[Husker] Announcement

[JEN_SENS]

Really Pederson's problem was no different than Frank's. Frank felt, we are 
Nebraska, we don't have to work at recruiting, anyone will come here. 
Pederson believed, we are Nebraska, anyone will come here. Awhile into the 
process, both realized their assumption wasn't quite correct.

As far as recognizing Pederson for a fraud, it was more a case of two very 
healthy egos coming into conflict : ) Also, I don't believe it ever got to a 
face to face, as I recall, the communication was still through his agent. 
(Remember, this is why a coach can say, "I never talked to Nebraska". A good 
reporter would follow up with the question, "has your agent been in contact 
with Nebraska?")

I agree with your assessment. (However, ND can still claim they didn't 
sacrifice their academic integrity for football). At the time, I wanted 
either Rodriguez or Meyer. Rodriguez wasn't interested the first time and I 
doubt anything has changed. Meyer was somewhat of a dicey choice at that 
time because there was the fear that even after only a year he would jump if 
Notre Dame called. (I think he would have gone there in '05, but Florida 
gave him a chip to play hardball, and he didn't need to back down). However, 
I think he has a great offensive philosophy and I was intrigued to hear 
Osborne is a fan.



BTW whoever it was on the List a couple of years ago that said I was crazy, 
a liar or didn't know what I was talking about when I said that Osborne's 
job was in jeopardy had he lost the Bluebonnet bowl, do you have a different 
opinion now?

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Gaule" <pgaule at cox.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Announcement


> JEN_SENS wrote:
>>
>> Once again, Urban was interested, but he and Pederson butted heads right 
>> away. This was early in the process and Pederson felt he held all the 
>> cards and was making demands and no concessions. He was not willing to 
>> give Meyer the kind of control he wanted over the program.
>
> Assuming this is true (which I'm not sure I believe), it's still a strike 
> against Pederson.  Just when you thought this guy couldn't get any dumber 
> and make any more mistakes....something else is mentioned that proves what 
> a deplorable athletic director he was!  If Urban Meyer was "butting heads" 
> with SP, then I have a lot more respect for him.  He obviously saw him for 
> the fraud he was.
>
> And uh...I think Notre Dame and Nebraska both really got the short end of 
> the stick on this one.  Thanks Pedey!
>
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