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John Gilman <JGilman at fieldturf.com> wrote:
Gentlemen,

Been reading some of the comments about Tom Osborne.

I am not going to write a long and soapy posting describing my personal
and business relationship with Tom.
Let it just be known that when Tom Osborne was asked by the good folks
of Lincoln to help them choose a new surface for Seacrest Stadium, he
visited some schools in the east (we met on the sites) liked the product
right away and recommended it.
When the city doing its normal due diligence, asked me for a guarantee
or a bond I did not have the money to acquire one.
Tom Osborne hardly even knowing me, stepped up and personally guaranteed
the performance of the product to the city.

Fieldturf would have struggled for years longer if it wasn't for Tom
Osborne.

A great judge of talent, a great coach, a great man.

John Gilman CEO Fieldturf

P.S. wishing the Huskers a big rebounding year!

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Bob Beach
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 2:48 PM
To: husker at tssi.com
Subject: [Husker] Character


>>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>>
>>On 2/26/2005 at 1:51 PM Andrew Smith wrote:
>>
>>You claim that "the reason he was here for 25 years is because he won 
>>football games and not because he was a great man" is equally extreme 
>>and false. Had he not been viewed as an honorable man, it is quite 
>>likely that he would have been ousted as coach some time prior to
1993.


It is not extreme and false. It is the truth. I don't necessarily
believe winning is the only reason but it is the over riding reason.
We, obviously, we will never know but I find it very difficult to
believe TO, or any coach in an upper level college program, would last
25 years just because they have character. They are going to have to
win as well. I am not sure where you get the last comment Osborne would
have been ousted had he not been an honorable man. TO never won less
than nine games and he went to a bowl game every year. He would have
had to have terrible character to the point of breaking the law or NCAA
regulations to get fired with a record like that, especially with
Devaney as AD.
>>
>>
>>
>>My position is that both his image as a man of honor and his winning 
>>record were factors. You are the one taking the absurd position that 
>>his good character had so significance.



I have never said his character was of no significance. I think
character is wonderful and I appreciate and respect TO for having
character. As you said, both components, winning and character,
contributed to his long run. But, I in no way believe it was 50/50. I
have asked this question several times, if TO was every bit the man he
is and was while he was coaching and could only win 2-3 games a year
and never went to a bowl game do you believe he would have lasted 25
years? I don't. I am not trying to minimize character. I am only
trying to make the point winning is the name of the game. I am not
saying I am happy about that but it is the way it is. History is strewn
with the remains of coaches which were fired that had high moral fiber
but couldn't win. If a coach is a winner AND has high integrity it is
icing on the cake.


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


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