The Bone Yard

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, as well as I am...and I did not attack him. I didn't discredit him, I stated it was his opinion. I will not loosen up...and could not care less if you agree with me or not.

Fact, there is a good amount of questioning a bitching going on...without giving much credence to the people that have actually worked with Shawn. I find this aspect of questioning a brand new hire very subjective.

I take into account what the real experts say...do you know more than them? I don't...I take their actual experience and wisdom into account rather than a bunch of us that can speculate but cannot truly know.

Sipple has never worked with Shawn, and is only speculating just like folks in this forum.

Instead of welcoming Sean, "as the best fans in college football," there is a contingent that wants shove the hire in Harvey's face or at the very minimum fire a shot over Shawn's bow warning him that he better be on guard...and discount Shawn before he even arrives to start working. Why? What is the point? I find this premature, disgusting and not reflective of a fan base that is more gracious than not...that is my opinion.

Attack me, really. Nice...against board rules.

I won't respond with how I believe that type of sentiment reflects upon you.

No problem with that opinion. I see other's points just fine. I don't agree with dumping on Shawn, questioning Harvey or Tom...as that is the way I see it...maybe wrong, but it's the way I see it. I come from a different era where you give a person a chance to be questioned before doing so. If that makes me an "ass" then so be it.

I agree on some points and don't agree on others, e.g., that Tom didn't confer with Barry on this.

Everyone should know that a person that has retired from a managerial position does not participate in the new hire in any public way. It would cast a shadow and imprimatur that is unfair for the new hire. I owned my own Executive Search firm for almost ten years...I have a little bit of experience in these things.

Tough guy, huh? I could not care less about your threats and language. You are reflecting your immaturity, and are free to do so.

Ok now this is much more civil. You make a good point about casting the shadow on the next in line and so forth but Tom is no ordinary manager. He has put his lifes energy into this university. This whole state and the vast majority of the alums of this university believe in him. 100%. I do however think that many major execs have a ton of input on who is hired when they step down. Also, there is usually some sort of Board that approves and guides this decision. Steve Jobs fully endorsed Tim Cook. Warren Buffet has publicly stated that he will be fully involved in hiring his successor. This creates stability. A sense of calm. A feeling that everything will be ok. This is where Harvey went wrong. He stated that many people would be involved in this process and when people start to question whether they were or not....this created a feeling of unrest. A feeling of uncertainty. If Mr Eichorst is the leader and man we need him to be, all this will take care of itself. There was some question when we hired Tim Miles. Now look at his perception. People are very excited about his program and what it could become. I think everything will be ok, but this could have been handled a little differently and with and little more structure and it would have gone much more smoothly.

Agreed fellers, nothing wrong with a healthy debate but lets keep it on topic and not about eachother. We're all Huskers here and all want what is very best for our great state and UNL. :)

Agreed and I wasn't even trying to be confrontational with that first post, it seemed like a logical post to me until taken out of context. On the other hand there's no way I'm going to back down from getting jumped because I was sticking up for someone else's right to speak their opinion. Yea things accelerated quickly but no hostilities here. Hope you have a fine day there Zonie!

sleeve23. Your entitled to your own opinion and expressing yourself on this site is fine with me. Personally, I don't think your out of line for expressing that opinion. No doubt that TO had input in this new hire for AD .

After the Callahan era people will have some reservations about who is hired as TO's replacement, Pearlman should of been more open to the husker nation because he really blew it by allowing Callahan to be hired and stay on for 4 years. That's just my opinion.