[Husker] Ditka

[Pat]

Bob, I didn't mean my post to be an attack on you or your intelligence.  I 
made a mistake in not making myself clear.  I was more or less refering to 
the posters on huskerpedia who seemed to be making a huge deal out of 
nothing.  Then again, it's huskerpedia...(I'll leave it at that).

Also, I think you're selling yourself short when you say you're not very 
smart.  I've always found your posts to be intelligent, even if I haven't 
always agreed with them.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Beach" <rbeach at neb.rr.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: [Husker] Ditka


>
> On 5/8/2005 at 1:25 PM Pat <pgaule at cox.net> wrote:
>
>>>I think Ditka was saying what people wanted to hear.  Who wants to go
>>>to a
>>>booster banquet and listen to a negative diatribe against Nebraska's
>>>football coach, especially with how divided the fan base is.  If Solich
>>>was
>>>still the coach, I imagine he'd have positive things to say about him as
>>>well, at least if he was asked about it.  Ditka was in town visiting
>>>Boys/Girls town, which is mostly a positive PR/image type thing.  That
>>>isn't
>>>to cast any negative light on Ditka, as it's great that he took time out
>>>of
>>>his presumably busy schedule to chat with Omaha-area youngsters.
>>>
>>>However, it's silly to expect Ditka to offer up any overly-critical or
>>>negative analysis when he's merely visting Omaha to chat with some kids.
>>>I
>>>imagine controversey is the last thing he'd want to have to deal with on
>>>such a trip.  To treat these comments as anything more than
>>>press-friendly
>>>quotables to attract interest of the crowd being lectured to is probably
>>>a
>>>tad foolish.  Regardless of your opinion on Callahan/Solich/whatever, I
>>>wouldn't let Ditka's comments influence you one way or the other.
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>     I agree with what you say.  I just saw the article and thought I would 
> share it is all.  I wasn't trying to make a statement.  I am not very 
> smart but I am smart enough to know that a person is not going to come in 
> and rip a program when speaking to young people in the same state.  I 
> certainly didn't expect Ditka to do anything else.  At least I guess that 
> makes me not silly.  Although, I would expect Ditka being a former NFL 
> coach to be an advocate of the passing game.  I just saw an article and 
> posted it in case others might be interested. My comparison between Ditka 
> and Solich was meant to be no more than a comparison in styles and not an 
> advocacy of a certain style.  Don't make any more out of it than that 
> because that is all that is there.
>
>
>
> Bob Beach
>
> I have never learned anything when I was the one doing the talking.
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