[Husker] Let's all send Steve Pederson a thank you note!

[Bob Beach]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt Holst" <kurtholst at netzero.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Let's all send Steve Pederson a thank you note!


> The only window we have on reality is our perception.  You only know the 
> dog is a dog because you were taught to perceive it as a dog.  My point is 
> that people can only create a reality in their minds based on what they 
> perceive.  Each person on this list has their own brand of reality based 
> entirely upon their perceptions, and many times they don't align with the 
> realities of others, hence the continuous disagreements about reality.




     You are correct about we believe something to be what we are told it is 
and taught it is.  And you are correct people create reality by what they 
perceive.  I agree totally.  But, that doesn't mean their perception is 
indeed reality.  It may be to them but in actuality it may not be.  It is 
the same thing with the truth. The truth is the truth.  The truth doesn't 
become truth when it is believed.  I hear people all the time when told 
something say, "I don't believe that."  Whether one believes it or not has 
absolutely nothing to do with they were told the truth or not.


     I don't want to keep going the direction of the above paragraph because 
it really hasn't anything to do with Husker athletics.  I only say those 
things because people have been conditioned to believe the worst about 
Pederson in every case.  The perception is he can do no right.  He certainly 
has indeed made some mistakes and/or bad judgments.  But, I wouldn't 
automatically believe everything hook, line, and sinker because a 
cheerleader, former player, or former trainer is quoted in the media with 
some problem.  I would be more interested in a player's opinion which has 
played his whole eligibility under Callahan or one of the assistants 
Callahan brought in.


    For one the media likes to stir things.  For another very few people in 
any walk of life give their former employer rave reviews when their position 
has been terminated.  I wouldn't expect Ostergard or Solich et al to say 
about Callahan/Pederson, "man, those are two tremendous individuals".  You 
typically don't feel that way after you have been shown the door for 
whatever reason.


Bob Beach

The more you know the more you realize how much there is you don't know.