[Husker] Out Coached. Again.

Robert Christensen fourbox at nctc.net
Wed Sep 12 07:57:59 CDT 2012


And I totally disagree.  I still think your suffering from the 
disappointment of losing Pedie and Callahan.  How long will it last?

Bob from the sandhills of Nebraska.
On 9/11/2012 3:23 PM, Tim Silvey wrote:
> 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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