What those people did to Joe was despicable and inhuman. I also blame all of those at PSU, in law enforcement, the B1G and the NCAA who knew what they were doing and went along."
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What those people did to Joe was despicable and inhuman. I also blame all of those at PSU, in law enforcement, the B1G and the NCAA who knew what they were doing and went along."
DingerzForDazeWell-Known Member
I attended a number of practices in 95-96, and there was absolutely no confusion about who was running the show. I'm 68 and smart enough to detect a phony.
Wait a sec ... are you calling ME a phony? If so, kindly go blank yourself. I'm quite sure that everything I have conveyed in this thread is 100% true (meaning, what I said was conveyed to me, was actually conveyed to me). You might not like my take on things ... on that we can agree to disagree ... but factually, I've been entirely forthright.
I liked and respected JoePa for the things he did for the football program and, MUCH more importantly, the university. But, over and over again on this board I just see hero worship. He was fallible. We can call him on those things and still like and respect him. That I wanted him to move on from the program much earlier than he did, is not a knock on him ... he was already post "retirement age" and it was time, in my opinion, to thank the man for what he accomplished, and move on. That, while he placed a greater emphasis on education and "man building" than the great majority of coaches doesn't preclude the reality that there were still some shenanigans going on, with respect to "academic qualifications and achievements," and these were still just football players, many of whom were jocks first, students second. And I'm not even going to bring up the handling of the Sandusky issue, because there's just about zero rationality that occurs when that topic is mentioned (and I generally defend Joe against his harsh critics in that respect, but I'm also not blindly defending him).
But there's a sizable contingent on this board that think he walked on water, and want him to coach from the grave, not really able to move forward and basically digging their heels in and actually spitting on the university because they feel the school didn't do enough to defend Joe's honor. And, that, to me, is abhorrent. Let it go. Respect his memory and move on. Build up the current and future university and stop living in the past.
Here's the thing, they really do believe he is a deity.
I never realized that word was an abbreviation for 'men-to-rape'.I thought they volunteered to mentor boys?
Well if fucking with another guys deity is wrong....And you never fuck with another guy's deity.