Jo Paterno Fired
Link: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/It-8217-s-o…
Bradley will be interim.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:40 PM ^
He was put on admin leave.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:54 PM ^
AD may be labeled as on "administrative leave" but he's as good as gone. And the GA is current WR coach and Recruiting Coordinator McQueary. Why he is still there is beyond me.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:09 PM ^
November 9th, 2011 at 11:10 PM ^
at the end of the presser? Some nut-job was suggesting that this was just the excuse that the Board of Trustees wanted, since the board had been hoping that Paterno would lose games so they could fire him. That is how delusional and out of touch this fan base is.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:14 PM ^
The word from Bob Wojnowski via Twitter is that some students got into the presser and were responsible for some of the angry shouting. I think that guy was one of them.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:12 PM ^
"This is bigger than Joe Paterno...this isn't the time to celebrate his career." (Per TomVH)
November 9th, 2011 at 11:13 PM ^
Albert Einstein stated it best ""The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." All that needs to be said.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:22 PM ^
yea ive seen this quote a dozen times used in the past 24 hours
November 9th, 2011 at 11:36 PM ^
For not doing nothing about this.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:14 PM ^
November 9th, 2011 at 11:18 PM ^
All you need is one anarchist with a grudge against authority and a real loud voice...
November 9th, 2011 at 11:21 PM ^
Actually, all you probably need is one thrown beer bottle....
November 9th, 2011 at 11:16 PM ^
Herby just said it best. He applauded the Board of Trustees and their decision and said that this isn't about what Jo Pa has done, but about what he didn't do.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:33 PM ^
with all the OSU bs going down. hypocrite
November 9th, 2011 at 11:54 PM ^
He was moving to Tennessee because of the backlash he recieved for covering the scandal how it should have been covered.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:17 PM ^
Anyone besides me bothered by the fact that people at penn state are rioting over joe pa being fired over something as sick as this. Also once the board of trustees started taking questions, their first question is who will coach Saturday. Not anything about the kids or how they will strive to put their university back together
November 9th, 2011 at 11:19 PM ^
Where is this rioting that people keep referring to? All I see on TV are college kids milling around evrywhere.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:22 PM ^
Evidently, they just started tearing down lightposts and tearing it up a bit.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:31 PM ^
November 9th, 2011 at 11:47 PM ^
Mo is right about this:
November 9th, 2011 at 11:20 PM ^
I could not agree with you more.
They're just a bunch of sad excuses for human beings.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:18 PM ^
PSU did the right thing.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:20 PM ^
im so sick of hearing about all of this
November 9th, 2011 at 11:21 PM ^
If I was in that press room I would've asked him what is the University doing for the families and how are they working with them to throughout this situation. Pretty sure that question wasn't asked
November 9th, 2011 at 11:35 PM ^
Because all of this coverage isn't about the families. It's about the fall from grace and the tainted legacy of a man who protected a pedophile.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:26 PM ^
Police in riot gear. Uh-oh....
And ESPN is telling an ABC reporter to "sit tight" in case anything happens. Yes, you're going to sit tight during a riot.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:30 PM ^
"Put on yo running shoes!"
November 10th, 2011 at 10:12 AM ^
Hide yo wife!!!
November 9th, 2011 at 11:27 PM ^
If the Board did not step in and fire him but instead let him coach this weekend or beyond, they would be seen as condoning conduct that may become subject to criminal prosecution. Worse, they would also be seen as putting Paterno's wish to end his career with some shred of dignity ahead of the crimes that were perpetrated under his stewardship of the football program. The Board did the right thing.
And the Board's action presages something that goes beyond Penn State and college football. I think that a major storm is going to break quite soon against big time college athletics. The ongoing media exposure of corruption, greed, and exploitation will be whipped into a firestorm by this scandal.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:26 PM ^
Its not a riot or even a demonstration. It's a bunch if college kids standing around with their camera phones taking pictures of all the other kids standing around taking pictures. They are just praying for a car flip or a police brutality video.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:33 PM ^
Kids not interested.
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<br>Maybe if someone tells them that cars used to get flipped in the 80's they would be all over it.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:43 PM ^
i thought same thing. a bunch of iphones and droids does not a riot make.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:27 PM ^
Joe Paterno is such a dick. He wouldn't even step down from coaching on his own accord after all of this had happened.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:28 PM ^
Hello Armani Reeves?
November 9th, 2011 at 11:30 PM ^
I am in this weird place where I am sad because of his legacy being just shredded because of this and yet disgusted because of the inaction on his part.
Just a sad week, most of all for the young men whose lives were tainted by a sick individual.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:37 PM ^
I'm in the same place you are. Step back and think about this phrase:
"Joe Paterno fired as a result of child sex abuse scandal"
On its face, that phrase is so fucked up it bends the limits of reality.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:36 PM ^
The situations is Fubar and no way to minimize the horror. Take a breath and act decisively. That is the way to cleanse the stench of scandal rather thant calling everything "an isolated incident."
November 9th, 2011 at 11:40 PM ^
i agree...talk about making heads roll. prez...ad...and iconic coach all gone. mcqueary shld b next
November 9th, 2011 at 11:44 PM ^
What happened to the Tim Curely and McQueary they should have fired when this all came out. With that being said the board did do the right thing in firing Joe Paterno.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:45 PM ^
The kids involved and their families have had to watch this 24 hours a day for several days now. Maybe, just maybe, this will help the story to die down and give them a moment's peace. I doubt it, but lets all hope.
November 9th, 2011 at 11:46 PM ^
Gregg Doyel is there:
November 9th, 2011 at 11:47 PM ^
As much as I love Joe Pa, if this scandal happened anywhere else in the country (like Ohio state) and Jim tressel was the coach, everyone on here wouldbe digusted with the idea of keeping him as a coach
November 9th, 2011 at 11:47 PM ^
from the championship trophy?
November 10th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
Hope so
November 9th, 2011 at 11:48 PM ^
Wow his wiki page didn't take long to update
November 9th, 2011 at 11:53 PM ^
I don't know about everyone else but I just looked at the coaching profile for McQueary and just looking at him makes me want to put on some boxing gloves and destroy him in the boxing ring.
November 10th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
Mcqueary, while very gutless, was put in a very shitty situation... He was a twenty some year old man chasing his dream as a coach and also his livlihood. His future as a coach would be in jeopardy if he made a big deal of the situation. Obviously, he was being a big pussy in doing nothing. But lets not get all high and mighty and pretend like half the guys on here wouldn't have done the same thing. So you want to beat the shit out of a guy for being a coward? Why not beat the shit ouf of the pervert?