They're like that creepy neighbor. Pitt fans are more vocal about their issues with them because they hear from them too much. Other fans are basically laughing at them in the distance, just glad they don't have to hear from these people every day.
New book is out, Nitters outraged, truth hurts?
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I was being sarcastic. PoSU fans seem to think it is only Pitt fans who are disgusted, only because we are jealous of their success. Their words, not mine. I have lived outside of Pa for many years, I know how disgusted America is by them.
That would be about their speed. Lets all show up to boycott a book signing which would only give that book more attention. Kind of like they do now, instead of letting it go and let the healing begin they keep fighting everyone and bringing more attention it.
And we ordered a copy yesterday. When the book is written by someone from Penn State you have to wonder about the veracity of the backlash from the cult.
He's not just a professor. He's a former jock. He played baseball and basketball in college. He played minor league baseball in the White Sox system. He is a noted Sports Historian. He taught Sports History for 28 years at PSU.
This is not some nerd Chem or English Lit professor looking to get back at the jockocracy of college sports and those who bullied him in High School.
That is what brings a lot of credibility to this book IMO. He been there over these past 3 decades, he played big time college sports, he has been around sports and interested in sports all his life.
This is not some nerd Chem or English Lit professor looking to get back at the jockocracy of college sports and those who bullied him in High School.
That is what brings a lot of credibility to this book IMO. He been there over these past 3 decades, he played big time college sports, he has been around sports and interested in sports all his life.
So much for them "wanting to see all the truth come out." As we've always said, the only version of the "truth" the are interested in, is a whitewashed one.
There slogan for awhile was 'one man cannot bring down a program.' But as these words so clearly state, the whole facade was fake. I'm repeating them from earlier because, well, they are worth repeating.
The Sandusky case was far from the first example of illegal behavior related to the football program--or the university's attempts to suppress news of it. As Smith shows, decades of infighting among administrators, alumni, trustees, faculty, and coaches established policies intended to protect the university, and the football team considered synonymous with its name, at all costs. If the habits predated Paterno, they also became sanctified during his tenure
Smith also details a system that concealed Sandusky's horrific acts just as deftly as it whitewashed years of rules violations, coaching malfeasance, and player crime while Paterno set records and raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the university."
On another post, BWI is in full worship mode again for Paterno. A couple of guys take issue with the fact that all anyone remembers about his retirement statement - that wouldn't take effect until the end of the season -- is the "I should have done more" statement.
There really isn't anything else in their that paints him in a good light despite what the Joebots think. Sure, he says he cares about the victims and says the whole thing is a tragedy, but who wouldn't mention that?
But there are two things in his short retirement statement that are actually very revealing about his character, very self-serving.
"I have come to work every day for the last 61 years with one clear goal in mind: To serve the best interests of this university and the young men who have been entrusted to my care." I believe him, the university (and the football program) always came first, even when it meant allowing children to be harmed through continued silence, and by encouraging Curley to take the path of silence. He also refused to warn his black players about a serious safety risk to them because he said, doing so might hurt the reputation of the university, and he'd never do that.
Then...
"That's why I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this season. At this moment the Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status."
The second sentence is a clear directive, really a threat. How f'ing dare he tell the BOT what they should and shouldn't discuss? What he was saying was, I'm taking the step to retire at the end of the year, so don't you dare fire me before then. His son Scott had told him a few days before this that he'd probably coached his last game, so he was expecting to get fired.
He followed that statement up with They have more important things to discuss. Joebots naturally read that as a sign of humility, you know, the old "I'm just a coach" routine. Well, if in fact he was that unimportant, they would just ignore him, naturally, they wouldn't need to be told to do so.
There really isn't anything else in their that paints him in a good light despite what the Joebots think. Sure, he says he cares about the victims and says the whole thing is a tragedy, but who wouldn't mention that?
But there are two things in his short retirement statement that are actually very revealing about his character, very self-serving.
"I have come to work every day for the last 61 years with one clear goal in mind: To serve the best interests of this university and the young men who have been entrusted to my care." I believe him, the university (and the football program) always came first, even when it meant allowing children to be harmed through continued silence, and by encouraging Curley to take the path of silence. He also refused to warn his black players about a serious safety risk to them because he said, doing so might hurt the reputation of the university, and he'd never do that.
Then...
"That's why I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this season. At this moment the Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status."
The second sentence is a clear directive, really a threat. How f'ing dare he tell the BOT what they should and shouldn't discuss? What he was saying was, I'm taking the step to retire at the end of the year, so don't you dare fire me before then. His son Scott had told him a few days before this that he'd probably coached his last game, so he was expecting to get fired.
He followed that statement up with They have more important things to discuss. Joebots naturally read that as a sign of humility, you know, the old "I'm just a coach" routine. Well, if in fact he was that unimportant, they would just ignore him, naturally, they wouldn't need to be told to do so.
Let's invite the author to a book signing at gate A of Heinz for Pitt vs. PSU.Amazon.com: Wounded Lions: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky ...
www.amazon.com/Wounded-Lions-Paterno-Sandusky-Athletics-ebook/dp/B...
... and the Crises in Penn State Athletics (Sport and Society) ... Kindle edition by Ronald A. Smith. ... while reading Wounded Lions: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, ...
Nitters have posted the authors phone number, and want everyone to call it ,and protest, and to also boycott all the book signings this guy does, guess I'll have to get a copy.
This whole finding the "truth" has as much validity as OJs hunt for a "real killer".....any new info would only serve to make matters worse and won't suddenly rescue Paterno who honestly is the only person they care about anyway...
The word "truth" has been co-opted by the Pedsters to mean anything that rationalizes Paterno's actions or any crazy conspiracy theory in which Paterno was martyred by his Board of Trustees. The truth has been out since November 2011. Just because the morally-bankrupt Joebots can't see the forest through the trees doesn't make it less so.
Met with some Publishing Literary Agents a few weeks back. They said, if anyone can gather, garner, or attract 20,000 Followers, Friends or Foes on Social Media they can and will be published today based on that kind of Social Media following. Few know it but a Best Seller is just above 35,000.Amazon.com: Wounded Lions: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky ...
www.amazon.com/Wounded-Lions-Paterno-Sandusky-Athletics-ebook/dp/B...
... and the Crises in Penn State Athletics (Sport and Society) ... Kindle edition by Ronald A. Smith. ... while reading Wounded Lions: Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, ...
Nitters have posted the authors phone number, and want everyone to call it ,and protest, and to also boycott all the book signings this guy does, guess I'll have to get a copy.
This will bring more Books upon Nittany Valley not less and the more truth or venom within such books that cause such reactions the more will be published?
It is a Brave New World out there. Penn State Swagger is gone but not forgotten and payback is a Bitch that will keep paying back to the pockets of the publishers.
Now there is an idea, a 10 Part TV Series on how Penn State Football Culture still has many Haters within it, and many other Programs and Fans that has been Victims of that Hate and comebacks on Penn State Football?
Rivals is smart to archive its posts! One day soon?
Honestly...the place where these people are with this situation is just entirely too absurd to begin to understand at this point....I don't understand how anyone who calls themself an adult continues to believe in the Easter Bunny....I just don't....and unwillingness to let go of that almost boils down to mental illness...it can only be from peoples willingness...no...demand to be led that something like this gets so completely out of control in the first place.
This should be used against them till the end. They allowed young people to be harmed on their campus and in their care. They shouldn't be allowed to have kids on campus without supervised by more than one adult. If it was just one adult, it might be just another of their pedophiles in that cult
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