But like many old institutions, they tend to have skeletons.
From the sounds of the Jerry Sandusky grand jury indictment...Penn State football had a morgue full of skeletons buried under Beaver Stadium.
Let's cut to the chase, Mike McQueary is a pussy. He was an eye witness to a rape/assault and went home and called his dad. Seriously Mike? How about you go in there and ask, "Coach Sandusky, why are you having sex with this boy against his will?" Or do what I would have done...just stood there long enough and made the situation uncomfortable enough to the point they would have stopped. There are stronger jellyfish than you Mike. Now the real reason he is a pussy is because in 2002, he witnessed a rape by a now ex-coach who officed in the facility he worked. At the time of this incident, he was a Grad Assistant, but then mysteriously became an Assistant coach the next year. Coincidence? No, that is not a coincidence.
Here is how it went down in the Fall of 2002.
Joe Pa: Mike, we want you to join our staff next year full time.
Mike: That's awesome.
Joe Pa: You work hard as an Administrative Assistant (2003), we'll get you on the field the year after (2004).
Mike: That's awesome.
Joe Pa: You're now part of the family.
Mike: (bewildered) Okaaaaaay????
The rest is history. McQueary went on to coach and work at PSU from 2004 to today as a Full Time Assistant (WR coach).
The next set of Pussies are the people getting there jobs taken away, the President and AD. By all accounts there only job was to save the institution of Joe Paterno and Penn State football. Obviously they failed and deserved to be fired for not doing a better job of covering it up (tongue in cheek). They were doomed either way. Firing Joe Paterno would hold the same course for an Administrator as Myles Brand did by firing Bob Knight....but imagine Joe coached at PSU for 61 years compared to Knight's paltry 29 at Indiana.
But the biggest Pussy in this whole thing (besides Sandusky of course) is Joe Pa. I know, I know tearing down Joe Pa is easy right now. But the guy is guilty of being loyal. And guilty of being stubborn to get rid of Sandusky all together. He is not guilty of a crime. But you can fill in the blanks of all the other stuff he is guilty of.
When the dust settles on this thing there will be 3 camps:
- Joe Paterno is God. Those worshippers came out in droves last night in State College
- Penn State Football was ruined by Mike McQueary and Jerry Sandusky.
- Joe Paterno controlled everything in State College...he should be fired, and not allowed to continue to coach, even this Saturday. If you go to the game and cheer for this mess of a football program you should take a hard look in the mirror.
I feel sad for college football today, but mostly I feel sad for these kids and their families because the nasty underbelly that is the power and the greed of college football was so great that it denied them their basic rights they deserved.
Shaking my head.
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VERY WELL SAID Z.
For once we agree wholeheartedly on something.
Regarding the "McQueary is a pussy" theory, which i do wholeheartedly believe, it needs to be said too that it must be an awful position to be in to witness something like that. Some people will say, and I have already heard, that it is easy to criticize and "nobody knows what they would do in that situation". Well, I dont disagree entirely but remember that a full fledged interruption did not need to occur to make it stop in this instance. How about after witnessing the act originally...start whistling or making some noise of sorts..alert that someone was present. THEN CALL THE COPS. The whole thing is a damn shame. And for the record I am in camp #3-nobody should be in that stadium on Sat.
This is a first. I agree with both a Monty and Z. Next thing you know Snider will get me to vote for Obama
Maybe if you'd have gone to Penn State, you'd know how to spell "their".
TZ-
Well done...and in short order. No need to explain away too much as to why certain action didn't happen. Plain and simple, even if no one took action at the time of the assault or immediately afterward, anyone with knowledge of the rape could have/should have been able to re-gain their thoughts a week later (if not sooner) and speak up. I mean, how could any of these witnesses go on with their daily lives around there and not have the thought "hey...I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS...THIS IS APPALLING AND CAN"T GO AWAY."
Further, what a huge missed opportunity for people to be, dare I say...a hero to a little boy. Instead, these witnesses are the complete opposite to the victims. It will be a tough burden for these guys to take to their grave that they didn't speak up and help the victims but they did it the old fashioned way, they earned it.
@jorie....touché
Oddly enough that is a huge pet peeve of mine...I faulted twice...in case you read my other blogs...this one was one of my most passionate ones...was very apprehensive about publishing a blog with the word "pussy" in it (my mom and dad read them religiously).
As for PSU...it is and will always be one of the 3 greatest college football venues (with or without Joe Pa).
I've been to over 30 different college stadiums in my day and I still talk about the 5 times to Happy Valley in the highest regard.
Best,
Z
Well, thank you Z. And I love your concern and respect for what your parents would read.
We actually all have a program within to do the right thing. It comes from God(Our Father in heaven).
He wrote the book on that. But you see, our society is not in tune with Him the way you are with your parents. If we were trying to please God, we would always have that desire to try and do the right thing. Now I must comment on something... You were concerned about the "P" word for your parents but you went ahead and used it anyway. That was a choice you made. You decided what? Maybe the wow factor and this blog were more important than THEIR approval? I'm not sure. But the big picture here is that everyone makes some pretty tough decisions in life...Sometimes big, sometimes little. THEY'RE sometimes made with motives to please self interests rather than truth and justice...which ultimately come from God. THERE is a great lesson in this mess...SIN destroys lives and God forgives people...I have a great compassion for what everyone is going through right now on all sides of this. God's heart aches as He watches it all. First,Joepa is a great guy, but a sinner just like the rest of us. Second, in God's eyes we are all like the Sandusky's of the world. That's how ugly sin is to Him. We are the ones who give degrees to it. I will end with a verse from the bible..."...try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord, and do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them...all things become visible when they are exposed by the light..." That's from the book of Ephesians, a fantastic book to read!! Everything we ever do, and that's true for every man... Will eventually be brought to judgment... Nice blogging with you, I've never done it before.( Found you because I googled).
J.Paterno is guilty!! IMHO.. when he turned his head on the child being abused an never called the cops...What's the matter with you people? Wrong is WRONG!! what if it was a son a brother..a nephew of YOURS??? would you want someone to walk away an hope the pervert stops??I KNOW I would of taken action right then an there...c'mon..these MEN are criminals.. perverts...etc.. dont hold anyone of them up for praise on any level...I jsut cant believe what I'm hearing on tv.. reading on the net about letting any of those men slide on anything about this case..SMH..since when is sports more important than a child..children in this case...it's disgrace...
J.Paterno is guilty!! IMHO.. when he turned his head on the child being abused an never called the cops...What's the matter with you people? Wrong is WRONG!! what if it was a son a brother..a nephew of YOURS??? would you want someone to walk away an hope the pervert stops??I KNOW I would of taken action right then an there...c'mon..these MEN are criminals.. perverts...etc.. dont hold anyone of them up for praise on any level...I jsut cant believe what I'm hearing on tv.. reading on the net about letting any of those men slide on anything about this case..SMH..since when is sports more important than a child..children in this case...it's disgrace...
J.Paterno is guilty!! IMHO.. when he turned his head on the child being abused an never called the cops...What's the matter with you people? Wrong is WRONG!! what if it was a son a brother..a nephew of YOURS??? would you want someone to walk away an hope the pervert stops??I KNOW I would of taken action right then an there...c'mon..these MEN are criminals.. perverts...etc.. dont hold anyone of them up for praise on any level...I jsut cant believe what I'm hearing on tv.. reading on the net about letting any of those men slide on anything about this case..SMH..since when is sports more important than a child..children in this case...it's disgrace...
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