Maybe I shouldn’t even write anything regarding the Penn State situation. But seems every one has a say so here goes.The victim’s and their families should be and will be in everyone’s prayers. These children and well no children, male or female should ever be subjected to such action's from a grown man or woman. To me this is the single most disgusting act by an adult that can be done.
First and for most coach Sadusky, as great of a linebacker’s coach there ever will be, should be taken out back and shot!!! Such heinous acts against children should by pass courts etc and go direct to getting shot point blank!!
My understanding is the pursuit and sub sequential firing of Coach Paterno, for as the board of trustees said “best interest of Penn State” is completely wrong. Yes the best interest should be looked after but even in the press conference, they admit they nothing more than what is on the news to base things on etc and yet fired a man for not doing enough, though all he did years ago was following the chain of command at the University and it wasn’t a problem then. 61 years, Stadium, library, streets to name a few things at Penn State, all because of Coach and his high standards and commitment. 409 wins, 24 Bowl wins, two National Championships, the respect of everyone who ever meet of coached around him, all null in void, because no one did the right thing by the victims, 12 years ago. Not coach!! The campus police, the University President did minimal after the crimes were reported. This wasn’t Coaches’ job to investigate or bring down punishment. It is the campus police and university president’s job to do so, after they were immediately informed by Coach Paterno. Police Chief Shreffler, President Spanner and then DA Gricar all deemed no further actions other than banning Sadusky from any contact with children on campus, was warranted. They failed, not Coach.
Besides the first victim’s high school coach, Coach Miller, who did nothing upon finding them in a shower at the high school, the one person who by far could have done something immediately and definitively was the graduate assistance that walked in on them. Per the grand jury testimony, “heard rhythmic slapping sounds, believed to be sexual activity”. Instead of pushing forward into the shower, and separating them and hell beating the shit out of Sadusky right then, he runs home to daddy. A grown man, ex football player, that is. Then calls Coach and telling him, what we don’t know, but if it was what he testified to, it was sketchy at best. Then Coach Paterno did what he was suppose to do and meet with the University President and Police Chief and advised the men whose job it is to investigate.
Coach admits now through all this, he should have done more. But I believe at 60 some and probably never in a position such as this he believes he did at the time the right thing. Yet now, in the best interest of the University the trustee’s feels he should be fired, not allowed to coach the last games of a legendary career. But the man who saw the heinous act, failed the child epically by not stepping in, never himself calling the authorities still has a job and not fired as of today. Just another University failure!
The investigation isn’t over yet and we are all waiting to hear from more in-depth from Coach, till we know if he did have even more knowledge other than what was told to him. My view remains he was wrongfully released from his life, yes his life was taken from him tonight. Just forget the grand jury had already cleared Coach of any wrong doing or requirement for further legal action!!
Shame and failure should be placed where it belongs and in my view not on the shoulders of one man, who just received a report of and reported these heinous acts.
Let me clarify something, I don’t support or believe a pediphile should get any sympathy form anyone, I believe they should be shot on the spot. After reading the Grand jury testimony regard the allegations I feel the down fall to this belongs to the University, Campus Police and the DA which all did an investigation on this because of Paterno’s whistle blowing. At the age of 70 I am sure he never dealt with with and felt he did what was right by advising his superior, whos job it is to do investigations and set forth punishments. After a investigation was done, no legal action were brought forth by the DA at the time, and fired Sadusky and other limitations placed on him. I just fail to see how the lack of punishment set by the legal system which was contact only because of Paterno, is Paternos fault for the lack of punishments. Because of his stature in the University everyone feels he could have and should have brought forth harsher penalties, but it isn’t a football coaches job, it’s the police ( yes Campus Police I get that), President and the DA’s job to do this. They failed the system and failed the Victims miserably in they way they handled this.
ReplyDeleteOne of my biggest concerns in this still falls on the assistant who was mere feet from the alleged act, again 28 year old man, and did nothing!!!!! And still is a coach that hasn’t been fired yet, and the one man he told is fired because he didn’t do more, come on now!!
Since it has been well documented that no one knows the complete story and the investigation is still on going, and if there comes to light that more was known by Coach Paterno, then yes even as a 84 year old senile old man should be punish and stripped of his legendary status in football, till then I believe be did what he that was right, and again I say the higher ups failed to handle his whistle blowing not him!!