[Husker] Another Husker leaving and speaking negatively

[Jen_Sens]

I disagree Sean.

First I'd like to know what Callahan is supposed to do to help Birkel
transfer. If a player wants to keep playing football it should be his
responsibility to find a program where he will fit. I agree that the coach
can and usually should help with a recommendation. Do you know for a fact
this hasn't been done?  In some cases it is possible that the attitude of
the player or his parents makes an honest recommendation impossible.

Secondly, in a situation where a player is being moved along, the player
involved won't have a lot of positive feelings toward any direction the
coach has to give. Also if the coach recommends a new situation and it
doesn't work out, it gives the player one more opportunity to blame his
original coach for how poorly his life has turned out.

I would rather the football coaches not be a placement service.
Gerald

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean McGrath" <SeanM at omahasteaks.com>
To: "todd strong" <strongtodd at msn.com>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:33 AM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Another Husker leaving and speaking negatively


> This is exactly my problem with Callahan, his not helping Birkel to
> transfer to another school. Heck, even Solich helped De Angelo Evans
> transfer and actually kept up with him and how he was doing at Emporia
> St. I doubt we'll hear any of that coming from Callahan and Co. and I
> think that's where most of those who mention players leaving unhappy
> have their problems. Whether we agreed with the player leaving or not,
> TO, Frank and Co. would help those kids get into another school whether
> it was a direct call to another coach or letter of recommendation. So
> this is, in essence, losing another tradition at NU. Hopefully Callahan
> will change for the better on this.
>