[Husker] Husker baseball needs your help

[Mike Jaixen]

The World-Herald's Jon Nyatawa had a nice article on this subject.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110509/BIGRED/705099809#osborne-evaluates-on-more-than-just-record


For those of you thinking that Osborne isn't going to make a change, look at the 
following supplemental blog entry:

http://sports.omaha.com/2011/05/10/nu-baseball-osborne-understands-sports-challenges/


 

"Osborne also mentioned on Monday that success academically is one of  his 
criteria for evaluating a coach. The NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate  is one of 
the ways to judge that.
	* Nebraska’s APR score, a four-year figure that’s based on maintaining  
athletes’ eligibility, has gradually risen over the past five years,  according 
to data provided by the NCAA. The Huskers’ most recent score,  released in 2009, 
was 940 (out of 1,000), 14 points higher than what NU  posted in 2005.
	* That score of 940 ranks does rank last in the Big 12 and would rank  last in 
the Big Ten – though NU’s score will presumably rise when the  new statistics, 
which will include the 2009-10 school year, are made  public later this 
month."Again, I don't believe Osborne will say anything negative during the 
season and fuel the fire against a coach.  But those numbers ranking last 
academically in the APR probably don't sit well with Osborne.

Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com




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From: Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>
To: Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com>; Borer Steve CAA <steve.borer at connectseward.org>
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 1:44:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Husker baseball needs your help

Mike,

If weather is a part of it, it's a small one.  Attendance has declined
steadily over the past few years.

Take this weekend's Texas series.  There was every reason for fans to go to
these games (other than the product on the field).  The weather was nice,
it's our last time playing Texas as part of the Big XII.  They're the #5
team in the country.  They have a legit 1st round draft pick throwing on
Friday, etc. etc.

We drew and average of 3,663 with a max of 4101 coming on Saturday.  Yikes.
By comparison, in 2005 that series produced attendances of 8,485 8,153 and
5,947 for an average of 7,528.

Until a season or two ago, you couldn't buy reserved seats during the season
(season ticket holders only) you had to go G.A. and sit on the berms, now
for most series you can walk up a few minutes before the game and get
reserved.

There have been some cold games, but that's not what's keeping fans away (or
at least most of them).


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Nolan [mailto:nolan at tssi.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 11:44 AM
To: Borer Steve CAA
Cc: Skylar Dodds; husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Husker baseball needs your help

I think right now might be a very difficult time to hire a new baseball
coach, with the pending change in conference.  

But I do agree that Mike Anderson has been rather disappointing.

A friend of mine is a big baseball fan and has gone to many Huskers
games, I'll have to ask her why she thinks attendance has fallen
so much.  (Weather could easily be a factor this year, it has been
a VERY COLD spring, though it's hot today.)  
--
Mike Nolan

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