This is assistant Ron Vanderlinden who has been on the staff since 2001. The current co-defensive
coordinator and linebackers coach denies any knowledge of
anything until the recent investigation began.
“Because of the horrific nature of these allegations, it’s easy to
see where members of the media would assume that we all knew,”
Vanderlinden says. “I was shocked to find out as so many of them came
forward and said ‘those guys must have known.’ We, in fact, didn’t know.
“We had just started a 10-day vacation when the [alleged rape]
occurred in 2002. Many of us weren’t on staff with Jerry and just kind
of knew him here-and-there. And for nine years, none of us had any
inkling — until the attorney general’s office asked to speak with us
last summer — we had no idea. We were shocked that any of this happened.
“And our character has been called into question that we would have
known something and not done something. That’s hurtful as well. Had I
heard [about the incident] maybe I would have said something. Like
‘Jerry, what are you thinking, what are you doing?’ But I didn’t know
anything about that.”
I'd really really like to believe you Ron, but the fact is I wasn't born yesterday. You talk to any football player on any level, or any person on a team for that matter and they will tell you that everyone knows everything. Think about a rumor you heard in high school during lunch time, everyone knows if before the bell rings at the end of the day. This kind of stuff floats around locker rooms like wild fire. Don't sit there a lie to us like we are stupid bro. Man up and say you didn't do anything because you didn't have to just like everyone else up there at State Penn University.
Thanks to Larry Brown Sports for the quotes
