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

[John A. DeGroat]

Jeff:

I think that you have it right .

John DeGroat

Jeff Beamsley wrote:

> It was frustrating to see GB wander.  The interesting thing is that, with
>all of the trouble he has been through at CU, he has not been publicly
>interviewing elsewhere.  Now some might say he's damaged goods, but any
>prospective employer would see that none of the charges have been proved and
>he has continued to recruit and win football games.  So if he is habitually
>unfaithful, why hasn't he continued to wander as many other coaches would
>have?
>
>Two answers come to mind.
>
>1. He isn't congenitally unfaithful, but knew he had no future at NU with
>Taylor as AD.
>2. Colorado is where he wanted to be and he would have gone there regardless
>of how things were going at NU.
>
>Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
>Behalf Of SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
>Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 6:04 PM
>To: NU Sports List
>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Sound familiar? Barnett on the bubble?
>
>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.
>
>* * * * * * * * *
>STEPHEN J. TRUOG
>sjtruog at yahoo.com
>GO CATS!!!
>
>
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