Why Joe Paterno Should Stay at Penn State
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It has become fairly obvious in the past few years that Joe Paterno's Penn State football team cannot compete at a high level in the Big Ten Conference, let alone on a National level. However, when people say Joe has lost it, and the game has past him by, let's review these people's opinion of JoePa when the Nittany Lions were winning almost every week. These critics can be split into two categories. One is that group of people who thought, then, and still think that Paterno is a phony, in the mold of Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. By this, I mean, a coach who runs a near spotless program, and wins consistently. So, for these people, no matter what Paterno did then, or does now, matters, he will always be wrong. The others are those who go with the prevailing opinion. When Penn State was consistently in the Top 10, Joe was the greatest. He was everything right about college athletics, and Penn State University. However, when a few dopes on the internet, or TV, say, "Hey, Paterno has lost it because he has 3 losing seasons out of 4...