[Husker] A Question for the List...

[Dick Karre]

Remember the simple formula: B=1/K, where B=blather output and K=knowledge 
of the subject being blathered. It is universally applicable to all 
subjects.
Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jonlists" <jonlists at cbsol.com>
To: "Jeff Volk" <jeffv at alphavideo.com>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] A Question for the List...


> Does this mean we shouldn't be bitching about the basketball coach during
> the upcoming season too? <G>
>
> Jon Johnston
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> husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 12/01/2004 01:45:59 PM:
>
>> In reading the posts, not just after the CU game, but during a good
>> portion of the season, one nagging question, or set of questions
>> continued to pop up...
>>
>> With so much of the talk on the list about play calling, schemes,
>> coaching styles, etc. - I wonder how many people on the list are
>> actually qualified to speak on the topics. How many Listers have
>> ever been a football coach, never mind a head coach or coordinator,
>> in HS, never the less college - especially at a D1 program? My guess
>> would be few, which makes all of the talk criticizing play calling,
>> offensive styles, etc. just a lot of pontificating. Do the people
>> currently on the list that record the game and "review the game
>> tape" to break it down actually have the experience or necessary
>> skill set to break it down into any sort of meaningful information?
>> Does coaching a Pee Wee team, reading a book on football or watching
>> them break down plays on Sportscenter arm one with the proper
>> knowledge to criticize the schemes and play calls of people who have
>> dedicated their lives to it?
>>
>> Have Bill Callahan, or Frank Solich, or Ron Zook or Ty Willingham or
>> any other coach that has come under fire of late individually
>> forgotten more about the game of football than the members of this
>> list collectively know? Probably so.
>>
>> I realize that all of these topics make for entertaining banter and
>> that the Internet and talk radio age that we live in is responsible
>> for creating what I like to now call the, "I am expert, hear me
>> roar" crowd, but at what point do you just say enough?
>>
>> Unfortunately what typically happens, and it happened on this very
>> list, is that the "experts" run off all of the people that do have
>> some expertise and valuable information to share.
>>
>> I am all for an open exchange of ideas and opinions in any forum on
>> any topic, but in the end is there really anything sadder than
>> listening to a select group of individuals, neither of whom
>> completely knows of what they speak, argue over and over about the
>> same topics as if they are somehow qualified to do so?
>>
>> In closing I realize that I was one of the Husker List Members that
>> was guilty of many of the things that I have listed above - but as
>> the season has progressed, I guess I have just grown weary of all
>> the personal insults and discussion of the same topics. Here's to
>> hoping that not only does the Husker Football Team return to glory,
>> but that the Husker List returns to a place where fans, many of whom
>> are displaced and no longer in Nebraska, can turn to for intelligent
>> conversation and valuable information about the one thing that we
>> all hold close to our heart - our Cornhuskers.
>>
>> And here's to hoping that everyone has a safe and Happy Holiday Season!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Jeffrey Volk
>>
>>
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