tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post2458219465543475025..comments2023-10-11T11:02:06.245-04:00Comments on PROFANE: NCAA Football: Police Blotter 03-09-2008Profanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05131628865279071396noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-42801164833305466452008-08-20T16:41:00.000-04:002008-08-20T16:41:00.000-04:00Timothy,Better reading comprehension would behoove...Timothy,<BR/><BR/>Better reading comprehension would behoove you. As I implied in the original blog post and specified in my response to Jim, Pelini missed an opportunity. He could have used this case, SPECIFICALLY, to underscore his commitment to recruiting character.<BR/><BR/>Please, go easy on the exclamation points and straw men arguments if you choose to comment here in the future. Thanks.Profanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131628865279071396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-55404898646007763532008-07-27T12:16:00.000-04:002008-07-27T12:16:00.000-04:00Pelini was new. Had barely been here 2 months at ...Pelini was new. Had barely been here 2 months at the time of the incident. Callahan was a good guy, too. There was nothing wrong with his recruiting and his coaching principles. Very few of his players landed in scandal, and only in this instance was it heinous. Jim was wrong to criticize him. <BR/><BR/>Pelini, the rest of the NU coaches and new AD Tom Osborn are all about character. Nebraska's always tried to put out a classy product in all sports. As a Nebraska fan, I'll take the lumps I have coming to me regarding this Christensen ordeal and any other scandal that pops up. [After all, even the best raised children and highest vetted recruit may go astray, for a day or a lifetime.] What I won't accept is your issuing a blanket statement impugning Coach Pelini's recruiting principles when it is so obvious you have invested zero time into investigating what those principles are, because Pelini and his assistants have been talking about recruiting character since the day he signed on as head coach!!! Repeatedly!!! In multiple interviews!!!<BR/><BR/>I've made my case to support Jim's demand for an apology to Coach Pelini. I don't really expect one, however when I read your response to Jim, asking him to show why you needed to apologize, when he had already explained why in his post... well I just had to pipe up. I'm sorry I can't show you which 'facts' you have wrong, because you didn't present any.<BR/><BR/>Here's a lesson I teach my foster son at every opportunity... Don't make assumptions and present them as fact!!! Isn't it amusing that I'm now legitimately offering that same lesson to an internationally educated Doctor!curmudgeonly-eccentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07351598837017598042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-5348608723037782032008-03-09T17:05:00.000-04:002008-03-09T17:05:00.000-04:00Jim,I appreciate your insight, but I would only ta...Jim,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your insight, but I would only take your advice if you could both establish a reason why I should apologize to Coach Pelini, and advise me on facts which I got wrong. So far you have done neither.<BR/><BR/>I would have applauded Pelini if he had taken the opportunity that this incident provided to underscore that he is committed to recruiting character.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>ProfaneProfanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131628865279071396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644587556919650515.post-30151070694069256732008-03-09T16:18:00.000-04:002008-03-09T16:18:00.000-04:00Ex-Coach Bill Callahan, now with the NY Jets, recr...Ex-Coach Bill Callahan, now with the NY Jets, recruited the Nebraska player in question. Current Head Coach Bo Pelini had nothing to do with signing Andy Christensen. Recruiting is a problem and Callahan recruited players with stars but that seldom performed up to their so-called potential and often got into trouble off the campus. Thanks goodness he's GONE!<BR/><BR/>Before you take another shower, take time to apologize to Coach Pelini and get your facts straight.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710643101234800706noreply@blogger.com