Booster pretty much calling out Bo

[Count 'Bility]

I once had a guy cut in front of me in the concession line at a game. I said excuse me, lines back there. He proceeded to tell me that he "donates money to the program and he's in a hurry, bla bla bla, I'm special, youre not because I have more money than you". I said "so do I. It's called tickets" and kindly grabbed him by the back of the neck and moved him back behind my where he belonged. I'm guessin it was his first time as a donator, or he was just full of sh#t for he had this "look at me attitude". Now, in this particular article, I guess i didnt see too much to get my panties in a bunch. Just some western guy tryin to play big wig and get his name out there with some of the bigger boosters from Omaha/Lincoln I think. But it is a testament to some other boosters I've known. Some are real cool. Others act like they're just so much better than you because they are such, and frankly, I dont care if you gave a million or a nickel. And truthfully, anyone who's bought a fricken ticket to get into that stadium on gameday is a fricken booster.

F'n right on Accountability! I am a donor (no not huge money but enough to keep my season tickets every year)! This is the type of guy (thinks his sh~t don't stink) that in the future will be calling for help with no idea how to survive when his money has no value!

+1

Thats MR. Accountability there bud. Tread lightly or Mr Accountability will have you taken care of if you know what I mean.

:clap

Usually I reserve the Mr. for my elders and I would highly doubt Accountability is older than me. Could be wrong but he would be older than dirt then!

I will say I have enjoyed his postings since I have been here. Obviously there is no disrespect intended Accountability!

http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/64909-the-official-accountability-name-change-thread/

It was voted on. Through peaceful democratic process. If youre not gonna acknowledge it, then I suppose Barack Obama isnt your President then either eh?

 

[Paul in WI]

I heard that the booster is going to be interviewed on the Zone at 3:30. Hear it directly from the source. There's less misinterpretation that way.

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

He'll retract on his statement.....

 

[TAKODA]

I once had a guy cut in front of me in the concession line at a game. I said excuse me, lines back there. He proceeded to tell me that he "donates money to the program and he's in a hurry, bla bla bla, I'm special, youre not because I have more money than you". I said "so do I. It's called tickets" and kindly grabbed him by the back of the neck and moved him back behind my where he belonged. I'm guessin it was his first time as a donator, or he was just full of sh#t for he had this "look at me attitude". Now, in this particular article, I guess i didnt see too much to get my panties in a bunch. Just some western guy tryin to play big wig and get his name out there with some of the bigger boosters from Omaha/Lincoln I think. But it is a testament to some other boosters I've known. Some are real cool. Others act like they're just so much better than you because they are such, and frankly, I dont care if you gave a million or a nickel. And truthfully, anyone who's bought a fricken ticket to get into that stadium on gameday is a fricken booster.

F'n right on Accountability! I am a donor (no not huge money but enough to keep my season tickets every year)! This is the type of guy (thinks his sh~t don't stink) that in the future will be calling for help with no idea how to survive when his money has no value!

+1

Thats MR. Accountability there bud. Tread lightly or Mr Accountability will have you taken care of if you know what I mean.

:clap

Usually I reserve the Mr. for my elders and I would highly doubt Accountability is older than me. Could be wrong but he would be older than dirt then!

I will say I have enjoyed his postings since I have been here. Obviously there is no disrespect intended Accountability!

http://www.huskerboa...-change-thread/

It was voted on. Through peaceful democratic process. If youre not gonna acknowledge it, then I suppose Barack Obama isnt your President then either eh?

LMAO; not by my vote, however he is my President.

I guess I will use your full name rather than the obvious shortened version to be politically correct Mr. Accountability!

Carry on!

By the way, I would have voted with the Accountahillbilly, that's an awesome name!

Since you took the second place name, what really won?

 

[SuperBigFan69]

He'll retract on his statement.....

He already did not retract it this morning but he might do a little cleaning up..."Uhhhh, I don't want Bo to fail, I want him to win all his games I was just saying that if he has a bad year then the fans will get loud"

 

[sd'sker]

''If he wants to get off the clock, he's going to have to eliminate the blowouts and he's going to have to get us into a top-10 finish and competing for a national championship,'' said longtime booster Mike Jacobson, a bank president from North Platte who in 2012 spent $2.5 million to lease a Memorial Stadium suite for 25 years.

The problem with this statement is mostly a matter of timing. A quote like this right now in the preseason Kool-Aid period is bound to be unpopular. But if he said this right after a blowout loss I'll bet most fans would agree. In fact, a lot of fans would be saying worse. If you don't believe me just go back and read some of the threads from Nov. 23, 2012.

If he said it after the Wisconsin or Georgia games, it wouldn't make a difference to me. It's not the content of what he's saying, it's the audacity with which he thinks he has a right to say anything publicly at all.

this. you become a booster to support the program, not to own it.

 

[Count 'Bility]

F'n right on Accountability! I am a donor (no not huge money but enough to keep my season tickets every year)! This is the type of guy (thinks his sh~t don't stink) that in the future will be calling for help with no idea how to survive when his money has no value!

+1

Thats MR. Accountability there bud. Tread lightly or Mr Accountability will have you taken care of if you know what I mean.

:clap

Usually I reserve the Mr. for my elders and I would highly doubt Accountability is older than me. Could be wrong but he would be older than dirt then!

I will say I have enjoyed his postings since I have been here. Obviously there is no disrespect intended Accountability!

http://www.huskerboa...-change-thread/

It was voted on. Through peaceful democratic process. If youre not gonna acknowledge it, then I suppose Barack Obama isnt your President then either eh?

LMAO; not by my vote, however he is my President.

I guess I will use your full name rather than the obvious shortened version to be politically correct Mr. Accountability!

Carry on!

By the way, I would have voted with the Accountahillbilly, that's an awesome name!

Since you took the second place name, what really won?

Mr. Accountability actually won. Zoogies manipulated the poll to make it look like one of the other names won in a landslide. That's what that part of the discussion is about.

 

[Count 'Bility]

''If he wants to get off the clock, he's going to have to eliminate the blowouts and he's going to have to get us into a top-10 finish and competing for a national championship,'' said longtime booster Mike Jacobson, a bank president from North Platte who in 2012 spent $2.5 million to lease a Memorial Stadium suite for 25 years.

The problem with this statement is mostly a matter of timing. A quote like this right now in the preseason Kool-Aid period is bound to be unpopular. But if he said this right after a blowout loss I'll bet most fans would agree. In fact, a lot of fans would be saying worse. If you don't believe me just go back and read some of the threads from Nov. 23, 2012.

If he said it after the Wisconsin or Georgia games, it wouldn't make a difference to me. It's not the content of what he's saying, it's the audacity with which he thinks he has a right to say anything publicly at all.

this. you become a booster to support the program, not to own it.

Key word.

S U P P O R T

 

[GSG]

''If he wants to get off the clock, he's going to have to eliminate the blowouts and he's going to have to get us into a top-10 finish and competing for a national championship,'' said longtime booster Mike Jacobson, a bank president from North Platte who in 2012 spent $2.5 million to lease a Memorial Stadium suite for 25 years.

The problem with this statement is mostly a matter of timing. A quote like this right now in the preseason Kool-Aid period is bound to be unpopular. But if he said this right after a blowout loss I'll bet most fans would agree. In fact, a lot of fans would be saying worse. If you don't believe me just go back and read some of the threads from Nov. 23, 2012.

If he said it after the Wisconsin or Georgia games, it wouldn't make a difference to me. It's not the content of what he's saying, it's the audacity with which he thinks he has a right to say anything publicly at all.

this. you become a booster to support the program, not to own it.

Key word.

S U P P O R T

B I N G O

 

[TAKODA]

I heard that the booster is going to be interviewed on the Zone at 3:30. Hear it directly from the source. There's less misinterpretation that way.

I don't think there is any misinterpretation here as what he stated is his to own and he can say what he wants. As it has been explained within this thread, just shouldn't have expressed it as a supposed "BIG BOOSTER" who may or may not have portrayed himself as someone with the Little man syndrome beaten his chest that he has $$$$. I don't know, maybe it was more the way the press relayed it then him acting that way. But the SOB cut in front of MR. Accountability :nutz at a game in the concession line. I know it was the same guy as I can just feel it. LOL

 

[BOJ]

''If he wants to get off the clock, he's going to have to eliminate the blowouts and he's going to have to get us into a top-10 finish and competing for a national championship,'' said longtime booster Mike Jacobson, a bank president from North Platte who in 2012 spent $2.5 million to lease a Memorial Stadium suite for 25 years.

The problem with this statement is mostly a matter of timing. A quote like this right now in the preseason Kool-Aid period is bound to be unpopular. But if he said this right after a blowout loss I'll bet most fans would agree. In fact, a lot of fans would be saying worse. If you don't believe me just go back and read some of the threads from Nov. 23, 2012.

If he said it after the Wisconsin or Georgia games, it wouldn't make a difference to me. It's not the content of what he's saying, it's the audacity with which he thinks he has a right to say anything publicly at all.

this. you become a booster to support the program, not to own it.

I want to believe that is true (boosters pay b/c they love the school), but at the same time its a nice tax write-off to a 501©(3) and I feel some may in fact donate b/c "hell might as well donate to that charity, good as any others."

 

[TAKODA]

Wish Zoogies could have done some of his magic in the Presidential election. :dunno

Anyways; :worship Mr. Accountability. Thanks for the read.

 

[Ratt Mhule]

Nah man, you're not getting it. You're allowed to publicly speak anything you want - anyone is. Say whatever suits your fancy.

The thing I take issue with is why speak this opinion? Not saying it's untrue, but what's the motivation? I can't think of a good reason for this guy to go on record with these words and with the disclaimer of how much money he donates that is out of a genuine desire to help the program. Given the timing and the implication of these words, it does not contribute in any way to our success and very easily could be detrimental in shaping public opinion. So why do it? Why the need to say something that won't bring anything positive and could easily bring negative? Accountability is spot on here:

If youre a booster and you genuinely care about the program and donate the money from your heart and not your checkbook, you just keep your mouth shut and let the directing be done by directors. Hence this guy? I think he's obviously starving for some sort of attention, hence the feather ruffling. He coulda just as easily said "no comment".

Maybe he thought it would be fun to be interviewed for a national story. It's not like he said anything that everyone doesn't already know. "If Nebraska doesn't make it to the Big Ten championship, that could be a real problem for Bo.'' He never threatened to pull his money, apply pressure, anything like that at all. Everyone is getting hung up on the reference to the money. As I mentioned before, things like this are public record (this is a public university), and possibly how they got his name to request an interview in the first place.

Read this again. Its spot on.

The thing about a story like this is, yes, he is a booster and now his thoughts are nationally amplified. Now, the national perception is that the entire fanbase will be generalized as being unhappy with Bo and that Bo is on the assumed hot seat because the boosterS (plural) are upset with him. Couldnt be farther from the truth. Some are unhappy with what's going on, but it's no where near a consensus feeling. In fact, it's probably a minority at best. It could very well lead to damaging effects in recruiting and who knows what else. There are guys in the media like Dirk and Desmond who obviously have an axe to grind with Bo. They love seeing stuff like this, becuase now they can really take off and run with it. If youre a booster and you genuinely care about the program and donate the money from your heart and not your checkbook, you just keep your mouth shut and let the directing be done by directors. Hence this guy? I think he's obviously starving for some sort of attention, hence the feather ruffling. He coulda just as easily said "no comment".

I guess I'm just more riled up of the fact that he felt the need to say anything at all as opposed to what he said.

 

[Count 'Bility]

After reading the article and this thread again, I'ma gonna bet this guy is a relatively "new" donor. Maybe even "new" money. Must be feeling that need to put his "stamp" on things and get some attention. I have a feeling-depending on what he says on The Zone interview of course-that he's probably going to learn a pretty quick lesson about being a substantial donor if my thoughts are the case.

 

[TAKODA]

I heard that the booster is going to be interviewed on the Zone at 3:30. Hear it directly from the source. There's less misinterpretation that way.

Is this link OK to post?

1620 the Zone link:

http://player.stream...callsign=KOZNAM

If not, Mods please delete... just in case some of you want to hear it first hand? He is due up next!