[Husker] Shatel: Pelini Making Calls to NFL for Watson

[Skylar Dodds]

Scott, let me reiterate AGAIN.  I have ABSOLUTELY ZERO PROBLEM with Bo
holding things back from the media.  NONE.  NOT A SINGLE BIT.  I personally
have no problem flipping on the game Saturday and finding out who the
starting QB is when the offense takes over for the first time.  NONE AT ALL.

There's a HUGE difference between holding things back and flat out lying to
the media.  And even if every once in a while he was just doing a little
'gamesmanship' with the opposing coaches, I could deal with that.  That's
not what we're dealing with.

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Skylar

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawson, Scott R. [mailto:SLawson at uamail.albany.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:34 PM
To: 'Steve Reichenbach'; gobigredlist at gmail.com; mikejaixen at yahoo.com;
sklarbodds at cox.net
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [Husker] Shatel: Pelini Making Calls to NFL for Watson

Why would ANY fans need to know who specifically was going to be on the
field that particular week before the game? Or the media for that matter? We
will ALL find out once the ball is kicked on Saturday, and that's fine with
me. The players all know because the players SHOULD know. In fact, coaches
never want to give the opposition any help by telling them who is playing,
and unless they are obligated by rule to do so, I don't blame them one bit
for being evasive about it.

Scott in NY  


-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Steve Reichenbach
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 3:27 PM
To: gobigredlist at gmail.com; mikejaixen at yahoo.com; sklarbodds at cox.net
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [Husker] Shatel: Pelini Making Calls to NFL for Watson


I see nothing in your post to support your extreme contentions of
"propensity to flat out lie ... OVER and OVER."

In fact, even your centerpiece example doesn't support your insult.
If the question was, as you write: "Who's starting QB on Saturday."
Then, the answer: "I'm not sure yet." is fully accurate, because as
you quote Pelini later: "You never know, things can change throughout
the week."  For example, in a contact sport, injuries are common.
In dealing with young men, rules violations and eve legal incidents
occur.  It sounds to me as if it was just as Pelini said: the coaches
were planning to start Martinez but didn't want to have it in the
media, so he said he wasn't sure who would start because things can
change.  And, that's the truth, not a lie.

If the examples of "OVER and OVER" "lies" that your "good sources"
told you about are as solid as this one, then I suggest you should
spare yourself the effort of writing about them and us the trouble
of reading and dismissing them.


> I'll chime in here briefly.
> 
> There is clearly a rift between Pellini and SOME of the media.  Part of it
> is from lack of information and only doing interviews once in a month and
a
> half.  And the other part is his propensity to flat out lie to the press
> (which he's done OVER AND OVER).
> 
> Here's an example of what I'm referring to:
> 
> Monday before the Big XII title game
> Media: "Bo, who's starting QB on Saturday?"
> Bo: "I'm not sure yet."
> Media: "When do you expect to know?"
> Bo: "What time's the game on Saturday? (laugh) We won't know that until
the
> end of the week, it's an ongoing competition."
> 
> Saturday after the Big XII title game
> Media: "Bo, at when did you know Taylor was going to start"
> Bo: "Oh, we knew Monday morning, we just didn't feel like you we needed to
> tell you....(pauses, clearly thinking about what he just said) I mean, you
> never know, things can change throughout the week."
> 
> I've heard from some pretty good sources that Bo has lied several times
when
> talking about Taylor Martinez (like for instance two 'excused' absences
that
> were actually 'excused' after the fact).
> 
> That's my only issue with him (and I believe that's the root of the issue
> some reporters have with him). 
> 
> OK, that's my lone injection.

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