[Husker] Misunderstood

[Dick Karre]

Coach Callahan observed the other day that in his mind he is doing a 
good job of coaching NU's football team. He seems frustrated that people 
don't appreciate that.

I can relate. You see, I know in my own mind that I am a dead ringer for 
Tom Selleck. My wife and all my friends profess not to see the 
resemblance. They get hung up on his tall, athletic build, winning smile 
and, of course, the dimples - not to mention all his movies and TV 
series - none of which I have. They allow these little facts to get in 
the way of the obvious. Yet, they overlook the most important fact: Tom 
Selleck and I are very nearly the same age. See what I'm talking about?

Coach has the same problem. People look at the football team, and all 
they see is a defense among the worst in Division IA, an offense that 
can't run the ball and can't seem to score on anybody, confusion on the 
field, missed assignments, stupid penalties - all that sort of trivial 
stuff. They allow these stupid little fact thingies to cloud their 
vision. Here again though, they overlook the most important fact: NU's 
2008 recruiting class is ranked NUMBER SEVEN. That's number seven in the 
whole darn country and tops in the mighty Big XII North.

If people would just focus on what matters, we could put all this 
controversy behind us and keep that crusty old, ah, person from messing 
with the program.

Well, I'm here to say, Brownie . . . I mean Cally, you're doing a heck 
of a job.

-- 
Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net