[Husker] Callahan's system, changes never clicked with Huskers

[Roger Lohr]

Mike, this reminds me of my unanswered question...Why does the A.D. report 
to someone who is not in a position to make thorough assessments of the 
A.D.'s performance?

Roger Lohr-Mpls


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
To: <husker at romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Callahan's system, changes never clicked with Huskers


>> Something a few of us have been discussing since the firing rumblings
>> began...isn't it strange that THEN AD SP got a contract renewal with an
>> apparent buyout clause (which is common) this summer, and he in turn
>> prematurely renewed BC's contract (with a buyout clause) just a couple 
>> games
>> into the season...anyone else smell something funny, or is it just me?
>
> At the time the Huskers were undefeated, ranked in the top 25, had
> played for the Big 12 championship the previous December, had some of
> the highest ranked recruiting classes in UNL history, etc.  Superficially
> everything looked pretty good.
>
> The SP extension was similarly good on the surface.  I've known several
> of our Chancellors, their attention is pulled in 100 different directions
> all the time.  The Athletic Department makes up about 2% of the budget
> of the University, probably less than that in terms of funds the 
> Chancellor
> has to help raise (eg, from the Legislature) if you consider that it
> is about the only self-funded program on campus.
>
> Why Harvey Perlman didn't hear the undercurrents of dissent, which were
> there if you knew how and where to look, is a more difficult question
> to answer.  One of my sources called it a 'culture of fear' and said
> that uttering the word 'Solich' was considered cause for dismissal.
>
> However, I believe one of the reasons is that UNL has been and continues
> to be a male-oriented and male-dominated institution (including the
> Faculty Senate and the Board of Regents), so many of those reports
> were probably ignored as being 'just from secretaries' and would never
> have gotten got as high up as Perlman's office.  Unfortunately, I don't
> see Chancellor Perlman being able to solve that problem, I'm not sure
> he's even addressing it, at times I have my doubts that he's really
> aware of it, or at least how BAD it is.  And at the moment replacing
> Perlman probably wouldn't help.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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