[Husker] Kansas State Preview

[Steve Borer]

Good points -- I don't necessarily disagree with those comments.  I would
add the following:

1) I remember folks criticizing Tom Osborne for being too calm and not
showing any emotion on the sidelines.  I also remember seeing him coach in
his younger years when he was very emotional.  I even remember seeing him
yell at and chew out officials at times:-).  He did seem to know when to
quit!

2) Bo gets criticism for being too emotional (deservedly so) at times.
It's pretty obvious to me he has some things to learn, but it is still early
in his career.

A long time ago when I was just starting out as a young coach, an older,
experienced coach told me I had to coach to my personality and not try to be
someone I wasn't!  That was sound advice and did steer me in the right
direction!

If Bo keeps listening to TO, maybe it will happen to him yet.  He's just got
to find the right line between being calm but still competitive and not
bordering on being out of control.

Just my 2 cents worth!

-- 
Steve
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On 11/15/09 6:33 PM, "David Strong" <gbrlist at yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Not necessarily written to be funny. 
> 
>>> I suspect that BOnehead would like to run up the score to
>>> settle some issues he had with Snyder back in 2003. 
> 
> Well, that will bring out the holier-than-thou voices.
> 
> In my opinion:
> Bo Pelini is certainly a really good coach and really good defensive
> coordinator.  His players love him and his results are there for all to see. 
> But I can't take anyone seriously who does not have doubts about Bo as a head
> coach.  Bo is immature, petulant, and throws temper tantrums like a 6 year
> old.  He berates his assistant coaches with spit flying out of his mouth.  His
> sideline appearance looks more like the coaches in our local peewee league,
> and much more importantly, his sideline behaviour and decorum wouldn't be
> tolerated in that same league.  It would be pretty silly to say that Bo Pelini
> knows how to lose a game with dignity and class...just listen to virtually any
> post-game presser after a loss.  He does not conduct himself in a manner that
> I would care for in the head coach at the University of Nebraska. (key word
> being "I"...just my opinion.)  But in keeping with the "just win baby"
> philosophy, none of that will matter if he wins
>  a lot of football games.  Since November 23, 2001, Nebraska has been, and
> still is, a team that can't beat anyone any good.  We have been worse, never
> better, than that.  And we have made zero progress towards being anything
> different than that this year and Coach has made little progress in learning
> how to be a head coach. (hey, no unsportsmanlike conduct penalties yet...that
> counts for something!)
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> 
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