firing JoePa

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Originally Posted by nofearengineer

Kory...not all allegations are true. We can't just go around wrecking people and destroying lives over hearsay or false accusations.

Particularly, when accusations of a sexual nature are made, many of us are conditioned to believe the accuser first. Human nature, sure... but it's not always true, and things can get way out of hand before the truth is found. By then, the damage is usually irreparable, and a career or life is destroyed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial

There are plenty of reasons McCreary would lie. With his allegations, he basically took out the guy who was slated to take over for Paterno. Lo and behold, he's now an assistant coach on the team. I'm not saying he lied, but it's at least plausible.

I don't know if Sandusky is guilty or not. My instincts say he is guilty, but instincts are often wrong. I imagine the justice system will find the truth. However, he had been questioned by the police before and nothing happened. Is Paterno more culpable than the police?

I guess I can add "persecute everyone the police have failed to convict" to the list of honor bound duties.

I understand that Bryce. But like I said this isn't just another case where someone overheard that so and so did this or that. This is a case where someone who Paterno trusted comes to him and says that he seen it with his own eyes. Talk about plausible. Is it plausible that Paterno just wanted the whole thing to go away so his legacy isn't tarnished by having something like this go on under his supervision? I would say it's more than plausible. Imagine how hard it would be for him to go to recruit a 17 year old kid and sit in his mom and dads living room and promise to take good care of their son if this was all to come to light. That would be a recruiting nightmare for a school that has one of the strongest traditions in the nation, and that is a good reason for anyone involved with Penn State to want this to go away. Hell that could even involve the investigator that worked the case assuming that he was a Penn State fan. I am not trying to say it was a conspiracy or that even the law enforcement intentionally dropped the ball. I am just saying that no matter how many reasons you come up with that someone might want to make this up there are at least that many reasons that someone might want to hide it if it were true. Kids were hurt here and I can't think of one good reason for someone to ignore being told about it.