[Husker] Time's Up, Bill

Tue Oct 9 00:07:41 CDT 2007

I vote Emeril Lagasse as the next head coach.

Harmon, Josh wrote:

>this is all awful. I have no idea what any of us is talking about now.
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>From: husker-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Tommy Thompson
>Sent: Mon 10/8/2007 5:02 PM
>To: Brown, Laura (LLU)
>Cc: husker at tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [Husker] Time's Up, Bill
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>But Laura...you just made my point for me...the person who ate the food did
>not know that the oven was at fault.  He only knew the food was overcooked
>and too salty.  Replacing the cook (the patron's suggestion) would not solve
>the problem.
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>Most of us, as fans, do not know the intricacies of a college football
>program...or of an athletic department for that matter.  We only see the
>finished product, and we make assumptions on what we see.
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>Some folks on the list are much closer to the program, and they could
>probably shed more light on what is going on.  Maybe they can't speak up, or
>won't.
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>One other note...has anyone directly asked Bill Callahan what is going on?
>I mean, it's easy for "pundits" like Steve Sipple to make editorial
>comments.  Has he sat down with the Head Coach and asked him for answers?
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>Just wondering.
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>Tommy Thompson
>"GO BIG RED"
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brown, Laura (LLU)" <ldbrown at llu.edu>
>Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
>Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 4:38 PM
>Subject: RE: [Husker] Time's Up, Bill
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>>To beat a dead horse.  If the meat consistently comes out of the oven
>>overdone you do something about it. You check to see if the oven is
>>working properly, or you cook the next piece of meat at a lower temp or
>>for less time.
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>>Wasn't it Ben Franklin that said " the definition of insanity is doing
>>the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
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>>Laura
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
>>Of Tommy Thompson
>>Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:26 PM
>>To: Steve Reichenbach; marklandin at gmail.com
>>Cc: husker at tssi.com
>>Subject: Re: [Husker] Time's Up, Bill
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>>How do you know that it's the chef's fault...or even the apprentice's.
>>It
>>could be that the restaurant has also changed suppliers, and are now
>>getting
>>salty meat.  Maybe the oven isn't working properly, causing the meat to
>>be
>>overdone.  Maybe it's not actually the oven, but a problem with the
>>building's electricity.  The problem had started before the new chef
>>arrived, but didn't surface until he changed cooking styles.  If they
>>hadn't
>>changed chefs, the building was getting ready to burn down.  Maybe you
>>just
>>recently quit smoking, and the food tastes different!
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>>Granted, this is a ridiculous analogy.  Point is, however, neither you,
>>nor
>>most of the rest of us on the list, really knows what is wrong with the
>>Huskers.  We feel that it is the Defensive Coordinator, but we don't
>>know
>>for sure.  Hopefully, Bill Callahan will realize the problem (maybe some
>>old
>>friends in the NFL will point something out to him) and the Huskers will
>>be
>>able to recover.
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>>Tommy Thompson
>>"GO BIG RED"
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Steve Reichenbach" <reich at inetnebr.com>
>>To: <marklandin at gmail.com>; <reich at inetnebr.com>
>>Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
>>Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:37 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Husker] Time's Up, Bill
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>>>Okay, analogies can be fun.  I'll revise mine.  Suppose I go to a
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>>fancy
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>>>restaurant, Chez Husker.  I order the house specialty, beef
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>>victorious,
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>>>which I have been enjoying for years and which has been widely
>>>recognized as excellent.  My order comes and it doesn't taste good;
>>>it's too salty (even though I like salty food) and it's overcooked
>>>(even though I ordered it rare).  I ask what has happened and the
>>>waiter says that they have made some improvements recently, including
>>>a new head chef, Kevine Cosgrovier, with a wonderful reputation in his
>>>previous job and new apprentice cooks who were highly recruited by
>>>other establishments.  Now, I am not an expert cook, but I know enough
>>>to say that the food is too salty and overcooked.  I'm not too happy,
>>>but I'm a loyal customer so I come back the next month.  Again, I
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>>order
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>>>my favorite dish, the house specialty, but again it is overcooked and
>>>salty.  I tell the waiter, Rober Desbeach, that the new chef isn't
>>>doing a good job (understanding that it was prepared by one of the
>>>apprentices upon instructions from the head chef) and that the food is
>>>overcooked and too salty.  The waiter tells me that they've received
>>>many complaints and retorts: "What do these people know about cooking?
>>>Do they think the know as much about as Kevine Cosgrovier?
>>>Preposterous!"  I'm thinking that may be true, but the proof is in the
>>>pudding, which wasn't very good either.
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>>>>>I'm not a great golfer, but I can
>>>>>tell whether or not someone else is playing great golf.  Because
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>>>>>not
>>>>>a good golfer, does that mean I can't say someone else isn't
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>>getting
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>>>>>the
>>>>>job done on the course?  Really, it comes down to results.  Look at
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>>the
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>>>>>results, Bob; if Cosgrove is doing a great job, why is the result
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>>of
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>>>>>his
>>>>>work so bad?  And, if it is bad, why are the observations about the
>>>>>nature of the failings so suspect?
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>>>>Golfing is an indvidual effort. Coaching invovles at least one other
>>>>person: the athlete. Therefore, this is a bad analogy. You would have
>>>>to WATCH a coach coach before you could evaluate that performance.
>>>>Instead, as the average fan without special access to practices,
>>>>meetings, etc., we are reduced to watching 11 or so young men attempt
>>>>to execute whatever said coaches (not just Cosgrove, but all the
>>>>coaches) asked them to do.
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>>>>Note that I am not offering any opinion on just what nature of the
>>>>problems with our defensive preformance may be. Just knocking down
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>>the
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>>>>strawman that we have enough information to assign "blame" to any
>>>>particular party or parties.
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