Jason Peter on BRWU

Definitely not out of left field on any of his comments. IMO JP seemed really enthusiastic about his love of the Huskers and what they can do to improve. And I have wanted the Huskers to go back to running the Power I or option since Osborne/Solich left! I really miss the power Neb used to have! On another note, I also agree with JP about having tougher practices. I think that's why Lee looks so great during practice and then sucks eggs during games. And if that's the way practices go, then Lee will continue to be starting QB now and possibly next year as well....

 
You missed my point. I LISTENED to the guy and stated my opinion. I said he's a fried bananna. You can also state your opinion as you have. I included his past history as to why I think is a fried bananna much as I have expressed what I think of you IRA. The elevator doesn't go to the top floor any longer as far as I am concerned with this guy. Why was he on the show? There may be other past heroin addicts that turned out to win the Nobel Prize and such. Hopefully one will be your heart surgeon someday. But regardless. I was using Teafatiller as an example in the DUI statement and sure as hell some nancyboy had to jump all over that to. So go hug a tree, and give a hug to the addict pissing by it, don't forget what I think about you, and hire a recovered drug addict to clean your house..... you're so trusting.

 
I always remember JP being that way! He was always out on left field making random comments or pissing people off. You either love or hate the guy. But regardless, he says whatever he thinks! IMO, he seemed like he's come out of his past a better person, and I never thought, "Wow this guy is a past heroin addict, he just seems fried, and I'm going to completely discredit everything he says because of it... etc, etc"

 
cornhuskersftw said:
I always remember JP being that way! He was always out on left field making random comments or pissing people off. You either love or hate the guy. But regardless, he says whatever he thinks! IMO, he seemed like he's come out of his past a better person, and I never thought, "Wow this guy is a past heroin addict, he just seems fried, and I'm going to completely discredit everything he says because of it... etc, etc"
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I sorta thought so too...(JP being like that long before drugs)..

I just figured it had more to do with what position he played..I know I got a little crazier when I switched from OLB to DE my Sr. year.

It was funner in a way.
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np_husker said:
Two former Huskers I really want to see on our staff one day; Jason Peter and Scott Frost.
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I like Jason Peter. I like what he says on the radio, and I happen to enjoy his rants and intensity. At the same time, I think hiring him onto the staff, from an neutral perspective, would be utter nonsense. He has been well established not only as a great Husker in the 90s, but also a self-admitted narcotics addict, who has suffered from depression and suicidal tendencies after his playing days were done. All of this has been confirmed by himself, via the HBO Real Sports interview, his book, and numerous interviews. While I admire his admission and courage to fight such a beast, these things still happened. Also, since these events happened already, his chances of relapsing are more likely than someone who has never encountered such ordeals. Is that a risk that the Athletic Dept. and Husker Nation are willing to accept? If so, then we could pardon Lawrence Phillips and Thunder Collins and make them coach the running backs (went too far whoops).

From the inside as a Husker fan, I would hope he gets a chance if he ever wanted to pursue a spot on the staff.

As a outsider (like a future recruit), I think it's just too risky.

 
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You missed my point. I LISTENED to the guy and stated my opinion. I said he's a fried bananna. You can also state your opinion as you have. I included his past history as to why I think is a fried bananna much as I have expressed what I think of you IRA. The elevator doesn't go to the top floor any longer as far as I am concerned with this guy. Why was he on the show? There may be other past heroin addicts that turned out to win the Nobel Prize and such. Hopefully one will be your heart surgeon someday. But regardless. I was using Teafatiller as an example in the DUI statement and sure as hell some nancyboy had to jump all over that to. So go hug a tree, and give a hug to the addict pissing by it, don't forget what I think about you, and hire a recovered drug addict to clean your house..... you're so trusting.
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cscott..... dude. I don't even know what to say about this tangent you went on.

I have some experience with addiction. I have family members who are currently in a bad way. I have some close friends who have gone through it and come out the other side. I've battled some things myself.

Bottom line is, you're dead wrong about your analysis of the capacities of addicts. Dead wrong.

It's a case-by-case basis. There are guys who go through hell, find a great support system, and move through it. There are guys in exactly the same situation with exactly the same support system who go back. And back. And back. You cannot throw every addict under the bus because of their addictions just the same as you cannot give them all a pass on their troubles.

I'd love for you to meet JP. I met him very briefly at a coffee shop a while ago. Dude was cordial to me and my family, when clearly he was just trying to be a citizen buying some coffee. He's all right in my book.

I read his book just a couple of months ago. He doesn't pull punches, and he doesn't gloss it over. He describes quite clearly the lying, cheating, underhanded guy he became. He describes the stupid, illegal, dangerous stuff he did. The very title is self-mockery, and skewers his own persona at the time. It's a good read. A tough read. But very much worth it.

I'm not going to stand here and tell you that you have to respect Jason Peter. He's done some pretty unsavory things. I'm saying that you could give the guy an honest chance, and like/dislike him on his current merits, not on his addictive past.

I would have a lot less really, really great people in my life if we all behaved the way you're behaving. I know giants who have gone through addiction. You're missing out by casting them all with the same, crummy die.

 
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I'm really not sure why you have such an issue with me or Jason Peter. Either the guy did something to you or someone you know or a drug addict of some kind has affected your life in a negative way because you sure are adamant about this. The fact that you also said that if someone like scott frost made these comments you'd be more open to them is sad. You are discrediting everything he says based on his past but admit that what he said was ok. I can read your posts in the future and not sit there and say "oh boy there goes scott again, he calls me names so he's full of crap."

 
If Jason Peter was to be a coach he has to learn the rules of college football first, and make his historic references he uses on the radio somewhat accurate. Like quarterbacks starting in their first seasons and having offense, look at Tommie and Gill on the road in their first year. He is an annoying idiot. The quote in my signature is directly from a show this year after Deans hit on the punt returner. Idiot

 
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If Jason Peter was to be a coach he has to learn the rules of college football first, and make his historic references he uses on the radio somewhat accurate. Like quarterbacks starting in their first seasons and having offense, look at Tommie and Gill on the road in their first year. He is an annoying idiot. The quote in my signature is directly from a show this year after Deans hit on the punt returner. Idiot
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Oh, come on. That rule was in place when he played. Sure he had been corrected now. You have 10 posts and your sig is an anti-JP comment.

Ya, I'll listen to your objective opinion on this matter.

 
Jason Peter said tonight that he isn't worried about Watson being an inadequate QB coach because of the job he did with Joe Ganz and Zac Taylor. Sigh.

Zac Taylor - 2005 - 2006

Shawn Watson - 2006 (Tight ends and Recruiting Coordinator), 2007 - present (OC/QBs)

That's why I don't like Jason Peter . . . he just doesn't seem very smart. Plus his petulant/angry/frustrated tone grates on my nerves. There is no way this guy has a radio career if he wasn't a former player. In fact, I wonder sometimes how that was enough to land him a job.

 
carlfense said:
Jason Peter said tonight that he isn't worried about Watson being an inadequate QB coach because of the job he did with Joe Ganz and Zac Taylor. Sigh.

Zac Taylor - 2005 - 2006

Shawn Watson - 2006 (Tight ends and Recruiting Coordinator), 2007 - present (OC/QBs)

That's why I don't like Jason Peter . . . he just doesn't seem very smart. Plus his petulant/angry/frustrated tone grates on my nerves. There is no way this guy has a radio career if he wasn't a former player. In fact, I wonder sometimes how that was enough to land him a job.
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You try filling three hours of air time with patter five days a week and see how easy it is. So he messed up on a point or two. You really think it's worth tossing him under the bus for that?

I get your take on his tone. It takes some getting used to. He's got that New Jersey whine that, when I first heard it, made me wince. Once I looked past that and realized he really, truly cares about this program and wants what's best for it, his voice became easier to take. And his analyses, while off on facts sometimes, provide more insight into what we all want this program to be than any other journalist, TV personality or radio host out there in local media, bar none.

This is a guy whose resume harks back to the Glory Days. This is a guy who really, truly Gets It. If you're not interested in listening to him... who do you want to listen to?
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Well he also came from the era where the coaching staff was a given. I assumed watson was always a part of the OC/QB coach with cally. (I refused to take part in anything Nebraska until Pederson was gone)

 
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