You should read Paul Myerberg’s take on Penn State.
I have three thoughts.
1. These men, however heinous the crimes, are under our system of justice innocent until proven guilty.
2. Even so, Coach Paterno should resign. Now. Today. And no Penn State fan should attend a game until he does. Zero tolerance for cover ups.
3. I’ll wager the men involved are feeling sorry for themselves for being indicted and feeling sorry for what they have done to Coach Paterno and feeling sorry for what they have brought on Penn State. And I’ll further wager that they haven’t given a thought to the victims.
Good read — Michael Weinreb on Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and dealing with the controversy at Penn State – Grantland
Byron and I agreed, last night, that there is literally no other coach in college football who would still have his job at this point.
Mack was skeptical, “What about Les Miles? What about Nick Saban?” Nope, we said. They’d be gone. (Mack, 10, has a general idea about what happened, but can’t really figure out the specifics – which is how we’ll keep it.)
I hope it’s true that even Paterno can’t survive this.