“Penn State said to be planning football coach Joe Paterno’s departure, sources say”
It’s so weird, how they phrase these things. Either they’re firing him or he’s resigning. If you’re forcing him into retirement, then he’s not resigning. So when the time comes for him to leave, you let him say he’s doing it for health, family, or whatever. But you don’t say you’re planning his departure, because that implies he’s being fired; you might as well come out and say it at that point.
But what does it matter? PR is all a bunch of bosh.
I suspect that they are treating Joe with tender gloves depending on how much he knows and what he could say against Ped State if they treat him meanly.