On this date in 2011 after 46 seasons as Penn State’s head football coach and a record 409 victories, Joe Paterno was fired.
A sad anniversary: Joe Pa fired
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And there still is much rejoicing in the halls of the bot.
Light up the cigars and pour the brandy.
Light up the cigars and pour the brandy.
An unmitigated, historic and yet still unapologetic failure by our "business leaders" that was completely avoidable.
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…was fired by 11.9/11 home-growth BOT terrorists…that will someday, maybe the day they meet their maker, be held accountable…
Led by Corbett, laughing while being in The TavernAnd there still is much rejoicing in the halls of the bot.
Light up the cigars and pour the brandy.
Put me in the camp of wishing that Joe had retired earlier, turned the program over to an up-and-comer, had the field surface named after him, and rode off into the sunset as a legend.
Yes I have. The Nittany Lion Club contacted me and wanted to know if I wanted to rejoin. I told then to go to hell!
Sure, we moved on but when someone screws you (in this case JoePa and the Penn State Brand), you don't dwell on it, but you NEVER forget.Haven’t you guys all moved on yet?
wish in one hand, crap in the other, see which one gets filled faster
Yeah I can understand that sentiment. Nonetheless, the way his firing was handled was utter horsesh-t.
He shouldn’t have been fired.
They can take away the man.
They can take away the statue of the man.
They can take his name out of the record books.
They can never take away his influence on the University, the community, the Athletic Department, intercollegiate athletics, the players that were under his tutelage, and the tens of thousands of students and alumni.
Moved on from what? It's a fact....Joe was fired on this date in 2011. Moving on doesn't change the date pal.Haven’t you guys all moved on yet?
'I told them to do it." One Term
If you could somehow take the good deeds, good intentions, moments of inspiration and lives impacted in a positive fashion by those despicable human beings ....SURMA FRAZIER, PEETZ, SUHEY, JUDAS......ET AL and added them all together, Joe surpassed that sum on his worst day. I truly hate every one of those M$ with a passion.
Not in this lifetime.Haven’t you guys all moved on yet?
Why? Joe was everything that Penn State presents itself to be and no one, no one exceeds his devotion, spirit, enthusiasm, investment, loyalty (but I ramble on) and commitment to EDUCATION in my lifetime of knowing the people of Penn State. Read his address to the BOT after the national championship, watch his address to the THON dancers, revisit the Library donation, his idea of a 'stipend' long before NIL took root. Joe was just a football coach. Yeah, right.Haven’t you guys all moved on yet?
. . . and Sue is just a housewife in a bandana. Yeah, right. I truly believe she and the family are trying to carry on Joe's legacy because PSU is not filling that role.
I know this is said in a joking way but honestly, I’ve moved on. I haven’t forgotten, but I’ve moved on. It sucked, it was infuriating and pretty damn consuming when it all happened but I have moved on from it. Much like the death of my parents or 9/11, I continue to move on with my life. It still angers me but it doesn’t consume me.Haven’t you guys all moved on yet?
True story less than 8 hours after he was gone my PSU clock fell off the wall by itself and smashed to the floor.
If it was stuck at 4:09….
Thank you for acknowledging the sarcasm in my post. Maybe the emoji didn’t register with everyone? Anyway, I’ve been a Nittany Lion since 1984 and will be a Nittany Lion for the remainder of my life, regardless of how frustrated I am by the inconsistencies on the field or how the entire Nittany Nation was thrown under the bus by the BOT (and PSU administration). Like you I, too, am angry at how the entire Sandusky debacle was handled but am optimistic that Penn State will, one day, regain the reputation that was so blatantly stolen from it.
The man who had a watch that could stop time- episode. When he robbed a bank, the watch fell off the money cart and broke
Haven’t you guys all moved on yet?
Shoot, even Jay Paterno has moved on.
He, of course, hasn't moved on to being a football coach at some place outside of Penn State. He CAN'T do that because he has absolutely no talent as a football coach. But he has moved on ---- to being a paid shill for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
You know how everyone says that JoePa should have gone to the police. Well, shouldn't have McQueary, his Dad and the doctor friend have gone to the police? Yet, McQueary gets a huge settlement.
Possibly the worst excuse for a human being in the history of Pennsylvania politics- a history that's full of miserable excuses.
The most shameful chapter in Penn State history promulgated by the corrupt BoT. Fiery Gehenna awaits them and Corbutt.
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