[Husker] What about McQuery?

[David Strong]

This is a very interesting post.  Scott, kind of out of nowhere, references
a comment Paterno might have made about a job for McQueary when MM called
to report the incident.  Scott writes it with the text of a direct quote
from Paterno.  (Scott, do you have a reference and link for this quote?  I
could not find it.) And then McQueary's employment timeline, and then talks
about conflict of interest.  Not sure what the implication was or is or
where Scott was trying to go with this.  Scott, could you explain?

BTW, there was a footnote to this passage in the report:
"McQueary was hired as a permanent football coach in 2004. The Special
Investigative Counsel found no information to suggest that McQueary's
selection for that job was related to his witnessing Sandusky assault a boy
in the shower at the Lasch Building.  Three witnesses stated that McQueary
was very well-qualified for the position."

I'm pretty sure if Mr. Freeh had thought otherwise he would have said so.
Dude doesn't know what it means to pull a punch.

Dave

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Scott Stewart <fourtwophd at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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