[Husker] Kansas State Preview

Don Rietsch drr at livgenmi.com
Sun Nov 15 22:06:35 CST 2009 

Steven,

You're pretty funny Steven.  That's the first time in my 65 years that I've
been accused of being sophisticated!  I don't care who you are, where you
work, or what you do, no one from the lowliest "Crap Shoveler" to the
highest "Large Bank VP" likes being berated.  

Intensity is good.  Acting like a jerk on the sideline is not.  There are
hundreds of intense coaches out there who control themselves on the
sidelines.  The head coach reflects positively or negatively on the Team and
the University.  If you want NU football to be portrayed in the same light
as Bobby Knight Indiana Basketball, you are welcome to it.  I prefer a
Osborne, Bowden, Solich, Gill, Tressel, etc., etc., etc. demeanor.  

I fully expected that my opinions would generate a lot of negatives.  Every
post on this site is an opinion, in my opinion...  Guess I'm not supposed to
post anything that goes against the Cool Aid Crowd. 

Oh by the way, did your bank have to take any stimulus money?

Don 

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven [mailto:jfpgroup at suddenlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 9:53 PM
To: Don Rietsch; 'David Strong'; 'SteveG'; 'Huskerz'
Subject: Re: [Husker] Kansas State Preview

Are you both serious?  The majority of the Husker alumni and boosters are 
extremely satisfied with the intensity level of Nebrsaka's head coach, 
myself included.  "Boorish" behavior?  Charm school?  This is exactly what 
is needed in a head coach at a major university. I feel like you are sipping

tea or a mint julip and fanning yourself.   I really wouldn't want to upset 
your lunch at the French Cafe'.  I am a vice president at a very large bank 
and can still toss back a beer with a hard working, passionate, blue collar 
coach that would chew you up and spit you out.... It's football not a night 
out at the opera.  If his assistants can't take the heat....get out of the 
kitchen...or at least have their man-servants fill in for them on the 
sidelines.

Steven K
Class of 1983


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Rietsch" <drr at livgenmi.com>
To: "'David Strong'" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>; "'SteveG'" 
<stevegomez6571 at gmail.com>; "'Huskerz'" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Kansas State Preview


> 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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