[Husker] Shatel

[Scott Messer]

Who had the easier transition?  Switzer or Osborne?  

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From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Skylar Dodds
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 11:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [Husker] Shatel

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

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