Joe Paterno

 

            I think that this article is very justified in what it is saying about Joe Paterno. I agree that he was a great football coach and that he contributed greatly to the school. The fact that the article says he won 409 games should say that he was a great football coach and he knew what he was doing. Not only was he a great coach on the field, but he was also doing good off of the field. He had another record of 80 percent of his students graduating within six years. I feel that just because he recently made a bad decision before he died it should not mean that is how he should be remembered. I think everyone should remember the good things he had done for the school such as getting so many wins and donating millions of dollars to the library and much more. Even though he did so many good things while he was Penn States coach many people will remember him by one of the bad things he had done. Although there were better ways of handling the Jerry Sandusky incident Joe Paterno still did what he saw fit for the situation. Even though this may not be the best course of action to everyone it was what he thought was the best way of acting. I feel that people should remember him for this reason. Many people may have reacted the same way if they were put into that situation. No one knows for sure exactly how they would act. They can say anything they want, but no one can be sure how they would act until they were placed in the exact situation. Joe Paterno did what he saw fit and let his conscious at rest. That was good enough for him and should be good enough for everyone.