Hunker down, my friend. 

To all of those who are ripping on Paterno on the day of his death, I say respect the dead. 

JP was from a different generation.  A generation that did not understand or discuss homosexual child rape.  This would be a completely foreign topic for him, something he would be as equipped to handle as an invasion from Mars.  Maybe an invasion from Mars would be easier for him to understand.  At least there were movies on it.  This other topic was so foreign, that his assistant coach did not give him particulars.  The topic was so foreign that, even after details were revealed, JP remained completely baffled. 

So what did he do?  He talked to university administration and police and allowed them to handle it.

What would Bear do?  (WWBD)?  Well, Bear was one of a kind, and this kind of thing would completely baffle him too.  I'm guessing that he would have, at first, done the same thing that JP did, report to administration and police. 

But being the Bear, yes, I believe that he would have done more.  If those first steps did not yield the desired result, Bear would have pushed further.  He would have seen to it that the party responsible from causing the problem would never see the inside of the football facilities again.

But the Bear was a visionary.  Only the Bear could have integrated the University of Alabama football team when many were clamoring for segregation.  JP, despite his wins, was not quite the same coach as Bear Bryant.  He did not have the same vision. 

Or maybe he was just old.  At the age this happened under JP's watch, Bear was long dead.

All this is to say that, respect the dead.  Bear Bryant wouldn't have it any other way.

Yeah, it's supposed to be rough in South La., Ms., Al. and the Fl. panhandle.

I think all of us will have mixed emotions when we think back on Paterno. His legacy will always be tainted and rightly so. His lack of action on Sandusky will always be viewed as totally inexcusable. It's just sad that everything had to end like it did. I truly feel for the Paterno family.

oh geeez ....   


Westboro Baptist ‘Church’ to picket Paterno’s funeral

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RIP Joepa


this is how I will remember him