[Husker] If this doesn't get your blood boiling...

[Jeff Colquette]

Nice guys finish last....except for Tom Osborne, that it! 

--- On Tue, 7/27/10, Wesley & Barbara Barton <ioneb1 at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> From: Wesley & Barbara Barton <ioneb1 at tx.rr.com>
> Subject: RE: [Husker] If this doesn't get your blood boiling...
> To: "'Brown, Laura D.'" <LDBrown at llu.edu>, "'Tony lambert'" <slimmer37 at hamilton.net>, "'David Strong'" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>, "'Jon Johnston'" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> Cc: "'Husker List'" <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 10:09 PM
> I have watched Neb. football since
> Biff Jones (tough/smart), Glassford
> (tough/tough), Devaney (tough/smart) & Osborne
> (smart/too nice) are a
> selected few examples of coaches in my time. Most of the
> others (9) were
> good men but inadequate coaches. When Osborne took over
> many thought Devaney
> had made a mistake. Me included. I was wrong Devaney was a
> genius. Osborne
> proved to also be great coach and a nice anomaly in college
> football.
> Osborne chose Bo Pelini and Osborne knows more about what
> it takes to win
> than all of this group combined. Bo will be a winner as his
> defensive
> credentials have shown. I enjoy being with and watching men
> and women
> committed to winning in athletics. Let Bo be Bo. As Leo
> said nice guys
> finish last.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of
> Brown, Laura D.
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:33 PM
> To: Tony lambert; David Strong; Jon Johnston
> Cc: Husker List
> Subject: RE: [Husker] If this doesn't get your blood
> boiling...
> 
> I think Tom will temper him with a bit of time.  He is
> still a young
> coach (for a head coach).  You don't want to chain him
> down too much,
> just enough to keep a target off your back.  :)
> 
> Laura 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf
> Of Tony lambert
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 14:30
> To: David Strong; Jon Johnston
> Cc: Husker List
> Subject: Re: [Husker] If this doesn't get your blood
> boiling...
> 
> I didn't and still don't have issues with what he said, and
> how he acted
> !! 
> it warms my heart to have a coach with this fire. I was a
> bit young when
> the 
> Bob father was coaching, but from what I have heard Bo and
> Bob are a lot
> 
> alike. Dave you must have never said something at the spur
> of the moment
> ?
> 
> Tony Lambert
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Strong" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>
> To: "Jon Johnston" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] If this doesn't get your blood
> boiling...
> 
> 
> 
> Wow!  Now tell us how you really feel!  I think
> you may be making some 
> quantum leaps in that diatribe, but one thing's for sure,
> Bo couldn't
> have 
> said it any better himself.  <smile>
> 
> Dave
> 
> > From: Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> > I could give a damn about his
> > behavior after the Big 12 title game. Not every one is
> Tom
> > Osborne, and expecting them to be is just a way of
> setting
> > them up for failure sooner or later because they'll
> never
> > maintain some high standard over the course of their
> > lifetimes.
> >
> > But we love this, don't we? We love being some guy
> > sitting on his ass somewhere, waiting for someone else
> to
> > show some perceived weakness so we can judge them as
> not
> > being worthy.
> >
> > It's pervasive. It's not just college football
> coaches.
> > It's high school administrators, city councilmen,
> anyone in
> > government, celebrities, you name it.
> >
> > It's like candy, this need for others to fail
> publicly.
> > Sad.
> >
> > Jon Johnston
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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