[Husker] Perlman has done a GREAT job!

[weldoc at juno.com]

<To my knowledge Perlman is doing a very good job overall." --Bob Beach>

What examples can you cite, Bob, to support your assessment ?
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<Want to make it more difficult to attract excellent faculty and
administrators? --Bill Smith, MD>

There have been a long string of NU chancellors in my lifetime. I don't
see how replacing HP will change anything long-term regarding the
reputation of the University. 
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Firing him would be bad for the institution...it would be perceived by
the wider academic community...as a...misguided action, and UNL would
likely get someone who is less successful...subsequent candidates would
be wary of an institution whose top academic officers were subject to the
success of the football program in running the university. --Steve
Reichenbach

Steve, I usually agree with your posts and respect your opinion, but the
issue isn't whether Perlman's job is tied to the sucess/failure of the
football season, but rather how personal politics got injected into the
dynamics of the staff, and as was previously mentioned, extending a
dubious contract extension to his buddy SP.

I guess the chancellor HAS the prerogative to do these things, but in the
midst of the fallout from these poor decisions, he should not be immune
to consequences. I think that IS the issue.
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I, like Ken M. and Pat G., am more concerned with his intervention into
the football program in the first place. 

"It wasn't a very impressive 9-3" [Perlman] said 
(http://www.theindependent.com/stories/011704/Hus_solich17.shtml).

"Here is a Perlman quote which a lot people overlook, yet it still
infuriates me [Pat G.] 4 years later."
http://www.theindependent.com/stories/121503/Hus_coach15.shtml

"If the assistant coaches were spending a lot of time worrying about that
provision, then that's too bad," Perlman said. "They should've been
spending their time more wisely."

Pat G: "For whatever reason, Perlman seemed to have a personal vendetta
against the 2003 staff, and like Pedey, he wanted to put his mark on the
program by bringing in a completely new staff.  Now that it completely
blew up in his face, he's pretending like he had nothing to do with the
current situation.  Fortunately, some of us know better.

Perlman goes on and on about what an excellent job Pederson is doing. Six
months later, he would pretty much contradict everything he said in that
article when Pedey was fired." 
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=38&u_sid=2367518
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HP is trying to have it both ways: first, be involved by sticking his
neck into situations like those above, and now, hoping no one (especially
Dr. Tom) will remember any of this, as everyone tries to pick up the
pieces and repair the damage.

The message that should be sent by HP's removal is that a chancellor
shouldn't get overly involved in the day-to-day affairs of the football
team, and try to protect an embattled (and widely disliked) AD. The
results of his doing so have been obvious.

Bill Laughlin
Wichita, KS