laojim wrote:Something similar happened at Colorado a few years ago.
I didn't see any rally in favor of abused young man, or one criticizing the employees of the athletic department. One might suppose that Paterno could have reached over and called the cops himself or rushed off to throw the guy who did the abusing out or something. We are not very impressed with the big time coach doing the absolute least that the law allows.
But, then, I'm tired of coaches running the universities. Bobby Bowden comes to mind, doing a good job of keeping his boys out of prison.
But that's the thing, isn't it? There have been several coaches with a long history at a school where something just forces them to bow out like this. Paterno was there for 61 years. I've never got the impression from anyone that Paterno "ran" the university, per se, but he was the full force behind that football program which still has several games left in the current season. Shikanosuke had it right on why there was a rally to show support for a coach that most of the fans grew up with, and who they want to stay to at least finish out the season. He's already announced that he's retiring after the season finishes. There are a lot of people that don't believe he should even get that choice.
Edit- Okay, didn't check the news before I posted. Apparently Paterno was fired last night.
On the flip side, while rallies are nice and all, I think it's way too early in this thing to have one, personally. It could still get a lot uglier once facts really start getting uncovered, and didn't a couple more men come forward accusing Sandusky? Right now there's a ton of finger pointing and Joe's just the current centerpiece. What about the people he
did tell? Or the guy that told
him?
Would also like to note that the shower event supposedly took place back in 1998.