TO Has Lost His Mind

Well, delirium has clearly set in. If Tom Osborne thinks Mike Anderson is a good coach he clearly has not watched the team closely the last five seasons, or he doesn't know shit about baseball, or both. On Monday, Osborne announced that Anderson would return for 2011. Hello failure, goodbye program. (If you really want to be sick, read the quotes on the OWH link.)

This team has slipped every single season since Anderson took over, rarely batting over .270 in Big 12 play--a truly pathetic mark. The team's old cornerstone, pitching, is awful. The team's ERA is 5.29, 5.57 in league play. No grit, no balls, no determination.

Those who saw Anderson fumble his way along in the CWS know that he has no idea what to do if (BIG IF) he ever gets back to the big stage. The loss against Arizona State, where Anderson was pulling all of the Huskers' best hitters in favor of lefties who were batting .220 for the season, showed that. Pulling out right-handed hitters who have power and are hitting .100 points higher than the subs....so embarrassing. Then, when the game went to extra innings, NU was screwed. Thanks Mike.

Nebraska fans should show up in force the remainder of 2010 and scream for Anderson to be gone. Boo him, make him feel the pressure. Obviously, his AD is not holding him to the same standard--or any standard at all. There are a lot of fans who have spent thousands of dollars on tickets and donations and countless hours driving to and from the games. And this is the thanks that they get? Not to mention money spent in the Haymarket area--the same area where taxpayers are set to vote on the Haymarket arena project. If NU is not serious about winning, what incentive do residents have to vote YES?

Osborne has lost the edge, or likely never had it. His hand was forced by the millions of dollars involved with the football firing. Looks as if Osborne only cares about restoring the order: where football is king, and nobody cares about basketball or baseball. If it happens, it happens....otherwise he's too busy campaigning against porn and alcohol to do his job.

Maybe they can throw up a chain-link fence somewhere and bring in some faded astroturf for an infield, and re-create Buck Beltzer field. Nebraska doesn't deserve Haymarket Park. Osborne and Anderson don't act like they want the responsibility of having it. And the players and fans react accordingly. Sad times indeed.