RIP JoePa
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Bo-4
Senator
Yeah, great legacy but he didn't do enough and allowed that clown to maintain an office on campus. Weird. I suspect that what all came down probably hastened his demise.
Havelock
Mayor
Yes, may he rest in peace.
Seems likely that his end was hastened by the furor and opprobrium that overtook him in his last few months. Did he deserve that censure? Sure, it looks as if he did, at least up to a point. Should it define his career? Probably not -- and it won't given the passage of time. It'll tarnish his legacy, of course, and justifiably so. But it won't consume his legacy. And that's as it should be, mostly.
One thing that has bugged me mightily since this story first broke is the thick haze of sanctimony that has enveloped a lot of the outrage and vitriol. Think about it. Joe Paterno was praised and rewarded his entire career for putting "The Program" above all else, for dedicating his life to its success and honor. Over time he became the living embodiment of that success and honor. And in the end, in essence, he was crucified for doing what he'd always done.
He took it way too far. Everyone realized that at the end including Joe Paterno, judging from his last interview. But he didn't walk down that road alone, and the angry denunciations that came his way were fueled at least to some extent by the collective understanding -- conscious or unconscious -- that if we couldn't pin these horrors on the unforgivable moral failings of a few, then we'd have to admit that there might be something rotten at the heart of the whole enterprise. We might have to admit that we fans were all complicit on some level.
And we can't have that.
That, by the way, is part of the reason why JoePa's reputation will be rehabilitated more rather than less and sooner rather than later. He's paid his share of the toll; put away the bad actors and move on. Focus on the good... Restore... Rebuild... Do it with honor, do it the way Joe would have wanted.
Just wait and see.
Cheers.
Seems likely that his end was hastened by the furor and opprobrium that overtook him in his last few months. Did he deserve that censure? Sure, it looks as if he did, at least up to a point. Should it define his career? Probably not -- and it won't given the passage of time. It'll tarnish his legacy, of course, and justifiably so. But it won't consume his legacy. And that's as it should be, mostly.
One thing that has bugged me mightily since this story first broke is the thick haze of sanctimony that has enveloped a lot of the outrage and vitriol. Think about it. Joe Paterno was praised and rewarded his entire career for putting "The Program" above all else, for dedicating his life to its success and honor. Over time he became the living embodiment of that success and honor. And in the end, in essence, he was crucified for doing what he'd always done.
He took it way too far. Everyone realized that at the end including Joe Paterno, judging from his last interview. But he didn't walk down that road alone, and the angry denunciations that came his way were fueled at least to some extent by the collective understanding -- conscious or unconscious -- that if we couldn't pin these horrors on the unforgivable moral failings of a few, then we'd have to admit that there might be something rotten at the heart of the whole enterprise. We might have to admit that we fans were all complicit on some level.
And we can't have that.
That, by the way, is part of the reason why JoePa's reputation will be rehabilitated more rather than less and sooner rather than later. He's paid his share of the toll; put away the bad actors and move on. Focus on the good... Restore... Rebuild... Do it with honor, do it the way Joe would have wanted.
Just wait and see.
Cheers.
D
Doc
Guest
I second that 100%.
So sad that all of the good he has done, not only for College Football, but for PENN STATE, and the concept of the "Student-Athlete," will always be tarnished by what he did NOT do.
I hope that he rests in peace, and, I pray for his family.....
So sad that all of the good he has done, not only for College Football, but for PENN STATE, and the concept of the "Student-Athlete," will always be tarnished by what he did NOT do.
I hope that he rests in peace, and, I pray for his family.....
