FW: [Husker] The Family

[Bob Beach]

Kenneth McKillip wrote:
> HP extended SP and BC's contracts after 3 subpar seasons guaranteeing them
> huge buy outs.  He states that he sensed something was wrong - but did it
> anyway?
>
> A competent leader would have said show me great performance this year and
> we'll talk about the terms of an extension.  Especially if he "sensed a
> problem".  This alone is unacceptable.
>
> Going back, he allowed the dismantlement of our uniqueness, of our
> competitive advantage.  He is in his position to understand the big picture.
> He is in reality a lawyer trying to appease.
>
> This is not the behavior of a great man.  We need something totally
> different leading NU.  This lead to the Greg Mays of the world moving on.  I
> would also agrue that NU's image and alumni support is vastly affected by
> the football program - more than 2% worth of HP's job.
>   


     I don't mean to belabor this and won't after this but you still 
haven't given anything but football reasons, not even athletic 
department reasons, when evaluating the Chancellor.  First and foremost 
I don't base my opinion if someone is a great person or not based on the 
performance of an athletic department Chancellor or not.  You come 
across, and maybe you don't mean to, that the Athletic Department is 
foremost and prominent in Perlman's day and job description.  That is 
the job of the AD and not the Chancellor.  The job of the Chancellor is 
to hire the AD and to oversee the university as a whole.  As I said I am 
sure there are days that go by the Athletic Department doesn't even 
enter the Chancellor's mind.   No Chancellor is ever going to be fired 
based on the record of the football team alone.  You would have to see 
other areas of the University faltering such as Academics before a 
Chancellor will be fired.  You don't see that at UNL.  As Mr. 
Reichenbach stated this is really a moot conversation because Perlman 
isn't going to be fired.


Bob Beach