[Husker] Joe Dailey, UNC QB, vs Virginia Tech

[Steve Stone]

>I wrote:
>
>>Does Dailey-bashing on the HuskerList these days serve any useful
>purpose?

Jeff Volk:

>Maybe instead we can all put on our "Frank Solich Got Framed" tshirts,
>sit around in a circle and have a prayer vigil that his conviction be
>overturned?

Argument by analogy is tantamount for forfeit.

>You are right that comments on Joe Dailey's current performance at UNC
>doesn't serve any useful purpose on this list, but neither do a lot of
>topics discussed on here, including the 100's of emails debating the
>topic I reference in jest above. If comments about former players or
>coaches are out of bounds, what would we do without all of the Turner
>Gill, Bo Pelini, Frank Solich, etc. etc. etc. updates?

News and comments are one thing, gratuitous bashing is quite another.

>Since no one
>really breaks down or discusses the ACTUAL GAMES anymore there wouldn't
>be any list traffic. I mean the biggest game since the Rose Bowl is 5
>days away and all of the list traffic centers around the fact that we
>are an 18.5 point road dog? Oh how times have changed!

This is an excellent point. By and large the HuskerList has ceased 
discussing the actual games and has devoted itself to discussing 
personalities.

>And for the record Joe did look horrible! It was painful to watch that
>game - not that his replacement did any better. Even the announcer's
>mocked him for throwing it to "wide open linebackers" and even the most
>ardent Solich/Dailey/[insert name here] supporter who saw the VT-UNC
>game has to admit it was like a flashback to most of his time throwing
>the ball in Lincoln.

Saw part of the game and agree that he didn't play as well as he 
should; however, "horrible" is hardly the correct adjective to use in 
analysis.

Could any objective observer conclude that this kind of personal 
attack on a former Husker is anything but petty and mean-spirited?

Steve Stone