[Husker] Shatel on Bo

[Aaron Wolfson]

I'm with Mike on this one, though not because of anything Delany might do.

Just because something is obvious to everyone watching doesn't mean it's
appropriate to discuss in public. You'd never object at a wedding just
because "these two are clearly a disastrous couple," even if every guest
agrees. That's maybe an extreme example, but I think the idea applies in
many cases.

Acknowledging a mistake in public, especially if it's already water under
the bridge, brings additional, unnecessary hurt to the parties involved.

In this particular case, there are plenty of people who know exactly who
those officials were, and what Bo was implying with his comments. Did the
specific ref who spoke to Bo expect that his conversation would be repeated
later to a local reporter? I highly doubt that. It's better to just move on
without throwing egg in anyone's face.

My personal opinion is that Bo should have taken the high road and declined
to discuss that game. But, I don't think it's a big deal that he didn't, and
I don't necessarily think Jim Delany will, either.

Aaron


On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Mark Landin <marklandin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok NU got jobbed. But for Bo to state that the jobbing was PLANNED,
> > and that the game officials COMPLIED with that plan, and that he knew
> > about it ahead of time, is nothing short of a nuclear bombshell. Is
> > that kind of misconduct not at least as shocking and egregious as
> > misconduct by a player or coach?
> >
>
> Mark -  I think that was the position Mike was taking, but as I read the
> article Sunday I got the impression that Bo meant that one of the officials
> told him Nebraska was getting jobbed.  But I don't think, or at least I
> didn't read it that way, that Bo meant the officials were *planning* it.
>  It
> may have been a simple as an official responding to a question from the
> sidelines - "yep, it looks like you're getting jobbed."  Remember, there
> were legitimate calls on the field, but there were a few clearly and
> plainly
> missed calls, calls in error, and a couple of mystery calls.  Not every
> official has to agree with the rest of the crew a penalty is necessary, and
> not every official blew calls that day.
>
> I mean, we'd all love to believe that it was a conspiracy, but the facts
> tend to suggest that we were penalty prone last year, though the aTm games
> stands out as the glaring anomaly.  What is crystal clear is that the
> Commissioner could view Martin's hit at OSU, see it as leading with his
> helmet and worthy of a suspension, but couldn't see anything else the rest
> of the year, including the yank on Burkhead's facemask and the forced
> near-vasectomy on Cotton.  I think this whole thing reeks of the stench of
> that office, but not necessarily that instructions were given to the league
> officials to job Nebraska at aTm.  I just don't see that happening.
>
> Maybe we should ask Shatel about what he thought Bo meant by that.  He had
> the conversation with him.
>
> Nick
> --
> "If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
> Anatole France
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