[Husker] Pelini-Martinez

[Tony lambert]

Did touchdown Tommie have a lot of friends on the team ? From what I have 
heard is that he didn't but the players respected him as a player and the 
leader of the team.

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Strong" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>
To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Pelini-Martinez



I've got a real problem with this article.  In a somewhat rambling opening, 
he finally gets around to:

"Pelini's quarterback — the face of his team — apparently can't decide if 
he's fully committed to Nebraska. Part of the family or not."

and

"But right now, he might be a threat to team chemistry."

So to supports these statements, he goes with:

1. Taylor contacted his father via phone from the NU locker room while 
getting his injury attended during the A&M game.
2. His dad came down to the bench at the end of the Texas game and they 
talked during the last minute of the game.
3. He missed the "Shakeout" on Sunday which the head coach said was excused.
4. He missed a practice in August which the head coach said was excused.

Then he goes on to say that in #3 and #4 above, he "may" have quit the team 
and come back. What?  Nothing to support this.  He talks about what he did 
in high school and says that "In Lincoln, he still comes across too often as 
an independent contractor — a mercenary."  What?  Nothing to support this. 
"After the Texas loss, Martinez was the last one off the field and into the 
tunnel because he was taking pictures with family."  So what? "He's quiet, 
sometimes distant. He hasn't made a lot of close friends around the Osborne 
Complex."  What?  Nothing to support this.

Everything else after that is utter drivel.  Anyone could have made it up.

Something is going on with this writer. What is clear is that he doesn't 
really know anything about it.

Could one of the journalism type folks on the list please comment?

Dave

--- On Thu, 11/25/10, Robert Christensen <fourbox at nctc.net> wrote:

> From: Robert Christensen <fourbox at nctc.net>
>
> http://www.omaha.com/article/20101124/BIGRED/711249806