[Husker] Sadler gets contract extension

[jon johnston]

Agreed that it wasn't all doom and gloom.

In the end, I think it's very sad the way things turned out. I'd have  
much rather had a lot of success. :)

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Apr 2, 2008, at 11:51 PM, Don Mares wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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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