[Husker] Coaching Staff, Recruiting, SOS, Etc...

[Tommy Thompson]

What makes you think that Bo did the hiring of the assistants?  How do we 
know that when Bo was offered the job, it was with a stipulation...certain 
assistants would be hired as well?

Seems to me that Bo should have had plenty of connections in his past...NFL 
and college.  And yet, of those that are purported to have been hired, most 
were on the Huskers staff in 2003.

I'm not saying for certain that this is the case.  I'm only thinking that 
the Boosters paid a ton of money for SP and BC to go (along with the other 
assistants).  I imagine they want something in return, and that is for a 
return to tradition.  What better way than to bring back a bunch of former 
Husker coaches...even if they aren't the best and most qualified for their 
jobs?

Don't get me wrong...I really do like the hiring of Pelini, Brown, and 
Sanders.  I just think there is an outside influence.

By the way...has any other Husker Athletic Director ever called a recruit to 
offer a scholarship?  Just wondering, since Tom Osborne called Micah 
Kreikemeier only 30 minutes AFTER Bo Pelini's press conference.  I would 
have thought that either Bo would have made that call, or maybe even decided 
he wanted to evaluate the prospect himself, first.

Tommy Thompson
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Schlechte" <jschlechte at usfamily.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 7:14 PM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Coaching Staff, Recruiting, SOS, Etc...


>
>>ASSISTANT COACHES:  I think so many former Huskers coaches were
> selected to
>>satisfy the boosters.
>
> I don't get your take on this.  Why would Bo choose to handicap himself
> in this way?  My thought is he has seen how well some of his former
> colleagues connected with and were able to recruit & teach players.  Who
> you have on your coaching staff isn't going to "protect" you.  Unless
> maybe TO is 9th assistant.
>
>>RECRUITING:  For those on the list...name former Husker scholarship
> (not
>>walk-on) players from Nebraska who were not highly recruited by other
>>programs and yet were stars under Osborne.
>
> Already been done by other listers...
>
>>but the only reason he was offered a scholarship at this particular
> time >was to show the Husker Nation that recruiting in Nebraska has
> resumed.
>
> And what's your source?  Again, there are plenty of Nebraska athletes to
> recruit and I don't think a scholarship gets used just to show Nebraska
> fans "everythings going to be OK."
>
> GBR,
>
> - jay
>
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