He knowlingly hush-hushed repeated federal offences conducted under his watch? I mean, how much more depraved can you be than "Yeha, my assistant coach BUTT-rapes little boys, but he runs a helluva defensive backfield so I consider it a wash?"
Perhaps you might take a deep breath and come down from your high moral perch, just for a second until a lot more
FACTS are known. Maybe my area newspapers aren't as up to date as yours, but as of this morning I'm still reading that there are
NO DETAILS about what Coach Paterno was actually told about what was observed.
It has been reported that he passed (whatever details he had) on to the
APPROPRIATE and DESIGNATED administrator than handles issues of any misconduct, because at the time Sandusky was a
FORMER employee, no longer under any connection to the football program.
Given a whole lot of hindsight, Paterno in retrospect indicates he should of, and wishes he had, followed the allegation more closely. You want to call that an error in judgment, I won't argue with that assessment, but without
KNOWING that he was told specifically and understood what we
NOW KNOW actually was taking place, I'm willing to consider his lifetime behavior and give him some "benefit of the doubt".
WHEN, and IF, additional
FACTS surface suggesting greater culpability, I'll revist my assessment. Until then, I'm going to wait and see what unfolds before I give in to speculation, rumor, presumptions and a lot of guess work and throw a 60+ year career of outstanding and consistent community service
under the bus. IF it turns out Paterno actually is guilty of what you
ASSUME he is, there will be opportunity to proclaim his guilt. If the
FACTS prove otherwise, how are you going to clean off the mud you're throwing, based on speculation? If any group should understand that you need to see the entire foul, before you throw your flag, we're it, and there's a lot of details about this incident that are currently "under review".
