Pat Forde's top 3 coaches on the hot seat

[Abdullah the Butcher]

Bo Pelini: Has any coach done more to try to earn his way into fans' hearts than Nebraska's head coach? From letting 7-year-old cancer survivor Jack Hoffman score a touchdown in last year's spring game to holding a cat while leading the Cornhuskers through the tunnel at this year's spring game, Pelini has worked hard to reveal his soft side.

Bo Pelini: Sure, Pelini won the offseason as college football's most colorful head coach. But the Cornhuskers lost four games in each of his first six seasons, and there was a lot of doubt about whether he'd be back for a seventh campaign in Lincoln. If the Cornhuskers aren't more consistent this season, fans won't be laughing with Pelini for very long.

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[Count 'Bility]

I dont know Polo. But I'll take the word of a former player of his from 7 years ago who's had no contact with Bo outside of one random phone call.

 

The audio again? Yeah, you can judge him on that. I have no problem with that. I have no problem with what he said. He was brute honest. They were fairweather f'ing fans. And Tom Shatel and the OWH can bleepity bleep bleep. After a week of ridiculing him and his sophmore qb, and then hearing the crowd boo and file out with a half to go, I dont see the big deal in being spitefully angry after finding a way to win that game. I guess I'm just the same kinda person in a way. You doubt me. You give up on me. You ridicule me. And when I find a way to overcome and come through, you god damn right I'm gonna rub your nose in that pile of sh#t. If you wanna hold him accountable for it go ahead. But it's sad that if we're winning more than 9-10 games a year, or hold on against UCLA, we still to this day never even know of that recording. That's chickin sh#t. Nothing less. Nothing more. It's a sickening display of double standards in society. Boo hoo. Bo's mad at fans that gave up on their team and left. Put your big boy pants on and quit being such a pu&&y about it.

 

And yes. The softball umpire story. Good God. Where do you people get this crap. Yeah. Bo berated an umpire at a girls softball game and no one caught it on camer or made a story of it. Who distributes the stupid pills around here? Is it 1990?

[NUinID]

I dont know Polo. But I'll take the word of a former player of his from 7 years ago who's had no contact with Bo outside of one random phone call.

 

The audio again? Yeah, you can judge him on that. I have no problem with that. I have no problem with what he said. He was brute honest. They were fairweather f'ing fans. And Tom Shatel and the OWH can bleepity bleep bleep. After a week of ridiculing him and his sophmore qb, and then hearing the crowd boo and file out with a half to go, I dont see the big deal in being spitefully angry after finding a way to win that game. I guess I'm just the same kinda person in a way. You doubt me. You give up on me. You ridicule me. And when I find a way to overcome and come through, you god damn right I'm gonna rub your nose in that pile of sh#t. If you wanna hold him accountable for it go ahead. But it's sad that if we're winning more than 9-10 games a year, or hold on against UCLA, we still to this day never even know of that recording. That's chickin sh#t. Nothing less. Nothing more. It's a sickening display of double standards in society. Boo hoo. Bo's mad at fans that gave up on their team and left. Put your big boy pants on and quit being such a pu&&y about it.

 

And yes. The softball umpire story. Good God. Where do you people get this crap. Yeah. Bo berated an umpire at a girls softball game and no one caught it on camer or made a story of it. Who distributes the stupid pills around here? Is it 1990?

 

In all seriousness, everyone blows off steam. Everyone says things in private that aren't for the public. If you say you don't you are lying to yourself. It is human nature to do such things.

[StPaulHusker]

Every time I've ever run into Bo in person he's either been grinning or laughing or saying thank you to random fans who come up to him when he's in public. (And no I'm not one of those people. I just like to eavesdrop creepily while pretending I don't know who he is).

I don't think you need to try so hard to get to know Carl.

[huskerswrkhavoc]

I dont know Polo. But I'll take the word of a former player of his from 7 years ago who's had no contact with Bo outside of one random phone call.

 

The audio again? Yeah, you can judge him on that. I have no problem with that. I have no problem with what he said. He was brute honest. They were fairweather f'ing fans. And Tom Shatel and the OWH can bleepity bleep bleep. After a week of ridiculing him and his sophmore qb, and then hearing the crowd boo and file out with a half to go, I dont see the big deal in being spitefully angry after finding a way to win that game. I guess I'm just the same kinda person in a way. You doubt me. You give up on me. You ridicule me. And when I find a way to overcome and come through, you god damn right I'm gonna rub your nose in that pile of sh#t. If you wanna hold him accountable for it go ahead. But it's sad that if we're winning more than 9-10 games a year, or hold on against UCLA, we still to this day never even know of that recording. That's chickin sh#t. Nothing less. Nothing more. It's a sickening display of double standards in society. Boo hoo. Bo's mad at fans that gave up on their team and left. Put your big boy pants on and quit being such a pu&&y about it.

 

And yes. The softball umpire story. Good God. Where do you people get this crap. Yeah. Bo berated an umpire at a girls softball game and no one caught it on camer or made a story of it. Who distributes the stupid pills around here? Is it 1990?

 

So because you don't know it means it isn't true? That's the thing about information. Those who have some know whether to trust it and if it's true, those who don't berate people who bring it. The softball thing has been out there for awhile now and it's generally accepted as true, whether you want to believe it or not. If you don't, great. No skin off my back. But it's a fact in my eyes (and many, many other people's eyes). And nobody made a story about it? Depends who you ask. There are people who made a story about it or nobody else would know.

 

And to this day YOU don't know of that recording. Again, there were many people that had already known it had happened. There are people that know that he has threatened media members. Some have had it happen to them, some have witnessed it. And you're blind if you think that the media doesn't talk to each other.

 

And the problem with telling the fans to f off that game and saying they're a bunch of fair weather whatevers is ,well, not everyone was. I was there the entire game. I was wet. I had no voice for days afterwards. I wasn't close to the only one. There were a TON of people there. It rained. We could have been winning by just as much and just as many people would have left. Would that make all those fans fair weather? And oh my. Some people got booed after a terrible first half display? I'm sorry, are you in the business of athletics? Then grow a little bit thicker skin. We're told as fans to get thicker skin because "Bo is Bo" but his can be paper thin? Give me a break.

 

And don't give me the PR is BS nonsense. If it was, there wouldn't be PR people on the payroll. Plain and simple. If you cannot acknowledge that PR plays a critical role in the image building of Bo, I cannot take anything you say seriously. Plain and simple.

[Count 'Bility]

Oh I believe it's true. I believe he probably made a few remarks about a bad call at a softball game-LIKE ANY OTHER FRICKIN FATHER IN THE WORLD.

 

I just dont believe it was an overboard reaction that's being blown out of proportion in order to support agendas and witch hunts. Again, just another instance that's never brought if we're winning just a teeny weeny bit more. I guess I'll email Bo and ask what it's like to not be able to be a normal dad.

[hskrfan4life]

Sometimes I wish I was a football coach, but then I think that I get real emotional during games of any sport I have a rooting interest in. So I feel that I would probably be banned from the league by the second game.

[Saunders]

It rained. We could have been winning by just as much and just as many people would have left. Would that make all those fans fair weather?

[Stumpy1]

 

I dont know Polo. But I'll take the word of a former player of his from 7 years ago who's had no contact with Bo outside of one random phone call.

 

The audio again? Yeah, you can judge him on that. I have no problem with that. I have no problem with what he said. He was brute honest. They were fairweather f'ing fans. And Tom Shatel and the OWH can bleepity bleep bleep. After a week of ridiculing him and his sophmore qb, and then hearing the crowd boo and file out with a half to go, I dont see the big deal in being spitefully angry after finding a way to win that game. I guess I'm just the same kinda person in a way. You doubt me. You give up on me. You ridicule me. And when I find a way to overcome and come through, you god damn right I'm gonna rub your nose in that pile of sh#t. If you wanna hold him accountable for it go ahead. But it's sad that if we're winning more than 9-10 games a year, or hold on against UCLA, we still to this day never even know of that recording. That's chickin sh#t. Nothing less. Nothing more. It's a sickening display of double standards in society. Boo hoo. Bo's mad at fans that gave up on their team and left. Put your big boy pants on and quit being such a pu&&y about it.

 

And yes. The softball umpire story. Good God. Where do you people get this crap. Yeah. Bo berated an umpire at a girls softball game and no one caught it on camer or made a story of it. Who distributes the stupid pills around here? Is it 1990?

 

So because you don't know it means it isn't true? That's the thing about information. Those who have some know whether to trust it and if it's true, those who don't berate people who bring it. The softball thing has been out there for awhile now and it's generally accepted as true, whether you want to believe it or not. If you don't, great. No skin off my back. But it's a fact in my eyes (and many, many other people's eyes). And nobody made a story about it? Depends who you ask. There are people who made a story about it or nobody else would know.

 

And to this day YOU don't know of that recording. Again, there were many people that had already known it had happened. There are people that know that he has threatened media members. Some have had it happen to them, some have witnessed it. And you're blind if you think that the media doesn't talk to each other.

 

And the problem with telling the fans to f off that game and saying they're a bunch of fair weather whatevers is ,well, not everyone was. I was there the entire game. I was wet. I had no voice for days afterwards. I wasn't close to the only one. There were a TON of people there. It rained. We could have been winning by just as much and just as many people would have left. Would that make all those fans fair weather? And oh my. Some people got booed after a terrible first half display? I'm sorry, are you in the business of athletics? Then grow a little bit thicker skin. We're told as fans to get thicker skin because "Bo is Bo" but his can be paper thin? Give me a break.

 

And don't give me the PR is BS nonsense. If it was, there wouldn't be PR people on the payroll. Plain and simple. If you cannot acknowledge that PR plays a critical role in the image building of Bo, I cannot take anything you say seriously. Plain and simple.

 

Spoken like someone with an agenda, don't you think?

[Stumpy1]

 

I dont know Polo. But I'll take the word of a former player of his from 7 years ago who's had no contact with Bo outside of one random phone call.

 

The audio again? Yeah, you can judge him on that. I have no problem with that. I have no problem with what he said. He was brute honest. They were fairweather f'ing fans. And Tom Shatel and the OWH can bleepity bleep bleep. After a week of ridiculing him and his sophmore qb, and then hearing the crowd boo and file out with a half to go, I dont see the big deal in being spitefully angry after finding a way to win that game. I guess I'm just the same kinda person in a way. You doubt me. You give up on me. You ridicule me. And when I find a way to overcome and come through, you god damn right I'm gonna rub your nose in that pile of sh#t. If you wanna hold him accountable for it go ahead. But it's sad that if we're winning more than 9-10 games a year, or hold on against UCLA, we still to this day never even know of that recording. That's chickin sh#t. Nothing less. Nothing more. It's a sickening display of double standards in society. Boo hoo. Bo's mad at fans that gave up on their team and left. Put your big boy pants on and quit being such a pu&&y about it.

 

And yes. The softball umpire story. Good God. Where do you people get this crap. Yeah. Bo berated an umpire at a girls softball game and no one caught it on camer or made a story of it. Who distributes the stupid pills around here? Is it 1990?

 

So because you don't know it means it isn't true? That's the thing about information. Those who have some know whether to trust it and if it's true, those who don't berate people who bring it. The softball thing has been out there for awhile now and it's generally accepted as true, whether you want to believe it or not. If you don't, great. No skin off my back. But it's a fact in my eyes (and many, many other people's eyes). And nobody made a story about it? Depends who you ask. There are people who made a story about it or nobody else would know.

 

And to this day YOU don't know of that recording. Again, there were many people that had already known it had happened. There are people that know that he has threatened media members. Some have had it happen to them, some have witnessed it. And you're blind if you think that the media doesn't talk to each other.

 

And the problem with telling the fans to f off that game and saying they're a bunch of fair weather whatevers is ,well, not everyone was. I was there the entire game. I was wet. I had no voice for days afterwards. I wasn't close to the only one. There were a TON of people there. It rained. We could have been winning by just as much and just as many people would have left. Would that make all those fans fair weather? And oh my. Some people got booed after a terrible first half display? I'm sorry, are you in the business of athletics? Then grow a little bit thicker skin. We're told as fans to get thicker skin because "Bo is Bo" but his can be paper thin? Give me a break.

 

And don't give me the PR is BS nonsense. If it was, there wouldn't be PR people on the payroll. Plain and simple. If you cannot acknowledge that PR plays a critical role in the image building of Bo, I cannot take anything you say seriously. Plain and simple.

 

bullsh#t...Again, it has been stated by MANY people that Bo is a likeable guy that jokes and has fun. Why would he need a PR guy have him do that when he has always been that way according to friend, family and players?

[tschu]

You're massively deluded if you don't think that Nebraska Athletic Dept PR plays a sizeable role. That's all I can really say

[Stumpy1]

You're massively deluded if you don't think that Nebraska Athletic Dept PR plays a sizeable role. That's all I can really say

Explain why then?

 

The only thing I can see a PR guy doing is telling Bo to let the fans see the other side of you, the one that the players and others close to you see everyday. I do not think that they are coming up with things for him to do in order for him to make himself look better.

[StPaulHusker]

 

You're massively deluded if you don't think that Nebraska Athletic Dept PR plays a sizeable role. That's all I can really say

Explain why then?

 

My guess is that Bo has always been like this (save for media interviews) and probably didn't let the university show much of it. After last year, he realized that the public perception of him wasn't good and needed to change it. So he did. Good for him for looking in the mirror and seeing an issue and correcting it.

[tschu]

@Stumpy

 

Not necessarily, but don't rule it out. But what they do do is choose what things we do see. Things can be hidden, downplayed, promoted, or presented. PR is really an art form.

[Stumpy1]

 

 

You're massively deluded if you don't think that Nebraska Athletic Dept PR plays a sizeable role. That's all I can really say

Explain why then?

 

My guess is that Bo has always been like this (save for media interviews) and probably didn't let the university show much of it. After last year, he realized that the public perception of him wasn't good and needed to change it. So he did. Good for him for looking in the mirror and seeing an issue and correcting it.

 

Pretty much what I think is happening also. I don't think the things he has been doing are made up by a PR person but rather something that was caught on tape and released.