[Husker] How bad is it?

[Bob Beach]

Dan Draney wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Well said and right on the money, so to speak. In the interest of conserving
> bandwidth below I have trimmed all but one paragraph, that I particularly
> like, but it's all good.
>   

      I read the referred to post with interest and agreed with much of 
it.  To keep a balance, though, it was his opinion.  It kind of was 
presented as absolute fact that this is the way things came down and 
this is how Pederson felt and what his objectives were.   Maybe the 
poster knows Pederson, Solich, et al personally and if so probably does 
have some insight the rest of us don't have.  But if not then it becomes 
personal opinion and not solid fact.  That said I feel in many ways the 
way the poster feels.  I just can't present it as absolutely the way it 
came down because it is pretty much deduction on my part.



> Like an alcoholic or drug addict, we must first recognize the problem before
> we can begin to recover. Steve Pederson is the root cause of our troubles,
> and things will not improve until he is removed. I have some hope that
> "Donors of Substance" see this and will step up to make it happen sooner
> rather than later.
>
> Changes in the coaching staff are necessary but not sufficient, and they
> need to be done after Pederson is gone. Furthermore, departure of the AD in
> mid-season is not disruptive at all to a football team (indeed, it might
> even make things easier), so there's no reason to wait until after Colorado
> to clean out Pederson's office.
>
> On the coaching side, I'd like to see Calahan get at least one more year to
> try to right the ship, provided he sees the need for changes and is prepared
> to make them. The minimum necessary change is to abandon the "sit back and
> get beat" defensive philosophy and a return to attacking. I doubt that
> Cosgrove is the man to do that, but I do remember that before McBride was a
> "genius" he was an "idiot."
>   


     I would be absolutely shocked to see Pederson removed from his 
position at the end of the football season.  I am not in love with Steve 
Pederson but I just don't see him being removed.  There is nothing I 
have seen at all to make me believe it is even being considered.  If 
coaching changes need to be done after Pederson is gone I wouldn't look 
for any coaching changes either.  I have been wrong before and will be 
wrong again but I would have to believe at minimum Pederson and Callahan 
both will be here next season.  The coaching staff may have a different 
appearance but I believe Callahan and Pederson will be here if for no 
other reason they have both just signed contract extensions.


Bob Beach