I see your point, but like it or not, JoePa will be associated with this, and that is going to affect recruiting. Because of the sheer ugliness of this situation, maybe unfairly, Joe has to go, the sooner the better, for PSU to put this behind them, and move the program forward.
I happen to agree with you completely. Sandusky is going away for a long, long time but this disgusting blemish will not be scrubbed off the Nittany Lion for years. It’s time for the page to be turned. The only monkey wrench in that plan is that Paterno (and Penn State) will not want it to look like Joe was forced out or “resigned in disgrace”.
My guess is that Joe will get one or two more years, tops, with the hope that Sandusky will be tried and sent away in the meantime. Penn State wants to have a nice send-off party for Paterno, complete with a statue, and accolades, and speeches, and the sooner the Sandusky matter is settled, the better.