[Husker] Contrasts

[Bob Beach]

On 26 Feb 2008 at 17:25, Steve Reichenbach wrote:

> 
> It is absurd to say she shouldn't be booted from practicing with
> the
> team because it was only "what she said" and not "something she
> did".
> It is obvious that saying things in an interview to the press is
> "something she did" and the effects of those actions can be more
> damaging to the team than a curfew violation or other types of
> "something she did".



     If you don't agree with me that is fine.  But, just because 
someone doesn't see it the way you do in no way makes their 
opinion absurd.  Do you honestly believe Pavan said anything 
Cook and team members didn't know already?  I doubt very 
seriously this was a bombshell in which no one could believe 
what she said because it was so far out.  In all the follow up I 
haven't read or heard one comment saying Pavan was wrong in 
her assessment not even Cook himself.  


     I stand by my comment that if all there was to it was Pavan's 
comments then not allowing her to have contact with the team 
or facilities in any form is a little extreme.  In the first place I 
didn's see that what she said was all that inflammatory or 
accusatory.  I took it more as a telling it like it is situation.  I 
doubt NU has ever had a team in any sport ever in history that 
all team members just absolutely loved each other.  In the 
second place you are not just talking your average yahoo here.  
This is the most decorated female athlete in the history of NU 
sports.  No one else is even close.  If she was a football player 
she would be right up there with Crouch, Frazier, Rodgers, 
Rozier, and the like.  Not only that she compiled a 4.0 in Bio 
Chemistry.  That to me is much more impressive than anything 
she ever did on the volleyball court.  Along with that she was a 
credit to her team, her university, and her community.  Unless 
there is more to it than has been made public the punishment 
doesn't seem to fit the crime.


     I just wonder if Eric Crouch would say not everyone on the 
team liked him and at times he felt alone if we would say he 
should banned from any contact with the football program?  I 
sincerely doubt it


     And yes, there are many times in life where what someone 
says is vastly different than what someone does and should be 
taken as such.  We have all heard the saying "it is not enough to 
talk the talk you also have to walk the walk".  In my old Sunday 
School class when I was a kid it was worded, "what you are 
speaks so loud the world can't hear what you say".  That saying 
is slightly different than what happened at NU but is does say 
speech and actions many times can be two different things.   


Bob Beach