(10-05-2021 03:19 PM)Cataclysmo Wrote: (10-05-2021 03:09 PM)geef Wrote: Wow, this thread suddenly has a completely unexpected crazy offseason vibe to it.......
Idk, Penn State is a clear threat to take Fick from us and their scandal will absolutely be one of the considerations that Amy Fickell and family will likely have an opinion on. It's fairly relevant to a thread about extending our coach and keeping him around.
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Agreed.
And I personally think that Luke & family have very different values than the rest of our culture.
Judging by which parish they joined, they're extremely conservative Catholics (they joined the most conservative church in Cincinnati that's not Latin-mass).
And I don't mean politically conservative. Although politically conservative and church-conservative are often correlated, they're very different things. For example: Luke very loudly sings the praises of his QB's decision to raise a kid out of wedlock and gushes over how it's improved Des's maturity. How many conservative church-goers would do that today? Yet it's an attitude that's very common in conservative Catholic culture: focus on people's best traits, forgive them for their faults, and earnestly strive to help them become better people.
That's why he doesn't act like every other coach. He ultimately isn't overly motivated by more money (a very conservative-Catholic trait). They're not "moving people" (a very conservative-Catholic trait). When talking about his future career options, he is very straightforward & doesn't lie about them in public or in private (a very conservative-Catholic trait).
All this tells me that he's what I call an extremely uncloistered conservative Catholic. He has his own values for himself, but he has no impulse to proselytize. He leads others by example rather than by preaching.
You might think that I'm describing a goal that everyone should strive for (and in a way I am). But my main point is that ultimately Fickell has very different knee-jerk reactions to everything than you or nearly everyone else outside of sub-culture that is nearly invisible in today's world (a sub-culture that I am a part of).
Because here's the kicker: remember the trait I talked about above about focusing on people's best traits and forgiving them for their faults? While the Sandusky thing probably horrifies them, and while Paterno's actions toward Sandusky probably horrifies them..... it wouldn't surprise me if the overall attitude of forgiving Paterno's legacy for this one fault (no matter how large) doesn't bother the Fickells nearly as much as it bothers you, the media, or twitter.
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