[Husker] Pederson Trashes Athletic Dept. Structure

[Bob Beach]

On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:41:34 -0500
Tom Risor <trisor at earthlik.net> wrote:

> I'm a self-professed Pederson hater and I'm one of those who probably  
> will never forgive him for the firing or the arrogance he displayed  
> in doing it.


     You can hate anyone you want to hate.  No one can stop you.  Solich had to go and however it was done, good or bad, it had to be done.  If even half the things that I heard were involved, even half, then it had to be done.



> And, I disagree with Mr Beach that it has nothing to do  
> with his performance today.  It set the stage for the current state  
> of the AD that I think is still worse than it was when he took over.


    Are you talking the entire athletic program or just football?  Remember the AD is in charge of every athletic program and not just football.  If you take it in its entirety things are not all bad and as a matter of fact they are pretty good.  The last time the Huskers won the North division in football outright was 1999 before last year and I doubt Pederson was a factor in that entire time to this day.  


   
> But, that said, I 'm hopeful these moves are a sign that he is trying  
> to move with the times. Though, on the surface, it reminds me of the  
> episode of Cheers where Rebecca couldn't afford to give the staff  
> raises so she gave them new/better titles.  I hope it helps.



     People can argue all they want whether it was done the right way, wrong way, upside down way, side ways, or whatever.  But the single best thing Pederson did for the football program was get rid of Solich.  It may still take another 2-3 years to show that but it will show.  I pick up the paper daily and see where Callahan has a top notch recruit coming in.  That was my biggest gripe about Solich is that recruiting went downhill.  But, if you choose to hate Pederson no one can stop you and with all due respect I disagree big time that the athletic department is in worse shape today than when Pederson took over.  I can't even believe I am commenting on the age old tired Solich thing.  That is completely yesterday's news.  Sorry people, I will not comment on the Solich thing again.  



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Bob Beach <baseballguy at neb.rr.com>