Guys, let me lay it on the line for you about Joe and the scandal.
I say this as a person who cheered hard for Joe and the team since I was a kid in the mid-60's -- every game, either on television (limited in those days) or radio (fortunately available in the Scranton area where I grew up).
Years before the scandal broke, I had come to the conclusion that Joe had gotten too old but would not let go. (Agree - score 1 point) The program desperately needed a fresh start, in my view. I felt this way for, like, ten solid years. (felt this way since 2001???)
Then came 2011 and the unthinkable. As I saw it and still see it, based on almost incontrovertible documented evidence (What solid evidence - the GJP Document, Sarah Ganum's Prize coverage, The "Fact Freeh" Opinion Report, MM's 5 times refuted testimony of "criminality"), Joe was made aware of the 1998 investigation of an encounter between Sandusky and a minor in a shower. (a full investigation by the Police and State of PA where Jerry was LEGALLY deemed innocent)
Yes, the authorities decided not to pursue it. (not pursue it – the full investigation said there was no basis for the concern and the Police closed their files- WHY…nothing wrong was uncovered after this full legal and police investigation) They were tragically wrong (by who’s standards 2011 Frank “PornDog” Noonan's???), it turns out. But Joe knew about it (define IT…see above on CLOSED INVESTIGATION...what would it change in his method of handling MM's report - HINT: SEE recent NCAA publication on how to handle Sexual Abuse reporting), and anyone who says he did not is willfully delusional. (??????)
Then came 2001, and an agitated MM came to Joe one day with a story of an incident he personally witnessed -- Sandusky and a boy in a shower.(and 5 other people who MM spoke to in 2001 UNIVERSALLY saw no reason to call the police...MM stated at the time that he saw nothing and beyond that was sheer conjecture ...it was only after PA "Investigators" in 2011 legally tied him to a chair and extorted "further details" about what he saw that there was any potentially active sex or rape components added to this testimony - this was a DECADE AFTER THE FACT!!!)
I'm sorry, right then and there it was incumbent on Joe, in light of his knowledge of 1998, to take MM by the hand and say, Mike, we're going to take a drive to the police station (wouldn't this look to anyone like a nut-case reaction considering they had NO VICTIM and therefore could not confirm anything MM said) , and you're going to tell them exactly what you just told me. (Here is where you have a point - THIS IS WHERE Penn State - Not Paterno - made a MAJOR error. Curley/Shultz in their review process should have had MM sign a statement of what he saw - then Penn State and Paterno would not be open to the constructions made by the corrupt OAG presentment document in 2011- A DECADE LATER!....You score 1 point on stating here is where PSU Screwed up)
But that didn't happen. Instead what happened was bullshit and rationalizations -- and, yes, a cover-up (I’ll buy that a cover-up was done…problem is it has been done by the State of PA & the OAG). On the part of Joe and a few key figures in the university's administration.
And after that, ten freakin' years of Sandusky roaming free. (More than 3 years of which was “inflicted” by AG Tom Corbett and a state investigation of Sandusky wher all the information necessary to try him were HANDED to them. THEY chose to “back pocket” this until 3 years later – a time where more political “hay” could be made and where TSM could “contribute $650K to Corbett’s re-election campaign) More pain. More horror. More victims. (Your right – MORE….not because of Paterno or Penn State in 2001, but because of a corrupted Governor, OAG an court system) SEE KIDS-FOR-CASH if you want victims resulting from the cover-up of the PACORN government overthrow of Justice in PA!!)
Yes, as I commented earlier, this is the exact pattern of the Catholic Church scandals.(This is the lie that forms the foundation of the Penn State Scandal….it is one of the cornerstones of the public deception that dumb-ass America has bought into. If you want MY take on this – this has always been Goebel’s “Big Lie” at work in PA. – The entire Scandal is nothing but a collusive construction which targets “others” so the REAL CRIMINAL….TSM & Harrisburg can get away with more criminal acts – most likely including your child victims!!!) Everyone did the minimum that they were legally required to do. (Thank you again great deceiver –Frank Noonan!) And the damned-to-hell predators remained at large. While the list of victims grew.
I'm sorry, guys. Many of you have a huge emotional and psychological stake in the myth of Joe (What the hell is that????). I get that. He was a good man. But in the end: a man.
Regardless, as I said in my first post, this saga is the stuff of tragedy. Joe was a great coach. But things, nevertheless, went off the rails.
Whatever, my first loyalty is to the truth -- as my conscience says it is. (If the prior statement is true….you have a LOT of work to do to get to the truth – what you have stated here just exposes your real intent -----MAINTAIN THE LIE….SUPPORT CRIMINAL PA COURTS & GOVERNMENT. Quit trying to promote a story that only can exist if you cherry pick what you want to consider and ignore everything else. Based upon what is known now, this Public illusion is CLEARLY a manufactured "Hit Job" accomplished illegally using the powers of the State of PA.
Believe it or not...you are eroding your own personal legal protections by supporting an absurd case. No amount of restatement of OAG/Freeh "Facts" can remove the proof of deception involved here unless you IGNORE THE MOUNTAINS OF SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR by the OAG, OGBOT and the Media).
Quit trying to promote this "Story" as true.....too many CREDIBLE, FACTUAL and suspicious elements here.... The public's "Story" - the one you promote in this post - IT SIMPLY CAN’T BE TRUE!!!
