Editor’s Note: In the summer of 2011, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno allowed the journalist Joe Posnanski, then a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, to join him in State College, Pennsylvania, to spend the upcoming season writing his biography.
But even going over in his mind what might be the worst-case scenario didn’t prepare him for the twenty-three-page firebomb.
How was this possible? The family released the statement in which Paterno attempted to retire at the end of the season, but within an hour the news stories were reporting that the board might not give him the chance. He asked, "How bad is it?"
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Later, D’Elia described watching Paterno read the presentment: "What did he know about perverted things like that?
D’Elia saw the break as a terrible sign. _According to the Freeh report, internal e-mails between Curley, Spanier, and Schultz suggest that the three men had initially agreed to alert child services about Sandusky until Paterno persuaded them to reconsider. He had worked with Coca-Cola, Texaco, and General Motors. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. We’ve still got things to do. No rumors?
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In December, Penn State won the Academic Bowl for scholastic excellence among the best football programs in the nation. There was a problem loading your book clubs. With his hearing problems, his age, his crankiness, and his susceptibility to talking around his answers, along with the blood-in-the-water media frenzy that was building, they knew this press conference would make things much worse for him. As reported in late June 2012, interoffice e-mails suggest Paterno had been told more about Sandusky than he recalled and had followed up, at least unofficially, with Curley.4 When some of the e-mails were released, there was a strong backlash against Paterno; many now believe he was involved in a Penn State cover-up. Healthy grandchildren.
It would be nice to just move on to something new.". Scott Paterno was the first in the family to understand that the Pennsylvania grand jury presentment that indicted Jerry Sandusky could end his father’s career. My name is David J. Paterno, and I am the oldest son of Suzanne and Joseph V Paterno. So I told—I didn’t go any further than that except I knew Mike was upset and I knew some kind of inappropriate action was being taken by Jerry Sandusky with the youngster. People spotted him miles from his home. Paterno hung up the phone before he could hear anything else.
_In late July 2012, the NCAA announced that its punishment of Penn State for the Sandusky scandal would include the vacating of all wins by the football program dating back to 1998. Obviously, I was in a little bit of a dilemma since Mr. Sandusky was not working for me anymore. Obviously, he was doing something with the youngster. | D’Elia roared back. After the press conference ended, Noonan made his way out to the reporters. When McGinn arrived at the house, the Paterno family and friends were almost physically holding Joe back from giving a press conference right then and there. When Penn State beat Illinois on October 29, it was Paterno’s 409th victory as a coach. Joe Paterno believed the same thing.
The board of trustees have terminated you effective immediately.". (as William Hochman), Young Jerry Sandusky
from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University and focuses her practice in family law. In the meantime, I would ask all Penn Staters to continue to trust in what that name represents, continue to pursue their lives every day with high ideals and not let these events shake their beliefs nor who they are. Her predecessor, Tom Corbett, had initiated the grand jury investigation of Sandusky more than two years earlier.
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Thank you! She is an adjunct professor, scout mom, and dabbling artist. There was something surreal about that. He had never developed the talent for being concise. As a result, GQ has inserted footnotes at various points to contextualize facts that had not yet come to light at the time. He had a regularly scheduled Tuesday press conference, and when he got home he prepared what he would say. On Monday night, Penn State sent out a press release to the media stating that Paterno would answer questions only about football. ", The attorney general of Pennsylvania, Linda Kelly, had been in office for only a few months. And so on.
I think you have the moral responsibility, anyone. Family and friends play-acted as reporters and fired questions at him: Did you know about 1998? It was obvious that the witness was distraught over what he saw, but he at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the Grand Jury report. The night he was fired, Paterno spoke to the students gathered outside his house. "I’m not omniscient!". Paterno answered, "I’m okay," but the last syllable was shaky, muted by crying, and then he broke down and said, "I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself." Like Scott, like millions, D’Elia had felt overwhelming rage when reading the presentment, and he had come to the conclusion that Joe would probably lose his job.
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Scott Paterno told his mother, "I think you need to brace yourself. He had not been charged with lying to the grand jury. Jay Paterno was on the road recruiting when he got the call from Scott. In this case, though, his ramblings made him sound unsure. It was not going well. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. But he had passed Grambling’s Eddie Robinson for the top spot on the Division I list for victories. Unable to add item to List. D’Elia deduced that it was probably too late now. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.
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"It was like a transformation," Mary Kay said.
Irate over Paterno’s ouster, students rioted on campus, overturning a TV truck. ... Scott Paterno. On the Saturday that the grand jury presentment went public, Penn State University president Spanier came to the house, sat at the kitchen table, and read to Paterno the statement he was going to release. Joe had always seemed invulnerable. A delightful book about the sweetest place on earth. Are you kidding? A delightful book about the sweetest place on earth. Scott had been getting word for weeks through his sources that the indictment was coming down, and that it was unimaginable.
"That’s it," D’Elia told Paterno family members. (as Justin Michael Matthews), High School Student Had Paterno done enough beyond the law?
These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. Second, Paterno was going to have to retire; the damage had been too great. This, in the end, was what the family believed: that Joe Paterno had been told a vague story about a former football coach he didn’t particularly like or trust.3 Then, following the law and university policy and his own guiding light, he had reported what he was told to Tim Curley. "My name," he told Jay, "I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. | An exclusive excerpt from a new biography, Jerry Sandusky scandal engulfed the campus and the nation, announced that its punishment of Penn State, PATERNO PRAISED FOR ACTING APPROPRIATELY IN REPORTING JERRY SANDUSKY SEX ABUSE SUSPICIONS, interoffice e-mails suggest Paterno had been told more, the press conference had been canceled by order of the board, videotaped overturning a television truck, "rioting over the firing of a child-molester enabler. Even in the short time he had spent before the grand jury, he had rambled. Fran Ganter, who had played for Paterno at Penn State and coached with him for more than thirty years, showed up at the Paterno house just before 10 p.m. Wednesday night with a single piece of Penn State stationery. "It will be a living funeral," one reporter predicted, echoing words Paterno had used through the years. ", "You know what?" Surma was the CEO of U.S. Steel and the Penn State board’s vice chairman.
On Monday, though, Kelly held a press conference to discuss the Sandusky indictment. He would sometimes tell people, "Hey, don’t kid yourself, I’m the asshole of the family." Paterno is a 2018 American television drama film directed by Barry Levinson.It stars Al Pacino as former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and his career leading up to his dismissal following the university's child sex abuse scandal in 2011. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. . We’ll go from here, okay? "I had to do everything I could to not cry right then," Scott recalled. Around the corner from Paternoville, journalists were camping out for front-row seats to the biggest press conference the school had ever had. Please try again. He coached from the press box because of an injury, and he hated it; he did not even have time to go down and speak to his team at halftime. Of course, there were those among the Paternos and their closest friends who wished Joe had followed up with more vigor after reporting to Curley and made sure there was a resolution. Sue and I have devoted our lives to helping young people reach their potential. ", it was announced that Paterno had lung cancer. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed.
On Thursday, though, he cried continually. It wasn’t much of a celebration. (uncredited), Channel 4 TV Reporter I look around the world and see people who have real problems, serious problems. "I’m not going to feel sorry for myself. Paterno told him the statement would do more harm than good: "I just didn’t like it. Transcript of My Final Phone Call With Scott Paterno. Submitted by jzadmin on Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:30. Official Sites Nobody would see him discouraged again. Since 1957, GQ has inspired men to look sharper and live smarter with its unparalleled coverage of style, culture, and beyond.
It told a hideous story of a famous former coach, philanthropist, and community leader who used his access to troubled children and Penn State football resources to commit unthinkable crimes against children. You guys are great, all of you—when I say "guys," you know what I mean, you know I mean girls, too. (uncredited), High School Administrator When Scott read the presentment, he called his father and said, "Dad, you have to face the possibility that you will never coach another game.". "You need a ride, Joe?" Tim Curley and Gary Schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity and compassion.