[Husker] What about McQuery?

[Scott Stewart]

You know I think the whole thing is ugly, and there is enough blame to go
around.

There was an interesting passage in the Freeh report. When MM called
Paterno to report the incident, Paterno's response was "If this has to do
with a job, don't bother. I don't have a job for you." MM then told him it
wasn't about a job.

This implies that MM may have been looking for a job in 2001? However, his
career timeline shows him as GA from 2000-2002; Administrative Assistent
2002-2004; and Coach 2004-2012.

The conflicts of interest between Second Mile and Child Protective
Services, the attorney for PSU and Second Mile that was aware of all the
allegations, the Board of Second Mile that allowed JS to continue to have
access to children after they were informed...it just goes on and on.

It just shows how hard easy it is for values to get lost in these
situations and how distorted things can get when money and power are
involved.

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:14 PM, David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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