[Husker] Time's Up, Steve

[todd strong]

At first glance, a quite plausible plan you proposed.
Especially the first part. Perlman get some consultation without Pederson 
watering it down or spinning it to the left. lol

"Would the boy I was yesterday, be proud of the man I am today?"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Reichenbach" <reich at inetnebr.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>; <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>; <redhusker at hotmail.com>; 
<suerog2 at worldnet.att.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 1:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Time's Up, Steve


>> Cleaning House is easy to say, but lets hear the ideas how this is
>> done, and who the 'new hires' are.  I agree things need to change, but
>> taking the stance 'clean the house' is the easy way out.  Lets hear the
>> ideas.  Back it up with strategy and 'your game plan' for the next five
>> or six years.
>
> Here's my plan.
>
> I think the problem is serious enough that Perlman must be involved in
> the decisions.  (And, it would involve Milliken, at least to the extent
> that he is in the loop.)  So, the "plan" will have to be either:
> A) Callahan's to sell to Pederson who in turn must sell it to Perlman.
> B) Pederson's to sell to Perlman and direct Callahan.
> C) Perlman's, who may have to run it by Milliken (President of the
> University).
> Perlman is at the top of this decision-making (assuming that Milliken
> wisely doesn't want to get involved directly), then he should get
> ahead of the game.  That doesn't mean that he makes decisions on
> changes now nor that he rules out changes brought to him by Pederson
> (either Pederson's own or Callahan's).
>
> So, Perlman should convene in a very serious fashion the advice of
> experts about the nature of the problems and how to move forward.
> Perlman should bluntly tell Pederson that he is seeking other counsel.
> Certainly, Osborne would be at the top of this list.  Find out what
> they think the problems are and what are the best ways to fix them.
> At the same time, Perlman should ask for Pederson's plans and ask the
> experts to evaluate them.  Then, act on the advice of those experts.
> This doesn't just leave the planning in Pederson's hands, but doesn't
> require that Perlman himself know what to do to fix things.
>
> Various scenarios could result, but this is one possible scenario.
> Pederson is identified as a problem, either in fact or in perception or
> both, and he must go.  Perlman would ask for Pederson's resignation,
> indicating to him that otherwise he would be fired or removed as AD
> (and a settlement reached).  A search would be opened for a new AD,
> sometime next spring.  If the new AD is to be given the reins to the
> Athletic Department, it would be better to leave Callahan as head coach
> and ask him for a plan for changes, e.g., staff changes.  The
> suggestions from the "experts" regarding coaching issues should be
> communicated to Callahan with the expectation that he responds to those
> suggestions.  Perlman should offer Osborne the AD's job.  Otherwise,
> the interim AD (perhaps Osborne, if he isn't interested in the position
> in the longer term) and the experts would be consulted as to Callahan's
> plans, which might be modified and then approved.  Then, In this
> scenario, Pederson would be replaced and likely some assistants would
> be replaced.  A new AD would be hired and the new AD would evaluate the
> progress of Callahan's new staff over the course of the next year(s).
> If Callahan's new staff shows progress, the new AD sticks with him; if
> not, the new AD would need to indicate to Perlman that a change is
> required and recommend that a search committee be constituted.  That's
> not a 5-6 year plan, but its a plan that puts in place someone as AD
> who hopefully can develop and execute a 5-6 year successfully.
>
> I suppose that both the AD and football coach could be replaced at the
> same time, so the football coach would be hired without the input of
> the new AD.  I'd imagine that's been done, but it seems rash to me.
> Because I can't abide that Pederson continues to ru(i)n the Athletic
> Department and replacing the football coach without a new AD in place
> seems rash, I think accountability ahould begin with Pederson.  That
> would be an action I think should have been executed when it became
> obvious that Pederson was running the department on egotism rather
> than sound judgement.
>
>
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