[Husker] Miami hires Golden

[Nick Chevance]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 12/12/2010 11:51 PM, Laura Brown wrote:
>>
>>  This probably
>> never would have happened had the Chancellor not publically embarrassed
>> him.

Well, I guess I'm somewhat confused because I didn't see all that much
wrong with what Perlman said.  As far as I can tell, Perlman only
talked with the AP about it.  Here is their wire service report (I've
cut out everything that isn't a quote by Perlman or attributed to him
to save space here; you can look up on line to see the whole thing):

OMAHA, Neb. -- Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman isn't happy with
coach Bo Pelini's behavior.

Perlman said Sunday that Pelini's verbal assault of officials during
Saturday's game at Texas A&M did not reflect well on the university or
the football program.

"I think it was very unfortunate," Perlman said, "and I think it's
something we'll have to address with Bo."

The game was televised on ABC, and Perlman said he felt uneasy about
the numerous camera shots of Pelini's outbursts. Perlman spoke Sunday
morning with athletic director Tom Osborne about Pelini's conduct, and
the chancellor said he, Osborne or both would talk to Pelini about his
decorum.

Perlman wouldn't speculate on whether disciplinary action would be taken.

"Bo has a lot of passion for his football team," Perlman said, "and
there is a strong upside to that. But again, overall, the conduct was
unfortunate last night."

Perlman said he doesn't know why Pelini became unhinged at Martinez.

"There is a part of the culture of intercollegiate athletics that
involves coaches talking strongly to players," Perlman said. "That's
unfortunate it had to happen on national television. I think that
probably occurs in a lot of programs."

Asked whether he or Osborne had spoken with Pelini in the past about
toning down his sideline demeanor, Perlman said, "I'm not going to
comment on that."

Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press

That's it.  The entire thing can be summed up as Perlman saying Bo's
behavior was "unfortunate."  It included some defense of Bo's passion
and abilities.  So, if you really think the behavior of a head coach
of a top college program that was referred to by his boss as
unfortunate can cause him to consider leaving the program, I'm pretty
sure I don't want him as a coach.  Way too thin skinned.  This isn't a
public embarrassment on the part of Perlman.  EVERYONE saw Bo's
behavior on the TV, and a lot didn't like it.  Harvey didn't like it.
He called Bo on it, and then had a private conversation with him and
his immediate boss, Dr. Tom.  Apparently (because I don't know what
was said in the private conversation, but I take this from what Bo
said in his presser), they both told Bo to cool it on the sidelines,
and go apologize for your unfortunate behavior.  Frankly I don't see a
problem here.  I think folks are reading more into what was said, and
not looking at what was actually said.

But don't let facts get in your way.  I'm still trying to get the
government to get their hands off my Medicare!

Nick
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