Trev to A&M

VectorVictor said:
Why? This is exactly what Pillen, Ricketts, and the Peed family want. They want an unstable University they can dismantle, and leaving it rudderless and in the hands of incompetent lackeys on the BoR helps their cause. 

Frankly, a lot of Nebraska voters that *supposedly* love Husker athletics and the University need to realize that voting for the current (read: non-moderate) GOP candidates means undermining the University and its mission, which includes athletics.

Also, it’s not a coincidence that some of the best runs the University *and* this state had is when we had moderate leadership at the helm, and not the incompetence we have now at Governor. 

Elections have consequences. 
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I know.  I’m just so frustrated about this. 

 
Sadly this plan was hatched and implemented right under our noses in 2020 and only took 2 years to drive out key players in the UNL Admin.  These seats are to be nonpartisan for a reason and the fact that Jim Pillen still thinks he holds a seat is very telling.  4 of the 8 seats (6 year terms) are up for re-election this year and "we the people" can make sure the UNL BoR is not weaponized anymore...  if you are in district 3,4,5, or 8 - look to see who is sat and who is running against the incumbent...  Sad to see what is happening across the country boil over into our public education spaces in a bad way...  (rant over..  thank you)

 
VectorVictor said:
People choosing to disparage Alberts or say he went for more money are doing so because they realize their vote helped put the University and it’s Athletic Department in the position it’s currently in (rudderless, lacking leadership, full of in-fighting and regent incompetence). 
 

Your vote has consequences—Terry Pettit has already called this out. Ricketts, Pillen, the Peeds—they’re systematically attacking the University by slashing its budget, and the regents they backed should be sued for malfeasance they’re so incompetent. 
 

But hey, blame Trev going for more money (which he didn’t get) or moving to another red State (that keeps their leadership) if that helps you cope with the fact that your vote for Pillen and Ricketts is helping kill the university. 
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Both Pillen and Ricketts had bigger fish to fry. The 26K crybabies and snowflakes at UNL need to re-evaluate their importance as the rest of the state doesn't revolve around UNL.

God forbid that UNL stay beholden to the taxpayers via the BoR.

If these temper tantrums by Carter, Green, Alberts, are the result of being held accountable, then good riddance. 

There definitely is a cancer or a rot in UNL and in academia as a whole,  but it's not the BOR.

Maybe Sasse will come back to right the ship.

 
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Douglas said:
Both Pillen and Ricketts had bigger fish to fry. The 26K crybabies and snowflakes at UNL need to re-evaluate their importance as the rest of the state doesn't revolve around UNL.

God forbid that UNL stay beholden to the taxpayers via the BoR.

If these temper tantrums by Carter, Green, Alberts, are the result of being held accountable, then good riddance. 

There definitely is a cancer or a rot in UNL and in academia as a whole,  but it's not the BOR.

Maybe Sasse will come back to right the ship.
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Great.

We lose good talent at UNL and you blame the talent instead of the leadership that drove them out.

 
Trev quit ESPN by not showing up Labor Day weekend in 2005 because he thought he was playing second fiddle to the Gameday crew.

John Walters, SI.com

ESPN fired Trev Alberts on Sunday after the college football analyst failed to show up for work at ESPN's studios in Bristol, Conn.

"He phoned and said that he wasn't going to show up," Mark Shapiro, ESPN's Vice President of Programming and Production, told SI.com on Tuesday night, "and when he didn't, he was in breach of his contract and we terminated him."

Alberts, a former All-American defensive end at Nebraska and member of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, was embarking on his fourth season as part of ESPN's popular College Football Scoreboard and College Football Gameday team. But on Sunday morning, in the midst of college football's first big weekend of the season, Alberts phoned ESPN's coordinating producer of college football, Ed Placey, and voiced his discontent.

"He phoned us and told us that he was unhappy with his role on College GameDay," said Shapiro. "He felt that he was playing second fiddle."

As the day wore on, according to both Shapiro and Alberts, there were several conversations between Alberts and ESPN senior vice presidents Jed Drake and Norby Williamson. Finally, Alberts announced that he would not be reporting for work that afternoon (ESPN and ESPN2 aired three college football games between 3:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.). Once Alberts failed to appear for his studio show assignment with host Rece Davis and fellow analyst Mark May, he was fired.

"They first wanted me to resign," Alberts said on Tuesday night from his Atlanta home. "Then they fired me. I obviously have a serious problem with the word 'breach', but that's something my attorney will work out."

 
Leadership may not be where it needs to be at this particular moment, but it does not the change the fact that Nebraska took a big chance on him with just his UNO background.  He basically got the job because he was an alumni.  He just signed an extension.  He hired a new football head coach just a year ago.  They are starting major renovation projects.  It was a horrible time to leave and he will justly be remembered for that.  He deserves to be remembered as a "turncoat".

 
Packerhuskerfan said:
Leadership may not be where it needs to be at this particular moment, but it does not the change the fact that Nebraska took a big chance on him with just his UNO background.  He basically got the job because he was an alumni.  He just signed an extension.  He hired a new football head coach just a year ago.  They are starting major renovation projects.  It was a horrible time to leave and he will justly be remembered for that.  He deserves to be remembered as a "turncoat".
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He's not a turn coat, but it's extremely disappointing that he chose to leave instead of fight for what he supposedly loved. Then again it sounds like he asked to be compensated for his trouble and was shut down.

 
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