[Husker] Londen Fryar

[Theodore Heise]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Nick Chevance wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Steve Stone <sstone at pvtnetworks.net> wrote:

>> Once again B.C. screwed up.
>>
>> http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2008/08/no_longer_seeing_red.html
>
> Nice story, Steve.  Thanks.
>
> I does kind of make you wonder if, during the Callahan blip (I 
> refuse to call it an era, though error kind of sums it up), other 
> kids were simply ignored rather than at least given an assessment. 
> I don't believe Callahan was ignorant of talent, but it does seem 
> he didn't treat former players and prospective players with as 
> much respect as you would hope.  Maybe Nebraska wouldn't have 
> offered a scholarship to Londen, but maybe he might have been 
> invited to walk on, and see how he would do.  Maybe he would have 
> taken that offer, and perhaps he might be playing in red this 
> weekend.  See, just another way the walk-on program, as it was 
> under Osborn, might have helped the team but was unable to under 
> Callahan's cuts.

I agree--thanks, Steve.

If Londen didn't appear to be a good fit for the team that's one 
thing, but it boggles my mind that Callahan didn't even give Irving 
the courtesy of a response.

-- 
Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA