Perhaps the Board of Trustees should be more concerned with the school administrators who actively orchestrated the cover-up that allowed a sexual predator of minors to have unrestricted access to the campus campus facilities to commit his crimes, and spend less time worried about a power struggle against somebody who already announced his intention to step down.

Their actions reek of pandering to the national media, who have been almost universally assailing Paterno over the past couple of days.  His firing just seems like a knee-jerk reaction of "we have to do something RIGHT NOW" to present an illusion of "we're dealing with the situation".  But the fact that McQueary's status was not addressed last night seems to confirm that they have no clue on how they need to proceed.

Pedophilia, and particularly the heinous nature of Sandusky's cimes, is going to be a very sensitive subject.  I get it that even offering the slightest bit of support or "benefit of doubt" to anybody remotely aware of what happened here has the risk of being misinterpreted as an implied condoning of the action itself.  But it seems like there is far too much emotion in the discussions I've seen and heard, both on radio/TV, and on social media such as Facebook.  I think there's been a rush to judgement on exactly what Paterno was told and what he knew.

For all we know, after Paterno reported to AD Tim Curley what McQueary had told him, he may have been told (after some time) by Curley that "we looked into it, and the story is unfounded", i.e. the official cover-up story.  At which point Paterno moved on.  McQueary certainly doesn't seem to have further pushed the issue to anybody.

Posted by MikeT23 on 11/10/2011 8:15:00 AM (view original):
They were waiting for 1 of 2 things.   Public opinion and Paterno to walk away on his own. 

As for McQuery, I don't see how he is on the sidelines Saturday.   However, I'd disagree that he wasn't shocked, regardless of how old he was, when he saw a man he respected and admired, sexually abusing a young boy.  Put yourself in his shoes.  Sandusky was a goddam linebacker coach at Linebacker U.  You'd think of him as a tough man who guzzles beer, eats the can and spits out nails.  There's no way anyone doesn't think "WTF am I seeing?  This isn't happening."   That doesn't excuse him for his inaction but split second reaction to something you'd never expect to see isn't a trait found in many people.   That's why athletes train and practice.  So they won't be surprised by anything they see.   Mike Tyson said "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face."   Seeing that was a mental punch in the face.  You can't be ready for that.

Posted by tecwrg on 11/10/2011 10:21:00 AM (view original):

Perhaps the Board of Trustees should be more concerned with the school administrators who actively orchestrated the cover-up that allowed a sexual predator of minors to have unrestricted access to the campus campus facilities to commit his crimes, and spend less time worried about a power struggle against somebody who already announced his intention to step down.

Their actions reek of pandering to the national media, who have been almost universally assailing Paterno over the past couple of days.  His firing just seems like a knee-jerk reaction of "we have to do something RIGHT NOW" to present an illusion of "we're dealing with the situation".  But the fact that McQueary's status was not addressed last night seems to confirm that they have no clue on how they need to proceed.

Pedophilia, and particularly the heinous nature of Sandusky's cimes, is going to be a very sensitive subject.  I get it that even offering the slightest bit of support or "benefit of doubt" to anybody remotely aware of what happened here has the risk of being misinterpreted as an implied condoning of the action itself.  But it seems like there is far too much emotion in the discussions I've seen and heard, both on radio/TV, and on social media such as Facebook.  I think there's been a rush to judgement on exactly what Paterno was told and what he knew.

For all we know, after Paterno reported to AD Tim Curley what McQueary had told him, he may have been told (after some time) by Curley that "we looked into it, and the story is unfounded", i.e. the official cover-up story.  At which point Paterno moved on.  McQueary certainly doesn't seem to have further pushed the issue to anybody.

I think Paterno's "wish I'd done more" as more of a half-*** apology than anything else.  In retrospect, I bet a lot of people are wishing they'd have done more.   But you have to ask is it because their balls are in a noose now or because they have felt bad about this for 10 years?   Let's not just give Paterno a pass because he's old.  I'd venture that he really didn't want this to affect his program or legacy back then and didn't want it to do the same now.  As I've mentioned before, if Sandusky was a trusted friend, he probably didn't want to believe such a thing.  Fully understandable.   But just doing what you're legally required to do doesn't seem like nearly enough.

Posted by AlCheez on 11/10/2011 10:42:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tecwrg on 11/10/2011 10:21:00 AM (view original):

Perhaps the Board of Trustees should be more concerned with the school administrators who actively orchestrated the cover-up that allowed a sexual predator of minors to have unrestricted access to the campus campus facilities to commit his crimes, and spend less time worried about a power struggle against somebody who already announced his intention to step down.

Their actions reek of pandering to the national media, who have been almost universally assailing Paterno over the past couple of days.  His firing just seems like a knee-jerk reaction of "we have to do something RIGHT NOW" to present an illusion of "we're dealing with the situation".  But the fact that McQueary's status was not addressed last night seems to confirm that they have no clue on how they need to proceed.

Pedophilia, and particularly the heinous nature of Sandusky's cimes, is going to be a very sensitive subject.  I get it that even offering the slightest bit of support or "benefit of doubt" to anybody remotely aware of what happened here has the risk of being misinterpreted as an implied condoning of the action itself.  But it seems like there is far too much emotion in the discussions I've seen and heard, both on radio/TV, and on social media such as Facebook.  I think there's been a rush to judgement on exactly what Paterno was told and what he knew.

For all we know, after Paterno reported to AD Tim Curley what McQueary had told him, he may have been told (after some time) by Curley that "we looked into it, and the story is unfounded", i.e. the official cover-up story.  At which point Paterno moved on.  McQueary certainly doesn't seem to have further pushed the issue to anybody.

Yes - that seems likely.  "We looked into it and didn't find anything.  In an entirely unrelated matter, Jerry doesn't have his keys anymore, can't have his camps here anymore, and can't bring kids around the facility."

I can get the argument for Joe, even though I do believe he has culpability.  But the notion that any point he was told "nothing happened" seems pretty out there.

Posted by moranis on 11/10/2011 10:54:00 AM (view original):

Posted by AlCheez on 11/10/2011 10:42:00 AM (view original):

Posted by tecwrg on 11/10/2011 10:21:00 AM (view original):

Perhaps the Board of Trustees should be more concerned with the school administrators who actively orchestrated the cover-up that allowed a sexual predator of minors to have unrestricted access to the campus campus facilities to commit his crimes, and spend less time worried about a power struggle against somebody who already announced his intention to step down.

Their actions reek of pandering to the national media, who have been almost universally assailing Paterno over the past couple of days.  His firing just seems like a knee-jerk reaction of "we have to do something RIGHT NOW" to present an illusion of "we're dealing with the situation".  But the fact that McQueary's status was not addressed last night seems to confirm that they have no clue on how they need to proceed.

Pedophilia, and particularly the heinous nature of Sandusky's cimes, is going to be a very sensitive subject.  I get it that even offering the slightest bit of support or "benefit of doubt" to anybody remotely aware of what happened here has the risk of being misinterpreted as an implied condoning of the action itself.  But it seems like there is far too much emotion in the discussions I've seen and heard, both on radio/TV, and on social media such as Facebook.  I think there's been a rush to judgement on exactly what Paterno was told and what he knew.

For all we know, after Paterno reported to AD Tim Curley what McQueary had told him, he may have been told (after some time) by Curley that "we looked into it, and the story is unfounded", i.e. the official cover-up story.  At which point Paterno moved on.  McQueary certainly doesn't seem to have further pushed the issue to anybody.

Yes - that seems likely.  "We looked into it and didn't find anything.  In an entirely unrelated matter, Jerry doesn't have his keys anymore, can't have his camps here anymore, and can't bring kids around the facility."

I can get the argument for Joe, even though I do believe he has culpability.  But the notion that any point he was told "nothing happened" seems pretty out there.

I think it was probably more along the lines of we looked into, there was some inappropriate contact, we took Sandusky's keys and barred him from being around kids on our campus, and we told the Second Mile.

Posted by gomiami1972 on 11/10/2011 8:27:00 AM (view original):
very classy move by the PSU students to riot.