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Joe's Statement from January.

  • I would disagree on joe only taking kids who have the grades. He only took kids who had the grades OR the desire to work hard for the grades. Did it work out 100% of the time? No but the % is in the high nineties.

    Itzsessil

  • Itzsessil said...

    I would disagree on joe only taking kids who have the grades. He only took kids who had the grades OR the desire to work hard for the grades. Did it work out 100% of the time? No but the % is in the high nineties.

    Yep. He took some chances and sometimes the results were great. Sometimes it blew up on him. Just like anywhere else for the most part. Only 3-4 BCS conference schools don't take any or next to no academic projects...PSU took its share. The one thing Joe and PSU did do was ensure the support system was in place for those kids to succeed if they worked at it. DC comes to mind as a kid they took a flier on...worked out incredible for all parties.

    "One man didn't build this program and one man sure as hell cannot tear it down."

    LaJollaLion

  • Thank you once again Joe

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  • LaJollaLion said...

    Yep. He took some chances and sometimes the results were great. Sometimes it blew up on him. Just like anywhere else for the most part. Only 3-4 BCS conference schools don't take any or next to no academic projects...PSU took its share. The one thing Joe and PSU did do was ensure the support system was in place for those kids to succeed if they worked at it. DC comes to mind as a kid they took a flier on...worked out incredible for all parties.

    Gus Felder I think is another good one - and the success was more off the field than on it.

    happyvd

  • Right on, Joe!

    Nittany Sluggo

  • Just one note on this...and I don't mean it to sound negative.

    Nice work Jay.

    There's no way Joe wrote this himself in the condition he was in. I'm not trying to be overly cynical because the principle of the letter remains the same regardless of who actually penned it. But...Jay deserves an unspoken assist for his quality work here.

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    tdiddy

  • Very good statement by Joe! Wish he was still alive to defend himself.

    Sloepoke20 ●

  • tdiddy said...

    Just one note on this...and I don't mean it to sound negative.

    Nice work Jay.

    There's no way Joe wrote this himself in the condition he was in. I'm not trying to be overly cynical because the principle of the letter remains the same regardless of who actually penned it. But...Jay deserves an unspoken assist for his quality work here.

    When I read that, I immediately thought of Jay as well.

    This post was edited by PSUjosh11 on 7/11/2012 at 2:28 PM

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  • tdiddy said...

    Just one note on this...and I don't mean it to sound negative.

    Nice work Jay.

    There's no way Joe wrote this himself in the condition he was in. I'm not trying to be overly cynical because the principle of the letter remains the same regardless of who actually penned it. But...Jay deserves an unspoken assist for his quality work here.

    It's possible that he wrote it. It's also possible he just typed it up. Maybe it was a bit of both and just taking Joe's words down. I somehow doubt he did this last night though and it sounds an awful lot like what Joe was already stating when he was alive. It's not negative at all, it's just a guess.

    "One man didn't build this program and one man sure as hell cannot tear it down."

    LaJollaLion

  • LaJollaLion said...

    It's possible that he wrote it. It's also possible he just typed it up. Maybe it was a bit of both and just taking Joe's words down. I somehow doubt he did this last night though and it sounds an awful lot like what Joe was already stating when he was alive. It's not negative at all, it's just a guess.

    I would assume the same. Jay and Joe sat together, Joe voiced his thoughts, and Jay eloquently phrased them. I don't think this was concocted last night either.

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    tdiddy

  • One Term Tom has 2 years to go.

    Ribrap

  • It would make me very happy to see gov implicated, aint gunna happen. BOT will get lumps but were forewarned IMO.

    locopsu

  • BaltLions24 said...

    so how long until we can vote out every member who was on the board in nov 2011? can every bot member be voted out eventually, or are some "protected"?

    There are 9 seats from alumni voting, 3 per year 9

    The rest I think are as follows as best I remember, the gov, dept of ed, environ, ag, plus one or two other 6 (15)

    Industry has certain spots as well Frazier - Merck CEO comes from one of these 8 (23)

    Then the heads of the 7 ag societies in PA for total of 30.

    Distribution may be off a little, but that is the basic make up. Alumns have say in a third, the gov and pa gov the rest !

    locopsu

  • It would make me very happy to see gov implicated, aint gunna happen. BOT will get lumps but were forewarned IMO.

    locopsu

  • locopsu said...

    It would make me very happy to see gov implicated, aint gunna happen. BOT will get lumps but were forewarned IMO.

    I agree but no way in hell does anything happen to Corbett. He's prepping for a run at President here in a next few terms and nothing will get in his way of doing that, sadly.

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  • PSUjosh11 said...

    I agree but no way in hell does anything happen to Corbett. He's prepping for a run at President here in a next few terms and nothing will get in his way of doing that, sadly.

    As a Republican I can't stand Corbett. I pray to god that he does not become the GOP nominee in the future...

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  • JMO, but just because Corbett is getting something of a pass right now for not following up with Sandusky - this is exactly the sort of thing that resurfaces during political runs, especially presidential ones.

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  • Thats what I thought.

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  • tdiddy said...

    I would assume the same. Jay and Joe sat together, Joe voiced his thoughts, and Jay eloquently phrased them. I don't think this was concocted last night either.

    Does Joe not have an english literature degree from Brown?

    You find out life's this game of inches, so is football. Because in either game, life or football-the margin for error is so small. -Pacino

    tmaluchnik

  • Hahahaha...pretty ironic with the timing of the letter "written" by Joe. Do you honestly think he wrote that? Say goodbye to football. This is the beginning of the end.

    This post was edited by bristolfor3 on 7/11/2012 at 7:48 PM

    bristolfor3 ●

  • what did you expect it to say

    http://www.ncaa.com/content/ncaa-letter-penn-state 

    Quaddad

  • bristolfor3 said...

    Hahahaha...pretty ironic with the timing of the letter "written" by Joe. Do you honestly think he wrote that? Say goodbye to football. This is the beginning of the end.

    Maryland... lmfao... go back to the ghetto err i mean campus.

    Itzsessil

  • Quaddad said...

    what did you expect it to say

    http://www.ncaa.com/content/ncaa-letter-penn-state 

    You posted the same link in two different threads. News flash asshole, this letter was written months ago and everyone here is well aware that the NCAA plans on looking into this situation.

    NevadaNittany

  • NevadaNittany said...

    You posted the same link in two different threads. News flash asshole, this letter was written months ago and everyone here is well aware that the NCAA plans on looking into this situation.

    On edge? should be. bye bye psu football. it all starts tomorrow.

    Quaddad

  • The inferior continue to hope for the downfall of their betters, rather than bettering themselves. Sad

    This post was edited by Seltz on 7/11/2012 at 8:36 PM

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