A Joe Paterno authorized biography is about to hit the shelves.
It spells out exactly what the late coach went through in the days immediately following the Sandusky scandal breaking and how Paterno was abruptly fired.
For Joe Paterno fans it may be a tough read. It describes an uncontrollably sobbing man in the days after his dismissal.
The book was never meant to be about the Sandusky scandal or the abrupt firing of Joe Paterno, but when the late coach agreed to let senior Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski follow him for the 2011 season, nobody could have known what he would see over the next few months.
He writes in his book “Paterno,” set to be released next week that Scott Paterno, the son who once ran for Congress, was the first to realize just what the Jerry Sandusky indictment meant.
‘Dad,’ he said when called his father, 'you have to face the possibility you will never coach another game.'
And of course that would end up true.
Posnanski also writes about an old clash with President Graham Spanier and how the Board of Trustees turned against Paterno because of it.
The day after that board fired him, Posnanski writes of Paterno’s state, 'He sobbed uncontrollably. This was his bad day. "I don't know what I'm going to do with myself." Nobody knew how to handle such emotion. Joe had always seemed invulnerable. On Thursday, though, he cried continually,' Posnanski writes in his book
Posnanski also witnessed Paterno leaning on his son Jay, telling him, "‘My name,’ he told Jay, ‘I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it's gone.’”
The book also talks about former players visiting Paterno in the days after the scandal broke. It goes on sale August 20.
It spells out exactly what the late coach went through in the days immediately following the Sandusky scandal breaking and how Paterno was abruptly fired.
For Joe Paterno fans it may be a tough read. It describes an uncontrollably sobbing man in the days after his dismissal.
The book was never meant to be about the Sandusky scandal or the abrupt firing of Joe Paterno, but when the late coach agreed to let senior Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski follow him for the 2011 season, nobody could have known what he would see over the next few months.
He writes in his book “Paterno,” set to be released next week that Scott Paterno, the son who once ran for Congress, was the first to realize just what the Jerry Sandusky indictment meant.
‘Dad,’ he said when called his father, 'you have to face the possibility you will never coach another game.'
And of course that would end up true.
Posnanski also writes about an old clash with President Graham Spanier and how the Board of Trustees turned against Paterno because of it.
The day after that board fired him, Posnanski writes of Paterno’s state, 'He sobbed uncontrollably. This was his bad day. "I don't know what I'm going to do with myself." Nobody knew how to handle such emotion. Joe had always seemed invulnerable. On Thursday, though, he cried continually,' Posnanski writes in his book
Posnanski also witnessed Paterno leaning on his son Jay, telling him, "‘My name,’ he told Jay, ‘I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it's gone.’”
The book also talks about former players visiting Paterno in the days after the scandal broke. It goes on sale August 20.