[Husker] Kind of sad.....

Wed Jan 5 20:53:54 CST 2011

I think this article is getting exactly the response from this list as it
was intended to get from the public.

First, I did not hear any direct quotes from the serviceman. I read a lot
of conjecture from the reporter on what the young man felt and was thinking.
But nothing from him, other than he remained "strong" and supported his team
and coach. (My interpretation, someone is making a mountain out of a
molehill.)

Second, whatever Bo promised or didn't promise may have gone out the window
when the game was close. Remember, this was a team we beat by 30+ points at
the beginning of the season. However, the game played out very differently.

OK, maybe let the kid call the first play from scrimmage. But, how does that
really work. Does he draw it up on a chalkboard or napkin and give it to
Watson to run without being practiced? Or, do we give him a copy of the
gameplan and playbook to make a call informed call using our nomenclature?
That is a ridiculous assumption. When I have seen this done before, the
person was allowed to draw up a play and the team had it a week in advanced
and practiced it during the week. That clearly was not going to happen.

Finally, think of the S###storm that would have fallen on BP if this had
been done. Young serviceman calls a unpracticed play in a close bowl play
only to see the ball intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Would we all
have been smiling and golf clapping for Bo being a good sport?

This was an article that was clearly written to present BP in a bad light.
Did he contribute...sure. Does he not handle the media well, yes. But let's
at least not get sucked into the ruse.

Scott

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Lawson, Scott R.
<SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>wrote:

> After reading through the replies to this thread, I guess I'm in the
> minority here, but I can't even believe this is being written about at all.
> Lisa Horne (the reporter) called the kid's response to her telling him
> Pelini said it was a joke "gut wrenching". Are you effing kidding me? Gut
> wrenching? What's gut wrenching to me is that this sad excuse for a writer
> has brought attention to an issue that could have easily been handled in
> house, and in all likelihood would have been until this ridiculous story.
> I'm thankful to the kid for his service to the country but there are people
> who would give their right arm to stand on the sideline at a Nebraska game,
> and wouldn't feel like they just found out there is no tooth fairy when the
> big mean coach didn't let them call a play, no matter what said in some
> contrived PR stunt earlier. In fact, I bet this kid would have been pissed
> for two or three days and then forgot all about it and started getting ready
> for next year once he got!
>  a call from TO inviting him to the Ohio State game, until this joke for a
> story came out. Love how she waxes patriotic in the beginning of the article
> too, so people will hate Pelini even more when they find out he pissed on
> this kids baseball cards and apple pie. What a joke.
>
> At the beginning of the season I thought it was odd that Pelini always gave
> quick, almost dis-interested answers to the many inane questions reporters
> shot at him, but now I think I understand why he is such a prick to the
> media. And I don't blame him one bit. Lisa Horne is a hack, plain and
> simple.
>
> Oh, and have I mentioned how great it felt to put David Strong in my
> deleted senders list?
>
> Scott in NY
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of David
> Elfering [aroundomaha at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:41 PM
> To: Husker List
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Kind of sad.....
>
> Folks you'd have to be naive to think you'd be calling a play. My read
> of this was that the reporter was muck stirring.
>
> I don't see any moral issues here just a coach making a joke in the
> context of the moment. The guy got a sideline pass and that's nothing
> to sneeze at.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 5, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Rod Wellman <gobigred66 at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Miscommunication...forgetting about it in the heat of battle.
>  Understandable.
> >
> > His reply to the reporter in the presser that it was a joke?
> >
> > Undeniable proof of a lack of character and poor decision making in what
> he said.  I'm disgusted by it.
> >
> > This getting into the media headlines for the wrong reasons becoming a
> trend with Bo that I'm not liking at all.
> >
> > Wonder what Perlman and TO will think of this latest "incident".
> >
> > Rod W.
> > Sioux City, Ia.
> >
> > On Jan 5, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Laura Brown wrote:
> >
> >> My guess is BP spaced the comment in the mad rush of the bowl, but that
> is
> >> no excuse.  A return to the Husker sideline for the OSU game would make
> up
> >> for the miscommunication. -- Laura
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of
> >> Marvin Peterson
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2:27 PM
> >> To: husker at tssi.com
> >> Subject: [Husker] Kind of sad.....
> >>
> >> Saw this story today:
> >>
> >>
> http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/bo-pelini-nebraska-cornhusker
> >> s-holiday-bowl-broken-promise-to-naval-officer-010511
> >>
> >>
> >> Seems kind of sad, not sure it was really a joke, but bad timing by the
> >> reporter
> >> asking the question.  Would have liked to hear a followup after the pain
> of
> >> the
> >> game had worn off from Bo.
> >>
> >>
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