[Husker] Class on this list

[Pat]

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From: <cfkck at ux1.cts.eiu.edu>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:09 AM
Subject: [Husker] Class on this list

>
> Very classy as always, Kipp...especially considering he
> said nothing wrong  to warrant this kind of response.
> Then again, coming from you, it's not  that surprising.
>
> I am simply stating facts here; B. Thomas never lived up to
> his expectations as a football player.  Furthermore, B.
> Thomas doesn't speak for the team.

I'd like to note that what was sent to you was in private correspondance. 
It's considered very poor netiquette to repost a private message to a public 
list.  In any event...

That you claimed he didn't live up to expectations and didn't sack well is 
one thing, and I have no quarrel with you on that.  However, to flat out 
call him a "cancer" is quite another.  If you think it's a "fact" to say 
that Bernard Thomas was a "cancer on this year's team", then I'd appreciate 
it if you could substantiate that claim.  Dictionary.com defines 'cancer' as 
"A pernicious, spreading evil" in the context that you used the word.  Do 
you honestly think Bernard Thomas fits that bill simply because he failed to 
live up to your expectations?

> Speaking of class PAT, I have read a tremendous amount of
> "class" this year coming from you (and others) when talking
> about the AD, the coaches, fans and some of the players.
> All comments were very well thought out, very professional
> and very CLASSY.  Not too surprising coming from you who
> oozes with class.

I would like to see some examples of where I maliciously called out a player 
by calling him a "cancer" or something equivalent.  If you can find one, 
then I will eat crow and admit that I was wrong for doing so.  And *yes*, I 
have been very hard on our AD, and probably on some of the coaches in the 
past, but I don't think I have ever went as far as to call one of them a 
"cancer."  And I think there's a distinct difference between calling out the 
coaches and athletic director, individuals who are often making hundreds of 
thousands of dollars a year, and calling out a college athlete...many of 
whom wouldn't even be attending college if not for their football 
scholarship.

Again, I have no issue with people noting the defeciencies and inadaquesies 
of certain players, but I'll be damned before I let comments referring to 
certain players as "cancers" go without a response.