[Husker] Out Coached. Again.

[Tim Silvey]

I totally agree Dave.  


"Not the victory but the action.
  Not the goal but the game.
   In the deed the glory."


--- On Tue, 9/11/12, David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Out Coached. Again.
> To: "Agris Taurins" <taurins at scifipenguin.com>
> Cc: husker at tssi.com
> Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 4:16 PM
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:47 PM,
> Agris Taurins <taurins at scifipenguin.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Has he gotten emotional on the sidelines? 
> Sure.  Is that one point (which
> > IMHO seems to be on the decline) significant enough to
> substantiate the
> > claim that "...he utterly lacks character..."? 
> Not in my book, but that's
> > why I ask what your definition of "character" is.
> >
> 
> That is certainly his most infamous and publicized character
> flaw, the fact
> that he melts down and throws temper-tantrums like a
> five-year-old to the
> detriment of the team (see Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Texas
> A&M etc.), but
> not his "one point".  This guy's issues have
> issues.  He is paranoid and
> has an inferiority complex and that is just for
> starters.  Everyone is an
> adversary.  He is a bully, he dislikes and disrespects
> his own fans, and is
> very immature.  Example...go back and revisit his
> "apology" for is A&M
> behavior.  Aye caramba.  But lets keep it recent
> because it gets too bogged
> down.  After the Ohio State game last year, probably
> his biggest, most
> exciting win in his Husker career, in the post game presser
> he decides he's
> is going to chastise a newspaper reporter in front of the
> national media
> and instead comes off like a sullen child.  Then
> retreats, as all bullies
> are wont to do, when the reporter shows no sign of backing
> down.  More
> recent...his bowl game at the end of last year.  He is
> blatantly rude to
> the sideline reporter trying to do the "close of half"
> interview.  (this
> interview is in the tv contract, he knows it is coming, he
> is upset that
> his team just got burned on a long pass.  Of course he
> is...and he handled
> it so well.)  In the fourth quarter he puts on his
> Crazy Bo-face, a
> mini-meltdown by his standards.  Worse than either of
> these is our head
> coach standing in front of the national media at the
> post-game and saying
> how even though we lost (by 17 points) he thinks we are the
> better team.
> That is a no-no for a head coach.  He can say that to
> his team, he can say
> it back in Lincoln to the local media, he can say it later
> to boosters and
> fans, but he can't say it to the national media right after
> the game.  Very
> unsportsmanlike.  Most recently, he decided that the
> opening day of the
> conference media days was a great opportunity to rag on his
> own fans.  Go
> back and read his comments in the entirety, nothing out of
> context, these
> are not complimentary remarks. Dude needs some serious couch
> time.
> 
> Dave
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