It's over boys and girls, your football program is toast. It will never be the same and the sooner you understand that the better off you will be. It's dead, expired, never to return. Sixed.
Paterno stayed WAY too long, his staff engaged in hero worship based on the fact that Paterno was powerful enough to fire anyone he wanted within the athletic department. Do you really believe that after 14- FOURTEEN years of Sandusky buggering the under 18 population that Paterno didn't know? Really? This was a guy who knew Penn State football for SIXTY YEARS, sixty years and he had plenty of time to do the right thing. The problem is that the Paterno legacy, the Paterno mystic was way more important than the rape of young boys by a full grown male. A full grown male that by the way had the keys to the athletic department. Who do you think gave him permission to keep the keys?
I found it amusing that people got their backs up about the statue removal. Why? Because it was shrine. If that doesn't tell you something, not only don't you get it, you will never get it.
This program is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PROGRAM!!