Navyhockey Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Looks like Paterno is about to pass. It's amazing how quickly things went south once the scandal broke. Prayers to him and his family.http://m.citizensvoice.com/news/source-paterno-in-grave-condition-1.1260837 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom88 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Just saw that after thoroughly enjoying a Duke loss on ESPN (Go Terps). Hope he passes painlessly and peacefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Wow, he sure went down hill in a hurry. I didn't realize his cancer had progressed so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanflyer Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 @hf101Its almost like those stories you here when a couple is married for 50 years and the wife passes and then within weeks the husband passes too. I guess maybe football was Joes wife in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 @VanlyerAgreed.The depression surely has to be a factor here as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarsippius Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I think alot of the reason for Joe coaching so long was he saw his own mortality in Bear Bryant, who died less than a month after "retiring" from Alabama. I sadly said when they fired Joe that he'd be gone in a year, that was before they went public with the cancer.Despite his shortcomings in the sex abuse case and what he should have done about it, he didn't deserve death. Stunning that it ends this way for Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillygrump Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Thats such a shame. I often wondered if coaching kept him alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaFlyerFan Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 @hf101Its almost like those stories you here when a couple is married for 50 years and the wife passes and then within weeks the husband passes too. I guess maybe football was Joes wife in this case.Same thing happened to Bear Bryant. He retired and was dead 6 weeks later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerrod Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 My thoughts and prayers go out to JoePa and family...When football was taken from him, he gave up his will to live. The whole episode still sickens me for the way he was personally attacked for vile acts perpetrated by Jerry Sandusky. I hope McCreary rots in hell for his role in Joe's demise too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 sad sad sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Paterno is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaFlyerFan Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Sad day.http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/01/22/joe-paterno-former-penn-state-football-coach-dies-at-85/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Guy lived to be 85. That's a pretty good run IMO. He was a legend. Too bad the legend was slightly tarnished, but it doesn't take away from what he accomplished. I feel a LOT sadder for Sarah Burkes family. But that's closer to home for me, and this for most of you guys. RIP Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom88 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 My thoughts and prayers go out to JoePa and family...When football was taken from him, he gave up his will to live. The whole episode still sickens me for the way he was personally attacked for vile acts perpetrated by Jerry Sandusky. I hope McCreary rots in hell for his role in Joe's demise too.Exactly. The man gave everything to that program, and they betrayed him in return. Broke his heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunatic Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 "Nobody should every be judged by the worst thing that they ever did." Richard North Patterson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanflyer Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Guy lived to be 85. That's a pretty good run IMO. He was a legend. Too bad the legend was slightly tarnished, but it doesn't take away from what he accomplished.I feel a LOT sadder for Sarah Burkes family. But that's closer to home for me, and this for most of you guys. RIP Joe.Its always hard to see a light distinguished when it is shinning its brightest than when the light is already waining. Loss is loss. I think the grieving for Jo pa is more about an end of a legacy (not withstanding the whole scandal) vs. the loss of a vibrant young person (sarah). My brother was being scouted by multiple NHL teams and was moving up the draft ranks (he was 8 years older than me), when at 17 he was tragically killed. Life is a weird place. People like Sandusky live full and prosper lives, while people like Sarah and my brothers lives are cut short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHI Flyers10 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I was a very sad day here at Penn State. This is my second semester here but I can feel the impact he had on the school here. He was way more than a football coach to all of us. I know a lot of people outside of PSU think we just worship him as a coach and defend him because he was one, but we defend him because of the great man that he was. It's sad that he had to go this way. It happened so fast. Hope Joe rests in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 @Vanflyer Didn't know that Van, sorry to hear about your brother. But ya, Paterno lived a full life...Burkes was cut way too short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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