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Joe Paterno "probably" should have finished out the 2011 season instead of being fired, outgoing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett told The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday.

"They probably shouldn't have fired him, they probably should've suspended him," Corbett told the Inquirer. "He probably should have been given the last three games, not on the sideline."

ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. reported in June 2013 that Corbett was a central character in the firing of Paterno. Not only did Corbett serve as the state attorney general when police investigated Sandusky in the late 1990s, but he also one of the main voices in the firing of the longtime coach.

"Something not very good happened," Corbett told reporters on Nov. 9, 2012. "We have to ... take the bull by the horns and fix it. Quickly."

One of Penn State's current members on the board of trustees, Anthony Lubrano, wasn't buying Corbett's explanation to the Inquirer.

"It seems rather disingenuous to make that statement, given he made the charge to fire Paterno," Lubrano told ESPN.com. "Frankly, it shows what a poor politician he is. He waited until after the election to admit he made a mistake."

Corbett lost his re-election bid for governor Tuesday. He acknowledged to the Inquirer that his involvement with Penn State "might have been one factor" in losing the race to Tom Wolf.

"You know me, I have to have evidence on everything," Corbett told the Inquirer. "If it was clear [Paterno] understood and did not do anything, yeah. But I'm not sure it was clear to him. And, technically, he complied with the law."

Turdacious wrote:

Joe Paterno "probably" should have finished out the 2011 season instead of being fired, outgoing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett told The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday.

"They probably shouldn't have fired him, they probably should've suspended him," Corbett told the Inquirer. "He probably should have been given the last three games, not on the sideline."

Turdacious wrote:"You know me, I have to have evidence on everything," Corbett told the Inquirer. "If it was clear [Paterno] understood and did not do anything, yeah. But I'm not sure it was clear to him. And, technically, he complied with the law."

Grandpa's Spells wrote:

Turdacious wrote:"You know me, I have to have evidence on everything," Corbett told the Inquirer. "If it was clear [Paterno] understood and did not do anything, yeah. But I'm not sure it was clear to him. And, technically, he complied with the law."

When people get fired, most of the time they were not technically breaking laws.

Turdacious wrote:Nafod, what's the consensus in Happy Valley following the latest NCAA decision?

nafod wrote:

Turdacious wrote:Nafod, what's the consensus in Happy Valley following the latest NCAA decision?

In general, folks feel the NCAA did a shitty job of handling the sanctions, so no love lost there.

But I feel like Penn State is standing here with a big pile of dog shit in our hands, bragging about how we were able to scrape it off our shoes.

I wish the Paterno family would hurry up and die.

A Philadelphia judge has ordered the public release of sealed documents from a lawsuit that could reveal details about a claim that a boy told Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that Jerry Sandusky had molested him. Judge Gary Glazer said Thursday that the records will be made public in a month, granting the request for access to the filings made by The Associated Press and other news outlets. Glazer disclosed the Paterno-related claim last month when he ruled in a dispute between Penn State and its insurer over payments to those with claims of abuse against former Paterno assistant Sandusky.

He also wrote that the insurer, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Co., had evidence that one assistant coach saw "inappropriate contact" between Sandusky and a child at the university in 1987 and a second "reportedly witnessed sexual contact" between Sandusky and a child the next year.

Turdacious wrote:

A Philadelphia judge has ordered the public release of sealed documents from a lawsuit that could reveal details about a claim that a boy told Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that Jerry Sandusky had molested him. Judge Gary Glazer said Thursday that the records will be made public in a month, granting the request for access to the filings made by The Associated Press and other news outlets. Glazer disclosed the Paterno-related claim last month when he ruled in a dispute between Penn State and its insurer over payments to those with claims of abuse against former Paterno assistant Sandusky.

He also wrote that the insurer, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Co., had evidence that one assistant coach saw "inappropriate contact" between Sandusky and a child at the university in 1987 and a second "reportedly witnessed sexual contact" between Sandusky and a child the next year.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... abuse-1976

Joe Paterno knew of child abuse in 1976

nafod wrote:Shit's gettin' real here in Happy Valley.

Grandpa's Spells wrote:

nafod wrote:Shit's gettin' real here in Happy Valley.

What is happening? I remember student assholes protesting the statue removal.

More than 200 former Penn State football players are petitioning university leaders to return the bronze statue of Joe Paterno that stood outside the school's football stadium.

dead man walking wrote:

Grandpa's Spells wrote:

nafod wrote:Shit's gettin' real here in Happy Valley.

What is happening? I remember student assholes protesting the statue removal.

this, about a week ago:

More than 200 former Penn State football players are petitioning university leaders to return the bronze statue of Joe Paterno that stood outside the school's football stadium.