[Husker] Fans Mood

[Steve Reichenbach]

> > I'm not fan of Pederson -- but why does everyone think it was his ego
> > that has caused these problems and not just a bad decision/mistake?  
> 
> 1)  Solich was 9-3 with a revamped coaching staff.  Firing someone with
> that record is arrogant because you think you can find some one better.
> 
> 2)  He specifically chose someone that ran a completely different
> offense and was going to install it hell or high water.  NU's first
> losing season in my lifetime.
> 
> 3)  He actually stated NU football needed to change offensively to
> compete.
> 
> 4)  He signed Callahan to a contract extension just recently after he
> hadn't even reached the level from where he was given the team.

I'll add a few others reflecting on Pederson.

There are accounts that before Solich was fired, Pederson basically
cut-off direct communications with Solich, even reportedly slipping
notes under the door to avoid direct communications.  When you think
you don't need to communicate with employees who are on your "team",
it's arrogance.

He left both Gill and Pelini feeling mistreated after Solich was fired.
Pelini also said that Pederson basically cut off communications.  The
use them, mislead them, and lose them treatment demonstrates an ego
centric view.

His department has a reputation for attempting to supress and punish
criticism, e.g., from the press (e.g., at NET).

He's had several assistants leave, with comments indicating that not
all was well.  (See the point before about their fairly circumspect
comments.)

He has left former athletes feeling alienated.  Here's a part of the
LJS's Brian Chrisopherson's interview with Dale Jensen after the OSU
game:

  Jensen said he knows of many people in Nebraska's N Club, made up of
  former Husker letterwinners, who "feel alienated" from the current
  program.  This started soon after Pederson arrived as AD, he said.
  
  "I'm not going to name names, but trust me, these are people with
  household names and they are incredibly upset," Jensen said.
  
  "It's one thing when the program is going through a down time, but when
  you feel betrayed, you were loyal all these years, and these guys are N
  Club members feeling that.  There's too many of them for somebody to
  just dismiss it."

I dug out this quote from Scott Frost from two years ago:

  "Steve Pedersen brought that on himself when he was so cavalier in making
  these tough decisions...I love Nebraska football. I love the state of
  Nebraska. I long for the days when the characteristics of the team we put
  on the field on Saturdays exemplified the characteristics of the hard
  working people of our state. We used to have the Taj Mahal of college
  football programs. Now it feels like someone took 40 tons of dynamite to
  our proud and noble masterpiece and built a three bedroom ranch in its
  place."

With so many problems with so many people that have Pederson at the
center, it's hard to come to conclude that he isn't the problem.