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POLL: Did Joe Paterno Deserve to be Fired?

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Joe Paterno's long and storied career ended last night with the briefest of statements to Penn State students.

"Right now I'm not the football coach and that's something I have to get used to," said Paterno outside of his house.

, Paterno's firing by the school's Board of Trustees garnered significant headline-grabbing attention.

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We want to know: admidst the hovering scandal in Happy Valley, did the 45-year coach of the Nittany Lions deserve to be fired.

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