Should he stay or should he go?
Even before the Freeh report was released this morning, ESPN and others were asking what Penn State should do with the Joe Paterno statue on campus.
The options – keep it or get rid of it – felt a little narrow. Here’s a poll with more expansive options:
July 12, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Take it down. Then indefinitely disband the football program. Then await Jim Delaney to come and tell you that you are no longer a member of the Big Ten.
July 12, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Trade them for Notre Dame?
Oh, wait…
July 12, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Would be a nice trade in terms of program stature, and the whole “football comes before people” attitude – i.e. sending a kid up on a scissor lift filming practice in high winds.
Things like that tend to be easier for an athletic department to explain away as bad luck or force majeure, rather than facilitating and ignoring a decade of child rape.
July 12, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Remember this comment and discussion?
http://dailybigten.com/2012/01/06/bill-obrien-is-destined-to-fail/#comment-1079
Plus, my post holds up pretty well, I must say.
July 12, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Agreed, it sure does. Boy, I spent a lot of time commenting on that one. Time wasted on sycophants, to be sure.
July 13, 2012 at 10:55 am
From the Twitters: