Fw: [Husker] RE: Osborne: "Faith in the Game"

[Kenneth McKillip]

Dave Fricke wrote:
> continuation of TO's legacy, that was never going to be a reality.  I

You sound like the guys in the '70's that thought TO was never going to 
measure up to the BobFather.

The only thing we KNOW in all this is that we were 5-6 last year.

Kirk McKillip

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fricke, Dave" <Dave.Fricke at mts.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 7:35 AM
Subject: [Husker] RE: Osborne: "Faith in the Game"


> Mike - I think you are right that something has been lost from the Husker
> football program, but I think that something is in fact Tom Osborne.
> Despite our desire to see in Solich and the rest of the old staff a
> continuation of TO's legacy, that was never going to be a reality.  I
> believe the characteristics you (and I) recognized and valued from that 
> era
> were built specifically on TO's character, values, and personality.
>
> With Osborne's retirement, the character of the program was bound to begin
> to change.  All we can do is to hope (demand?) that the evolving character
> of the program adhere to the highest standards.  Then watch and wait to 
> see
> what eventually defines the "character" of the Callahan program.  We may
> have to look back on this from several years down the road to actually
> quantify this, however.
>
> Dave Fricke
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