[Husker] Shatel

[Skylar Dodds]

Fair enough.  I just saw it as a great summary of the 'anti Pelini' and 
the 'pro Pelini'.  Kind of a here's what both sides think and both sides 
have some merit.

One thing that was clear from the article (and backs up what I had 
heard) was the while Pelini wasn't on the 'hot seat' some rumblings were 
certainly making the rounds among top boosters.

Anyhow, I thought it was a good piece.


On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:56 AM, (Mike Nolan) wrote:

> Osborne was also the offensive coordinator, so he had called the plays 
> for both of Nebraska's national championships and had a hand in
> recruiting all the players on the team.
> Pelini's one season at Nebraska and one game as interim head coach
> were ancient history by the time he took over as head coach.  The
> players and coaches he had worked were mostly gone by then.
>
> However, to say that Osborne stepped into a much calmer program than 
> Pelini did could be stretching things a bit.  He also had to replace 
> several coaches who weren't happy about not being picked to suceed 
> Devaney and left.
>
> Yes, life was a lot simpler in 1972, but there was still lot of 
> grumbling
> about Osborne's inability to win bowl games, beat Oklahoma, and
> contest for national championships during the first 15-18 years of his
> tenure.
> My problem with Shatel's column is after I finished it I could not 
> answer
> this question about it:  What was the point of that article?  --
> Mike Nolan