Country Roads Confidential

I'll respect your view on jopa, and just politely say that I disagree.

Paterno sacrificed all those children to win more football games. It's tough to get too upset over his passing.

you are allowed to have your opinions regardless of how heartless they are

Im not giving jo pa a pass by any means but i think its down right crazy, stupid, bullshit etc etc that he is being more critized for not saying anything then the man that actually did the acts. Thats just sickens me ... RIP JoPa

Sandusky needs to experience the electric chair and Joe Pa was his enabler. He allowed that monster around the program after knowing what he had done. How many kids lives are ruined because Joe Pa didnt do more. He isnt the only one to blame. They are ALL responsible for knowing that Sandusky was a pedophile and did nothing about it.

A child's life > football

Am I the only one that thinks McQueary should be more to blame than JoePa?

Blame here, blame there.. 60% to whom? 40% to someone else? Blame, blame, blame..

We all are 100% responsible for the information we have an our own actions. This is not a case of 100% divided equally amongst the others. McQueary has his own cross to bare.. So does every single individual that had knowledge and did nothing to stop it, or did only what they perceived as their "legal obligations". We all are responsible for our own actions or in this case, lack there of.

Look, I'm in no way gonna' gloat over anyone's death. Nope. But just because someone died, does not erase their wrong doings in life. I feel sorry for his family, and that's about where it will stop with me.

He allowed/permitted the torture of children.. He doesn't get a pass because he died.

Can you say witch hunt!

The press an people expecting JoePa to be judge jury an executioneer. He didnt witness anything! McQueary did an he got to keep his job! JoePa was forced out therefore the witch hunt comment. Do not mistake this as saying something shouldnt have been done, but as how can people act like its his fault? He didnt do it, an he didnt see it. An he got punished because Sandusky is a awful human being an Mike McQueary is a spineless SOB! Again legal matter not football matter. An Sandusky should fry for what he did.

I don't think anyone is saying Joe Pa was the only one who did something wrong or even that he was the main culprit. However, Joe Pa could have done something to prevent small children from being raped and didn't. That is a major moral failure imo and I wouldn't want a man with those morals coaching/mentoring my son. He was also the face of the program that had this scandal and assumes some additional responsibility because of that. I don't think Joe Pa is a terrible person but he made a terrible mistake and shouldn't be let off the hook for it.

I understand that this is a fairly polarizing topic so I know I'm not going to change your opinion. Just trying to share a different view point.

See, that's not the point. There isn't some rule that only one or two people can pay for their mistakes. McQueary could have done more (should have, imo) and I don't think he should get off easily either. But how does that have anything to do with what Joe Pa did?

Opinions vary.. I don't think people are dancing on his grave as much as wanting to keep it balanced. Some will prop up all the good things he's done, while others will remind at what cost those good things tolled.

Least we forget, they were born on the molestation of children.