Joe Paterno, 85

He changed the lives of many athletes for over 7 decades at one school. JoePa will be a legend at Penn State for many years to come.

May God rest his soul.

While this may sound cold, I lost all respect for anyone involved in this scandal. While I know he was not involved directly, he turned his back on young men, maybe even possibly on those that helped him become the great coach that he was.

Makes you wonder, doesn't it.

If I were 85 diagnosed with lung cancer, I think that I would have accepted my fate, having lived a productive prosperous life, the treatment can be devastating for those in not good health.

Perhaps this just goes along with the fact that these men believed they were untouchable, that nothing could hurt them.

My condolances to his family and Penn State.

Let's pray that he repented of all the young boys sodomized because he did nothing.

"When a nervous and uncomfortable Mike McQueary sat at Joe Paterno's kitchen table and tried to explain what he'd witnessed Jerry Sandusky doing with a boy in a Lasch building shower, Paterno said he struggled to comprehend.

"He didn't want to get specific," Paterno said in an interview this past week with the Washington Post, his first since a child sexual abuse scandal involving Sandusky, his longtime aide, hit State College like an earthquake on Nov. 5 of last year.

"And to be frank with you 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."

Does anyone else buy his story? I don't.

it does not make wonder----nobody knows all the facts---look what is happening at syracuse now---coach fines accuser is now recanting his claims---sad aspect about the paterno situation is that with his death we may never know the real truth

May God grant peace to his family and friends; Joe Pa, as is true with all of us, really eventually only has to answer to one Judge. While we all have our thoughts about the Sandusky issues, in the end, he has to answer to only one Judge, who is the forgiving type.

I'm sure it's a very tough time for his friends and family.

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Originally posted by TRhit:
sad aspect about the paterno situation is that with his death we may never know the real truth

Are you saying that the victims coming forward are not being truthful?

That the truth in all of this lies just with one man's, "I did what I thought was best"?

I don't buy his explanation either, he kept his silence to protect his friend and the reputation of the school? JMO.

Yes, makes ME wonder, with his passing, how many more victims will come forward?

It is VERY sad!

I'm going to remember all the positives and hope the huge negative leads coaches to understand they need to take responsibility for everything going on in their program. There was a lot about the football program JoePa delegated in the past ten years. The Sandusky issue shouldn't have been one of them.

I told a friend a few months ago JoePa would probably die within a year of being removed from something that was his life. I didn't realize cancer was going to take him down sooner. It's possible in his state of mind and sense of guilt he didn't have the will to fight it off.

Rest in Peace Big Joe. There should have been another way to handle that scandal at Penn State, two months later this man dies after being kicked down by so many. I am not saying things were right, or wrong. I am saying he was guilty by the the court of public opinion and was never given his day in court. At least he is resting now.

This morning, I found myself struggling to find the words to express how I felt about the passing of Joe Paterno in a manner that gives proper respect while being sensitive to the things that have come to light in the past several months. Then I listened to the Coach K interview. What he said. I encourage everyone to listen to that interview.

RIP Papa Joe. His death two months after being fired shows that there was no way he had neither the physical nor the mental capacity to handle the demands of being a head coach of a major D1 program. He bullied Penn State to keep him as coach which will now haunt the program for years.

Good riddance. Paterno oversaw these dispicable crimes in his own facility and chose to turn a blind eye for his own ego and power. Now he's dead. End of story.

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Originally posted by cabbagedad:
This morning, I found myself struggling to find the words to express how I felt about the passing of Joe Paterno in a manner that gives proper respect while being sensitive to the things that have come to light in the past several months. Then I listened to the Coach K interview. What he said. I encourage everyone to listen to that interview.

Do you know where we can hear his interview? I've tried a couple of searches on the internet and not finding anything.

"The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones."

Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2.

Rest in Peace Joe Paterno.

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Originally posted by coach2709:

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Originally posted by cabbagedad:
This morning, I found myself struggling to find the words to express how I felt about the passing of Joe Paterno in a manner that gives proper respect while being sensitive to the things that have come to light in the past several months. Then I listened to the Coach K interview. What he said. I encourage everyone to listen to that interview.

Do you know where we can hear his interview? I've tried a couple of searches on the internet and not finding anything.

Hi Coach,
Go to ESPN.com and search "Coach K Paterno Radio interview"

I'll try a link...
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten...ke-krzyzewski-reacts

Terribly sad situation all the way around.

I still think that Paterno should have done more with the information given but can you imagine the stress he was under in the last few months. No 87 year old could have ever survived that.

Thanks cabbage - I'll check it out after this game goes off.

To touch on a bit what has been said...

There will be more to out than previously stated, for better or for worse.