[Husker] agree

[gzimmerman at everestkc.net]

Bob, I was agreeing with you on the sanity issue.

I am disappointed with Callahan on the Purify mess. It looks like he's subscribing to his old boss' mantra, "Just win, baby!".

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Beach <baseballguy at neb.rr.com>
Date: Saturday, July 21, 2007 12:58 pm
Subject: Re: [Husker] agree

> <gzimmerman at everestkc.net> wrote:  
> 
> > I agree with Bob, your position on this subject has nothing to do
> > with sanity.
> 
> 
>     I don't know if you are tongue in cheek or not but in case 
> you are not I never said that.  What I said was, "Just as an aside 
> here, how one stands on this issue has nothing to do with sanity". 
> What I meant by this is whichever side of this issue one sits 
> doesn't mean one is any more or less sane than someone on the 
> other side.  It is simply a difference of opinion.  Degree of 
> sanity is irrelevant. 
> 
> 
> > The following quote from Minnesota coach Tim Brewster pretty well
> > sums up my feelings.
> >
> > "It is an honor and a privilege to wear the uniform of the
> > University of Minnesota and we have exceedingly high expectations
> > for each of our student-athletes," Brewster said in a statement
> > issued by the university. "We spend a considerable amount of time
> > addressing our players regarding their personal conduct and we will
> > not compromise our values. We are establishing a culture of
> > integrity and we will demand that our players are held accountable
> > for their actions."
> 
> 
>     I would think most people would agree with the above 
> statement.  Where the rub comes in is how, as a coach, do you 
> administer "held accountable for their actions"?  Is dismissal 
> from the team the only way to make the players accountable?  I 
> think it has to be a case by case consideration.  I don't think it 
> is right to say because Purify wasn't dismissed from the team 
> Callahan wasn't holding him accountable.  If one has to be 
> dismissed then Osborne didn't hold LP accountable either.  I would 
> think for the last six months or so this young man has gone 
> through a meat grinder.  I believe there should be some punishment 
> handed out from the team but I believe dismissal would be a little 
> strong.
> 
>     I sometimes get caught up in it as well but it can be a 
> dangerous thing to make judgments based on what one reads in the 
> paper or hears on the news.  The media is not privy to all 
> information and as human beings they can be biased as well.  I do 
> find opinions sometimes humorous that Tom Osborne wanted to do 
> what is right for Phillips regardless of public opinion but 
> Callahan all he wants to do is save his neck.  Just like a lot of 
> situations in life, it is not what you do it is who you are.
> 
> 
> Bob Beach      
> 
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