This book is quite frustrating. I'm only through 25% of the book, but a lot of it is anecdotal and pretty much endlessly praises the guy. Any negatives are either spun into positives or are barely mentioned. His penchant for profanity and temper tantrums early in his career is spun into being very passionate. His lack of presence at home is construed as being devoted to his employer and job. I really haven't learned anything that I didn't already know. At the moment, they've only briefly alluded to the scandal and have mentioned Jerry Sandusky once in a paragraph unrelated to the scandal. So, I can't say much about that is covered.
There are some real gems in this book though. I read this and just marvel at the hypocrisy that Joe showed in his last days:
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He hammered his children with the same phrase he used on his players and everyone who ever saw him at a coaching clinic: "It's not enough to be fair. You must appear to be fair." This was a constant force in his fatherhood. Doing the right thing was not enough, he told his children. They had to go one step higher than the right thing. This, as much as anything, is what his children thought about at the end.
Apparently, one step higher than the right thing is just to tell Gary Schultz and Tim Curley about child rape and ignore it otherwise. Way to practice what you preach.
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Originally Posted by nath
Joe Paterno: Caring about the integrity of all-you-can-eat salads more than the integrity of kids' buttholes
I just read the page of the book about the all-you-can-eat restaurant and LOL'd after reading your post.