The Harvey Perlman Redemption

[knapplc]

As the Steve Pederson era wound down, with Nebraska Football at historic lows, languishing under the misdirection of a coach Steve Pederson hired, many people turned their thoughts not just to the Athletic Director who hired that coach, but to the Chancellor who hired the AD, Harvey Perlman. Perlman's name came up in thread after thread on HuskerBoard, pissed that he let a guy like Pederson ruin our program. He was the Head Guy, and the buck stopped there.

Perlman took action in 2007 when the program crumbled beyond repair, and the Pederson didn't seem likely to fire the coach he had risked his neck to hire. Out went Pederson and in came Tom Osborne, the man who would heal our wounds. Callahan was ousted and Pelini was hired, but still resentment against Perlmen festered.

Now we stand at the brink of an historic change in the landscape of college football, taking the most risky and most likely beneficial step ever taken on behalf of this university, and this athletic program. Perlman has spearheaded this effort on our behalf, and has guided us through a minefield of disasters and downturns, ultimately choosing to leave the Big 12 and join the most prestigious public academic conference in the country.

Perlman will be lauded as a hero for orchestrating this move, and rightly so. What a change a few years can make for one man's image.

Thanks, Harvey. You did a good job here.

 

[EbylHusker]

Perlman has done so much good for NU. It goes far, far beyond athletics.

Edit - I mean over his time here, not just with this.

 

[huskerjack23]

I liked when he said that the penalty for leaving would be "inappropriate" because of all the other teams that are leaving. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! So good.

 

[Pasadena Husker]

so far, he has done a masterful job in helping bring this big 10 offer to fruition. this move will obviously provide great benefits to the university, well beyond the athletic side of things. well done harvey!

 

[Vince from ShamWOW]

Everything he said today was a thing of beauty.

 

[Paul in WI]

The text from that news conference should find a permanent place on this site. That was a masterpiece from both Harvey and Tom.

 

[sd'sker]

but has he made up for letting tommy lee onto campus?

 

[sd'sker]

The text from that news conference should find a permanent place on this site. That was a masterpiece from both Harvey and Tom.

like our very own (as huskers) declaration of independence, from the tyranny of texas and the south. just like the civil war, the north wins again.

 

[huskerstuckinmichigan]

1620 the Zone quoted a famous movie and directed it towards Perlman, "Just when I thought you couldn't do anything dumber, you go and totaly redeem yourself!!!" :horns2 Also, who ever would have thought Osborne would come out swinging like that? He is the model of humility and WOW it was like Rocky punching out Mr. T in the final round.

 

[EbylHusker]

Heh, both Perlman and Osborne are known for being capable of laying down the political correct punches. 1620 is trying to make it sound like they're surprised Perlman was capable of that, but it's been obvious for a while. He's given out the politically correct smackdown before. So has Osborne.

 

[Vince from ShamWOW]

but has he made up for letting tommy lee onto campus?

Yes, and he has made up for hiring Pederson.

 

[sd'sker]

but has he made up for letting tommy lee onto campus?

Yes, and he has made up for hiring Pederson.

ok, thanks for the answer vince, it was more of a rhetorical/joke question, but good to know.

 

[Ponderosa]

1620 the Zone quoted a famous movie and directed it towards Perlman, "Just when I thought you couldn't do anything dumber, you go and totaly redeem yourself!!!"

Also, who ever would have thought Osborne would come out swinging like that? He is the model of humility and WOW it was like Rocky punching out Mr. T in the final round.

He's always been able to do that...we've just never been in a huddle with Dr. Tom.

 

[krill]

It's painful to think that we could be sitting here right now with a very mediocre program in the apparently doomed big 12 conference. What if TO had said no thanks three years ago, I'd like to retire in peace and comfort rather than be thrown back into the craziness of college athletics at age 70. Instead we've come off a great season, enthusiasm for football is as high as it was in the 90's, we're headed to a new conference, have a new arena being built and the university itself will likely do quite well with new research opportunities.

 

[sd'sker]

It's painful to think that we could be sitting here right now with a very mediocre program in the apparently doomed big 12 conference. What if TO had said no thanks three years ago, I'd like to retire in peace and comfort rather than be thrown back into the craziness of college athletics at age 70. Instead we've come off a great season, enthusiasm for football is as high as it was in the 90's, we're headed to a new conference, have a new arena being built and the university itself will likely do quite well with new research opportunities.

quite the turnaround, and it is nice that we will have a major conference to rely on to keep us relevant, unlike if the big 12 fell apart and we had to pick up the scraps. that would have been worse than joining the big east.