Promoting him to receivers coach does not necessarily indicate support of his actions.
Paterno could have just thought it was dumb, not evil. Stupidity in one situation does not mean he will always be dumb and not be able to coach.
But, I’ll take this opportunity to mention another theory, one that implicates Joe:
McQueary was an abuse victim himself, and Paterno had known. It would explain why Paterno seems to have a special affection towards him, almost like he has his protective eye over him (I think you could say that about a lot of people in relation to Paterno, though.) It would also explain why McQueary was once willing to break up a knife-fight between players, but not intervene in a child rape (he could have been doing it with his prior cowardice in mind, though.) Unresolved in that theory is why McQueary’s father, a military man, would put up with his son being abused.
Soooo you are now defending McCleary’s strange response with a theory????*** Yet the rest of the FReepers are uninformed idiots?!?! Give me a break.
***It may be an explanation,but certainly not a defence; he could have left the program at any time if he was molested.....
Nope.
Yet the rest of the FReepers are uninformed idiots?!?!
Well, you do think his name is spelled McCleary. Just another example of someone misinformed.
It may be an explanation,but certainly not a defence; he could have left the program at any time if he was molested.
I'm not defending him, nor do I believe that theory. I'm just throwing it out there.