Author Topic: RIP Joe Paterno, football coach (Read 14217 times)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #121 on:** December 15, 2011, 07:21:34 PM »

are you having a laugh?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #122 on:** December 15, 2011, 08:19:18 PM »

ok kid, show us where on the doll he taught you basic life skills

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #123 on:** December 15, 2011, 08:22:12 PM »

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #124 on:** December 15, 2011, 09:21:52 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2011, 06:52:35 PM

wat
WAT

In the butt. $:-\$

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #125 on:** December 15, 2011, 09:30:31 PM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on December 15, 2011, 08:22:12 PM

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal

In keeping with the Christmas theme:

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #126 on:** January 14, 2012, 06:54:44 PM »

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"I didn't know exactly how to handle it and I was afraid to do something that might jeopardize what the university procedure was," he told The Post in an extensive interview at his home in State College, Pa. "So I backed away and turned it over to some other people, people I thought would have a little more expertise than I did. It didn't work out that way."

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"So I sat around. It was a Saturday. Waited till Sunday because I wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing. And then I called my superiors and I said, 'Hey, we got a problem, I think. Would you guys look into it?' Cause I didn't know, you know. We never had, until that point, 58 years I think, I had never had to deal with something like that. And I didn't feel adequate."

Paterno affirmed reports that McQueary was not specific in describing what he allegedly saw, and he told The Post that even if he did, "I don't know that it would have done any good, because I never heard of, of, rape and a man. So I just did what I thought was best. I talked to people that I thought would be, if there was a problem, that would be following up on it."

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7462065/penn-state-nittany-lions-joe-paterno-says-know-how-handle-jerry-sandusky-abuse-report

benjipwns · « **Reply #127 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:37:14 AM »

http://news.yahoo.com/fired-penn-state-coach-joe-paterno-dead-85-151950813--spt.html

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Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday. He was 85.

His family released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death: "His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled."

"He died as he lived," the statement said. "He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been. His ambitions were far reaching, but he never believed he had to leave this Happy Valley to achieve them. He was a man devoted to his family, his university, his players and his community."

Positive Touch · « **Reply #128 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:39:56 AM »

great, now they're just gonna call his legacy "complicated" forever

burn in hell, scumbag

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #129 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:48:30 AM »

Damn, that was quick.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #130 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:37:33 AM »

Jesus, Gaborn is going full distinguished mentally-challenged fellow in the GAF thread on this

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #131 on:** January 22, 2012, 12:23:00 PM »

Can demi change "fired" to "dead", please?

Diunx · « **Reply #132 on:** January 22, 2012, 12:44:29 PM »

goof fucking riddance

Rman · « **Reply #133 on:** January 22, 2012, 02:04:29 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on January 22, 2012, 11:37:33 AM

Jesus, Gaborn is going full distinguished mentally-challenged fellow in the GAF thread on this

Troll gonna be trollin'

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #134 on:** January 22, 2012, 02:27:52 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 22, 2012, 12:23:00 PM

Can demi change "fired" to "dead", please?

this

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #135 on:** January 22, 2012, 02:43:40 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on January 22, 2012, 10:39:56 AM

great, now they're just gonna call his legacy "complicated" forever burn in hell, scumbag

No they won't. They'll praise his legacy.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #136 on:** January 22, 2012, 03:01:47 PM »

Quote from: The Experiment on January 22, 2012, 02:43:40 PM

Quote from: Positive Touch on January 22, 2012, 10:39:56 AM
great, now they're just gonna call his legacy "complicated" forever burn in hell, scumbag

No they won't. They'll praise his legacy.

ESPN: Legacy outweighs scandal

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #137 on:** January 22, 2012, 03:07:57 PM »

Yup, just saw that article on ESPN. Only in sports does being a legendary coach outweigh the destruction of innocence that went on under Paterno's watch.

Let's not forget the program also had the most criminal charges and felonies amongst players for some time. Paterno is being praised for making boys men, but a look at his record shows otherwise. He turned a blind eye in order to maximize football wins with dirty players.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #138 on:** January 22, 2012, 03:15:11 PM »

damn it, why did you edit the rest of the title

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #139 on:** January 22, 2012, 03:17:45 PM »

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The whole of his life renders the seismology of modern-day journalism moot. The facts of a 62-year coaching career were shaken. They did not topple over.

omg...

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #140 on:** January 22, 2012, 04:49:46 PM »

People can try to paint his legacy how ever they want, but the truth is that no one is ever going to think about Joe Paterno without thinking about boy rape, and he went to his grave knowing that. I'm not going to say that's punishment enough, but that's all the punishment he was ever going to get.

benjipwns · « **Reply #141 on:** January 22, 2012, 05:50:34 PM »

Quote from: The Experiment on January 22, 2012, 03:17:45 PM

omg...

That's not even the best worst part of the column:

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A man's death demands that we look to his life -- not just the last 12 weeks, swollen and inflamed by the heat of the vengeful -- but 62 years of coaching young men at one university. A legacy covers more than 12 weeks.

There comes a time in the life cycle of every momentous news story when the coverage of it stops being about the subject. It happens after the news stops registering on the Richter scale. The basics are established. The tectonic plates stop shifting. If the facts change at all, they are subtle aftershocks, not of the degree that topple buildings, or political leaders, or iconic football coaches.

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The Sandusky case has rubbed raw all of us who have children, or once were children.

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ZephyrFate · « **Reply #142 on:** January 22, 2012, 05:57:45 PM »

Sadly, the boy rape shit erases whatever greatness his coaching had.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #143 on:** January 22, 2012, 09:24:29 PM »

Quote from: ZephyrFate on January 22, 2012, 05:57:45 PM

Sadly, the boy rape shit erases whatever greatness his coaching had.

Not according to ESPN and soon, sports fans in the US.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #144 on:** January 22, 2012, 09:41:33 PM »

Quote from: The Experiment on January 22, 2012, 09:24:29 PM

Quote from: ZephyrFate on January 22, 2012, 05:57:45 PM
Sadly, the boy rape shit erases whatever greatness his coaching had.

Not according to ESPN and soon, sports fans in the US.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/joe-paterno-dies-in-hospital-doctors-promise-to-te,27125/

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #145 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:45:32 PM »

The coverage on ESPN is fucking disgusting, and a big part of why I view college football as a fucking farce. For fucks sakes guys, nothing this guy did as a football coach makes up for letting a boy raping monster waltz around campus for an additional 8 year or whatever. This hero worship bullshit has got to stop.

MOLDING YOUNG MEN INTO ACCEPTING BOY RAPE AS AN UNFORTUNATE BUT ACCEPTABLE CONSEQUENCE OF RUNNING A WINNING FOOTBALL PROGRAM! YEE HAW WE ARE FUCKING STUPID!

Brehvolution · « **Reply #146 on:** January 23, 2012, 09:28:24 AM »

People still go to catholic church.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #147 on:** January 23, 2012, 01:13:35 PM »

The Pennsylvania governor ordered all flags to fly at half-staff.

Coaches should just be banned from being at one school for more than 10 years.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #148 on:** January 23, 2012, 01:22:27 PM »

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #149 on:** January 23, 2012, 05:05:36 PM »

Quote from: Spencer on January 23, 2012, 09:52:52 AM

Quote from: ZephyrFate on January 22, 2012, 05:57:45 PM
Sadly, the boy rape shit erases whatever greatness his coaching had.

Honestly, let's boil it down. They're excusing him letting a child rapist get away for several years because he told young men how to get a football passed other young men very well.

Ah, THAT'S how you get out of culpability.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #150 on:** January 23, 2012, 11:40:16 PM »

eh, he was a good football coach, and he seemed sorry for what he did. He didn't rape the kids. I'll let ESPN go on about his legacy. It's not like it wasn't predictable as hell. Plus, every time I turn on ESPN Radio they have made sure the public hasn't forgotten that he didn't report Sandusky assraping children.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #151 on:** January 24, 2012, 01:29:25 AM »

Quote from: Bloodwake on January 23, 2012, 11:40:16 PM

eh, he was a good football coach, and he seemed sorry for what he did. He didn't rape the kids. I'll let ESPN go on about his legacy. It's not like it wasn't predictable as hell. Plus, every time I turn on ESPN Radio they have made sure the public hasn't forgotten that he didn't report Sandusky assraping children.

Knowing and doing not even the barest minimum about it isn't really any better than raping the kids.

Barest minimum being informing police or something.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #152 on:** October 18, 2012, 07:36:11 PM »

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8521309/jerry-sandusky-asks-judge-overturn-abuse-convictions-wants-new-trial

smh

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Author Topic: RIP Joe Paterno, football coach (Read 14217 times)