The problem I have with HP and SE (and Pederson before SE), is that they are agenda driven and backhanded.
I have no doubt that Eichorst hated seeing NU beat Iowa in 2013, which is exactly how Pederson reacted to Solich beating Colorado in '03.
No man of integrity would secretly (or not so secretly) wish for players in his department to fail so that his pre-conceived agenda could be more easily executed.
That displays such an utter lack of integrity and courage that I think it should be a firable offense from a position such as AD.
Their discussion of "winning the right way" is all just lip service. They should have been concentrating on leading the right way.
History repeating itself. Ickyhorst (and thus SPEM) have agendas because their boss has one.
The tragedy is that there is no excuse for this. I remember posting on another (long gone) forum, my skepticism when pencil neck chose his own hire over Osborne's preference. I was naive enough to listen to some of the same posters who backed SPEM before they came around, ensuring me that Ickyhorst was different than SPEM, and thus, wouldn't repeat SPEM's actions. Shame on me for underestimating the incompetence of pencil neck.