[Husker] What about McQuery?

[David Strong]

I see what you mean.  I've never had a problem with McQueary's actions, but
I can understand those who do (sort of).  I just thought he took it to JP,
who told him to tell his story to Spanier and Curley which he did.  And
they told McQueary that they would handle it.  I think at that point MM
thought he was out of the loop.  But I'm certain that as Paterno said "with
the benefit of hindsight I wish I had done more", McQueary probably thinks
that too.  I'm sure he now wishes that he had thought to himself "Hey self,
I turned this guy in to Joe Paterno, the athletic director, and the
university president. They told me they would handle it, but I still see
this guy around (on or off campus), with kids, and nothing seems like it
has been done. I'm going to go ahead and call the cops."  It just doesn't
feel realistic to me that he could have really done that, but I'm sure he
wishes he did.  I think Mike McQueary is a stand-up guy who tried to
stand-up and got played by these guys.

Dave

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Paul Dalen <quesohusker at gmail.com> wrote:

> This lines up with the work atmosphere described by the janitors in the
> Freeh.  There seems to be some kind of cult of personality surrounding
> Paterno that mere peons dare not question.
>
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:20 PM, David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I always thought that MM didn't go to police because he at the time he was
>> a GA, very low and very young on the totem poll and he simply could not do
>> that without Paterno's ok.  If Paterno had told him "pick up the phone and
>> dial 911 immediately", that is exactly what he would have done.  He took
>> it
>> to the most powerful man at PS, both in the football program and the
>> university itself.  This whole notion that Spanier, Curley, or anyone else
>> was Paterno's "superior" or "boss" is nonsense.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Aaron Wolfson <awolfson0 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > It should be clear from Scott's post that none of us have any business
>> > speculating about why McQueary didn't go to the police, nor can we state
>> > with certainty that we would have acted differently.
>> >
>> > Aaron Wolfson
>> >
>> >
>> >
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