Yeah who knows...after hearing his name 3 times in a day I probly won't hear it again for another 3 years
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Yeah who knows...after hearing his name 3 times in a day I probly won't hear it again for another 3 years
Not really. I think it's more a matter of bad timing and the fact that he went public with it; I don't really agree with that part myself. Boosters can yield enough power behind the scenes without sharing it with the world.
So this would be the perfect opportunity for the team along with Bo to show the world...maybe boosters should do just that...Boost not talk. Bo now has the opportunity to take this lemon add some sugar and make lemonade. lets see how he handles it
Considering Olson mentioned the blow-out losses in an article from Aug 2, you could see this coming.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/huskers-set-try-again-elusive-championship
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/huskers-set-try-again-elusive-championship
Anyone who thinks Olsen didn't know Jacobson's personal opinions on Bo isn't thinking clearly. You don't become an AP writer by being a poor journalist and having poor connections. I doubt that Olsen knew Jacobson personally, but he definitely knew Jacobson's sentiments regarding Bo through interactions with boosters around the Omaha/Lincoln area and people associated with the athletic department. Why else would an AP sports writer primarly focusing on Lincoln and Omaha know about a bank opening in Kearney or North Platte or that this Jacobson guy was a "booster of substance"?
Even if you don't have an issue with what Jacobson said, you should have an issue with him going on record and saying those things publicly. How does it benefit anyone? Well, it benefits Jacoboson and Olsen I guess. A little ego-bump for the both of them. There's probably only one coach who isn't entering his first season on the job that has full backing by every "booster of substance" and that's Saban, so it's shouldn't be a surprise that booster(s) feel that way.
Even if you don't have an issue with what Jacobson said, you should have an issue with him going on record and saying those things publicly. How does it benefit anyone? Well, it benefits Jacoboson and Olsen I guess. A little ego-bump for the both of them. There's probably only one coach who isn't entering his first season on the job that has full backing by every "booster of substance" and that's Saban, so it's shouldn't be a surprise that booster(s) feel that way.
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Yep, and even Saban isn't above reproach - say for instance, he didn't allow the booster's "all state" grandson on the 105 roster...
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I heard someone talking about this article on the radio on my way to work this morning, and I thought it must have been some pretty damning stuff.
Turns out, it's just a bunch of fluff.
The article had a negative tone to it, but I suppose that's to be expected given the way the season ended. Whatever. Jacobson's expectations are actually similar to mine, and I'm fully behind Bo.
- Jacobson said "he's going to have to eliminate the blowouts." Duh. Who disagrees with that?
- Jacobson said we need to finish in the top 10 and compete for a national championship. Again, that's not unrealistic. Nebraska SHOULD be in the national conversation. Most people here think that it's very realistic to be sitting at 8-0 heading into Ann Arbor. If that's the case, we will probably be inside the top 10 in November. A win at Michigan (which isn't unrealistic by any means) would probably get Nebraska into some title talk.
- Finally, Jacobson said that Nebraska needs to make it to the conference championship game. I agree, with a caveat. It's possible (not necessarily saying it's likely) that the Huskers and the Wolverines could both be sitting at 7-1 in conference play at the end of the year. If Michigan has the head to head win, they go to the championship game. I would be disappointed, but I wouldn't think that the season was a bust if NU is 11-1, 7-1. I think Jacobson would be ok with that as well. Especially if the one loss was a close game.
An 11-1 (or better) season, a conference championship, and/or a BCS bowl game should calm people down.
Turns out, it's just a bunch of fluff.
The article had a negative tone to it, but I suppose that's to be expected given the way the season ended. Whatever. Jacobson's expectations are actually similar to mine, and I'm fully behind Bo.
- Jacobson said "he's going to have to eliminate the blowouts." Duh. Who disagrees with that?
- Jacobson said we need to finish in the top 10 and compete for a national championship. Again, that's not unrealistic. Nebraska SHOULD be in the national conversation. Most people here think that it's very realistic to be sitting at 8-0 heading into Ann Arbor. If that's the case, we will probably be inside the top 10 in November. A win at Michigan (which isn't unrealistic by any means) would probably get Nebraska into some title talk.
- Finally, Jacobson said that Nebraska needs to make it to the conference championship game. I agree, with a caveat. It's possible (not necessarily saying it's likely) that the Huskers and the Wolverines could both be sitting at 7-1 in conference play at the end of the year. If Michigan has the head to head win, they go to the championship game. I would be disappointed, but I wouldn't think that the season was a bust if NU is 11-1, 7-1. I think Jacobson would be ok with that as well. Especially if the one loss was a close game.
An 11-1 (or better) season, a conference championship, and/or a BCS bowl game should calm people down.
May have been fluff, and stuff people have been saying for a while on message boards, but it's pretty significant when someone with some leverage (who knows how much) says it publicly. I don't remember "boosters of substance" coming out and giving quotes to writers like this back in 2002 and 2003. Maybe after the 2003 KSU game, but that could have been more knee-jerk/in-the-moment reactions. Jacobson's comments were not knee-jerk reactions.
Good post T.
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