[Husker] Shatel

[David Strong]

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> Oh I imagine there is some doubt and unrest among the boosters.  Quite a
bit in fact.  Not everyone is on board with the "I don't care how Bo acts
as long as he wins games".  Pelini is a singularly unlikeable individual
and a poor head coach.  He wants to be a head coach but only act like a
coordinator.  Managing the press, the fans, the boosters, etc. is beyond
him.  Now while lots of folks may have Jon's attitude that "I don't give a
damn!" how he acts, it is probably going to hurt us in the long run if it
turns out his behavior costs us players.  You don't think Pelini has a
reputation that high schools kids know about?  Of course he does, they know
everything.  And I am pretty certain that the opposition in direct
recruiting battles will be sure to use that.  All those videos on Youtube
of Crazy Bo are being shown to players....and their parents.  And parents
have quite a bit of say about where their kids go to college.  In the next
few years, Pelini will be playing with his own recruits.  We'll see.
Because if you don't have players, what you do have doesn't matter.

Dave