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Message: [QUOTE="All4SU, post: 165904, member: 381"] Like many here, I can't really agree with you, ahc. It's impossible to put all bias aside, but I think when someone passes away we can at least try. Just the same, my opinions on JP are as follows: 1) I didn't "hate" him before he passed, and I don't hate him now. I didn't know him. I only know what a read, see on TV, etc. 2) I think he was very disingenuous, to put it kindly, about the formation of the Big East and PSU's snub. For years, PSU was THE reason why an All-Sports conference was never formed in the Northeast. That hurt all of the programs in the NE, including SU. It was short-sighted, and selfish of PSU, and JP tried to re-write history on the subject after the fact. I lost a lot of respect for him right then at there. 3) I think he was a very good football coach. Obviously he was well liked and respected by most of his players. 4) I don't put much stock in his image as a leader in "doing things the right way." He allowed his friend Jerry Sandusky to rape little boys under the cover of the PSU football program. True, we don't know exactly what he might have said to Sandusky. But it was irresponsible of him to not take it to the police whenever he found out. And he knew. There is not a doubt in my mind about that. I think his comment after the fact, "I wish I had done more." was sincere. I'll give him credit for that. I think he knew how wrong he was and admitted it (to some degree anyway). Nice gesture. Glad he found the truth within himself. But it was too late. 5) He placed his own ego ahead of those of the PSU football program in not stepping aside years ago. If I were a PSU fan, I would have a real hard time with that. 6) Good coach? Yes. Admirable qualities? Probably so. Good husband and father? Sounds like it. Saint? No. He allowed his selfish interests, and the sacred image of his program, to be placed ahead of those of young children. Does that cancel out whatever good he may have done on this earth? Of course not. But it's enough to balance the scales, and place him among the rest of us who are flawed, who make good decisions and bad decisions -- sometimes even with good intentions. He was a man who coached football, and accumulated a lot of wins. Nothing more. [/QUOTE]

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