[Husker] CoachCallahan.com is no more

[Nick Chevance]

On Nov 30, 2007 12:37 PM, Sue Smith <huskerdana at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I realize that bashing SP is en vogue; however, he did have a lot of
> positive accomplishments while AD at NU.  Most notably, he was a strong
> builder of facilities.  He obviously mishandled the football program, which
> is king, but he made a good hire in Doc Sadler for basketball.  I believe
> Doc will take NU to the level we enjoyed in Danny Nee's prime.  He also
> helped bring the Volleyball Final 4 to Omaha twice. As much as I want to
> throw SP under the bus, I would be remiss to not acknowledge his positive
> accomplishments.
>

I can grant you that, he wasn't a total loss.  Other programs within the
Department did well, and facilities were built that were needed and they
enhance the football program.  And if he had left it at that, he may have
gone down in history along side the Bobfather as a true demigod of
Nebraska.  But he meddled where he shouldn't have.  He thought, probably
quite genuinely, that he had the right idea about how to restore prominence
to the meal ticket for the Department, the economic engine.  But that went
badly for him.  He made some rather poor choices in personnel.  And he
changed the system from a family-style organization to a corporation-like
business.  That apparently was not widely appreciated by lots of folks.  So,
despite his good deeds, as the AD, the blame falls on him for the boo-boos.
Just like the choices for assistance coaches are the responsibility of the
head coach, the buck has to stop at the AD desk for other choices.  And with
some of the choices he made in remaking the Department at Nebraska, I'm sort
of surprised Pitt took him back.  Better the Devil you know????

Nick
-- 
"It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to
others."
Anon