I wouldn't fire Bo

[alwayshusking]

This program is about going after national titles. I don't think any legitimate Husker fan would ever be satisfied at making it to the Huggies Baby Wipe Bowl.

If that's the case we should fire Bo regardless of having someone lined up. Bo isn't getting us there that much is clear

 

[strigori]

Firing a coach winning 9 games year after year is Steve Pederson like. No coach worth a damn would come here. The expectations "the greatest fans in college football" have set anymore are ridiculous.

If you want a new coach then start hoping for 3-9 records.

Why are people still with this mindset? All wins are not created equal. Coaches know this. Getting blown out on national TV a few times a year while beating up on the dregs, is not what is expected at many schools. It will keep you at Illinois and Indiana. It gets you fired at places that expect a conference championship on occasion. Coaches know this, and any you really want, embrace it. They expect to win when it counts.

What do Auburn, Bama, ole miss, miss state and there current coaches have in common?
When you get done figuring that out. You'll see my point. It's not a "mindset" to be a realist. A respectable isn't gonna come here to take over this program after winning 9 games.

You say all wins are not created equal. Then neither are losses.

The problem is most of the fans are still living in 1995. You have all been spoiled by the success of 90s, but yet to seem to forget that this was an average program beating up on patsies for much of the Osborne era.... Only to blow it against OU and the bowl game.

I think your collection of schools is a point in my direction. All of them have a long history of running off coaches, often with the media mindset that the firings were not justified and that the schools were crazy. Both Miss schools are more in the line of having a really good team once every 3 or 4 years, but for the most part hover around 7-5 or 8-4. Auburn fired a head coach 2 years after winning a national title.

And Ole Miss and Mss State are prime candidates to lose their head coaches. Neither are destination jobs. Mullen's name gets mentioned for Mich and Florida. Someone will come along with more money and away they go.

The 90's have nothing to do with this other than the fact that we have not had a conference title brought home since the '99. Budget, facilities, passion, tradition all push a higher standard than many other places.

All losses are not equal, and that is precisely why Pelini needs to go. Pelini wins big, wins close, or gets blown the F out. What part of 580 rushing yards and the NCAA all time rushing mark by a player are acceptable? What part of not being competitive in a game with the season on the line is acceptable? There would be much less venom running around here if the game was a 24-21 loss where the team played well across the whole game. That didn't happen. So is being a joke in all the national media acceptable? Because that is what we are now with Pelini. Just watch the national columns that roll out Monday. The snark and jokes will be everywhere, and they won't stop.

So by all means, lets take your fearful viewpoint and continue to be the butt of endless jokes on the national level.

 

[VA Husker Fan]

My belief in Bo stems from the quote "You'll never appreciate how good something is, until its gone."

I would much rather have a consistent 9 or 10 win season, than run the risk of bringing in a coach who spirals the program back down. Do I want the Huskers to win championships? Hell yes!

Can Bo win championships at Nebraska? Maybe. Can he win them somewhere else? Maybe. Can the Huskers do better under a different coach? Maybe.

But I guarantee you this, the chances the Huskers can do better under a different coach are just about equal that they fall to another 7, 6, 5 win season under a different coach. Are you ready to ride that storm if that happens?

I think I agree with this. And while it may seem easy to win 9 or 10 games with a fairly weak schedule, there are a whole lot of other teams and coaches who can't do it at all or not this consistently.

I don't know what the answer is, but this kind of decision is better made after the emotions have died down.

 

[alwayshusking]

Firing a coach winning 9 games year after year is Steve Pederson like. No coach worth a damn would come here. The expectations "the greatest fans in college football" have set anymore are ridiculous.

If you want a new coach then start hoping for 3-9 records.

Why are people still with this mindset? All wins are not created equal. Coaches know this. Getting blown out on national TV a few times a year while beating up on the dregs, is not what is expected at many schools. It will keep you at Illinois and Indiana. It gets you fired at places that expect a conference championship on occasion. Coaches know this, and any you really want, embrace it. They expect to win when it counts.

What do Auburn, Bama, ole miss, miss state and there current coaches have in common?
When you get done figuring that out. You'll see my point. It's not a "mindset" to be a realist. A respectable isn't gonna come here to take over this program after winning 9 games.

You say all wins are not created equal. Then neither are losses.

The problem is most of the fans are still living in 1995. You have all been spoiled by the success of 90s, but yet to seem to forget that this was an average program beating up on patsies for much of the Osborne era.... Only to blow it against OU and the bowl game.

Total BS and revisionist history to attempt to make Bo look better.

 

[strigori]

Firing a coach winning 9 games year after year is Steve Pederson like. No coach worth a damn would come here. The expectations "the greatest fans in college football" have set anymore are ridiculous.

If you want a new coach then start hoping for 3-9 records.

The fact that some fans like you are settling for meaningless seasons is ridiculous. Getting to 9 wins with 3 cupcake non-conference games and a weak conference is not that difficult. Winning the big games and a conference championship is. It seems some fans are so fearful of not making a bowl game that they are willing to settle for the Outback or Capitol One Bowl every year. Maybe that is ok with you, but I'm not willing to settle, and will continue to call for a regime change.

Hey Tommie Frazier called..... He said take his jersey off..... That was like 20 years ago!!! Lol

Glad to see that winning championships is not important to you...that explains why you are still willing to accept Pelini and his ability to secure a birth in the Capitol One Bowl or Outback bowl every year. At least he's done a good job of meeting your expectations year in and year out!

Actually winning championships is part of my expectations. Just not every year, because it's just not possible in this day and age.
I truly amazes me how we go from praising a coach to wanting him fired in a matter of hours. Greatest fans in college football.... Yeah right.

There have been many of us who have wanted him gone for a number of years now. We just have been attacked for not being real fans for much of that time. And tonight it looks like many had their red glasses slapped off their face from the humiliation that took place in Madison.

If you claim "winning championships" is part of your expectations, then you should be on the "fire Pelini" side of things. 7 years and it keeps getting farther away. Don't be the definition of insanity.

 

[LumberJackSker]

Risk is too high to go into a tail spin like Michigan, Notre Dame (pre Kelly), Tennessee, and Miami. I would get new coordinators. Open the checkbook and get the best.

Nebraska will finish with 10 wins and that's something to be proud of. Nebraska will play in a great January 1st bowl.

Relax, it could be worse, you could be Michigan :/

please explain to me how Nebraska will play in a January 1 bowl game when those are reserved for top 12 team

 

[HuskerNation1]

Firing a coach winning 9 games year after year is Steve Pederson like. No coach worth a damn would come here. The expectations "the greatest fans in college football" have set anymore are ridiculous.

If you want a new coach then start hoping for 3-9 records.

The fact that some fans like you are settling for meaningless seasons is ridiculous. Getting to 9 wins with 3 cupcake non-conference games and a weak conference is not that difficult. Winning the big games and a conference championship is. It seems some fans are so fearful of not making a bowl game that they are willing to settle for the Outback or Capitol One Bowl every year. Maybe that is ok with you, but I'm not willing to settle, and will continue to call for a regime change.

Hey Tommie Frazier called..... He said take his jersey off..... That was like 20 years ago!!! Lol

Glad to see that winning championships is not important to you...that explains why you are still willing to accept Pelini and his ability to secure a birth in the Capitol One Bowl or Outback bowl every year. At least he's done a good job of meeting your expectations year in and year out!

Actually winning championships is part of my expectations. Just not every year, because it's just not possible in this day and age.
I truly amazes me how we go from praising a coach to wanting him fired in a matter of hours. Greatest fans in college football.... Yeah right.

Winning championships cannot be a part of your expectation if you are continuing to support the Pelini regime. What has he done to show you that he is capable of winning a conference championship. The closest he got to that was in 2009 with a team consisting of mostly Callahan recruits.

I don't think many on here are changing our tune...there has been a steady and consistent view that Bo is not the guy to lead us back to the promised land. We all acknowledge that he's able to pull out 9-wins and get to a mediocre bowl game, but if you are really serious that you expect NU to win championships, please explain what he has done, or is doing, that makes you feel he can pull it off?

 

[TheSker]

And while it may seem easy to win 9 or 10 games with a fairly weak schedule, there are a whole lot of other teams and coaches who can't do it at all or not this consistently.

I don't know what the answer is, but this kind of decision is better made after the emotions have died down.

Agreed

 

[LumberJackSker]

I think the only way no leaves is if the decision is mutual. Maybe Bo knows he's never going to turn the corner and doesn't like the pressure so he takes a buy out and goes back to Youngstown

 

[Hujan]

Risk is too high to go into a tail spin like Michigan, Notre Dame (pre Kelly), Tennessee, and Miami. I would get new coordinators. Open the checkbook and get the best.

Nebraska will finish with 10 wins and that's something to be proud of. Nebraska will play in a great January 1st bowl.

Relax, it could be worse, you could be Michigan :/

Lol @ "Notre Dame (pre Kelly)."

Translation: "Don't change coaches because if you ditch a bad coach, you might have to deal with a couple other bad coaches before you find a good one." Sounds like cowardice to me.

You saying Michigan should have stuck with Lloyd Carr? Rodriguez? Want them to stick with Hoke?

 

[huskerscott]

Firing a coach winning 9 games year after year is Steve Pederson like. No coach worth a damn would come here. The expectations "the greatest fans in college football" have set anymore are ridiculous.

If you want a new coach then start hoping for 3-9 records.

Why are people still with this mindset? All wins are not created equal. Coaches know this. Getting blown out on national TV a few times a year while beating up on the dregs, is not what is expected at many schools. It will keep you at Illinois and Indiana. It gets you fired at places that expect a conference championship on occasion. Coaches know this, and any you really want, embrace it. They expect to win when it counts.

What do Auburn, Bama, ole miss, miss state and there current coaches have in common?
When you get done figuring that out. You'll see my point. It's not a "mindset" to be a realist. A respectable isn't gonna come here to take over this program after winning 9 games.

You say all wins are not created equal. Then neither are losses.

The problem is most of the fans are still living in 1995. You have all been spoiled by the success of 90s, but yet to seem to forget that this was an average program beating up on patsies for much of the Osborne era.... Only to blow it against OU and the bowl game.

I think your collection of schools is a point in my direction. All of them have a long history of running off coaches, often with the media mindset that the firings were not justified and that the schools were crazy. Both Miss schools are more in the line of having a really good team once every 3 or 4 years, but for the most part hover around 7-5 or 8-4. Auburn fired a head coach 2 years after winning a national title.
And Ole Miss and Mss State are prime candidates to lose their head coaches. Neither are destination jobs. Mullen's name gets mentioned for Mich and Florida. Someone will come along with more money and away they go.

The 90's have nothing to do with this other than the fact that we have not had a conference title brought home since the '99. Budget, facilities, passion, tradition all push a higher standard than many other places.

All losses are not equal, and that is precisely why Pelini needs to go. Pelini wins big, wins close, or gets blown the F out. What part of 580 rushing yards and the NCAA all time rushing mark by a player are acceptable? What part of not being competitive in a game with the season on the line is acceptable? There would be much less venom running around here if the game was a 24-21 loss where the team played well across the whole game. That didn't happen. So is being a joke in all the national media acceptable? Because that is what we are now with Pelini. Just watch the national columns that roll out Monday. The snark and jokes will be everywhere, and they won't stop.

So by all means, lets take your fearful viewpoint and continue to be the butt of endless jokes on the national level.

Hey genius...... You total missed my point regarding those coaches and programs. You tried to make it rocket science when all you needed was common sense.

All those programs had to suffer multiple losing seasons before FIRING there head coaches.

Again we are not firing our coach over one blow out loss each year.

 

[huskerscott]

Firing a coach winning 9 games year after year is Steve Pederson like. No coach worth a damn would come here. The expectations "the greatest fans in college football" have set anymore are ridiculous.

If you want a new coach then start hoping for 3-9 records.

The fact that some fans like you are settling for meaningless seasons is ridiculous. Getting to 9 wins with 3 cupcake non-conference games and a weak conference is not that difficult. Winning the big games and a conference championship is. It seems some fans are so fearful of not making a bowl game that they are willing to settle for the Outback or Capitol One Bowl every year. Maybe that is ok with you, but I'm not willing to settle, and will continue to call for a regime change.

Hey Tommie Frazier called..... He said take his jersey off..... That was like 20 years ago!!! Lol

Glad to see that winning championships is not important to you...that explains why you are still willing to accept Pelini and his ability to secure a birth in the Capitol One Bowl or Outback bowl every year. At least he's done a good job of meeting your expectations year in and year out!

Actually winning championships is part of my expectations. Just not every year, because it's just not possible in this day and age.
I truly amazes me how we go from praising a coach to wanting him fired in a matter of hours. Greatest fans in college football.... Yeah right.

Winning championships cannot be a part of your expectation if you are continuing to support the Pelini regime. What has he done to show you that he is capable of winning a conference championship. The closest he got to that was in 2009 with a team consisting of mostly Callahan recruits.

I don't think many on here are changing our tune...there has been a steady and consistent view that Bo is not the guy to lead us back to the promised land. We all acknowledge that he's able to pull out 9-wins and get to a mediocre bowl game, but if you are really serious that you expect NU to win championships, please explain what he has done, or is doing, that makes you feel he can pull it off?

I never said I supported the regime...... I said we are basically stupid for firing our coach because 9 wins a year isn't good enough.

If we had won today, what would your tune be? Would you still want Bo gone. I mean after all we would still be a championship contender just like the last 9 games. would you be praising the staff for an "awesome" win?

Yea try selling that objective to a coach...... "Need to win every game and no blow out losses otherwise you are out of here."

 

[MichiganMan]

Risk is too high to go into a tail spin like Michigan, Notre Dame (pre Kelly), Tennessee, and Miami. I would get new coordinators. Open the checkbook and get the best.

Nebraska will finish with 10 wins and that's something to be proud of. Nebraska will play in a great January 1st bowl.

Relax, it could be worse, you could be Michigan :/

please explain to me how Nebraska will play in a January 1 bowl game when those are reserved for top 12 team

Nebraska is going to the Outback or Citrus.

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/college-football-bowl-schedule.php

 

[markiemark]

It needs to not be Bo's scheme, that's one of the problems. Outside, proven coordinators with free reign given to run things as they feel they need to. If Bo can't do that, then yeah, it's probably time to start shopping. I certainly wouldn't clean house without being pretty sure we could get someone worthwhile, and with good experience, to come coach here.

Eby you are the kind of fan that will hold this program back forever, Look at oklahoma they had a couple of bad coaches but they weren't afraid to make the necessary changes. It is not going to get better unless we do what it takes.

 

[ladyhawke]

I think the only way no leaves is if the decision is mutual. Maybe Bo knows he's never going to turn the corner and doesn't like the pressure so he takes a buy out and goes back to Youngstown

I think this is what might happen as well. Maybe Bo feels like he is banging his head against a wall. I'm sure he didn't care for what happened last night either but you could tell by his presser demeanor that he doesn't know how to fix this. Even though he's been here for 7 years-inexperience is still slapping us in the face. If your head coach can't figure it out then you're pretty much screwed.