[Husker] Kansas State Preview

[Don Rietsch]

Thanks for your opinion of our head coach, David.  I couldn't agree more
with what you posted. I was thinking I was the only one who was bothered by
his boorish behavior.  When I saw Pelini chewing Cottons arse after the
tripping call, I asked my wife:  "Why is he berating Barney?  He didn't trip
anyone; heck, he wasn't even on the field!"  I don't mind coaches chewing on
a player after a dumb play or an official after a bad call but there is no
place in business (football is a business) for berating your subordinates.
Barney and the rest of the Assistant Coaches aren't going to put up with
this for long.  In my opinion, he is a great defensive coach but he is a
jerk, and behaves like two of his Ohio colleagues, the late Woody Hayes and
Bo Schembeckler.  Pelini needs to be sent to "Charm School" even though it
probably wouldn't do much good.  

I have a funny story about Management Charm School.  I had a boss (Geno) who
was a total autocratic jerk.  After hearing continuous complaints, the Chief
Engineer told Geno that if he didn't go to Charm School he would be sent
back to the assembly plant where he came from.  Two weeks later he returned
as meek as a mouse.  Turns out the instructor (a Jewish gentleman) flunked
him and threw him out of the class after Geno stated that what Ford needed
were more "Adolf Hitlers".  A short time later Geno realized his management
style did not fit the professional environment he was in and returned to the
plant.  My point is; mature adults (Pelini) rarely change their behavior.
My guess is he eventually ends up back in the Pro's as a Defensive
Coordinator. 

Donnie Ray '70  

 
-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
David Strong
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 7:34 PM
To: SteveG; Huskerz
Subject: Re: [Husker] Kansas State Preview

>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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