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2 minutes ago, knapplc said:

Yeah, even Dr. Tom thinks Dr. Tom made a mistake with Pelini.

 

https://www.landof10.com/nebraska/tom-osborne-took-a-risk-hiring-bo-pelini-and-admits-it-bit-the-program

 

 

"Osborne said Pelini won a lot of games but, in the end, probably didn’t know enough about his character before he hired him."

 

No doubt.  But he wasn't hiring a family counselor.  He was hiring a football coach, and he hired a good one.  It's not easy to evaluate a person's character in an interview.  In hindsight, it didn't work out so well.  Especially after TO left.  If he'd been replaced by someone besides the Ginger Assassin, things may have been very different.  

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Cdog923 said:

And 1 conference title between them. In 1999. When Tom's last recruiting class were sophomores. 

And a Coach of the year award and an NC game appearance and a Heisman trophy winner and 3 top ten finishes and . . . ah, never mind.  It's hard to discuss things with people when their hindsight is broken.

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1 minute ago, junior4949 said:

 

It goes a little deeper than this.  TO was somewhat instrumental in us getting Steve Pederson as AD.  How many 70%+ winning coaches was Pederson involved in getting us?

LOL.  He wasn't in any way "instrumental" in getting Pederson hired.  He gave a him a standard reference as a former boss. 

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7 minutes ago, Isle of View said:

"Osborne said Pelini won a lot of games but, in the end, probably didn’t know enough about his character before he hired him."

 

No doubt.  But he wasn't hiring a family counselor.  He was hiring a football coach, and he hired a good one.  It's not easy to evaluate a person's character in an interview.  In hindsight, it didn't work out so well.  Especially after TO left.  If he'd been replaced by someone besides the Ginger Assassin, things may have been very different.  

 

 

 

 

Look at all the D1 programs lining up to hire your "good coach."  And Pelini is working with Jim Tressel, another legend, yet Pelini's antics remain the same, his questionable decisions remain the same, and his results remain the same.

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Just now, knapplc said:

 

 

Look at all the D1 programs lining up to hire your "good coach."  And Pelini is working with Jim Tressel, another legend, yet Pelini's antics remain the same, his questionable decisions remain the same, and his results remain the same.

Point?

 

TO hired a good football coach who turned out to be a jackass when he had to work for another authoritarian jackass.  Now people know what kind of a jackass he is, but once Pelini is off the NUAD dole, he'll be back on the market and someone will be willing to ignore the jackassery in return for the winning.  

 

I don't hold Osborne responsible for Pelini's personal failings.  That's all on Pelini (and a little on Harvey and Sean).

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