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re: Would Paterno be alive today had the scandal not broken?
Posted on 1/24/12 at 3:04 pm to alajones
Posted on 1/24/12 at 3:04 pm to alajones
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I've been saying for years that the only reason he still coached was because he knew he would die if he ever stopped. Like the Bear. Obviously, both deaths are coincidental to their retirements.
But are they?
Retirement from a job, whether forced or by choice, can be very traumatic for a lot of people.
People who don't know what to do with themselves now that they aren't working tend to deteriorate much more rapidly than people who have things they can do now that they have the time.
I work for a governmental agency and there are a decent amount of people who refuse to go into retirement in part because they wouldn't know what to do with themselves if they weren't coming into work 4-5 days a week.
Posted on 1/24/12 at 3:11 pm to teke184
Obviously I think we all know or know of older people who have gotten depressed or something from a dramatic event, and then they passed shortly after. I don't think this is the case here. He had lung cancer, and he was 85. Coaching football wouldn't have saved him from that.
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