tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post8620862919457154974..comments2024-03-15T05:16:19.007-04:00Comments on WANDERINGS: Sanctimonious Hypocrites Can’t Diminish the Warmth for Joe PaternoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16021749866816216608noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-2427734744319802882014-02-06T15:23:55.222-05:002014-02-06T15:23:55.222-05:00Some truly nice stuff on this site, I love it.
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As the mother of 9 & 11 year old boys, there has not been one single doubt in my mind that Joe Paterno did exactly the right thing in a timely manner. I'm sure that I feel that way since I was focusing on the facts (the grand jury report)and not the newspapers. Everyone forgets that news is a business. Creating the PERCEPTION that Joe Paterno fell from grace sells a lot of newspapers. Shame on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-50683129420937804972012-02-05T17:06:56.627-05:002012-02-05T17:06:56.627-05:00I agree 100%. With the benefit of hindsight, we a...I agree 100%. With the benefit of hindsight, we all wish we had done more!! Joe did EXACTLY what he should have done under the circumstances. I am the mother of 9 & 11 year old boys. This case hits home for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-28318795824359877582012-01-30T06:23:36.174-05:002012-01-30T06:23:36.174-05:00I am not looking into the Gricar mystery. I don...I am not looking into the Gricar mystery. I don't have t he resources or the time. It may or may not be related. But until the investuigators (who have given up the search, I believe) get evidence, we probably won't know. The PSP commissioner direc tly worked for Tom Corbett, and was promoted by Corbett, so it's possible he was just (as you state) mouthing the feelings of Corbett. I don't know if he was ordered to do so--probnably just agreeing with his boss. Corbett, indeed, is "into this up to his ears."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021749866816216608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-9637228466509690132012-01-30T06:19:19.924-05:002012-01-30T06:19:19.924-05:00I am not a lawyer, but I do think that there may h...I am not a lawyer, but I do think that there may have been a wrongful termination possibility here. It is harder because there is no union at PennState, which operates as a private university--except when it wants public money. I'm not sure the Paterno family would sue, but it would be interesting to see how the BoT closes ranks on this one. There are possibilities to sue for slander/defamation (verbal); and libel/defamation (written). But, since Joe Paterno was a "public figure" under the law, a civil suit would have to prove the words were malicious in intent, and that the members of the Board who spoke out knew the words were false. (This is a very rough summation of a very complex issue.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021749866816216608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-70208220733472694182012-01-30T06:12:56.833-05:002012-01-30T06:12:56.833-05:00I didn't mention the AG or the PSP commissione...I didn't mention the AG or the PSP commissioner in the article, because I needed to focus upon both the BoT and the Gov. (The article could have been twice as long). But, you are absolutely right. Both should have known better. While an AG is a politically-elected office, the commissioner of the PSP should have NOT made ANY statement--his job is to ivestigate and enforce. When that job becomes political, he loses credibility--as is the case now. Thank you for the comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021749866816216608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-39033998433823949362012-01-29T21:41:30.329-05:002012-01-29T21:41:30.329-05:00Mr Brasch ... thank you for such an excellent piec...Mr Brasch ... thank you for such an excellent piece of journalism. The coverage of this debacle here in the southwest has been limited to the prattle of the ESPN and network"reporters", and we all know how fair and journalistic that has been. As a teacher I have had to answer all sorts of questions from students about my alma mater, Joe Pa, and why I keep a Penn State pennant on the wall above my desk. I will use your article and the comments to show why I am proud to be a Nittany Lion, and why Joe Pa earned the respect of the real members of the Penn State family; NOT the BOT. Again, thank you! WE ARE ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-6086610397559190782012-01-29T13:50:20.093-05:002012-01-29T13:50:20.093-05:00Walt, I hope you, at least, are looking into wheth...Walt, I hope you, at least, are looking into whether Corbett was involved in Gricar's "disappearance".<br />And also whether Corbett ordered the State Police Commissioner to mouth the words to the national press "Joe Paterno failed his moral obligation".<br />That set off the incendiaries, while hypocritically knowing full well that the State College Police, and probably the State Police, and certainly AG Corbett, knew of Sandusky's "tendencies" nearly 5 years prior to Paterno finding it out.<br />IMO, Corbett is into this up to his ears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-27890483608703601592012-01-29T10:31:03.708-05:002012-01-29T10:31:03.708-05:00Thank you for this article. I am grateful to know ...Thank you for this article. I am grateful to know that someone is searching for the truth. Please continue to keep us informed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-45380852897809499212012-01-29T10:29:32.731-05:002012-01-29T10:29:32.731-05:00Thank you so much. He took a village and grew a t...Thank you so much. He took a village and grew a town. We are....Penn State<br />ekimdarb@q.com ( class of 71)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-47564342155877285742012-01-28T17:54:32.389-05:002012-01-28T17:54:32.389-05:00Joe was not even close to being the most powerful ...Joe was not even close to being the most powerful man inPA. He was the football coach that did great things with his teams and for the university outside of football. To take his affection for moving PSU forward and for molding the young people he encountered into responsible adults and make it seems like he wielded some super power is beyond ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-43900629600527484592012-01-28T16:11:15.485-05:002012-01-28T16:11:15.485-05:00Mike McQueary & Joe Paterno were the only ones...Mike McQueary & Joe Paterno were the only ones who DID do something. I have children and if one of them was abused I would blame only two people: myself & the perpetrator. Period. It is MY responsibility to keep my children safe. My children @9-11yo would never be anywhere alone with any man at 9pm at night or sleeping at his house. Never. Never. Never. I would never put my child in that situation. And please do not play the "underprivileged card" that is victimizing the parents of those children. No child should be alone with or sleeping at a quasi-stranger's house regardless of your socioeconomic status.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-42577395389512991862012-01-28T16:03:50.342-05:002012-01-28T16:03:50.342-05:00Thanks for putting together the right thoughts and...Thanks for putting together the right thoughts and the right words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-77826671278277653432012-01-28T14:04:37.538-05:002012-01-28T14:04:37.538-05:00'Joe Paterno was Pennsylvania's Coach, and...'Joe Paterno was Pennsylvania's Coach, and we owed him, in his final days, our debt of gratitude, not a death of instant scandal and ruin'<br /><br />'JoePa' takes the fall<br /><br />http://www.yardbird.com/joe_paterno_takes_the_fall.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-63128648486484740692012-01-28T10:28:43.688-05:002012-01-28T10:28:43.688-05:00thanks for writing the truththanks for writing the truthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-4188001534409007352012-01-28T10:08:22.140-05:002012-01-28T10:08:22.140-05:00Thank You for a wonderful, factual article!!! I wi...Thank You for a wonderful, factual article!!! I wish everyone could read this!!!!Mike Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-81370767346622612602012-01-28T09:35:32.052-05:002012-01-28T09:35:32.052-05:00Was Joe supposed to call 911? Forgetting for a sec...Was Joe supposed to call 911? Forgetting for a second that he did exactly what PA law requires in reporting suspected child abuse, exactly how would that have helped? Here's the call you want Joe to have made: "Hello, 911? Joe Paterno here. One of my graduate assistants came to me this morning and told me he saw a grown man in the shower with a young boy, and it appeared to be sexual in nature. When? Oh, yesterday. Who was the man? Jerry Sandusky. Who was the boy? Oh, I have no idea. My GA didn't know the boy. No, he didn't do anything, he just went home and told his father what he saw. He seems really upset. Can you come screaming to the scene, please, and take care of it?" And you really think the police would have done anything other than talk to Jerry Sandusky and Mike McQueary? Really? The people who could have stopped Sandusky could have done so in 1998 but failed to do so, despite having taped conversations between Sandusky and the mother of a victim. They had actual knowledge. Joe Paterno had no such thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-91453549915639979712012-01-28T09:22:27.385-05:002012-01-28T09:22:27.385-05:00Um, no, he said "With the benefit of hindsigh...Um, no, he said "With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more." Here's an English comprehension lesson: "With the benefit of hindsight" means "had I known then what I DID NOT KNOW THEN but know now". That's different from "in hindsight," which simply means he thought he should have done more. He did all that he could given what he knew, given that he was not an eyewitness, and given that even McQueary isn't clear on exactly what he told Joe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-33114132269164612092012-01-28T00:06:25.153-05:002012-01-28T00:06:25.153-05:00Joe didn't get details and both he nd McQueary...Joe didn't get details and both he nd McQueary have stated that. By law, yes LAW, Joe Paterno followed it to the letter. The people he reported it to, the ones responsible to do something, the ones charged with perjury did nothing. Even if Joe called police, they would not be screaming to the scene within minutes like you state. Hindsight heroes are evident with this kind of talk. The law was followed up until the AD and Chief of Police failed. Where is the outrage against them? In a society where people violate the law all the time and get excused or ignored, the ONE person who followed the LAW gets all the blame. What a twisted society we have become.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-18063226817587671662012-01-27T22:55:21.157-05:002012-01-27T22:55:21.157-05:00Joe Paterno could neither legally nor morally foll...Joe Paterno could neither legally nor morally follow up. There are protocols that have to be followed when reporting suspected abuse which is what is was at the time because he didn't witness it. Once reported to the proper authorities it is their job to take it further. Confidentiality laws prevent the reporter from being able to follow up and would have prevented the school from telling him what was being done. So how was Joe Paterno to know if his superiors had done their job or not? Since PSU is a highly regarded instute I imagine he had every confidence they had and the allegations had been unfounded. If Mike McQueary had given him all of the details instead of saying "it looked inappropriate" then maybe he would have questioned the fact that absolutely nothing was done. So while you stand in judgement of his actions, remember to gather all of the facts first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-33798365071535778382012-01-27T21:39:35.882-05:002012-01-27T21:39:35.882-05:00Unfortunately, too many people took that quote, ch...Unfortunately, too many people took that quote, chopped it up, and turned it into "I wish I had done more", thus turning Joe into this villain who aided in the abuse. It makes me so angry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-72519664869366613932012-01-27T19:28:51.399-05:002012-01-27T19:28:51.399-05:00You be a child that was sexually abused and try ta...You be a child that was sexually abused and try talking about it when you feel such shame.I don't think Joe tried to keep a dirty little secret,I think he did what he was supposed to do and all the higher ups screwed up...ROYALLY.JOE was not the kind of man who would purposely play stupid if a child was being harmed.That wasn't who he was!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-52974989317528810502012-01-27T18:22:51.842-05:002012-01-27T18:22:51.842-05:00recognizing the wonderful things Paterno did in hi...recognizing the wonderful things Paterno did in his life and the mistake that he made are also not mutually exclusive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757899338145916992.post-33965857701394311732012-01-27T14:23:08.688-05:002012-01-27T14:23:08.688-05:00Thank you for having the guts to say what no other...Thank you for having the guts to say what no other media outlets seem to be able to--that the controversy here lies not with Joe Paterno, but with PA politics of the highest order. I am so glad I came across this article, it touches on every aspect of this situation from the TRUTHFUL point-of-view. I am passing this around to everybody I know. Well done, Mr. Brasch, and THANK YOU AGAIN for writing this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com