BigRedBuster
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So now Bo has no vision.
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NUpolo8
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zoogs
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Bo's maybe just bad at communicating it. The brand plugging lately has been "I don't apologize for who I am" and "The bad media/bad fans are hurting this program" and the defensiveness is defining. That's necessitated the PR offensive this spring to showcase all the good things that Bo does do, and I the logical next step from there is to move on and start communicating what he expects his teams to be all about.
The problem is that stuff can fall on deaf ears right now. If he actually spent that much time talking about instilling toughness and playing great defense (he does, but not to the point where he's visibly defining the program around it), how many people would just say "Whatever, man, show it on the field." It's a position of his own creation to be sure, but it's not an easy one to be in. He can do everything right but because we're seven years in now, it's tough to effect a shift in tone without the play preceding the talk.
The problem is that stuff can fall on deaf ears right now. If he actually spent that much time talking about instilling toughness and playing great defense (he does, but not to the point where he's visibly defining the program around it), how many people would just say "Whatever, man, show it on the field." It's a position of his own creation to be sure, but it's not an easy one to be in. He can do everything right but because we're seven years in now, it's tough to effect a shift in tone without the play preceding the talk.
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Landlord
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Well are we talking about vision or are we talking about production?Prove me wrong. What's the one thing?So now Bo has no vision.
If the former, then good defense predicated upon suffocating secondary play as well as running the football well are both very much a part of Bo's vision.
BigRedBuster
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Well are we talking about vision or are we talking about production?Prove me wrong. What's the one thing?So now Bo has no vision.
If the former, then good defense predicated upon suffocating secondary play as well as running the football well are both very much a part of Bo's vision.
Exactly!!!
NUpolo8
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Hmmm, the closest thing I've ever heard.....kudos.Well are we talking about vision or are we talking about production?Prove me wrong. What's the one thing?So now Bo has no vision.
If the former, then good defense predicated upon suffocating secondary play as well as running the football well are both very much a part of Bo's vision.
We can agree to disagree on the -suffocating- play and the constant good defense.......and he might need to follow TWOS advice on what to say to Tim Beck every now and again...
(But I never accused you of not knowing...no fair doing other people's work)
I see UConn got two pretty good coaches. A close parallel to Nebraska as far as recruiting. Truly in the middle of a field, down a 45 mile two lane road with no city, just campus.
How do they recruit to this area, how did they draw good coaches to this area?
UConn proves to me, we can do what needs to be done. Gino stated last night that every single person from the janitors to the chancellor work 365 days a year for the basketball teams. Total endorsement, top to bottom.
We do not have that now on the football side, but seem to on the basketball side. A true search was made for Miles, not so much for Bo. If we run a search for a football coach, my feelings are it will be the same type we did for the basketball program. The coach needs to fit the job, the university and its roots. Bo never has.
How do they recruit to this area, how did they draw good coaches to this area?
UConn proves to me, we can do what needs to be done. Gino stated last night that every single person from the janitors to the chancellor work 365 days a year for the basketball teams. Total endorsement, top to bottom.
We do not have that now on the football side, but seem to on the basketball side. A true search was made for Miles, not so much for Bo. If we run a search for a football coach, my feelings are it will be the same type we did for the basketball program. The coach needs to fit the job, the university and its roots. Bo never has.
Saunders
Administrator
Wait, you think it was a bad hire?I'm confused, is this an admission that Bo Pelini was a bad hire?Trade one DC (with no head coaching experience) from a highly ranked SEC team for another?
Saunders
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Basketball recruiting is a totally different animal from football. One great player can completely elevate your program. Not so much in football.
RedDenver
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Connecticut has roughly triple the population of Nebraska. And UConn is much closer to large population centers than Lincoln.
