[personal] RE: [Husker] Article

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***** ORIGINAL Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net> MESSAGE FOLLOWS 
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Kaufsss at aol.com wrote:
Is there anyone ( including Bob) that sees this as a bad hire? If 
it 
is ....why?

And who (among the available coaches) would have been a 
demonstrably 
better hire?
-- 
Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net



In response to Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net> message on 29-
December-2007 10:30:18a

     I assume you are talking about the Pelini hire?  I have gone 
on record several times as saying I am lukewarm on the hire.  I 
don't think it was a bad hire but with the reputation NU 
supposedly has I would have thought we could have gotten a name 
Head Coach.  It appears that at least three of them would have 
been available.  Those being Rich Rodriguez, Turner Gill, and 
Paul Johnson.  I can't prove this but I have a gut feeling there 
never was a coaching "search".  I think it was Pelini's for the 
taking the whole time.  The rest of the "interviews" were pretty 
much token.  That is my opinion anyway and that is just my 
opinion.  I am not representing it as fact.  


     Maybe I should ask a reverse question.  What is on Pelini's 
resume that makes one believe he would be a good to great Head 
Coach at the most storied program in the history of college 
football?  I didn't say Defensive Coordinator.  I said Head 
Coach.  I am also on record as saying Bo could coach my defense 
any day of the week.  Don't push this farther than I am going.  
If anyone says I don't like Pelini or I wish they never would 
have hired him or the like that just isn't true.  I am NOT saying 
that.  I am just saying at this point in time I have nothing to 
base any feeling on one way or another.  I am not predicting 
success for Pelini as Head Coach nor am I predicting failure.  It 
is just way too early to tell with Pelini never having been in 
this position before.  


Sincerely,

Bob Beach

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