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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:26 PM Original message |
JOE PATERNO FIRED! |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good...he is a slimeball |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Inevitable. Couldn't have imagined such an end for Paterno. But it had to be done. |
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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Its a sad situation for the molested kids first and foremost. Joe should have handed |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Why should he resign? |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. he was aware of the activity |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Absolutely...no excuse. What would the school/BOD have done...fire him? |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Well said, and thank you. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. agree 100%. He had a ton of power AND actions were available that could have protected kids AND PSU |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I think he should go to prison for a year at least |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
48. the predator coach had already been forced to retire after the 1998a |
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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. He was aware that a crime had been committed and failed to report to the police. |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Still no reason to fire someone |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. wow...that graduate student is the wide receiver coach today. |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. They better fire the wide receive coach |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Agreed...but I have more sympathy for him than Paterno. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. He reported it to Paterno, who probably assured him he'd take care of it. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Paterno was 84 years old? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. He knew what was going on and failed to report it to the authorities as required by law. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. The first person the witness notified was Joe Paterno |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Because he didn't report a heinous crime to the authorities. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. he was going to quit at the end of the season....he didn't give a shit about the victims |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Agreed |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. But it does explain why he looked the other way when he found out. |
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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. You got that right! |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. It was inevitable. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. What he should have done was go to the police the second he found out about it. |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. As someone who looked up to Jo-Pa and the Penn State program for almost 40 years |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. and in response |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Sandusky was also his position coach when he played at PSU |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:36 PM Original message |
Delete - BUT MATT MILLEN IS AN IDIOT |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Charlatan! |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Joey is one of many who should be let go. |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well, there's always Texas Tech. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I don't think the Bobby Knight golden parachute is available this time around |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Paterno enabled Sandusky's child raping |
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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Concealing the act or shielding the molester is equally a crime, IMO |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. In the real world, he'd be facing accessory charges. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. CUE THE VONAGE THEME! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. lesson learned people. you know someone is fucking a kid... DO SOMETHING. nt |
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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Paterno would have been deemed a real hero if he decided to crack |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I agree with you. Or, he could have even said "my dear friend needs help, etc., etc. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:09 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. yup. nt |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Be still, my heart! |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. Good. No way he should have been allowed back on the field... |
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bottomofthehill (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Dignity and determination |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. The president of the University was also fired |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Oh, don't for one moment think that most (all?) of those trustees didn't also know |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
43. What about those kids' dignity? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
47. This is one of those times I don't get DU. |
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