[Husker] USC fallout
andy at knipp.com
andy at knipp.com
Mon Sep 17 14:25:32 CDT 2007
No one said SP's intentions were bad. No he is not a plant to wreck
NU. However I comment on his deeds and his results and not his
intentions. I might intend to land a plane, but if I do not know what I
am doing I will crash it for all the good intentions.
NU football is arguably in no better shape now that it was in 2003.
Basketball is rebuilding. Again. Baseball has gone (a little) down
hill. Vball is top notch.
As to the FB coaches. Cox has had 4 years to produce a quality D. He
has not, but he has had the talent. You can argue for ever that the O
needs more of BC players. Defense should never take this long with
talent NU has had.
>----Original Message----
>From: Kaufsss at aol.com
>Date: Sep 17, 2007 12:03
>To: <husker at tssi.com>
>Subj: Re: [Husker] USC fallout
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>I think he DID make a statement when he announced the Callahan
extention. I
>remember reading something from him and Pearlman i think - so I
guess that
>snowball has already melted. The middle of the year is not a time
for the
>athletic director - whether you hate him or not - to"publicly report
on his
>assessment of the Husker football program." If we are calling for
this - what
>should they be doing at Notre Dum and Meechegan. I don't know if I
like
>Pederson or not. But to believe he does not have the best interest
of the Huskers
>at heart is completely irrational to me. Is he really an SEC plant
that was
>sent to derail the Huskers and pay us back for the beating we gave
Florida?
>Were we gaining inroads to recruiting in Texas so Mack Brown is
paying him on
>the side? I just don't understand the rational behind the hatred
other than
>people 'don't like him and his personality' We have great
facilities,
>great programs in not just football, but baseball, volleyball,
softball, soccer
>and even Basketball is looking up. I think we are the envy of many
more
>colleges and Universities than anything else. And some of that is
due to the
>Athletic Director.
>
>
>In a message dated 9/17/2007 1:17:44 PM Central Daylight Time,
>suerog2 at worldnet.att.net writes:
>
>I have just a couple comments to make regarding the state of the
Husker
>football program. First, while I am not a fan of Bill Callahan, I
believe
>that it is a bit unrealistic to hold him responsible for the state of
the
>program at this point. He has had the full opportunity to recruit
for 3
>yrs. His first year afforded him but a few weeks to recruit prior
to the
>signing day. He accepted the NU position knowing what objectives
were set
>for him and the football program. He probably is doing the best he
can to
>fulfill those objectives. He has limitations as do we all.
>
>Second, in my opinion, it is Steve Pederson who clearly set the
level of the
>bar with the expectations for the Husker football program. He hired
BC
>presumably after assessing BC's qualifications. He stated very
clearly why
>he did so (I won't repeat that rationale as I believe we all recall
that
>rationale.) I think he should come forward and publicly report on
his
>assessment of the Husker football program.
>
>He may have made an implicit statement by extending BC's contract.
But, I
>think it appropriate for him to make a public statement in which he
provides
>his detailed assessment of the football program.
>
>I also realize that the chance of this happening is about as good as
the
>proverbial snowball's chance in southern FL.
>
>Roger Lohr-Mpls
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott R Lawson" <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>
>To: "Steve Reichenbach" <reich at inetnebr.com>; <husker at tssi.com>
>Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 11:57 AM
>Subject: RE: [Husker] USC fallout
>
>
>> It just seems to me like many people are calling for heads to roll
after
>> what was a fairly predictable outcome here. While it is likely
true that
>> most everyone here WANTED Nebraska to win, I think it is fairly
obvious
>> that was a daunting task to say the least. I guess it comes down
to
>> semantics- I see now that "accept" is the wrong choice of words on
my
>> part. I agree that we can "accept" that USC was better and still
be
>> critical of the performance, after all if that weren't the case
half the
>> people who post on this list would have nothing to write about
ever. I
>> guess what I was trying to say (type) was that, despite the panic,
losing
>> to USC is not the end of the world, in fact it may be just the
kick in the
>> ass the team and coaches need(ed).
>>
>> And if there were anything whatsoever that I could do about
Nebraska's
>> inferiority to USC in football, I would certainly try my best.
>>
>> Scott in NY
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve Reichenbach [mailto:reich at inetnebr.com]
>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:44 PM
>> To: Scott R Lawson; husker at tssi.com
>> Subject: Re: [Husker] USC fallout
>>
>>
>>> After reading through almost 100 emails about this game, it
occurred
>>> to me that many members of the list are simply unwilling to
accept the
>>> fact that sometimes one team is a lot better than the other,
especially
>>> in college football.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "accept". Do you mean critics don't
>> "recognize" that USC was better? That doesn't seem to be the
case. Do
>> you mean critics don't "acknowledge" that USC was better. That
doesn't
>> seem to be the case either. Do you mean critics think something
should
>> be done to correct an unsatisfactory situation? Well, yes, NU
should
>> strive for better. But on that, even Pederson and the coaches
agree
>> with the critics. So, I'm not sure what you mean that critics
should
>> "accept" that USC was better. Yes, USC was better, apparently
much
>> much better, which seems to be precisely the basis of the
criticism.
>> Are you advocating that we should just accept NU's inferiority to
USC
>> (in football, of course)?
>>
>>
>>
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