Comments on: Legacy Students

By: Simone

Simone — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:46:21 +0000

[5] Apt quotes. Julius Caesar was my first Shakespearean play in high school. It made me fall in love with Shakespeare.

I had thought that there is nothing more that the arrogance of sports and money could do to surprise and then came along this Penn State scandal. Reading that grand jury presentment made me physically ill.

By: Will Weiss

Will Weiss — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:50:04 +0000

[15] And this … http://bit.ly/zRqwTK

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:18:40 +0000

And now there is this:

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/15314/book-excerpt-death-comes-to-happy-valley

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Really great piece, thanks.

[5] Perfect…

[12} Everyone should read the diary above.

When a person with longevity of high achievement dies, we might soften the rough edges, or be conciliatory. Never forget that real victims have had their lives changed and it would have been stopped, except it seems that friendship, fear of scandal, and valuing a program/university over people won out.

By: joejoejoe

joejoejoe — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:34:21 +0000

“Show me a hero and I’ll prove he’s a bum.” – Col. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, famous Black Sheep

It ain’t Shakespeare but…

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:46:46 +0000

The diary linked to above..wow. Incredible piece of work. Really says it all..

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:37:56 +0000

[9] Agreed. Enjoy his baseball ramblings a lot but this seems liek a major journalism fail on his part.

By: Will Weiss

Will Weiss — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:29:31 +0000

[8] Sorry, thelarmis. I know this is near and dear. It’s tough to reconcile all around.

By: Bruce Markusen

Bruce Markusen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:38:06 +0000

Posnanski has lost a lot of credibility with me. I know he receives a lot of praise for his baseball writing, but how I am I supposed to give a hoot what he says about baseball when he is so clearly lost and out of bounds on the Paterno story?

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:10:01 +0000

sigh… : (

By: rbj

rbj — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:08:37 +0000

Very hard to know exactly what to say about the whole situation. Was Paterno ill-equipped to handle the situation? Yes, I don’t expect football coaches to investigate child sex abuse cases. That’s why police have special victims units. So he was correct to report it to higher ups.

But here’s the thing: how do you not follow up on it? You’ve either got 1) a GA who’s telling the most vicious of lies or 2) a sexual predator. How do you not be curious about your 30 year right hand man? I’ve got no idea what Paterno was thinking, whether he was more interested in protecting his program than children. But how do you put such an allegation aside in your mind?

By: Will Weiss

Will Weiss — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:37:15 +0000

[5] Wow. Well said, and so true and applicable to more than analysis of this topic.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:21 +0000

I keep coming back to two quotes – Edmund Burke & William Shakespeare

Burke: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”

Shakespeare: “The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones”

By: Will Weiss

Will Weiss — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:32:17 +0000

[3] Bags, that’s the way many of us who have been fans of his feel on this. It’s unfortunate.

By: bags

bags — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:42:08 +0000

i’ve been a posnanski fan for a while but he hasn’t exactly covered himself in glory on this one, if you are asking me.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:32:49 +0000

I thought Jeff MacGregor’s piece was really strong.

By: Jon DeRosa

Jon DeRosa — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:25:50 +0000

Great job pulling this together Will.

Posnanski swings and misses again, “a single, hazy event involving a child molester.” The only reason the event could be described as “single” is because Paterno removed himself from the aftermath, and the only reason the event could be described as “hazy” is because Paterno fled from the details.

The best thing that could be said for Paterno is that he lacked the courage to follow through on a frightening claim.