[Husker] Hopefully Bob Beach wasn't a betting man...

[George Rapp]

Don, if Tom consulted any Internet mailing list or message board as part of
the hiring process, I'd say can him immediately, for lack of proper judgment
.. 8^)

On Dec 3, 2007 8:25 AM, Don Rietsch <drr at livgenmi.com> wrote:

> I listened to the press conference and the interview with Pelini after.
> They asked him if he wanted to come back and if he thought that he might
> be
> back at NU.  He replied that he always looks forward and didn't think
> about
> wanting to come back and then said he never figured he would be back at
> NU.
> So Pelini and Bob were of the same opinion that Pelini was history and
> would
> never coach at NU.
>
> I'm disappointed with the hire.  I have nothing against Pelini and hope he
> is the savior everyone in the state is hoping for.  My disappointment is
> it
> seems to me that TO came into the AD office, sat down, and asked his new
> secretary: "What's the news out there on the street?  Go to
> husker at tssi.com
> and read all the posts since the news came out about the pending firing of
> BC.  Give me the names of the coaches the list members want or think would
> be good."  She came back with:  "Dr. Tom, the list says Pelini, Gill,
> Grobe,
> and Brian Kelly, with Pelini the favorite and Gill close behind."  So Dr.
> Tom went out and interviewed Pelini, Gill, Grobe and (rumored) Kelly.  He
> chose Pelini.  H_ll, this list could have done this job w/o interviewing a
> single candidate.
>
> I was hoping the clever and cunning Dr. Tom would beat the bushes in
> college
> football and come up with a hire that would surprise and absolutely knock
> my
> socks off.  A guy or gal (wouldn't that have been a bold move) that has
> been
> operating under the radar, a diamond in the rough like many of the players
> TO recruited, with an incredible record in HS and college football and Dr.
> Tom was a genius for uncovering him/her.
>
> With the above opinion and $5.00 you can get a coffee at Starbucks.
>
> Don
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Baseballguy
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 9:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Husker] Hopefully Bob Beach wasn't a betting man...
>
>
>
> --- Source message ---
> From: "Pat Gaule" <pgaule at cox.net>
> Sent: 12/2/2007 16:53:00
> Subject: [Husker] Hopefully Bob Beach wasn't a betting man...
>
>
> Bob on 10/15/07
>
> Ouch...hopefully Bob can come around from that opinion.  I, for one, am
> proud to see Bo wearing red once again!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     Ya know Pat if you think it is great to nail me to the wall then do
> it.
>
>     I assume you feel you can never be wrong.  You had to go way back in
> the
>     archives to get that one.  I said that when Pederson was AD with no
> way
>     of knowing what was going to happen.  At that time I didn't think
> Pelini
>     himself would want anything to do with NU.  Once TO was named AD of
>     course everything changed.  I don't like the hire of Pelini at all.
> But,
>     TO should know what he is doing even though TO recommended Steve
>     Pedersdon which is the major reason Pederson was AD in the first
> place.
>
>     I watched the press conference but one thing Bo didn't address.  That
> was
>     if he doesn't have a big time winning record in 3-4 years his butt
> will
>     be run out of town just like Callahan's was.  Welcome to Nebraska Bo.
>
>
> Bob Beach
>
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