[Husker] Husker baseball needs your help

[Skylar Dodds]

Nick you're probably 100% right that it will never do anything, but
personally I'm desperate.

Most of you know I'm a HUGE Husker baseball fan and would trade 2 college
football mNC's for one CWS championship in a heartbeat.  

I want to add (again) that this is NOT something that I do.  I'm the guy who
will usually try to find any reason I can to give a guy another chance.
This is the first time in my short 32 years on the planet that I've actively
wanted a coach fired.  In any sport, at any level.  

You make some good points Nick, though other than some hidden reasons that
the public doesn't know (and I'm sorry, but behind the scenes character
doesn't count when you're this bad), the only real legitimate reason T.O.
could keep Mike would be indifference.

We all know Dr. Tom was brought in to get the flagship back on track and to
a large degree he's done just that.  However, as an Athletic Director the
entire breadth of sports is his job and if he doesn't want to do anything
about baseball, then delegate some who will (aka, Paul Meyers).

--
Skylar

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Chevance [mailto:nickchevance at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 1:10 PM
To: Skylar Dodds
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Husker baseball needs your help

Shatel had an article in the Sunday Weird Jerald exactly on this
topic.  If I could get the Omaha.com link to fully open, I'd post the
link to the article, but the stupid thing works sometimes and others,
not at all.  Tom made similar arguments that Skylar did, but I thought
what Tom brought up, more than the baseball stats, was the commitment
the University made to Husker baseball when they built the new field.
This was an expensive move, and signaled the intent of Nebraska to be
more than just an also-ran in the Big XII and certainly more than a
once-in-a-lifetime appearance in Omaha type of team.  So, while
believe it is up to the AD, and I doubt the petition will amount to
much in the decision making process one way or another, I do question
the decision to sit on Anderson another year.  Clearly he's not kept
up his side of the agreement.  A good team with lots of promise isn't
hitting, and its apparently not due to the lack of hitters on the
team.  I gotta lay that at the feet of the coaching staff.

And let me say that I follow Husker baseball just enough to know who
the coach is.  Thankfully, I can get them on the radio when I'm mowing
the lawn and doing yard work.  Otherwise, I wouldn't pay that much
attention.  My point is, if I can see a problem, why isn't more
apparent to folks actually in the program.

Finally, Skylar, I know you love the program and are greatly
disappointed and feel a need to do something.  And I encourage you to
continue to try.  But your final statement a while ago:

"If Mike Anderson is the coach of the baseball team next year you KNOW
1 of 2 things is true.  Either Mike has dirt on T.O. or T.O. does not
care in anyway way about the baseball team."

Actually, I'd say the chances are that #1 is true is at the extreme
ends of unlikely, bordering on improbable.  The chances are that #2 is
true is probably 20-30% at best.  I'd say a third truth is more likely
- Dr. Tom has simply decided its not time to look for a new coach yet.
 I'd give that a 70-80% chance of being true.  As sad as that may be,
its his decision to make, and he'll make it when he's ready.

Nick

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
> In anyone who's paying attention's opinion.  So, basically what you're
> saying is, "AD is hard, don't complain ever."
>
>
>
> From: Borer Steve CAA [mailto:steve.borer at connectseward.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:43 AM
> To: Skylar Dodds
> Cc: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Husker baseball needs your help
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> In your opinion.  Maybe you should be the AD.  It's always pretty easy
from
> where we sit.  I'm not saying Mike Anderson should not go ... I'm saying
let
> the AD do the process.
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> Steve
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> On May 9, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Skylar Dodds wrote:
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> If T.O. was doing his job (baseball wise), we would have had a new coach
for
> this year.  I already tried to 'let T.O. do his job".  It didn't work.
>
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> --
>
> Skylar
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>
> From: Borer Steve CAA [mailto:steve.borer at connectseward.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:27 AM
> To: Skylar Dodds
> Cc: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Husker baseball needs your help
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> Skylar,
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> I understand your thoughts and opinions.  However, back in my coaching
> career, I was the victim of a petition drive to remove me from my job.
> Obviously, it did not sit well then and it still doesn't sit well now.  I
> have also seen this happen several more times in my career as a principal
> and AD.  Let TO do his job.  He's the person who has the responsibility to
> evaluate Coach Anderson and the program.
>
>
>
> We trusted him to do what was necessary with Bill Callahan ... we need to
do
> that now.
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>
> Just my thoughts!
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>
> Steve
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> On May 9, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Skylar Dodds wrote:
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> 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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