[personal] [Husker] NU Basketball

[Skylar Dodds]

Gary,

I have to say that I always have been on the Barry bandwagon and I
have defended him here and in real life.  As far as helping the
students and being a stand up guy, He'd have my vote 10 times out of
10.  He's a class act and I don't think anyone objects to his
character.

As a gameday coach I was very frustrated tonight.  It seemed to me
that we were clearly the better team.  The most obvious coaching error
I could see was Marcus Walker handling the ball for the majority of
the night (with many turnovers as a result) EVEN with a much more
sure-handed guy in Richardson in the game.  A BIG MISTAKE.  Again, it
seemed that the end of the game the Huskers let it slip away.

I don't know.  I honestly don't.  I am really not sure that letting
Barry go is the best idea, but at the same time, I don't know if I can
defend him much more.  If it were football, he would have been gone
last year, but this is basketball.  Arguably the #4 sport in
Huskerland (Football, Baseball, W Volleyball, Basketball) although it
would probably be #2 with a successful program.

I would like to see Barry get another year.  This team is clearly
better than the last (even after they lost their best player) and I
would like him to continue here until that is no longer true.

Oh well, I know that Gary and I are in the minorty, but hopefully
we're right.

Thanks for reading,

Skylar

Hello Gary,

Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 11:21:40 PM, you wrote:

GF> Greetings All:

GF> Actually some of us do care about Husker basketball, I was there tonight just like I have been for most of the games this season. This was a disappointing loss on Senior Night and in talking to
GF> the four seniors after the game you could see they were disappointed with the outcome as well. 

GF> This has been a tough year but a better year than anyone predicted to start with, most media types thought NU would finish tenth in the conference but it looks now like we will finish sixth (not
GF> eighth as someone else stated earlier tonight). A win Sunday at Missouri would guarantee sixth place and a date with Baylor in the first round of the tournament next week in Dallas (Thursday at
GF> 8:20 PM CT). Nebraska handled Baylor pretty easily here in Lincoln and could do so in Dallas as well. 

GF> I'll admit this isn't the most popular opinion in the state of Nebraska right now but I want Coach Collier around for another year at least. This guy is running this program the right way with
GF> kids graduating and some even being considered for post graduate scholarships and in the case of Jason Dourisseau being considered for Academic All American. 

GF> The four seniors on this team (all from Nebraska) should be a source of pride for all Nebraskans as they are graduating on time and have all grown personally and athletically since arriving and
GF> have represented the program with class and dignity and never a hint of trouble. I'll take this type of operation any day over a program where there are questions and people not graduating
GF> (leaving early) and coaches not operating on the level. 

GF> Nebraska takes on Missouri in Columbia on Sunday, tip off is at 1:05 PM and it will be televised via ESPN + (Cox 2 in Omaha and KLKN Channel 8 in Lincoln, among other stations and cable systems
GF> around the nation as well). 

GF> Gary Fead
GF> Omaha
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