{"id":398,"date":"2005-03-30T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-30T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/blog\/2005\/03\/collegians-lafferty-johnsons-departure-best-for-all-involved\/"},"modified":"2005-03-30T07:06:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-30T07:06:00","slug":"collegians-lafferty-johnsons-departure-best-for-all-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/collegians-lafferty-johnsons-departure-best-for-all-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Collegian’s Lafferty: Johnson’s departure best for all involved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnson’s departure best for all involved<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“It’s kind of like that relationship, the one that ended so peacefully that you initially didn’t understand why it came to an end. Then you realized a little later that both parties were better off going their separate ways.<\/p>\n

“Well, that’s the kind of love affair between Penn State men’s basketball coach Ed DeChellis and Penn State forward Aaron Johnson. Only, it will take more than a year from now to realize that both parties involved made the right decision that dreary Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

“There had hardly been a visible fight or disagreement in the two-year relationship. DeChellis and the program accept that Johnson thinks he deserves a better partner. In return, DeChellis wants to discover what the program can be without Johnson. And the best part of this whole ordeal is that Johnson understands. He didn’t argue. He didn’t plead. The fact that he didn’t fight back makes the situation even harder to understand because we are so used to controversy in breakups. …”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Johnson’s departure best for all involved: “It’s kind of like that relationship, the one that ended so peacefully that you initially didn’t understand why it came to an end. Then you realized a little later that both parties were better off going their separate ways. “Well, that’s the kind of love affair between Penn State … <\/p>\n

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