[Husker] Is The Ship Sinking?

[Pat Gaule]

Mark Landin wrote:

>On 10/12/07, Pat Gaule <pgaule at cox.net> wrote:
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>>The fact that he wants to come back to NU at some point definitely
>>stands out.  That is generally not something you say publicly when you
>>leave and go to a different job.  As for what it means, I definitely
>>agree with your assessment.  I think it's really going to get ugly in
>>those offices.
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>What would your assessment be if he said he'd not want to come back to NU?
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If somebody would go so far as to say they'd "not want to come back to 
NU" in their resignation letter/statement, that would seem to indicate 
they had a very unpleasant experience.  Based on everything else that 
has gone on with the NU football program in the past few weeks, I would 
probably arrive at a similar conclusion - people are jumping ship, and 
not simply because a better opportunity came along.

All I know for sure is this: In the past two weeks, there have been two 
high-profile members of the athletic department who have not only 
resigned, but made very unusual statements on their way out.  Generally, 
resignation statements/letters are a formality that mention the standard 
"I left for a better opportunity, and I appreciate my time here" 
mantra.  But the past two resignations from UNL have deviated from that 
norm.  First was Meyers with his statement that "I'll just let whatever 
release comes out from the athletic department speak for itself.", and 
now Jason Rathe makes comments that his "main goal" is to return to NU 
at some unspecified point in the future.  Maybe the media is choosing to 
illuminate these statements and make them out to be something they are 
not, but I can't help but read between the lines and think there is a 
lot more going on.