Talk:Tom Osborne (Nebraska)

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[edit] Article move

Would people object to moving this page to say Tom Osborne (Nebraska) after all he is now in Congress and running for governor of Nebraska. I realize he is most famous for football but he is active in his "second career" Smith03 21:10, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Tom Osborne (Nebraska) is definitely better than Tom Osborne (football coach). But what about Thomas William Osborne — or some variant, i.e. Thomas W. Osborne — might that be even better? jareha 05:42, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree to the move to Thomas W. Osborne.--NMajdan•talk 16:49, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I support a permanent move to Thomas William Osborne as being most consistent with WP naming conventions. Thomas W. Osborne is no longer available, there is another article of that name already. Fjbfour 06:36, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Is Tom OSborne running for re-election in 2006 or not, considering his bid for the governor's race?--69.249.195.232 02:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

No, his running in the gubernatiorial primary precluded his running for the Congressional nomination at the same time, so now that he has lost the primary for governor he will be out of politics, at least for now, on January 3, 2007 when his current term in the House of Representatives expires. Now that his political race is over, should the "active politican" tag/template be removed from here? Rlquall 22:22, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Legend"

"...legend as one of the best football coaches ever" seems a little too POV to me. Even when published sources say this and it is not just an editor's opinion, which is true in this case, shouldn't they be cited? I think its better to say that "Historians have rated Abraham Lincoln as one of the greatest Presidents ever," and then to cite the historians, than it is for the article to say "Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest Presidents ever," even when references which say this are included as footnoted references. While I haven't actually run all of the references on Dr. Osborne cited here, I have certainly seen contentions of his greatness in reputable, published sources and have no doubt that such a thing has been written. But the article as written currently smacks a little of 'Husker boosterism to me (a supporter of a team that has contributed in the last ten years to the overall 'Husker legend by laying down and dying for them on national television). Rlquall 22:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC) Ya I agree and it also stated that going for the 2 pt. conversion instead of the PAT cemented his reputation as one of the greatest coaches ever. That's stupid because how does costing your team a national championship by going for 2 cement your reputation as the greatest coach ever. A great coach would have called a play to get his team into the endzone. It was a bad call and a bad part of the article so I removed it. He was a good coach but going for the 2 pt conversion not only had nothing do with it and it was probably one of the mistakes that he made as a coach not a good thing.

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