[Husker] About that whole Altman - Arkansas thing ...

[Bob Beach]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rod Wellman" <gobigred66 at mac.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] About that whole Altman - Arkansas thing ...


> Buyer's remorse, maybe?
>
> Ever been to Arkansas?  I know several families who moved there (IBP  in 
> South Sioux gets acquired by Tyson, moves many, many jobs there)  because 
> of careers, only to move back to this area after a few years  because 
> their family hated it there.  For many, it's culture shock,  plain and 
> simple.




     I have been to Arkansas several times.  You can divide the state into 
North of Little Rock and South of Little Rock.  Those two areas are 
different as day and night.  Northern Arkansas is beautiful around Eureka 
Springs and in that area.  Fayetteville is right in that area.  It is mostly 
Ozarks and the like.  I do like Northern Arkansas.  Southern Arkansas is 
something you can have.  It is hot, humid, in some cases very backward, and 
shades of the old South still exists and that is all I'll say about that.


     With that said, I would think Altman would have scoped it out a little 
more before he took the job.  That, and how can you know that soon after 
taking the job you didn't want it apart from something happening with your 
health?  I can see if you move somewhere and live there for six months to a 
year you may discover things you don't like and want to move back to where 
you were.  But Altman was there what?  48 hours at the most and didn't live 
there.


     I an not criticizing him.  You gotta do what you gotta do.  But, some 
things on the surface don't add up.  The reasons almost have to be something 
Altman doesn't want to make public.  One would think you would have the 
pulse of your family before you ever make a decision like that.  I don't 
know.  Creighton will be glad to have him back but it will be different. 
They now know if given the right offer he is gone.  There had to be some 
reason he thought he needed to leave Creighton in the first place.


Bob Beach

The more you know the more you realize how much there is you don't know.