"It's an incredibly sad ending to a wonderful life. And if you're going to read one thing on Paterno today, please read this David Jones piece.
There will never be a completely satisfactory explanation for the
things that have come to light in the past couple months. But you'll
never convince me that Paterno was anything but a good human being. Some
people can't handle those two ideas together. It's called a tragedy."Here is the link, with links to other stories.
An addendum from Pat:
Unfortunately for JoePa and all that defend him, one grievous mistake is more than enough to define a person's life.
I find it abhorrent that Paterno is made to be a hero. The true victims in this case were pissed on by Paterno, overlooked, hidden and buried to protect interests that were undoubtedly shared by JoePa. A direct correlation is easily made between Paterno's inaction and misjudgement (phrases which give JoePa the benefit of the doubt) and subsequent abuses. Death should not allow his eulogy to overlook massive faults.
To me, I'll always remember Joe Paterno as a hypocrite, a man who attempted to make others better and held people to a moral standard he himself could not achieve. These are the worst of them, the frauds and liars.
For all his many achievements, his failure was greater.
I find it abhorrent that Paterno is made to be a hero. The true victims in this case were pissed on by Paterno, overlooked, hidden and buried to protect interests that were undoubtedly shared by JoePa. A direct correlation is easily made between Paterno's inaction and misjudgement (phrases which give JoePa the benefit of the doubt) and subsequent abuses. Death should not allow his eulogy to overlook massive faults.
To me, I'll always remember Joe Paterno as a hypocrite, a man who attempted to make others better and held people to a moral standard he himself could not achieve. These are the worst of them, the frauds and liars.
For all his many achievements, his failure was greater.
