[Fwd: [Husker] Solich]

[Bob Beach]

At 08:41 PM 1/8/2005, Shubert Stephen wrote:

>I can't let this slide.  No... Bob is making the only sense I am reading 
>on this train of thought.  As much as I loved the staff at Nebraska, the 
>standard approach is for a coach to bring his own staff.  Especially when 
>everybody on the Nebraska program were part of an offensive philosophy of 
>football that is different.  How do you bring in a new approach with 
>coaches that have lived option football for years.  They are going to have 
>to go through as much transition as the team is.  That only hurts the 
>transition.  I can't fault Callahan at all.  His job is to win and to win 
>as soon as possible.
>
>I say that, even though I had major reasons why so many of the coaches 
>were my all time favorites.  They exemplified more than being good 
>football coaches.  They were exemplary people who lived the best of 
>Nebraska football.  Ron Brown, Gillespie, Turner Gill and others were at 
>the top of the heap of integrity and principles.   It killed me to see them go.
>
>But... reality is that these kinds of things are simply temporary.  They 
>don't last forever.  We had one of the most amazing runs any program has 
>ever had.  It was ""more than winning".  I think we should write a book 
>with that title.  But we need to all grow up and put this in 
>perspective.  It was great, but couldn't last forever.  Now we move on and 
>support the program we have, with some patience.
>



      Stephen, I have been on this list for about 6-7 years.  This has to 
be one of the best posts I have ever read and not just because you 
supported me.  You post shows a tremendous amount of thought.  I, like you, 
have a great amount of respect for the likes of Turner Gill, Ron Brown, and 
the like.  These were/are very principled people with a lot of 
integrity.  I am like you.  I hated to see them go.  But the fact of the 
matter is when a new Head Coach comes in he is going to want his own 
people.  That is just the way it is.  No new Head Coach from the outside is 
going to retain all the assistants in totality.  It just isn't done that way.


Bob Beach
-------------- next part --------------

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.825 / Virus Database: 563 - Release Date: 12/30/2004