Joe Paterno Legacy

Life Skills

January 27, 2012

Aaron Magazine

Joe Paterno Legacy

In 1950 Joe Paterno will step foot into Penn State and begin to coach football. He will coach for 61 years and will leave not only an impact on the school but on the students. Penn State will give Paterno a library and statue built and named in his honor because of his love for the classics and focus on academics for athletes. Paterno will set records coaching Penn State football and every player loved him. Players said, “winning is great, but when we loose, coach Paterno will give us speachs and that was when we got to see who he really was not only a great coach but a great man.” As Paterno became older and older, he will break records for Penn State with 409 wins in his career. During 2009-2011 Penn State wanted Joe Paterno to resign, but he kept coaching. When Sandusky's case came up this was Penn State's chance to kick Paterno off of Penn State campus. When I found out that Paterno was fired because of something he didn't do I was infuriated. This wasn't because he did something this was because Penn State wanted him to resign 4 years ago! Paterno was battling against lung cancer he would have still been living today if it wasn't for the press. The press killed him not lung cancer! All of the questioning and the sorrow they put on him that was what killed him. He knew also that the legacy he left behind and all of the money he gave to the school was washed down the drain, but he did know the alumni and students knew his legacy and his innocence. If Sandusky's case didn't fall on Paterno he would still be alive and he would have finished coaching the season. Paterno even said he was going to resign after the season, so why fire him if he was going to retire? I'm so frustrated that Paterno couldn't have died with the pride and joy he had and the legacy he left instead he had to die with sorrow. What Penn State put on the Paterno family is shameful! This is why the press has to calm down and stop following and questioning people. Paterno was a great coach and man and I will miss him.

Cites

Bissinger, Buzz. "Joe Paterno's Death Shouldn't Turn Him Into Sandusky Case's
Case's Martyr." Editorial. The Daily Beast. Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2012. Web. 25
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joe-paterno-s-death-shouldn-t-turn-him-into-sandusky-case-s-martyr.html>.