FW: [personal] [Husker] this Joe likes Joe

Wed Nov 7 11:20:11 CST 2007

Sue,

I'm limited in my ability to grasp the complicated subject of quantum physics. According to your line of thinking,  that makes me stupid.

Thanks a lot. ; - )

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

----- Original Message -----
From: Don Rietsch <drr at livgenmi.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 11:08 am
Subject: RE: FW: [personal] [Husker] this Joe likes Joe

> You can read anything you want into what I write but it doesn't 
> make you
> less wrong about what I meant.  Purify has been suspended, absent, and
> unable to practice because of unfortunate circumstances, some of 
> his own
> making, and therefore may be behind the other receivers who have 
> been in
> BC's system for 3-4 years (Nunn, Swift, and Peterson).  BC himself 
> statedthat it takes time to learn his system.  That's all I meant. 
> I don't know
> purify and have not been given access to his IQ tests to be able 
> to make a
> judgment on how smart he is.  Oh, by the way, you left out "MAYBE" 
> from my
> words when you requoted them to strengthen your argument.  I'm 
> sure that was
> just an oversight. 
> 
> 
> 
> It has been a real pleasure corresponding with you.  It ranks 
> right up there
> with falling off a roof which actually happened to me Monday.  It 
> was really
> "stupid" I'll have to admit. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> om: Sue Smith [mailto:huskerdana at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 10:49 AM
> To: Don Rietsch; husker at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: FW: [personal] [Husker] this Joe likes Joe
> 
> 
> 
> These are your words.  Sounds like your calling him stupid to me. 
> 
> 
> 
> "...Purify is limited in his ability to grasp the complicated 
> offense that
> BC runs"
> 
> Don Rietsch <drr at livgenmi.com> wrote:
> 
> I read my post and can't find where I said Purify is stupid.  You 
> are the
> one who said it.  I'd recommend you read what I write not think 
> what I
> write.  Drummond wasn't "stupid"  either.  He had a very short 
> attentionspan.  Keller can't read defenses very well; does that 
> mean I think he is
> stupidl?  Do I think some people are stupid?  Yes, I submit your 
> note as
> evidence.
> 
> 
>  _____  
> 
> 
> From: Sue Smith [mailto:huskerdana at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:12 PM
> To: Don Rietsch; husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: FW: [personal] [Husker] this Joe likes Joe
> 
> 
> 
> Saying that Purify is stupid is not a criticism?  Yikes! 
> 
> Don Rietsch <drr at livgenmi.com> wrote: 
> 
> After Gary Danielson was finished with the NFL he became a 
> ManufacturersRep. We got to know him a little because he 
> represented some of our
> suppliers. I asked him why the Lions didn't use Eddie Drummond, 
> one of the
> NFL's elite return specialists who had sprinters speed, tremendous 
> openfield running skills and great hands. He told us it was 
> because Drummond
> couldn't remember the plays. By the time he got in position on the 
> field he
> had forgotten what the play was. Maybe Purify is limited in his 
> ability to
> grasp the complicated offense that BC runs. This is not meant as a
> criticism of Purify; after all, he is a JUCO transfer and has had 
> to learn
> on the job.
> 
> Don Rietsch
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On 
> Behalf Of
> Nick Chevance
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:23 AM
> To: husker-tssi. com
> Subject: Re: [personal] [Husker] this Joe likes Joe
> 
> On 11/5/07, Skylar Dodds wrote:
> 
> > Final Thought: If Purify can destroy the #1 CB in the Big XII, 
> why did we
> > wait until this week to throw to him more than 5 times? It's a 
> SHAME he
> > doesn't have over 1,000 yards and 20 TDs...
> 
> The boys on Unsportsmanlike Conduct have talked about that several
> times this year. It seems that they have concluded the most limiting
> factor in the number of touches Purify can get each game is his
> inability to remember and execute multiple routes. If you notice,
> he's got that square-out to the sideline, the fade to the endzone, and
> a couple of across the middle routes. Now, I have absolutely no way
> of verifying that, but at least I've noticed that he's gotten in the
> game more in recent weeks, but all the throws to him seem to be about
> the same. And we all know that throwing the same route over and over
> is going to let even the dimmest corner get a jump on one of them. I
> wonder if anyone (other than the coaches) chart throws to see where
> Purify is getting the ball. He's a big and talented receiver (and
> that one-handed catch on Saturday is proof), but I suspect its not
> because they don't want to throw to him.
> 
> Nick
> -- 
> "The only thing standing between me and total happiness is reality."
> Douglas Porter
> 
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