[Husker] Re: Beck #2?

[Tom Risor]

On Nov 4, 2005, at 11:09 PM, huskerguy9495 at aol.com wrote:

>  I remember many years ago when I young coach was constantly  
> getting blasted by the fans and the media---it was absolutely  
> relentless, but he persevered.
>

If you remember that, then you should know that fans, me included,  
have negative things to say about every football program and coach,  
especially when things aren't going well.  The biggest difference I  
see in the TO vs BC situations is that TO was being castigated for  
losing 3 games or less a year.  Thus far, BC's entire head coaching  
career (pro and college) is 2 games over .500 and that includes  
taking a Gruden-engineered team to the Super Bowl and then tanking it  
the following year.


> Callahan deserves the same chance.
> The whining of the Husker Nation is an embarrassment.
>

Callahan is getting his chance and what we have to say has little or  
no effect.  And, so far, I think BC has embarrassed the Husker nation  
more than the other way around.

> The firing of Solich, right or wrong, has to be put behind us.
> Callahan, love him or not, needs the support of the fans.
>

To me, this is like the "to support the troops one needs to support  
the war and/or George Bush" argument.  I just don't buy it.  I think  
I can support the team without supporting the coach.  I never liked  
Denny Green but I was still a Vikings fan and acknowledged the things  
I thought he did right.  I've already said I've seen some positives  
in this team over last year, though, it's been pointed out by others  
that those positives are partially due to how bad last year turned  
out which goes back to BC.  In the Twin Cities, we call that "setting  
up the loss".

(Sorry to inject politics, I don't really want to discuss those  
issues.  It just seemed like an appropriate analogy to me)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Lambert <slimmer37 at hamilton.net>
> To: Tom Risor <huskermn at mac.com>; Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net>
> Cc: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 22:43:12 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Re: Beck #2?
>
>
> What is it with the husker past can we move on. what is done is  
> done. Can we give bill a chance. for petes sake.
>
> Tony Lambert

I think my original statement there was poorly parsed.  There should  
have been a comma after Huskers to indicate past as a way of saying  
"other than".  Just a clarification.

Tom Risor

Just like with my Harley, if you have to ask why I use Macs, you  
probably wouldn't understand.