tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post4075797822419735274..comments2023-11-02T03:56:06.817-04:00Comments on FeinsteinOnTheBrink: Penn State tragedy -- I didn't get it right last weekJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10418812412651310398noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-56883256154893590972011-11-20T11:42:13.052-05:002011-11-20T11:42:13.052-05:00For he and I!?For he and I!?RThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734437254501838768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-52288177338340661822011-11-18T12:39:08.365-05:002011-11-18T12:39:08.365-05:00John, The one thing that I haven't read anywhe...John, The one thing that I haven't read anywhere but I think is probably the case is this: Joe Paterno will spend the rest of his life dealing with his failure in handling this tragic incident. My guess is that he will be gone before the litigation process is concluded. That is a sad story.PeteWillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-72191033805151200162011-11-16T14:31:46.872-05:002011-11-16T14:31:46.872-05:00Posnanski's column about JoPa was pathetic. Ev...Posnanski's column about JoPa was pathetic. Even more of an apologists for the wise old man than your original columns.<br /><br />Thanks for finally coming clean and providing a small glimpse at the incredible bias that exists at all level of college sports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-20938935187659129432011-11-16T12:15:48.449-05:002011-11-16T12:15:48.449-05:00John,
In the future, when you weigh in here or in...John,<br /><br />In the future, when you weigh in here or in the WP with opinions on news stories, etc., please consider disclosing when you have entered into or attempted to enter into business agreements with coaches, universities or teams in question.<br /><br />I know you have done so in the case of Army and Navy stories.<br /><br />You bending over backwards to be fair to Joe Paterno makes a good bit more sense when we know that you were actively courting a business relationship -- most recently through his son -- and clearly had not given up despite Paterno's early attempts to throw you off the scent.<br /><br />In light of the thorough recent disclosure, your comments are a good bit more understandable.<br /><br />(Parenthetically, here's a parlor game for you. Imagine if Bob Woodward had been in the book business BEFORE Watergate. Watergate would have been but a footnote and Woodward would have written that the conspiracy to cover up a simple wiretap operation might damage the legacy of an otherwise outstanding Republican president and a visionary in foreign affairs.)<br /><br />Otherwise, keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-75229211844733310842011-11-15T18:06:40.194-05:002011-11-15T18:06:40.194-05:00Enjoyed the Georgetown wrap-up, and I thought your...Enjoyed the Georgetown wrap-up, and I thought your recent blog piece here and in the Washington Post were really good reading about a story that has seen its share of bad sportswriting over the last few weeks. It's so true that there are an "awful lot of wrongs, and no right's" when it comes to this.<br /><br />I still think they should have forfeited the game this weekend, postponed it, or perhaps donated the gate to the victims of sexual abuse.Chuck B '92https://www.blogger.com/profile/01908569300580779656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-7706826687042453622011-11-15T15:51:49.464-05:002011-11-15T15:51:49.464-05:00WHAT?!?!?! John Feinstein admitted he was wrong?!?...WHAT?!?!?! John Feinstein admitted he was wrong?!? What is the world coming to? Just joking..thanks for the post John. I usually get your columns, but this was one of the few times when you lost me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-35693963680389639272011-11-15T10:39:26.031-05:002011-11-15T10:39:26.031-05:00Hey John. I guess this means I'm the last pers...Hey John. I guess this means I'm the last person in America who thinks the reaction to Paterno's act of omission is way over the top, especially considering the good he has done in moving a nowhere school in nowhere Pennsylvania into the upper reaches of the nation's education and his insistence on doing things the right way. Should he have done more in this instance? Even he acknowledges so. But it's not like he did nothing -- he provided a second-hand report to higher ups, including to the man who maintained oversight over campus police. There is no evidence he sought to engage in a cover-up or attempt to fend off an investigation, only that he handed the ball off to superiors regarding an incident involving a friend of some 30 years. Frankly, if that makes him a bad guy, if I was faced with the same situation, I could very well be a bad guy too. Now they've fired him and removed his name from the Big 10 trophy. I hope everybody is happy now so the venom can be directed elsewhere. I enjoy your work.The Tired Hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803067809782454215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-74727177320098730592011-11-15T09:57:42.501-05:002011-11-15T09:57:42.501-05:00Its amazing the range of emotions that the case ca...Its amazing the range of emotions that the case caused on media last week. I thought you guys were all going to kill each other -- I assume you aren't on twitter, but the pack mentality was deafening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-60085233911641795722011-11-14T17:22:55.538-05:002011-11-14T17:22:55.538-05:00"I think I may have been in a little bit of d..."I think I may have been in a little bit of denial about JP's culpability "<br />?????? Come on Man!!!!! You and everyone else who buys into this college sports BS about teaching young men about being stand-up people who do the right thing....JoePa and his "it's for the kids" crappola makes me sick to my stomach. The only question you have to ask is "if that was his 10 yr old grandson in the shower with Sandusky do you think he would just make a phone call that passes responsibility on up the line. The bottom line is $$ and personal gain.<br />Idiot kids rioting because their favorite FB coach got fired says it all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-25013506441196309952011-11-14T17:11:24.234-05:002011-11-14T17:11:24.234-05:00I agree with anonymous - great insight into your t...I agree with anonymous - great insight into your thoughts throughout the process. And I'm glad even the great John Feinstein can realize and admit his perception was off from time time time. It makes everything you write be seen in better context.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-53719127362394593052011-11-14T16:26:00.982-05:002011-11-14T16:26:00.982-05:00Great post, John. I have posted negative reaction...Great post, John. I have posted negative reactions to your writing on here in the past when I felt you went overboard (who, you overboard?) but this was dead-on. In lots of casual to serious conversations last week as the story developed, we all wanted to give Paterno the benefit of the doubt. Now we know he did not deserve that benefit, which is a real shame. That doesn't mean it wasn't incredibly easy to walk around last week thinking, "Surely not this guy." Well written post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com