Comparing Nebraska's most colorful coaches of late

[carlfense]

You do know what status quo means, right? . . .

. . . Starting to think most of this is just confusion over definitions that are getting mixed up in transit. . . .

Yeah. It only makes more sense if he is either ignoring or doesn't know what "status quo" and "comparison" means. I'm not sure how else you can get there from here.

That doesn't mean what y'all think it means. Please show me how many 6-7 seasons the Bo has put up.

Looks like you still don't understand . . .

Let's save some time and clear this up. What do you think that "status quo" means?

 

[StPaulHusker]

You do know what status quo means, right? . . .

. . . Starting to think most of this is just confusion over definitions that are getting mixed up in transit. . . .

Yeah. It only makes more sense if he is either ignoring or doesn't know what "status quo" and "comparison" means. I'm not sure how else you can get there from here.

That doesn't mean what y'all think it means. Please show me how many 6-7 seasons the Bo has put up.

I think you may have painted yourself into a corner.

They asked you if you would support the status quo (9-4 or 10-4) indefinitely. You said no but you would support Bo as long as he continues to win like he is. ie status quo 9-4 or 10-4.

Bo going to 6 or 7 wins would not be the status quo so of course no one expects you to support the coach.

 

[TheSker]

Still waiting on the list of schools

 

[carlfense]

I think you may have painted yourself into a corner.

They asked you if you would support the status quo (9-4 or 10-4) indefinitely. You said no but you would support Bo as long as he continues to win like he is. ie status quo 9-4 or 10-4.

Bo going to 6 or 7 wins would not be the status quo so of course no one expects you to support the coach.

The most charitable explanation would probably be that 74Husker thought that "status quo" meant simply that Pelini is still the head coach. That's not what I (or zoogies, I think) intended.

 

[Landlord]

You do know what status quo means, right? . . .

. . . Starting to think most of this is just confusion over definitions that are getting mixed up in transit. . . .

Yeah. It only makes more sense if he is either ignoring or doesn't know what "status quo" and "comparison" means. I'm not sure how else you can get there from here.

That doesn't mean what y'all think it means. Please show me how many 6-7 seasons the Bo has put up.

Looks like you still don't understand . . .

Let's save some time and clear this up. What do you think that "status quo" means?

If you actually wanted to save some time, and not be demeaning, you could have just given the definition instead of waiting for him to tell you his, and then responding with the actual definition.

Status quo is a Latin term meaning the existing state of affairs.[1] It is the nominal form of the prepositional Latin phrase "in statu quo" – literally "in the state in which", which itself is a shortening of the original phrase in statu quo res erant ante bellum, meaning "in the state in which things were before the war". To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are. The related phrase status quo ante, literally "the state in which before", means "the state of affairs that existed previously".[2]

 

[carlfense]

Still waiting on the list of schools

You must think that this is important. Why?

 

[carlfense]

You do know what status quo means, right? . . .

. . . Starting to think most of this is just confusion over definitions that are getting mixed up in transit. . . .

Yeah. It only makes more sense if he is either ignoring or doesn't know what "status quo" and "comparison" means. I'm not sure how else you can get there from here.

That doesn't mean what y'all think it means. Please show me how many 6-7 seasons the Bo has put up.

Looks like you still don't understand . . .

Let's save some time and clear this up. What do you think that "status quo" means?

If you actually wanted to save some time, and not be demeaning, you could have just given the definition instead of waiting for him to tell you his, and then responding with the actual definition.

Status quo is a Latin term meaning the existing state of affairs.[1] It is the nominal form of the prepositional Latin phrase "in statu quo" – literally "in the state in which", which itself is a shortening of the original phrase in statu quo res erant ante bellum, meaning "in the state in which things were before the war". To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are. The related phrase status quo ante, literally "the state in which before", means "the state of affairs that existed previously".[2]

I think that I might have figured out where we lost him. See here. http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/69508-comparing-nebraskas-most-colorful-coaches-of-late/page__view__findpost__p__1340513

No demeaning intended. Just trying to get on the same page.

 

[TheSker]

It has more relevance than what Daniel Webster thought of status quo.

 

[74Hunter]

Then why, exactly, did you include the comment about Tom taking 20 years to win the big one?

Its called comparing situations, not the people used as examples. It's a common, simple concept.

But I can make an informed, educated decision based on history . . .

That's interesting.

It is, you should try it sometime.

. . . also doesn't make my opinion wrong.

Uh huh, all evidence be damned.

Status quo.

 

[carlfense]

Then why, exactly, did you include the comment about Tom taking 20 years to win the big one?

Its called comparing situations, not the people used as examples. It's a common, simple concept.

But I can make an informed, educated decision based on history . . .

That's interesting.

It is, you should try it sometime.

. . . also doesn't make my opinion wrong.

Uh huh, all evidence be damned.

Status quo.

Oh boy. Too easy.

 

[StPaulHusker]

Oh boy. Too easy.

Let it go. Just....Let it go

 

[carlfense]

Oh boy. Too easy.

Let it go. Just....Let it go

Yeah . . .

 

[carlfense]

It has more relevance than what Daniel Webster thought of status quo.

I don't think that we're supposed to reveal the real names of members, including 74Husker.

 

[zoogs]

Still waiting on the list of schools

Feel free to provide it. I'm curious. Are there any? I wouldn't even know where to look it up. Presumably if you could show me a giant database of coaches we could run a query...say, 'Select coaches from coaches_database where ((end_of_year = fired) and (has_he_ever_won_fewer_than_9_games_at_school = no)).'

Then we could run a few other similar queries, replacing the latter statement with say, 8 wins, 7 wins, average win percentage, conference championships, etc. But I digress.

If the argument is, 'No school has ever fired a coach who has won as much as Bo', then is it still 'More Than Winning'?

Here's another question. If Bo had been fired at the end of last season, something SI.com college football beat writer Stewart Mandel (among many others) considered fait accompli, would he have been the most successful coach to ever be fired in the history of college football?

 

[74Hunter]

I think you may have painted yourself into a corner.

They asked you if you would support the status quo (9-4 or 10-4) indefinitely. You said no but you would support Bo as long as he continues to win like he is. ie status quo 9-4 or 10-4.

Bo going to 6 or 7 wins would not be the status quo so of course no one expects you to support the coach.

The most charitable explanation would probably be that 74Husker thought that "status quo" meant simply that Pelini is still the head coach. That's not what I (or zoogies, I think) intended.

This is incorrect, maybe I (or someone) missed something along the way.

I thought I made it pretty clear that I'd be okay with things the way they are unless something changes, such as a losing record, probation, Bo eating live puppies for breakfast, etc.