Pre-Season Coaches Poll Released
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Modern Nebraska football is based on a 4th choice coach who almost turned down the job and a coach promoted from within and who would have been fired had he not been defended by that 4th choice coach.
NU has about as much chance hiring a marquee established coach as Iowa and KSU do.
We need to identify young coaches with ability to grow into greatness. Then we need to have some flipping patience. Even through the volitale periods.
A couple of more ahitty years, and we'll probably be ready to put the work in again.
NU has about as much chance hiring a marquee established coach as Iowa and KSU do.
We need to identify young coaches with ability to grow into greatness. Then we need to have some flipping patience. Even through the volitale periods.
A couple of more ahitty years, and we'll probably be ready to put the work in again.
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Landlord
Banned
Devaney was the 4th choice of the AD who hired him. In other words, not a "sure fire marquee hire." And he almost turned NU down.
Devaney kept the wolves at bay in the 70s when it was very real that TO might be fired or at least encouraged to find a mutual parting of ways.
Nebraska fans have an incredibly inflated sense of self worth and therefore entitlement. It's why we are what we are today.
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Redux
Assistant Coach
knapplc
International Man of Mystery
Here's a list of teams whose fans similarly suffer from an "incredibly inflated sense of self worth and therefore entitlement."
Air Force
Akron
Alabama
Appalachian State
Arizona
Arizona State
Arkansas
Arkansas State
Army West Point
Auburn
Ball State
Baylor
Boise State
Boston College
Bowling Green
Buffalo
BYU
California
Fresno State
UCLA
UCF
Central Michigan
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Clemson
Colorado
Colorado State
Connecticut
Duke
Eastern Michigan
East Carolina
FIU
Florida
Florida Atlantic
Florida State
Georgia
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Georgia Tech
Hawai'i
Houston
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Kent State
Kentucky
LSU
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Louisville
Marshall
Maryland
Massachusetts
Memphis
Miami (FL)
Miami (OH)
Michigan
Michigan State
Middle Tennessee
Minnesota
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Missouri
Navy
Nebraska
Nevada
UNLV
New Mexico
New Mexico State
North Carolina
NC State
North Texas
NIU
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Ohio
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Old Dominion
Oregon
Oregon State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Rice
Rutgers
San Diego State
San Jose State
South Alabama
South Carolina
South Florida
USC
SMU
Southern Miss
Stanford
Syracuse
TCU
Temple
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas State
Texas Tech
UTEP
UTSA
Toledo
Troy
Tulane
Tulsa
Utah
Utah State
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Washington
Washington State
West Virginia
Western Kentucky
Western Michigan
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Husker Psycho
Special Teams Player
Good point.
When Tim Beck caused Ohio State to loose one game last year... there were petitions started and websites created for the sole purpose of demanding that Tim Beck be fired.
Entitled fans indeed.
This is all a natural reaction... a natural part of sports.
What some other fans don't like about it is that fan reactions sometimes do have the affect of causing some coaching staffs and athletic directors to loose their jobs. It's been going on since the beginning of football.
My loyalty is to the Nebraska Football Program and what's best for the program... not to any particular coach or athletic director, especially if they're doing harm to the program.
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Husker Psycho
Special Teams Player
So are you advocating that everyone just stop commenting and no one come here ?
I believe in conversation and discussion. I think it's healthy. It's good for the program and good for "business".
People who are constantly coming here and trying to get people to stop talking and attempting to run people off... are bad for the program and bad for "business".
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Husker Psycho
Special Teams Player
I didn't say that at all.
But who's to decide what discussion has merit ? You ? Me ? Someone with an agenda to get people to stop talking ? Someone who thinks only their comments have merit ?
Redux
Assistant Coach
Husker Psycho
Special Teams Player
3 years before our former coach was fired... there were a few fans calling for the firing of that coach...
They were accused a zillion times of talking "nonsense"... they turned out to be right... they turned out to be the wise ones.