[Husker] Coaching Changes $$$

[richards todd]

All due respect to Mr. Fead and his opinion.  6 years
of Barry Collier is plenty.  Nebraska basketball is an
embarrassment to the entire state.  

While I do understand the economics Gary is referring
to regarding coaching changes, the point I'm making is
that if you get the right guy a turnaround can be made
almost instantly in basketball as opposed to football
which has different dynamics and takes longer. 
Getting the right guy?  I don't know how to do that
but I've seen it done other places and am watching it
currently in my own backyard.  The Tennessee -
Nebraska basketball situations have been remarkably
similar over the years.  Tennessee did something about
it.  Nobody bankrolled the buyout at Tennessee to my
knowledge.

Maybe nobody else cares and is willing to accept
sub-par inconsistant efforts.  All people really want
is to see the players do the best they can on a
consistant basis.  This is not happening.

I believe that there is enough talant on this current
team to not get blown out by 40 something to Kansas,
26 to Creighton, and by 13 at home to ISU.  It will
continue to happen as long as this current staff
allows excuses, and does not punish lack of effort.

Todd in Tennssee

--- Gary Fead <gwfead at cox.net> wrote:

> Good Morning All:
> 
> I'm not going to comment on whether changes are
> needed in the men's basketball coaching staff as I
> don't care to get into those arguments. I will refer
> to a comment made by another list subscriber Todd
> Richards in Tennessee, quoting here: 
> 
> "Do it in 2 or 3 or you won't ever do it."
> 
> In the world of Nebraska Athletics this is not a
> financially sound position to take. Quite honestly
> the University of Nebraska cannot afford to change
> head coaches every two to three years. The contract
> buyouts are too big, and no one is going to come in
> here without a four to five year contract and some
> clauses that make firing them cheap and easy. 
> 
> Right now Bill Callahan's base salary ($330,000
> annually when last I looked) is greater than Barry
> Collier's, however if we let Coach Collier go I'm
> almost certain the base salary for the next
> basketball coach will be larger than Bill Callahan's
> and we simply cannot afford that. I would not look
> to the Warren Buffet's,  David Sokol's or Walter
> Scott's of the state of Nebraska to bail us out
> either, in fact it's hard to say whether any of them
> have even shown an interest in contributing to our
> current 50 million dollar debt on our most prized
> sport - football. 
> 
> Basketball is going to take a long time to build or
> rebuild depending on your point of view here and
> whether Barry stays or we replace him the next coach
> will not come in with a do it in 2 or 3 or your out
> the door mandate. Furthermore the jury is still out
> as to whether the Bill Callahan hire was actually a
> good hire, we'll have to wait a few more years to
> determine its place in Husker history. It's only
> been two years since the one man search committee
> found a football coach after 40 days and 40 nights
> of Husker agony, are we ready to do it all again and
> this time at a still higher price?
> 
> Gary Fead
> Omaha
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