[Husker] Recruiting

[Tommy Thompson]

Tommy Thompson wrote:
>> Hmmm...will he also recruit for the volleyball team, baseball team, etc?
>> Or, are those programs now being ignored by the athletic department?

Mark Landin wrote:
> Are those the two choices? If he isn't recruiting for them, he is
> ignoring them? Would you feel better if he fired a VB assistant so he
> could name himself into that spot and recruit for that sport to
> reassure you that he's not ignoring something?

Not that it really matters, but I was trying to emphasize a point I've been 
making all along.  Tom Osborne has not been acting as the Athletic Director 
for the University of Nebraska.  He's been concentrating solely on the 
Football program.  From all accounts, Steve Pederson was not fired because 
of a single sport, but because of his handling of the entire department.

Look, I really do like Tom Osborne, and I'm glad he's back to restore the 
order of the football program.  It just seems to me that he is acting more 
like the Assistant AD for Football than the AD.  Is it possible for him to 
give the other programs the attention they deserve while he is out 
recruiting?

For what it's worth, would any of us have felt warm and fuzzy if Bill Byrne 
had been recruiting when TO retired or if Steve Pederson had been recruiting 
when FS was fired?  I think we all would have thought it was out of their 
jurisdiction.  I don't even think we'd have felt good if Bob Devaney (the AD 
from 1967 to 1993)  would have been out recruiting in 1973 when TO took 
over.

Another FWIW...although I am a fan of the other sports, I, like most 
Nebraska fans, am mostly concerned with the football team.  When the other 
teams lose, I say "rats...maybe next time".  When the football team loses, I 
say things that aren't allowed on the List...ergo, I don't mind the position 
TO is taking.

Tommy Thompson
"GO BIG RED"