell carcinoma of the lung.

 

[delldude]

Just shows you the instant aspect of the news cycle


If the Administration knew about his illness and fired him anyway to save their hide, then that's a whole new ball game.

He wasn't fired.....PSU said they had to make a change while back pedaling.

 

[SparrowHawk]

He wasn't fired.....PSU said they had to make a change while back pedaling.

Sounds like doublespeak for "we fired his ass to save ours and now that he croaked we want to save face"

I sincerely hope that the Administration at Penn State is shown the door if not prosecuted for covering up the Sandusky Affair and using an 85 year old icon as their scapegoat. I am frankly more than a little pissed.

RIP Joe, The good you did outweighs the bad

 

[SparrowHawk]

A picture really is worth a thousand words.

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HARRISBURG -- An attorney for former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky said he will ask for the dismissal of sexual assault charges against his client after a judge ruled that prosecutors could not be forced to provide more specific information about the timing of the alleged crimes.

During a hearing on Monday in a Centre County court, senior deputy attorney general Joseph E. McGettigan III said the accusers are unable to say exactly when they were assaulted because of their youth at the time, the trauma of the incidents and the passage of years since. Prosecutors had provided specific dates for certain alleged assaults but not others.

Story

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

Sad, sad.

"If they play football come September at Penn State, something's wrong." Bob Costas gives his views on the Freeh Report fallout and Joe Paterno's legacy on NBC's 'Meet the Press.'

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/15/us/triponey-paterno-penn-state/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

 

[Ms Tree]

Holy crap that is a damning article. At the very least there needs to be a criminal inquire and some folks need to be in front of a judge and jury. The kids who were molested should take Penn State through the cleaners. Let the Football team hold a bake sale to get their uniforms cleaned.

Sports seem to run this country. They are paid outrageous sums of money and are treated like gods. Here is TX Jerry screwed over Arlington and built the worlds biggest zit in the middle of the city. As far as I am concerned you can take organized sports and stick int in a landfill.

 

[777 fixer]

Paterno statue coming down as we speak, or type in this case.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Paterno statue coming down as we speak, or type in this case.

I don't know if this is Good or Bad. However, My "gut" tells me that removing the statue is more about defending the Administration and the University against Civil & Criminal charges then it will ever be a about s search for the truth.

I can understand why Coach Paterno would turn a blind eye. What I have difficulty with is the entire school administration. Ten years ago they should have bit the bullet then and took the PR hit. and anything else that came along with it. Far fewer people would have been hurt.

It's a sad thing all the way around. In my mind I can see Coach Paterno being told to keep his mouth shut. Regardless of all he did for kids over the years turning a blind eye (Or being coerced to do so) is pretty inexcusable.

 

[EastCheats]

Bobby Bowden now has the most wins

CNN) -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced a $60 million fine against Penn State University on Monday and banned its football team from the postseason for four years.


The school will also forfeit all football wins from 1998, NCAA President Mark Emmert said. That decision strips the late Joe Paterno of the title of winningest coach in major football college history.


While the school's football program will not face the so-called "death penalty" that would have prevented the team from playing in the fall, the school might have preferred a one-year suspension because of the severity of the scholarship losses, a four-year postseason sanctions and other penalties, a source familiar with the case told CNN on Sunday.