Nabil K. Mark/MCT
Now that Joe Paterno has passed on from Happy Valley we must ponder whether we will ever see his like again. But please understand, I am now writing about Coach Paterno. Let us for the moment put aside how the old citizen whose credo was "Success With Honor," acted, with regard to pedophilia -- so without sensitivity, so irresponsibly, so ultimately coldbloodedly. That will sully Paterno's memory forever.
But simply, for now: Joe Paterno, the coach -- which is what he still was (it's hard to recall this now) barely eleven weeks ago. Will, in fact, any college coach ever again possess the power he did over his university?
Well, almost surely not. Paterno's long tenure at an insulated campus, combined with how venerable he became and how upright he was supposed to...
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