Rest In Peace Mr. Paterno..

[Guest083013]

Our Lion Weeps Tonight!!

[sanantonioman37]

A legend has passed on. May he rest in peace.

[greenhorn1960]

Rest in Peace, Joe.

[Maxx]

Greatest College Coach (of any sport) to have ever lived, whether you like Penn state or not. His accomplishments may never be surpassed. RIP Joe Pa! You will never be forgotten.

[bamatide]

He was an excellent coach. RIP Coach Paterno you will be missed.

[RobbThrobb]

C'mon Dennis he had to have known what was going on. He got off easy in my opinion.

[Likinikki]

Ah, Robb...this is not the time or place for that. He deserves some respect for a LIFETIME of hard work and dedication. RIP Joe Pa!

[Marcus78]

It's sad to think about, but if this shit-storm that was the Sadunsky scandal broke a year later, that's to say after Joe Pa died, Paterno's legacy would have gone untarnished. I don't think they would have drug him into it postmortem, or been able to prove anything if they tried.

I hate to say it, but Robb is right I think. He will be remembered for the ONE time he should have acted, and in fact he did, but he didn't do enough. It's not fair, but the court of public opinion has crucified him already I fear.

[flinde]

There will never be another one like Joe Paterno. He mentored thousands of young men and changed the world.

[Chuck10]

Right on target flinde. He was more than a great coach, he was a good person and will be missed.

[ammotroop07]

Im w/Robb on this 1. Now there will always b an * by his legacy

[Wixchill]

Don't know much about Paterno, don't care about the scandal. I am always amazed when we lionize (forgive the symmetrical pun) people who never really do anything important. He was a football coach. Football is a game. He made a fortune and got famous being a coach for guys playing a game. That's not greatness, that's luck.

Nice guy? Probably. Great man? I guess he did the job he got paid for, and did it well....but don't we all? If not, we get fired.

[Likinikki]

Capone, interesting view. What you may view as * unimportant* is considered *legendary* to hundreds of thousands of others. I don't think JP was just in it...for the money.

What makes him so admired was his humility and dedication. Not only to his *job,* but to the kids of Penn State...he truly cared and lived a humble life. That's a rare breed...in this day and age.

[Willen]

What made Paterno important is not that he was the most successful D-1 football coach ever. It's that he succeeded while doing so many of the things that we say big time sports is supposed to do, and so rarely does. About 75% of his players graduated, and dozens were academic all-Americans. He could have earned much more money (initially at least) had he gone up to the pros, but he chose to stay collegiate because he believed in the educational mission. He lived in the same modest home all his life, meaning that when he did earn big bucks he gave back to the university and the community lavishly, rather than splurging on a Mcmansion or other luxuries. UT and 'Bama named their stadiums for their iconic coaches; PSU named the library for Joe because they knew that's what he valued most.

His failure to address the molesting, as the facts seem to show at this point, is a catastrophic failure on his part. We'll see what the story ends up being. But at it's worst, which now seems bad indeed, it must be balanced against a life of exceptional quality in other respects.

[Brandy Starr]

The media drove paterno into bad health...or maybe it was guilt...rip joe .