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By BRIAN ROSENTHAL / Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Oct 29, 2007 - 06:51:25 pm CDT
Nebraska interim athletic director Tom Osborne, in a statement released Monday, clarified his comment in which he referenced “the new coaching staff” during an interview with an Omaha television station last week.
When asked by KETV (Channel 7) anchor Jon Schuetz about bringing the walk-on program to old levels, Osborne responded:
“Well, that will depend somewhat on the new coaching staff, because they have to implement, and I can’t coach from the athletic director’s position.”
The statement, released by Nebraska associate athletic director for communications Randy York, said Osborne tried to make the point that any “new” staff working for the first time with him — including the current coaches — would implement the walk-on program, not him.
“From the first hour I was named interim athletic director, I have said that no decision has been made about the current coaching staff, and the current coaching staff has my full support through the rest of the season,” Osborne said. “I have contacted no coach about our head coaching position. I am very firm in my decision to wait until the end of the season to complete my evaluation. Anything that has been reported contrary to that position is not accurate.”
York said Sunday that Osborne’s response was hypothetical in nature, and that he was responding to a hypothetical question.
Nebraska coach Bill Callahan, speaking on Monday’s Big 12 coaches’ teleconference, also responded to Osborne’s original comment.
“I’ll just say this: I’m led to believe that Tom is a man of his word,” Callahan said. “Everyone’s told me his word means quite a bit, he’s a man of his word, and he’s got great integrity, so I think that you would have to address Tom on that.”
By BRIAN ROSENTHAL / Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Oct 29, 2007 - 06:51:25 pm CDT
Nebraska interim athletic director Tom Osborne, in a statement released Monday, clarified his comment in which he referenced “the new coaching staff” during an interview with an Omaha television station last week.
When asked by KETV (Channel 7) anchor Jon Schuetz about bringing the walk-on program to old levels, Osborne responded:
“Well, that will depend somewhat on the new coaching staff, because they have to implement, and I can’t coach from the athletic director’s position.”
The statement, released by Nebraska associate athletic director for communications Randy York, said Osborne tried to make the point that any “new” staff working for the first time with him — including the current coaches — would implement the walk-on program, not him.
“From the first hour I was named interim athletic director, I have said that no decision has been made about the current coaching staff, and the current coaching staff has my full support through the rest of the season,” Osborne said. “I have contacted no coach about our head coaching position. I am very firm in my decision to wait until the end of the season to complete my evaluation. Anything that has been reported contrary to that position is not accurate.”
York said Sunday that Osborne’s response was hypothetical in nature, and that he was responding to a hypothetical question.
Nebraska coach Bill Callahan, speaking on Monday’s Big 12 coaches’ teleconference, also responded to Osborne’s original comment.
“I’ll just say this: I’m led to believe that Tom is a man of his word,” Callahan said. “Everyone’s told me his word means quite a bit, he’s a man of his word, and he’s got great integrity, so I think that you would have to address Tom on that.”
