[Husker] A Big One Gets Away

[Mike and Kelly Petersen]

You can make a lot of promises in seven hours. Prince better hope he turns
out to be a good one because he's got his starter.

I think he missed out on being a part of some great things at Nebraska.

I don't believe the kid or especially his dad cares less about his college
career but just the shortest route to that big NFL signing bonus. Good luck
and enjoy getting smoked by the Huskers the next couple of years.

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <jonlists at cbsol.com>
To: "Alan Siporin" <alans at efn.org>
Cc: <husker at romaine.tssi.com>; <husker-bounces at tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] A Big One Gets Away


> husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 12/20/2005 06:03:55 PM:
>
> > A couple things from the Freeman story. A great deal was made last year
> > about Callahan's strategy of recruiting only one top qb per year and
> relying
> > on their mutual trust. The qb stays committed. Callahan doesn't recruit
> > anyone else. Well, Callahan just got burned big time. Does he change
> this
> > next year? Speaking of next year, if Beck turns out to be great and both
> he
> > and Taylor don't get hurt, then Callahan still comes out of this okay -
> if
> > he can recruit a big time qb next year.
> >
> A great deal was made of it, but I don't recall that it was made by
> Callahan. Seems to me with Beck and Taylor, he's set for the next couple
> of years at the least, and Beck still has a redshirt to use. He doesn't
> have to recruit a huge QB EVERY year. Every other, maybe.
>
>
> >
> > Second, what does this say about the character of Freeman, and, even
> more
> > so, his father? His father encouraged him to break his word to Callahan
> > after the entire arrangement was based on trust. I'm not placing
> Callahan
> > above it all, though. Immediately after he was hired he went after
> numerous,
> > committed, athletes. You reap what you sow. Interesting that Callahan
> keeps
> > his word about being faithful to his commitment to the kids, but doesn't
> > mind going after other coaches' commitments. Kind of like being loyal to
> > your wife when you're married, but sleeping with married women when your
> > single. I'm not making a moral statement one way or the other, just
> pointing
> > out the contradiction.
> >
> Wow. Rather sanctimonious even though you state it isn't.
>
> I don't think it says much about character in either case. It's the way
> the recruiting game goes. If the kid can get more playing time at KSU, and
> he feels comfortable there, more power to him. Things changed when Prince
> was hired. I hope they fail miserably. <G>
>
> Same thing with Callahan.
> BTW, Lydon Murtha was a firm commitment to Minnesota until he visited
> Nebraska. Minnesota fans screamed bloody murder. Nebraska has potentially
> a darned good tackle. We already have a darned good WR from the same
> place. It happens.
>
> And it has nothing to do with marriage. In marriage, there is a firm
> commitment, both moral and legal. In recruiting, once the papers are
> signed, then it's a commitment. Until then, as long as they're not
> breaking NCAA rules, what do you expect to happen?
>
>
> Jon Johnston
> http://www.huskerjon.com
>
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