[Husker] Patience

[Tom Risor]

Nicely done, Gromit.

I agree with almost everything you said, except for the timing  
question on SP heading out the door and I must admit to some  
vacillation on BC, too.  And, I may agree on that, I'd just like some  
more info if it's available.

Is there anybody on the list that has some real-life experience with  
recruiting (they were recruited, have offspring who were recruited or  
know a recruit closely) that he/she could comment about how much  
difference some of the isses make to recruits (is the coach or AD "on  
the hot seat", loyalty to Huskers for whatever reason, etc)?

Thanks

Tom Risor

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

On Nov 7, 2005, at 2:04 AM, Alan Siporin wrote:

>
> As I’ve 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 Solich’s
> 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  
> “patience” 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, who’s 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 Callahan’s head. I agree with  
> Steve and
> Andy that it’s 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
> “on the hot seat” it will begin to effect recruiting. I expect the  
> label
> will be out in the next week or two, if it isn’t already. I was  
> going to say
> that Pedersen could be fired immediately, but it’s 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 Gaule’s second-year- 
> coach
> records comparison, and I tend to agree with the implied conclusion  
> that
> Callahan isn’t cutting it. However, it’s 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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