ORD_Buckeye;2030446; said:
Oh, he'll have a legacy and absolutely the one that he deserves. Just not the one that he thinks he deserves.
The sad thing is Joe and some of his most ardent followers will think his legacy is being unfairly tarnished by Jerry Sandusky. It isn't, and this is an important clarification to make here. Monsters have always lived in our midst. They live among us, eat among us, work among us, and do things in secret, behind closed doors, that no one knows about, often leading double lives, often for extended periods of time. Child Molesters in positions of trust and prominence. The BTK killer. It is no one's fault but their own that these monsters are what they are. However, as people, as institutions, as society, we are judged on how we react to these monsters when they are uncovered. What are our actions? What are our priorities? What decisions do we make? What is the right thing, and do we do it? Who is the most vulnerable or victimized, and how do we best help them?
These are the questions, and subsequent answers, that will tarnish Joe's legacy. Completely. Forever. No one is blaming anyone for Jerry Sandusky being a child molester except for Jerry Sandusky. That's no one else's fault. But when you look at the reaction of good people, good people like Matt Millen, like LaVar Arrington, like Todd Blackledge, like the average everyday person...and they are literally in tears after READING something about it 10 years AFTER IT HAPPENED...like if they had just known something, ANYTHING, they would have done something...they have been betrayed, blindsided, you can see and hear and feel their hurt...and then you look at a person with the most power in the State of Pennsylvania, who not only knew something, he knew that the man was caught red-handed...in an unspeakable act...and he decided how HE would answer the questions above. It's not Jerry Sandusky, Joe, that will send you out like this...it is your answers to those questions, your priorities, and your decisions...and that is ALL. ON. YOU.