STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP)
Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.
The massive shakeup Wednesday night came shortly after 10 p.m., just hours after Paterno announced that he planned to retire at the end of his 46th season.
But the outcry following the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on molestation charges proved too much for the board to ignore.
Speaking at his house to students, Paterno said, “Right now, I’m not the football coach, and that’s something I have to get used to.”
For more on this breaking story, plus analysis by Vindicator Sports Editor Rob Todor, read Thursday's Vindicator or Vindy.com.
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Though, I am a huge fan of Joe Pa this was the right move. Joe should have retired now not the end of the season. Hindsight cant be an excuse in this case when children are involved. I am sure Joe knows this is right and maybe he regrets not leaving now on his own. To hurt a child or know one is being hurt is inexcusable under any circumstances irregarless of who you are.
Explain to me why that redheaded piece of trash McQueary still has a job?!?!?!?!
He didn't call the cops either!?!?!?
Personally, if I witnessed ANYTHING like that, I would have BEATEN THE LIVING S*%T OUT OF HIM and gotten that kid to the nearest hospital.
Sandusky should be found guilty, taken to the center of the stadium, and hacked into pieces and fed to pigs.
McQueary is trash, put him out to the curb.
There are no winners here. Very dissappointed in JoePa. He did the wrong thing in 2002 and again this week in not retiring immediately. He did the bare minimum and failed in the most important decision of his life; failing to protect who knows how many innocent young people. Would he accept the bare minumum and lame excuses from any of his players? Why should we accept it from him? All involved need to go, including McQueary; a grown man who chose to leave and call his daddy after witnessing the rape of a child rather than intervene or at least call the police.
I'm guessing McQueary will be encouraged to immediately seek employment elsewhere.
Agree, he should have stepped in as soon as he witnessed what was happening.
Joe Paterno is a huge disappointment. I am disturbed that he did not investigate McQueary's story and, as much as I like Paterno, there is no excuse for standing by while Sandusky continued on in his job and with his crimes. Joe should beat that gay child molester with a bat and stood over him until the police arrived.
CantStandYa,
That was my take on this situation. If you were walking down the street and saw a woman being raped behind some bushes, wouldn't you intervene and start beating on the guy? Let's face it, he would be rather helpless since something that would be exposed could easily be targeted to take the man down, if you get my drift. Same thing here. Why wouldn't you intervene and kick Sandusky in the taliwacker?
That being said, it's sad Joe Pa's career is ending this way but why didn't he pursue this after notifying his superiors?
peacelover :
"Stan. This has nothing to do with homosexual rights"
So you're saying that Jerry Sandusky has no rights ? How else did he carry on for so many years then ? . . ..
Didn't Scott Kennedy go to Penn State? I know he always spoke passionately about the PSU football program. I wonder if there's a connection between the child molester Sandusky and the child porn photo hoarder Kennedy. I wonder if this whole thing is much bigger than we suspect. Maybe this thing is far reaching in the institute's upper hierarchy and among the alumni. If so, maybe JoePa and McQueary were hesitant to follow up for a more ominous reason. Let's hope we get a really thorough investigation out of this.
murder charges?
In the late 90's the District Attorney went missing while investigating the case.
I think that everyone knew that Joe Paterno was going to be fired. The problem here is, the way it was done. A telephone call. VERY UNPROFFESIONAL.
Sad that this has been going on and nobody did anything . All for football SAD
With Paterno's career having come to a sudden, inglorious conclusion and Beaver Canyon overrun with students, some whom flipped two television news trucks, it seemed that Penn State had reached its nadir.
Perhaps not.
Penn State Scandal: Jerry Sandusky Rumored To Have 'Pimped' Boys To Donors: REPORT
The Huffington Post Chris Greenberg
First Posted: 11/10/11 11:29 AM ET Updated: 11/10/11 11:39 AM ET
Shockingly, there are reports that even more depraved details about the sexual crimes committed by Sandusky will be revealed in the coming days. As the quasi-riots shook the Penn State campus late Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, SportsByBrooks began tweeting ominous messages about allegations that have yet to become public.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11...