[Husker] Kansas State Preview
Steven
jfpgroup at suddenlink.net
Mon Nov 16 01:09:30 CST 2009
Thank you....... from the stands....and the wallet. Bo knows...period. Many
lister's are worried about a football coach acting like a coach and not
a.....Well let's not forget the F------ Hillbillies. comment. The family has
your back, coach Bo....coach Watson...and apparently...coach Osborne.
Steven K
Class of1983
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Gaule" <pgaule at cox.net>
To: "Steven" <jfpgroup at suddenlink.net>
Cc: "Don Rietsch" <drr at livgenmi.com>; "'David Strong'" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>;
"'SteveG'" <stevegomez6571 at gmail.com>; "'Huskerz'" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Kansas State Preview
> Some of the posts in this thread are laughably ridiculous. I suppose some
> of these "fans" think we should go back to the Dumb and Dumber regime.
> Who cares if we only win half of our games? At least the head coach has
> his head buried in the clipboard and never gets angry (because he accepts
> mediocrity).
>
> It's rather apparent to me that this program needed a swift kick in the
> ass to undo the damage caused by the Pedey and Callaclown circus. For
> those who may have forgotten where this program was 2 years ago,
> Callaclown turned practices into light workouts where full-pads were
> rarely worn and most of the backups stood around watching the top units.
> Many players were more concerned about a few fans booing the team than the
> fact that they were on the brink of completing the worst season in the
> past 45 years. The entire program had been brought down several notches
> as the team wallowed in the cancerous notion of indifference, mediocrity
> and incompetence.
>
> Nebraska needed an intense coach who cared about winning and didn't accept
> mediocrity. I think this happened once before in Nebraska's history after
> another head coach named Bill drove the program into the ground....I think
> that guy's name was Bob Devaney or something.
>
> Could Pelini tone it down at times? Probably. Is it really having a
> negative effect on the program? Very doubtful at this point. Despite
> mindles speculation about how the assistant coaches feel they are beting
> mistreated (from persons who have no connection to anyone involved), the
> assistant coaches and players always seem like they would take a bullet
> for Bo. I haven't seen such inspired play by the Cornhuskers in several
> years. I like the attitude of this program, and if a few blue hairs are
> uncofomrtable with it (probably the same folks that get upset when you
> have the gall to stand up at a football game), then all the better!
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Steven wrote:
>
>> 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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