then he would have known that Sandusky did the same thing in 1998, was fully investigated by all public child welfare agencies, child psychologists, and law enforcement, and was exhonerated to continue his work with kids full time with The Second Mile...
...if hopefully you come back to this thread, then for the sake of clarity, which I’m sure you’re all for, please acknowledge that Sandusky was not exonerated by anybody...it was determined that there was not sufficient evidence to go to trial...I’m sure you know the difference between those two points...
Let’s say that he knew all that. How would that have helped him??? What should he have done differently???...
...sigh...I’ll go slow here for you...when Mike came to him with his news, Joe would (or should) have made the immediate connection with the 1998 situation, have slapped himself on the forehead, said something like ‘oh no, not this shit again’ and have immediately phoned Curley, Schultz, and Spanier, gotten them out of bed if he had to, and, considering this guy was at PSU doing this stuff because of him in the first place, would have taken the lead in seeing that it got resolved in a timely fashion...whereas if he didn’t know about 1998, he would have listened to Mike, waited a day or so, and then called Curley and said something like ‘we might have a problem’, and then washed his hands of the matter,thinking he’d done his part, which is in fact exactly what he did do...
...see why the point is crucial? And see why it’s important what Joe told the grand jury? Either he was a detached, disinterested coach just going through the motions, which is not likely, or he lied...nothing else is possible...
<>.it was determined that there was not sufficient evidence to go to trial...I’m sure you know the difference between those two points...<>
All right — “was not charged” — for all intents and purposes for the average layman — the same thing. He was fully investigated and nothing happened to him.
<>.sigh...I’ll go slow here for you...when Mike came to him with his news, Joe would (or should) have made the immediate connection with the 1998 situation,<>
If he knew about it and knew about Dr. Chamber’s report, which the DPW investigator Lauro claims that even he was not aware of.
Have you read the Freeh Report???? Go read pgs 67? -77? There you will find that after Paterno told Curley, then Curley and Schultz met, and, as documented in the report, they intended to contact the Department of Public Welfare. It was one of three things on their TO DO list.
Curley and Schultz even contacted Chief Harmon of the Penn State Police to find out if the 1998 files on Sandusky were still in their computers and they were.
And you do realize that the PSU legal counsel had been contacted and was directing things as well. It was their responsibility under the direction of legal counsel and their notes showed that they understood that.
It appears from the report that the only way that the DPW and his charity TSM would not be contacted would be if Sandusky confessed to what he had done, admitted that he had a problem, and consented to professional help. Little to no chance of that happening.
TSM was thusly contacted and told of Sandusky’s shower incident. What happened to contacting DPW??? That wasn’t on Paterno’s To Do list. It was on Curley’s, Schultz’s and Spanier’s list.
Paterno had lit the fire under them and they were on their way to contacting the authorities — DPW. But someone dropped the ball. It wasn’t the coach. He didn’t have the ball. It was in their hands. And they knew it.
Here’s the report, read it for yourself:
http://www.thefreehreportonpsu.com/REPORT_FINAL_071212.pdf