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

[aroundomaha]

There is a fine line to walk between holding your cards close and purposely
misleading people. Having said that I also think some media members know
that Bo doesn't disclose some things and by now know how to push his buttons
in order to cast him in a bad light. I'd prefer that he just say "I won't
talk about out starting line up today but you can buy a ticket and see on
Saturday" but frankly the University pays him to win football games not to
pander to reporters and the Internet obsessed.

The whole thing is a tempest in a teapot in my opinion.

I love to conjecture on who will play QB or be the second string offensive
guard as much as the next Nebraska fan but I don't feel the coaches *must*
tell me anything just because I want to know.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> 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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