Joe Paterno: Dead

[panthers_2012]

R.I.P JoePa

[IceCap]

Today I am sad that Joe Paterno is gone. His actions inspired me to become the best type of man that I can possibly be, he loved his family and he poured his heart into Penn State. He was a soldier, scholar, mentor, coach, friend and father. Just watching him throughout the years reminded me of my late-great grandfather, they were men that could be a shining example of how to live a good, decent and honest life, a standard to which I have tried to aspire. Today, the world lost the best coach that sports will ever see, but Heaven gained a wonderful man! Rest In Peace Joe Pa!...We Are..Penn State!!!

Joe Paterno was a scumbag, an inabler of child rape who indirectly ruined dozens upon dozens of lives through his inaction. He was a fraud who came to believe his own hype and who put his football program above the lives of innocent children, lives which are now forever shattered because of his inaction. If there is a hell I hope Joe Paterno is burning in it. His passing has left the world a better place.

[JQK]

I have a feeling you're gonna see a lot more members trolling with "JoePa was a great man!" just to get a rise out of everyone...

I'm out of here for now...

[Punch]

I hope JoePa is rotting in the ground. Seriously, I heard that's good for the soil.

[Burkell007]

I have a feeling you're gonna see a lot more members trolling with "JoePa was a great man!" just to get a rise out of everyone...

I'm out of here for now...

that +1

[Gothamite]

Of course they're trolling.

Nobody is so big a homer as to overlook his part in a child-rape coverup just because his teams won some football games.

[JQK]

Of course they're trolling.

Nobody is so big a homer as to overlook his part in a child-rape coverup just because his teams won some football games.

I live in Northeast PA...

...you'd be surprised.

[WJMorris3]

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[FiddySicks]

Despite his inactions in the Sandusky incident, the calls for him to "rot in hell" are really unnecessary. He made awful decisions, it destroyed his reputation, it hurt the lives of innocent young children, and the man who actually committed the crimes will rot in prison and probably hang himself unceremoniously in his cell with a bed sheet. What more do you want? Holding such hatred for Paterno, or even Sandusky, isn't going to change what happened. He's dead now. His reputation luckily fell apart before he died so he could watch the consequences of his misdeeds tear him down. Continuing with this rot in hell nonsense is holding such a worthless hatred that is just as stupid as the blind supporters who call him such an inspiration. Great, you're against child molseters and those who enable them, good for you. So is every other rational human being on the planet. But spewing this trash hatred on an internet forum, regardless of the direction of the hate, is worthless. It's not going to fix the shattered lives of those children, and frankly, it just continues the vicious cycle of hate that is all too common in the world. So really, could we please just try to show a bit more class than those who committed these crimes? Can we just take this as a lesson in each of our lives about the importance of integrity and moral responsibility no matter our peofessional position?

I'm sure some will knock this down, and I'll get off of my soapbox now, but damn everyone. Come on now.

[nuordr]

Today I am sad that Joe Paterno is gone. His actions inspired me to become the best type of man that I can possibly be, he loved his family and he poured his heart into Penn State. He was a soldier, scholar, mentor, coach, friend and father. Just watching him throughout the years reminded me of my late-great grandfather, they were men that could be a shining example of how to live a good, decent and honest life, a standard to which I have tried to aspire. Today, the world lost the best coach that sports will ever see, but Heaven gained a wonderful man! Rest In Peace Joe Pa!...We Are..Penn State!!!

Joe Paterno was a scumbag, an inabler of child rape who indirectly ruined dozens upon dozens of lives through his inaction. He was a fraud who came to believe his own hype and who put his football program above the lives of innocent children, lives which are now forever shattered because of his inaction. If there is a hell I hope Joe Paterno is burning in it. His passing has left the world a better place.

The only thing I can say is this: Read John 8:7 about casting stones.

[Gothamite]

I have never sheltered a pedophile - I feel very comfortable criticizing that Paterno for doing do.

[McCall]

Serious question; were there any cases AFTER 2002 when he did report to the administration? I don't remember.

Anyway, it wasn't Paterno who committed these crimes nor did he enable Sandusky to. Sandusky was his own man who knew what he was doing. HE is the one who should rot in hell. Should Paterno have done more? Yes. But he didn't. And it cost him his job and clouded is legacy. But he did not achieve "rot in hell" status. I will continue to be mixed on his coaching legacy, but I will not celebrate his death.

[speedy]

Today I am sad that Joe Paterno is gone. His actions inspired me to become the best type of man that I can possibly be, he loved his family and he poured his heart into Penn State. He was a soldier, scholar, mentor, coach, friend and father. Just watching him throughout the years reminded me of my late-great grandfather, they were men that could be a shining example of how to live a good, decent and honest life, a standard to which I have tried to aspire. Today, the world lost the best coach that sports will ever see, but Heaven gained a wonderful man! Rest In Peace Joe Pa!...We Are..Penn State!!!

Joe Paterno was a scumbag, an inabler of child rape who indirectly ruined dozens upon dozens of lives through his inaction. He was a fraud who came to believe his own hype and who put his football program above the lives of innocent children, lives which are now forever shattered because of his inaction. If there is a hell I hope Joe Paterno is burning in it. His passing has left the world a better place.

The only thing I can say is this: Read John 8:7 about casting stones.

Where's the verse that says touching children ain't THAT bad? It's got to be in there right?

Knock off the religious overtones, believe in what you want, but what JoePa and his cronies did deserves no kind of praise or sadness over his loss.

[charger77]

If he didn't cover up a massive child rape scandal I would cared.

[charger77]

RIP Joe Pa. The job kept him alive and the way it ended was a shame. It was not cancer that killed him. It was a broken heart.

I like to think that it was the guilt for covering up for child rape.

[Cujo]

Could you imagine all the praise and accolades the "legendary" Joe Paterno would've gotten today had the Sandusky story broken after his death? It's sickiening just to think about it. Instead, there are no tears. No glory. Joe Paterno will go down as a piece of human garbage, and rightfully so.

Goodbye forever, JoePa.

[CS85]

JoePa with a clever pump fake at the buzzer, but it clanked off the iron.

[knnhrvy16]

Serious question; were there any cases AFTER 2002 when he did report to the administration? I don't remember.

Anyway, it wasn't Paterno who committed these crimes nor did he enable Sandusky to. Sandusky was his own man who knew what he was doing. HE is the one who should rot in hell. Should Paterno have done more? Yes. But he didn't. And it cost him his job and clouded is legacy. But he did not achieve "rot in hell" status. I will continue to be mixed on his coaching legacy, but I will not celebrate his death.

I think this sums up my thoughts on the matter. Yes, Paterno should have done much more regarding the incidents. It was an awful mistake of his not taking care of the matter the way he should have, and the consequences have rightfully diminished his reputation. In that regard, I completely agree with most of you all. That said, let's have some perspective here - the man who died wasn't Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky is the center of this mess, and the foremost scumbag in all of this. Not JoePa.

And let me make this clear, this isn't a "BUT JOEPA WAS A GOOD MAN" post - as I've already stated, I think he made some terrible, terrible mistakes and his downfall was deserved - but all this "rot in hell!!!1!1!!" nonsense is taking things a little too far, in my most humble opinion.

[Cujo]

JoePa with a clever pump fake at the buzzer, but it clanked off the iron.

[infrared41]

Despite his inactions in the Sandusky incident, the calls for him to "rot in hell" are really unnecessary. He made awful decisions, it destroyed his reputation, it hurt the lives of innocent young children, and the man who actually committed the crimes will rot in prison and probably hang himself unceremoniously in his cell with a bed sheet. What more do you want? Holding such hatred for Paterno, or even Sandusky, isn't going to change what happened. He's dead now. His reputation luckily fell apart before he died so he could watch the consequences of his misdeeds tear him down. Continuing with this rot in hell nonsense is holding such a worthless hatred that is just as stupid as the blind supporters who call him such an inspiration. Great, you're against child molseters and those who enable them, good for you. So is every other rational human being on the planet. But spewing this trash hatred on an internet forum, regardless of the direction of the hate, is worthless. It's not going to fix the shattered lives of those children, and frankly, it just continues the vicious cycle of hate that is all too common in the world. So really, could we please just try to show a bit more class than those who committed these crimes? Can we just take this as a lesson in each of our lives about the importance of integrity and moral responsibility no matter our peofessional position?

I'm sure some will knock this down, and I'll get off of my soapbox now, but damn everyone. Come on now.

But I won't be one of them. Bravo. Excellent work.