[Husker] Husker baseball needs your help

Mon May 9 13:09:13 CDT 2011

Although I'd be surprised if he reads his mail before someone else does,
TO's email at UNL is given as tosborne2 at unl.edu.  I'd guess the same is
true for Perlman.

> From: "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net>
> To: "'Mike Jaixen'" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>, <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:53:10 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Husker baseball needs your help
> 
> Per your advice, I encourage all Husker fans to email Tom about this issue.
> 
> 
> His personal address (does he have one?) isn't made public, but his
> secretary is ahackbart at huskers.com and Harvey Pearlman's is
> hperlman1 at unl.edu.  You can also call (402) 472-3011.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  
> 
> From: Mike Jaixen [mailto:mikejaixen at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:31 AM
> To: Skylar Dodds; husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Husker baseball needs your help
> 
>  
> 
> I don't think an online petition is going to have any impact with Tom
> Osborne.  In fact, I think there's a slight chance it could be
> counterproductive.
> 
> I also wouldn't read much into Osborne's statements to this point. You do
> realize that him saying anything other than something positive about Mike
> Anderson would be essentially be his dismissal. I don't think Osborne will
> say anything negative about Anderson during the season.  If he said that in
> June (assuming that Nebraska's season is over at that point), I view it much
> differently.
> 
> I'm not going to disagree with much of your analysis...though I think
> suggesting "automatic termination" and "firing squad" might get your
> opinions dismissed.
> 
> I do think that writing Osborne directly (either via snail mail or e-mail)
> probably would be more effective than an online petition. I'd focus on the
> change to the Big Ten, and specifically, Mike Anderson's statement last week
> that he thinks his team will be a "championship contender" next season. I
> would hope that Osborne would look into that, and flesh out whether Anderson
> is trying to pull one over us. Certainly, we don't see much to be encouraged
> about right now (other than generally not getting blown out game after
> game), but Osborne has always looked beyond the box score to evaluate
> things.  
> 
> Osborne also would need to have somebody in mind to take over, if he were to
> replace Mike Anderson. Dave Van Horn is not coming back, and there probably
> are more than a few coaches who would view a Big Ten job as a step backward.
> (Remember, Jack Dahm resigned at Creighton instead of being fired, and ended
> up taking the Iowa job...suggesting that Creighton baseball, even playing at
> their old on-campus facility, is better than a Big Ten job.
> 
> While Osborne will give coaches the benefit of the doubt, and will never be
> quick on the trigger, I don't believe that Osborne won't fire a coach. He
> fired Bill Callahan (though that was a pretty easy call), and gave the
> gymnastics coaches an ultimatum to win.  You just need to convince him of
> it, and emphasize the impact of not doing anything.
> 
>  
> 
> Mike Jaixen
> http://huskermike.blogspot.com
> http://www.cornnation.com
> 
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>   _____  
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> From: Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 10:10:21 AM
> Subject: [Husker] Husker baseball needs your help
> 
> This is a plea to the casual baseball fan.  Please read it, we need you.
> 
> OK, let me start off by saying this is not me.  I'm not usually this guy.  I
> will give a coach every single chance to turn a ship around.  But right now,
> Husker baseball is in critical condition.  Whether he's a nice guy or not
> (and I believe he is to SOME), Mike Anderson is not the right guy for the
> baseball team.  I've always been a staunch MA defender, but he's taken a
> very very very good program and turned it into a disaster.  
> 
> I get most people don't care about college baseball.  If you do, you're
> probably already on board with this.  If you don't, think of it this way.
> When baseball is good it can turn a small profit if not break even.  Right
> now I've heard estimates that baseball is losing close to $1 million per
> year.  Even if it's not that high, the fact is they're still hemorrhaging
> money. And that's coming STRAIGHT out of the pockets of our beloved football
> team.  A coaching change could be the equivalent of a $1 million per year
> donation directly to the pockets of the football team.  Love the football
> team and don't care about baseball? This is still for you. 
> 
> For whatever reason, Dr. Tom doesn't seem to want to do anything about it.
> He's said things like (not exact quotes), "We always said that if a baseball
> coach won a game in Omaha, he'd have a lifetime contract" and "fans opinion
> changes whether they win or they lose and those who want him gone are a
> vocal minority". 
> 
> We need people to sign a petition to convince Dr. Tom that something needs
> to be done:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/UNLBB001/petition.html
> 
> It may not change anything.  But here's the reason this has to be done NOW.
> If he's allowed to stay next year his record will improve.  I know that
> sounds like a weird reason to fire a coach, but it's NOT because he's going
> to do a better job, but because he's going to a conference that is PATHETIC
> in baseball.  And so, if he's not taken care of this year, next year he'll
> hang around just by virtue of the fact that to the 'casual' fan he LOOKS
> like he's doing better.  To the point, in the latest RPI Nebraska would be
> NUMBER ONE (#1!!!) in the Big Ten in RPI with the terrible season we're
> having (last place in the Big XII!!!).  The Big XII always gets 1 or 2
> National seeds and 3 or 4 regional hosts.  The Big Ten gets ONE TEAM IN most
> years and they usually play on the road.
> 
> Here's a few Mike Anderson 'nuggets' to digest:
> 
> 1] Attendance: In 2005 & 2006 we averaged right at or around 5,000 fans per
> game.  This year, we're hovering somewhere around 2,700.  Can you imagine
> if the football coach was ever so bad attendance dropped by almost 50%?????
> 
> 2] Big XII Tourney: We're well on our way to missing our THIRD STRAIGHT Big
> XII tourney.  This is not 'postseason play', this means you are finishing in
> the BOTTOM 2 of the league.  You are the worst of the worst.  Once should be
> automatic hot-seat, twice should be automatic termination and three times???
> Maybe firing squad?
> 
> 3] Big XII Series: We've lost now something in the neighborhood of 23 of the
> last 27 series.  Can you imagine if a football coach went 4-23 over ANY
> STRETCH???  Yikes. 
> 
> 4] Big XII Series (2): We've lost 11 of the last 12 'rubber matches' where
> we could win the series on Sunday.  Well coached teams play well when it's
> all on the line.
> 
> 5] Big XII Road Series: We haven't won one in 3 years.
> 
> 6] Big XII Series (3): We've only won TWO series in the past 3 years when we
> weren't already mathematically eliminated from the Big XII tourney.  TWO.
> 
> 7] Offensive Stats:  Currently we're dead last in the Big XII in conference
> hitting, by a ways (.230 average, 2nd worst is .242).  We're last in On base
> percentage. We're 2nd to last in runs scored.  2nd to last in doubles.
> We're the only team without a triple in league play (2nd lowest is 3).
> We're last in RBI, 3rd to last in walks, 2nd to last in stolen bases and
> attemps.
> 
> 8] Pitching Stats: We're 3rd to last in ERA (4.70).  4th to last in
> strikeouts.  Last in Homeruns given up. 3rd to last in walks per 9.
> 
> 9] Excuses:  We've all heard them. We're young (for the 3rd year in a row I
> might add, and who is in charge of recruiting??).  I have too much integrity
> to over-sign.  We've had a lot of opportunities and have had some bad luck.
> Etc, etc, etc.
> 
> 10] Leadership issues: I'm not going too far into this, but I'll list a
> couple.  First, he sat Jake Mort on "Jake Mort Day", Jake was one of the
> most blue-collar hard working players ever to put on a Husker uniform.
> Second, the motto of the team that was his 'crowning achievement' (2005) was
> (paraphrasing) "F____ him, we'll win anyway".  Third, other teams gave him
> the nickname of "Jekyll and Hyde" and would say, "I wonder which coach will
> show up today"....I could go on. 
> 
> Alright, I could keep going, but if I haven't convinced you yet, I probably
> won't.
> 
> All I'm asking is to take a few seconds out of your day and care.
> 
> --
> Skylar
> 
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