[Husker] Quentin Castille Dismissed from Team

[Nick Chevance]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:10 PM, David Strong<gbrlist at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, I don't have any ill will toward Quentin as a person at all and I
> too hope that he turns out ok.  But he got thrown off the team and I have no
> doubt that he deserved it.  He let himself and his teammates down.  So I'm
> much more concerned with the impact on the team than on Quentin.  Running
> back was an area that seemed relatively ok, barring injury of course, and
> now this.  Roy is a fine back,  but does get dinged, so until the next guy
> steps up and shows some mettle, it's a concern.  We've all read the articles
> and know how thin we are behind Helu.  I'm all for Burkhead or someone else
> being a major stud, but until it proves to be so, it is scary back there
> behind a new qb.  Regardless, I am dying for the season to start.
>
> Dave

Dave -

I don't disagree at all.  Castille's dismissal really leaves the RB
position without an experienced backup to Helu.  And you're right,
Helu has gotten dinged up a bit this last year, but he had two other
capable backs in the backfield.  No one else back there this year has
gotten a snap in a Division I college game.  There is quality in that
backfield, but little experience.  None have Castille's size.

My concern was with what Kathy said earlier about some of the bloggers
and other who have been speculating ad nauseum about what Castille
did, or rather what everyone thinks he did.  My point was that it
doesn't really matter.  He broke Bo's rules.  We assume he knew Bo's
rules, and still he broke them.  Doesn't really matter what rule he
broke, or even how many times.  I think we can assume it was more than
a minor breach, but other than that, do we really need to know?

I heard Shatel this afternoon on the radio, who will write his piece
for tomorrow's paper asking that Bo give out more information about
the process Bo used, or uses, to make decisions on player status.  I
wish him luck with that.  I don't think Bo owes us much of an
explanation, and I rather doubt that he'll give us one.

Nick
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