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| Thumper | Nov 10 2011, 12:12 PM Post #1 |
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http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/joe-paterno-fired-penn-state-football-coach-president-graham-spanier-child-sex-abuse-scandal-board-of-trustees-meeting-110911 |
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| Deleted User | Nov 10 2011, 07:13 PM Post #2 |
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Look at what the lowlife penn students did. Disgusting |
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| colo_crawdad | Nov 10 2011, 09:14 PM Post #3 |
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It is important to not that at the press conference the Board of Trustees made it clear they were making NO judgement about Joe Paterno or his behavior and that the decision was a business one, not a moral one. |
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| Pat | Nov 10 2011, 09:31 PM Post #4 |
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That's not the way I took the announcement Colo. In fact, according to one report, Joe was more powerful than either the AD, school president and governor. As captain of the ship I thought it both rude and inconsiderate of the victims and citizens to come out with a statement that he disagreed with his firing. He failed the victims and the state by his distorted view of what was decent and moral. He chose the alleged rapist and put up blinders. And I believe he lied when he claimed the whistle blower never told him that he, the graduate assistant saw-- the sexually assaulting of the child. The graduate assistant was so shook up by what he witnessed, that he went home and counseled with his own father before they both confronted Joe with what was seen. Rape is not horsing around. As we saw with other powerful leaders recently, their arrogance and assumed royalty warps their perspective but I thought the board of trustees spokesperson brought him and everyone into perspective. Penn State is not the football team or sports department. Edited by Pat, Nov 10 2011, 09:33 PM.
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| Jim Miller | Nov 10 2011, 09:33 PM Post #5 |
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I am afraid that decision will come back to bite them in their collective fiscal asses. Joe has many big-buck alumni that will not look favorably upon the Board of Trustees for their decision. There is no more popular guy at Penn State than Joe Paterno. He was fired for doing his job and it will not go over well. Joe failed no one. He did what he was supposed to do. I am continually amazed at how the focus has turned from the victims and Sandusky to Joe.
Edited by Jim Miller, Nov 10 2011, 09:34 PM.
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| Pat | Nov 10 2011, 09:35 PM Post #6 |
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Generally Jim, members of the board of trustees are very powerful people in their own right. And yes we know from your previous comments that you believe Joe did what was right. |
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| Jim Miller | Nov 10 2011, 09:37 PM Post #7 |
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Of course he did. |
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| colo_crawdad | Nov 10 2011, 09:39 PM Post #8 |
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Once again, the Board of Trustees (Do attempt to get the terminology correct, Pat in order to at least read like you actually know something about the event) said more than once they had made absolutely no judgement about Joe Paterno's actions and behaviors. I believe that the phrase uttered, "don't wish to rush to judgement" caused a student at the conference to ask a rather embarrassing question which the member of the Board of Regents ignored. If you want to call them liars, do so, but I have no reason to doubt their reliability and veracity. |
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| Pat | Nov 10 2011, 09:45 PM Post #9 |
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You are being naive Colo. |
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| colo_crawdad | Nov 10 2011, 09:48 PM Post #10 |
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I am not being nearly as naive as you are being speculative, Pat. You "rush to judgement" seems to have started some days ago. Is there another agenda there, Pat? |
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