Joe Paterno FIRED

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I know people are divided over the firing but everyone at that university that had any knowledge or information or even a fucking suspicion that young boys were being raped and didn't call the police should be fired or in prison.




http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... penn-state

Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against a former assistant coach.

The massive shakeup Wednesday night came hours after Paterno announced that he planned to retire at the end of his 46th season.

But the outcry following the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on molestation charges proved too much for the board to ignore.

"The university is much larger than its athletic teams," board vice chair John Surma said during a news conference.

Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley will be interim coach and provost Rodney Erickson interim school president.

"The Penn State board of trustees tonight decided it is in the best interest of the university to have a change in leadership to deal with the difficult issues that we are facing," Surma said.

"The past several days have been absolutely terrible for the entire Penn State community. But the outrage that we feel is nothing compared to the physical and psychological suffering that allegedly took place."

Paterno said he was disappointed with the board's decision, but accepted it and urged everyone to remain calm and respect the school.

"A tragedy occurred, and we all have to have patience to let the legal process proceed," Paterno said in a statement late Wednesday night. "I appreciate the outpouring of support but want to emphasize that everyone should remain calm and please respect the university, its property and all that we value.

"I have been incredibly blessed to spend my entire career working with people I love. I am grateful beyond words to all of the coaches, players and staff who have been a part of this program. And to all of our fans and supporters, my family and I will be forever in your debt."

Paterno received an envelope at his home Wednesday night 15 minutes before the board of trustees made their announcement, a source with first-hand knowledge told ESPN's Joe Schad. A note inside gave Paterno a phone number to call. He did so and was told by one of two board members on the receiving end "you are relieved of your duties."

According to the person close to Paterno, the coach had a hard time grasping what was contained in the allegations against Sandusky.

"I think the board took one look at the frenzy going on and the understandably horrific subject matter and said we can't have the focus on Joe for up to five more games," the source said.

A key question throughout the scandal has been why Paterno and other top school officials didn't go to police in 2002 after being told by Mike McQueary, who is receivers coach now but was a graduate assistant at the time, that McQueary saw Sandusky assaulting a boy in a school shower.

But the source told ESPN's Schad that Paterno hopes to clarify what he was told by McQueary as soon as Thursday. According to the source, Paterno recalls McQueary "vaguely" referencing "fondling" or "touching" or "horsing around" by Sandusky and a youth. But Paterno never had the understanding that McQueary had witnessed a "sodomy" or "rape."

Paterno has said he should have done more, while Spanier has said he was not told the details of the attack.