[Husker] My last post on Pederson

[Bob Beach]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Mares" <donmares at gmail.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:27 AM
Subject: [Husker] My last post on Pederson


>I hesitate to respond to this only because of the lynch mob I've awoken.
> Pederson made a lot of mistakes but like Perlman said at the time, you 
> make
> the best decisions you can with the information you have at the time.  I
> believe that Steve Pederson had the best interests of Nebraska Athletics 
> in
> mind when he made all of his decisions.  I will say the most refreshing
> thing to me about Osborne is clearly there is no ulterior motive, hidden
> agenda or any incling of personal gain.  The man can help out and that's
> what he is going to do.  It is a shame that it deteriorated to the point
> that he needed to step in.


      That's okay.  That is not the first time someone spoke up about 
wanting a topic dropped or changed and I am sure it won't be the last.  I 
agree with you basically about him having the best interests at heart. 
Pederson made some mistakes and I think he had to go for several reasons. 
What I don't believe is necessary is the unadulterrated hate some people 
show toward him.  There should be a difference between not liking the job he 
did and hating him as a person.  I don't hate Pederson or Callahan.  I do 
believe they both came to the point they needed to be replaced, though.


>
> This will be my last post on the topic so say what you want.  But Pederson
> did do plenty of good things that went unnoticed, these are jut a few.  It
> appears his undoing may have been his efforts to help Nebraska obtain the
> highest levels of success.


     Another way of saying it is his undoing was football pure and simple.


Bob Beach