Another Q&A With Osborne

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The latest Q&A with Tom Osborne is from the Cleveland paper. An excerpt:

Q: It's been said that because you were a coach, you're fiercely loyal to your coaches. Can that get to a point of being a fault?
A: "It depends on the eyes of the beholder. Obviously, I'm not going to support something that I don't feel is in the best interest of the program. But I will probably look at a lot of things that some people wouldn't. I look at culture on a team, I look at discipline, I look at responsibility, I look at academic performance. If there are enough of the right things being done, the winning and losing take care of themselves. I look hard at integrity. If I felt someone is cutting corners, even if they're winning a lot, I probably wouldn't keep them around. That's probably something the average fan wouldn't be privy to."

Q: How do you respond to the criticism you've received for giving basketball coach Doc Sadler a contract extension despite his 30-50 record in the Big 12 and to the perception that you've given coach Mike Anderson and his struggling baseball program a free pass?

Osborne: "Well, there are people out there who maybe aren't that noisy, who aren't necessarily calling for scalps. You're never going to please all the people. The question is: Are the basics there? Is this a knowledgeable coach? Is this a guy who has good rapport with the players? Is he doing things right? You can potentially spiral and lose a recruiting class when you change coaches. If you keep churning the mill, you can really get yourself into trouble.

"Whatever move I make, it isn't going to be personalities, it's going to be what I think is needed for the best interest long-term of the athletic department. I may be right, I may be wrong. I don't make decisions just because I like somebody or because somebody is writing me letters. If you do that, you have no compass, no ability to make a rational decision."

Q: Should anything be read into the fact that Anderson has one year left on his contract and he's not received an extension?

Osborne: "You can read into it what you want. I don't make any pronouncement on those things. People have their opinions and they're entitled to their opinions."
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The latest Q&A with Tom Osborne is from the Cleveland paper. An excerpt:

Q: It's been said that because you were a coach, you're fiercely loyal to your coaches. Can that get to a point of being a fault?
A: "It depends on the eyes of the beholder. Obviously, I'm not going to support something that I don't feel is in the best interest of the program. But I will probably look at a lot of things that some people wouldn't. I look at culture on a team, I look at discipline, I look at responsibility, I look at academic performance. If there are enough of the right things being done, the winning and losing take care of themselves. I look hard at integrity. If I felt someone is cutting corners, even if they're winning a lot, I probably wouldn't keep them around. That's probably something the average fan wouldn't be privy to."

Q: How do you respond to the criticism you've received for giving basketball coach Doc Sadler a contract extension despite his 30-50 record in the Big 12 and to the perception that you've given coach Mike Anderson and his struggling baseball program a free pass?

Osborne: "Well, there are people out there who maybe aren't that noisy, who aren't necessarily calling for scalps. You're never going to please all the people. The question is: Are the basics there? Is this a knowledgeable coach? Is this a guy who has good rapport with the players? Is he doing things right? You can potentially spiral and lose a recruiting class when you change coaches. If you keep churning the mill, you can really get yourself into trouble.

"Whatever move I make, it isn't going to be personalities, it's going to be what I think is needed for the best interest long-term of the athletic department. I may be right, I may be wrong. I don't make decisions just because I like somebody or because somebody is writing me letters. If you do that, you have no compass, no ability to make a rational decision."

Q: Should anything be read into the fact that Anderson has one year left on his contract and he's not received an extension?

Osborne: "You can read into it what you want. I don't make any pronouncement on those things. People have their opinions and they're entitled to their opinions."
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Very interesting...thanks for the find Knapplc. Here's hoping that we're reading the right things about Anderson and his contract.

 
I've long been an Anderson supporter, but this year has finally tipped me over the edge. He's just not getting it done, and that's the bottom line. This team is lackluster and needs a spark. Anderson isn't that spark.

 
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