But, according to Posnanski, he realized that he needed Sandusky—that the emotional, bear-hugging, impulsive knucklehead was a necessary counterpart to his own discipline and austerity.

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What could be better, for his purposes, than a boss with eyes only for the football field, who dismissed him as an exasperating, impulsive knucklehead?

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What knucklehead came up with the stupid idea anyway?

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MRS. OBAMA: That knucklehead -- slap him in the back of the head. (Laughter.) Find that one friend, that one colleague, that one person -- we've all got that one person.

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