“Maybe some. But recent articles about the alumni meetings with the PSU president says alums are still complaining that Joepa was fired”
I don’t mean to speak for all.
Joe was respected - not for his football performance, many thought he should retired 10 years ago - but for his insistence that athletes perform scholastically. It was about having a program that was good that played by the rules. In that sense, Joe was respected... and many feel he should have played out the season and left with some respect. Others feel his ignoring the situation furthered it. Some feel both ways. I don’t know anyone in my family of many PSU alums who wants anything but to clean house ruthlessly and make things the way they should be.
It was similar in a way to Waco. The trustees, who should all be fired, burned the place down to save face. Alumni who respected Joe for other reasons want to know more to balance out the scale.
From outside, it is easy to generalize. Inside, it is heart wrenching to watch. The alumni are pissed off about the cover up and what it meant in the live of the kids who were abused - and also the damage it does to a reputation they liked. It isn’t as simple as most here are making it out to be. I understand they are getting info filtered selectively through the press. I hope some day the entire truth - good bad and ugly is made known.
None of that explanation means I support any of what happened, any abuse of children, or a desire for a pure reputation via coverup. I am broken-hearted about it all. I will generalize and say most adult alums have all those feelings too.
Actually, if you have not elevated fully grown men running around in colorful clothing and playing a children's game with a ball up to the level of idolatry it is that simple.