[Husker] Sadler gets contract extension

[Don Mares]

I agree Pederson wasn't fired solely because of da coach.  Clearly the
Solich fiasco was a disaster.  He had a lot of attrition and it absolutely
points to the top.  There was an article it was due in large part to the
consultant he brought in that changed the culture but I wasn't there so I
can't speak authoritatively on that.  I thought Pederson did a lot of good
and had Nebraska's best interests at heart when he was making some tough
decisions.

Pederson started the tunnel walk as associate athletic director for football
operations in 1994.  Pedersons first budget in 2003 was 54.6 MM.  In
2007-2008 when he was fired it was 66.7 million.  He was reported as cutting
spending and reducing debt obligations while incurring an extra 50 million
expenditures in debt.
He was a key figure in reshaping the big 12 tv package and served as
chairman of the NCAA football issues committee.

It wasn't all rosey but it was far from doom and gloom.

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:

> That's some major revisionist history.  The tunnel walk wasn't Pederson.
>  The budget had never been in worse shape as it had under peterson (partly
> because he upset a lot of major donors). And he absolutely did not increase
> revenues.  Unless all you're counting is the extra tickets from the stadium
> expansion.
>
> I think pedey did more good than most think, but WOW...
>
> --
> Skylar
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Mares <donmares at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:19 PM
> To: jon johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> Cc: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Sadler gets contract extension
>
> Let's not forget we were all singing Pederson's praises when the nebraska
> boy first arrived here much like we are now with Pelini.
>
> Pelini will lose a couple games before its all said and done also.
>
> Pederson built the Osborne complex, balanced the budget, increased
> revenues
> and exposure, created husker nation, gave us the tunnel walk and upheld
> the
> tradition of academic all americans.  There were no major ncaa violations
> during his tenure and he enhanced many programs we all take for granted.
>
> He hired a coach that didn't get the job done.  If he had hired a
> winner, we'd still be talking about how brilliant he is.
>
> Don
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:59 PM, jon johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Let's not kid ourselves. Steve Pederson disemboweled the athletic
> program
>
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