Fwd: [Husker] Patience

[Kerry Hookstra]

I have read all of the arguments for and against 
the dismissal of Callahan and Pederson. I have 
yet to see addressed the one problem in the mix 
that likely mitigates against anything being done 
in either case without a total collapse of the 
football program. That is the reality that Harvey 
Perlman became a football expert at the time of 
the Solich dismissal and that Pederson is his 
choice for AD along with Callahan for head coach. 
I believe that Perlman drove the whole scene as 
much as Pederson for whatever reason based on my 
recollection of his comments at the time. I was 
amazed that the Chancellor of the University of 
Nebraska was suddenly so cognizant of and 
conversant about football in the situation. 
Without his unction there will be no change at AD 
or head football coach-in my opinion.

Kerry Hookstra
Erick, Oklahoma(where nobody has been able to figure out why Solich was fired)



>As I¹ve stated before, patience is a key factor in the Solich/anti-Solich
>division among Husker fans. Some of us had more patience, and we thought
>another year or two might save us the kind of free-fall that has set other
>programs back for years. In fairness to those who supported Solich¹s
>immediate dismissal, they felt the longer he was kept around, the farther
>the free-fall.
>
>Without rehashing those details the point, now, is that my ³patience² theory
>lead me to make the prediction that, ironically, Solich supporters would be
>more likely to give Callahan more time, if things started seriously falling
>apart, than Solich detractors, who¹s impatience would come to the fore once
>again.  So I was doubly pleased to see Steve Reichenbach and Andrew Smith,
>who I would characterize as Solich supporters, call for patience, now, while
>others all around us are calling for Callahan¹s head. I agree with Steve and
>Andy that it¹s a little too soon to dismiss the current coach. On the other
>hand, I think it would be fine to fire Pedersen.
>
>In fact it is essential that Pedersen NOT be around to hire the next
>football coach. He has to go before or at the same time as Callahan.
>
>The Callahan situation can get tricky. For example, once the media label him
>³on the hot seat² it will begin to effect recruiting. I expect the label
>will be out in the next week or two, if it isn¹t already. I was going to say
>that Pedersen could be fired immediately, but it¹s because of this
>recruiting factor that I concur with those who think that should wait until
>after signing day.
>
>On another, related point, I really liked Pat Gaule¹s second-year-coach
>records comparison, and I tend to agree with the implied conclusion that
>Callahan isn¹t cutting it. However, it¹s possible that Callahan could still
>get things together and that he just takes longer than the coaches in the
>comparison.  How much longer is one of the tricky questions that we need a
>top-notch AD to answer.
>
>
>Alan Siporin
>
>
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