Sam Keller

saunders45 said:
My disdain regarding Sam is less about his on the field actions, and more about his joining the O'Bannon suit and killing a franchise I love because he didn't want to work a real job.
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He does work a "real job" though

 
True2tRA said:
Why at Huskerboard if you say one guy is better than the other you instantly f'ing hate the other ?
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Your post was mostly about Ganz, which I disagree with and don't have a problem with, but the other post I quoted was a lot more hostile, and also representative of a lot of fan's mindsets. Saying he didn't deserve to play, he wasn't any good, was a selfish glory hog, even going so far as to wish to remove him from school history?

 
Another random question while I'm at it, since the word hate has been used in this thread repeatedly, I can't for the life of me find where anyone stated they HATE Sam Keller.

Also I find your last paragraph about being asshats and demonizing a former player to be pretty tasteless and classless. I don't mind a bit telling you that either. There wasn't one f'ing word I said that alluded to 1. Myself being an asshat (not this time at least). 2. I haven't demonized anyone. Nor did my statement give that impression. You're better than that LOMs. At least I thought you were.

 
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darkhorse85 said:
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darkhorse85 said:
I believe some of the hate was also the social perception of Keller. He was a "bro" coming from one of the biggest party schools in the country. Have any of you ever ran into Joe Ganz out on the town? I probably wouldn't buy him a beer, but that's just me.
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I had a "Be a Better Person" class with him, because we both got DUI's. He seemed like a cool dude the little I talked to him.
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Are you a better person now?
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Obviously.
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Well good! The legal systems triumphs again! haha

 
True2tRA said:
Another random question while I'm at it, since the word hate has been used in this thread repeatedly, I can't for the life of me find where anyone stated they HATE Sam Keller.

Also I find your last paragraph about being asshats and demonizing a former player to be pretty tasteless and classless. I don't mind a bit telling you that either. There wasn't one f'ing word I said that alluded to 1. Myself being an asshat (not this time at least). 2. I haven't demonized anyone. Nor did my statement give that impression. You're better than that LOMs. At least I thought you were.
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My apologies as I wasn't directing that towards you specifically. I used yours and Chimalli's posts as the basis of the conversation, but that last sentence was broadly intended towards anyone that has disdain or ill will towards the guy. Sorry I didn't make that clearer!

 
This doesnt look like the doosh Sam Keller some are trying to paint him as when he was here.




In fact, I'm pretty sure everyone loved him here until we started losing.

And then of course there's his lawsuit thingy with the video games and such.

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
A lot of Shawn Watson hate was misplaced Callahan hate.

The Syrian Civil War might be misplaced Callahan hate, too. Always hard to tell.
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I saw both sides of the Keller transfer. While here at ASU, I wasn't a big fan of how he handled the QB competition (with Rudy Carpenter, I think?) but the bigger issue was his father. He really made a spectacle of himself down here, and I thought that it unfairly painted Sam in the wrong light. That being said, I was excited that he chose to come to the Huskers and was hoping for great things from him. Unfortunately as others have said, that season was a train wreck, none of which was Keller's fault. I'm not sure why so many have such strong feelings against him.

 
I figured the lawsuit would come up here. There's a lot of unhappiness at Sam for that, too. Thing is, if the Acme Widget Co. were using NCAA players' likenesses, and none of us used the widgets Acme makes, nobody would be upset with that lawsuit.

It's when something that people like is threatened, that's when it becomes a problem. I'm not going to debate the merits of that lawsuit here, but let's be honest about why we're upset at Keller for the suit.

 
knapplc said:
I figured the lawsuit would come up here. There's a lot of unhappiness at Sam for that, too. Thing is, if the Acme Widget Co. were using NCAA players' likenesses, and none of us used the widgets Acme makes, nobody would be upset with that lawsuit.

It's when something that people like is threatened, that's when it becomes a problem. I'm not going to debate the merits of that lawsuit here, but let's be honest about why we're upset at Keller for the suit.
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I'm just as mad at them for copping out and not going after the TV networks. All or nothing.

Edit: Also, the video game version of Sam was 10x better.

 
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Sam was brought in to do a job and he did it to the best of his ability. That year was a trainwreck and he was put into a bad spot. I'll always remember what he did to a Bo Pelini defense/secondary while he was at ASU:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDoZ0Nf5nbw

(450 yards passing, 4 TD's 0 INT's against the SEC West champs that year, btw)

and also for not taking himself too seriously



Not your typical "Nebraska" guy, but a good guy nonetheless who gets a little too much criticism and borderline hate.

 
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