Fwd: Re: [Husker] Birkel

[Bob Beach]

On 2/19/2005 at 9:41 AM Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>
>>The fact that Andy Birkel screwed up 2 months later
>>doesn't diminish Birkel's allegations.  If anything,
>>it magnifies the problem that Birkel alleges. Perhaps
>>if Birkel was still part of the program, he might not
>>have been out drinking that night, as has been
>>alleged.




      There is no possible way anyone could know if Birkel was still on the football team he would or wouldn't have been out drinking.  Being on the team never seemed a deterrent for many people.  To point at Callahan, even speculatory, for not keeping Birkel on the team which lead to his troubles with the law is really reaching.  A coach cannot keep someone on the team just because at some point in time that person may get into trouble if he is not on the team.  I still maintain that while a 20 year old may have feelings on how he was treated in a given situation most 20 year olds have little concept of professionalism. 



Bob Beach
The more one knows the more one realizes how much there is one doesn't know.