[NU Sports] Sound familiar? Barnett on the bubble?

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Interesting reading about the Barnett saga.
Personally, I wish no ill will to Barnett and will
forever be thankful for him for taking the Purple to
Pasadena and giving a NUMB junior who LOVES football
an unforgettable experience.

But there is a part of me that wants to just look at
Barnett and say "see ... that's what you get!" (Kind
of what I want to do to Nebraska fans who moan about a
1-year bowl drought when they fired a coach who was
9-3 ... and who might be in a 1+ year bowl drought had
the Big XII not been so weak this year)

Yeah that's cruel -- but Barnett had a good thing
going in Evanston and saw greener pastures at a bigger
school and jumped. I really don't want to keep a coach
here who doesn't WANT to be here (we saw what
Barnett's last couple years with wandering eyes did),
but I do hope that other coaches pay attention to the
story of Gary Barnett and realize that stepping stones
shouldn't be taken so lightly and to appreciate what
they have. (anyone remember Lon Kruger? He was
college-hopping in the NCAA and had great success at
K-State, Florida and Illinois ... then saw green
pastures in the NBA with the Hawks. End of story.)

So I read these articles with interest -- no ill-will
to Gary Barnett (who may be becoming the Wayne Fontes
of college football), but not much sympathy either. He
made his bed and jumped from Evanston to Boulder. I
wonder if he has second thoughts?

All I really care about now is that we have a coach
who wants to be in Evanston, has laid a foundation for
a winning program and is taking our team to a bowl
game for the sixth time in school history -- hopefully
for the second BOWL WIN in school history.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

PS - It'll be interesting to watch UCLA-USC this
weekend if indeed the Bruins are to be our bowl foe in
El Paso. I know Alan is doing his best to downplay the
Bruins, but they sure gave the Trojans a tough game
last year and have a top-notch offense ... I expect a
close shootout with SC surviving again.

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!


		
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