I wonder why Sandusky “retired” at such a young age. It’s rather odd to me that an arguably successful assistant coach decided to end his career so soon. I am convinced that Paterno knew then about Sandusky’s proclivities with respect to little boys and used it as leverage to force him out.
And remember. No one else hired him, no program took him on. You know that other schools must have at least inquired. What were they told? “um, no, you don’t want Sandusky...”. And by whom?
There is no doubt in my mind that Sandusky was quietly blacklisted by Joe Paterno.