[Husker] The team has to see this

[David Strong]

Scott...of course I don't...that was the point of the whole post.  So many people do and they are wrong to do so.

Dave

--- On Tue, 10/19/10, Lawson, Scott R. <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu> wrote:

> From: Lawson, Scott R. <SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>
> Subject: RE: [Husker] The team has to see this
> To: "'David Strong'" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>, "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>, "Steven" <jfpgroup at suddenlink.net>, "Roger" <suerog2 at att.net>
> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:45 AM
> David, you are certainly entitled to
> your own opinions, some of which I happen to agree with, but
> you do not speak for all the fans. No one 'fan' does.
> 
> Scott in NY
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com
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> On Behalf Of David Strong
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:41 AM
> To: Husker List; Steven; Roger
> Subject: Re: [Husker] The team has to see this
> 
> 
> Roger...I wonder why he didn't say this before the game?
> 
> Why is it always "the fans"?  Even in your post
> "interpreted by fans you know" sounds like a disclaimer but
> it isn't.  "the fans are so hungry for a national
> championship"  What?  So many things have been attributed
> to what "the fans" think to demonstrate how unrealistic the
> fans are. The fans didn't rank NU in the top 10 preseason
> based on nothing.  The fans didn't declare Nebraska is
> back.  I'll lay out some things I think about the fans that
> are probably much more accurate. 1. The fans were excited
> and happy their team was 5-0 and ranked high, wouldn't be a
> fan if it were not so.  2.. The fans were not thinking
> about a national championship last Saturday.  3. The fans
> were not thinking about going undefeated all season last
> Saturday.  4.  The fans were not thinking that we had
> progressed to being an elite team last Saturday.  5. The
> fans did not think we were the '85 Bears  6. The fans were
> sky high because they had been looking forward to
>  this game since last December; because it was payback time
> for all the loses to Texas; because it was payback time for
> all slights, real or unreal, that we imagined Texas did in
> Big 12 dealings; because we had a good team and a good
> coach; because it was in our own stadium; because our coach
> never mentioned we were a work in progress; because the
> athletic department declared a RedOutAroundTheWorld,;
> because the shirts, signs, wristbands, banners all said
> 0:01, REDemption, etc, ; because it was time for a great
> victory...I could go on and on.
> 
> And lastly, the fans were hugely disappointed to lose the
> game.  That's all.  The fans do not need fingers pointed
> at them by their coach like they had some huge, unrealistic
> expectations like thinking the team was the '85 Bears.  The
> fans were not feeling sorry for themselves in the slightest
> and it was more than insulting to be called that by their
> own coach.
> 
> Whew!  I'm sure I'm not ranting <smile>.  And this
> last one is my own opinion...
> 
> The fans have a immature a**hole for a head coach.
> 
> Dave
> One of the fans
> Bo Pelini is a really good defensive coordinator.
> 
> David, I don't interpret the statement you say Bo made as
> turning on his own fans.  I think it is simply a statement
> of fact as he perceives it....and, I agree with him.  The
> Huskers have been rising in the polls due to the balloon
> that they rode after the AZ game.  A sound defeat of KSU
> and huge rushing yards have been interpreted by fans I know
> as a powerful, multifaceted offense by NU.
> I try to remind them that KSU had one of the poorest
> rushing defenses in the nation when we played them...worse
> after the game.  TX is the best team we have played IMO.
>  We made a huge number of mistakes and were out coached,
> IMO.  The Huskers are a work in progress.  Yet the fans
> are so hungry for another national championship, they view
> success as proof of
>  the Huskers return to the upper ranks in the nation.
>  Most are looking through red-colored-glasses when they do
> so.
> A statement that Nebraska is back has merit.  We are a
> LONG WAY from the Callahan debacle.  That doesn't have to
> mean that we are among the 5 best teams in the nation.  I
> believe we can get there.
> Roger Lohr-Mpls
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> 
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