When Joe Paterno was fired from his role as head coach at Penn State University following the paedophilia scandal involving his assistant coach - Jerry Sandusky - I had a feeling he wasn't long for this world.
The eighty-five year old passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer.
I didn't want to wish ill on the man but I couldn't shake off the thought that coaching was his life so, when that was taken away, he was on borrowed time.
He had a record-breaking career but it can never be talked about without noting how Paterno kept quiet when it was brought to his attention that Sandusky was abusing children.
An ESPN article headline, that I saw yesterday, read: 'Paterno's legacy outweighs scandal'.
I'm not so sure about that.
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