Penn State legend Joe Paterno dies at 85

mash · 01-23-2012, 06:46 PM

So for those of you who are critical of what the PSU Board of Trustees did, let's hear how you would have handled it.

Young boys have been raped by a prominent and longstanding assistant football coach, serially over years. The head coach and president are fully aware of what he did, and have been for a long time. The situation has remained buried and the authorities haven't been informed of this. All of this is rapidly becoming public knowledge. You know far more than is going to be released immediately, but you know that intimate details of this will eventually leak out. You understand that the coach is a legend, and taking action against him is a very serious matter, and will be explosive. To not take action will be equally explosive.

As a director of a major college, which happens to have a top tier football program, you would.....

chippewastud79 · 01-23-2012, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mash

So for those of you who are critical of what the PSU Board of Trustees did, let's hear how you would have handled it.

Young boys have been raped by a prominent and longstanding assistant football coach, serially over years. The head coach and president are fully aware of what he did, and have been for a long time. The situation has remained buried and the authorities haven't been informed of this. All of this is rapidly becoming public knowledge. You know far more than is going to be released immediately, but you know that intimate details of this will eventually leak out. You understand that the coach is a legend, and taking action against him is a very serious matter, and will be explosive. To not take action will be equally explosive.

As a director of a major college, which happens to have a top tier football program, you would.....

Not the way I wanted this thread to turn at all. Feel free to start your own coulda/woulda/shoulda thread.

mash · 01-23-2012, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Not the way I wanted this thread to turn at all. Feel free to start your own coulda/woulda/shoulda thread.

It's already turned. I was simply responding to what other people have said in this thread. It was inevitable when you started the discussion that there would be strong opinions on this topic.

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mash Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Kevin Posts: 435 Trading: (2)	Re: Penn State legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 So for those of you who are critical of what the PSU Board of Trustees did, let's hear how you would have handled it. Young boys have been raped by a prominent and longstanding assistant football coach, serially over years. The head coach and president are fully aware of what he did, and have been for a long time. The situation has remained buried and the authorities haven't been informed of this. All of this is rapidly becoming public knowledge. You know far more than is going to be released immediately, but you know that intimate details of this will eventually leak out. You understand that the coach is a legend, and taking action against him is a very serious matter, and will be explosive. To not take action will be equally explosive. As a director of a major college, which happens to have a top tier football program, you would.....