I like Riley but anyone taking him over Harbaugh or Meyer is being silly. For one thing those guys go out and hire the best ACs they can find. They lost their DCs to HC jobs. Harbaugh hires the best DC in the country in Don Brown and Meyer hires Greg Schiano.
Riley lets Bruce Read collect half a million to coordinate a mediocre special teams unit and doesn't recruit. Meyer and Harbaugh don't have that type of complacency in them to let that occur.
Totally agree with the coordinators. And totally agree that the majority agrees with you and not me, and also agree that our special teams unit is awful and Bruce has completely underperformed or is just in over his head. Pierson-El was so electric two years ago, its insane that we can't cover a punt well enough for him to even get a step. Plus, Bryant got stopped inside the 15 virtually every time tonight, which is incredibly frustrating. It's inexcusable. And I think loyalty is a huge problem for Riley, which so many other posters have pointed out.
All I'm saying, and I'm aware this probably isn't the best forum for this, but all I'm saying is that Nebraska is known for being one of if not the classiest program in the country. Incredible fans and people. And I feel like Riley represents that. I personally would feel a bit uncomfortable rooting for somebody like Meyer if he were coaching our squad with his history at Florida, or someone who ran a program that was constantly in the news for scandals or sexual assaults or some other crime-related issue. I don't think Urban or Harbaugh are bad people, and I don't this loss is excusable at all, and I don't think our coordinators are performing the way they should, and I don't think we are where we need to be. And I don't think Riley's perfect and I don't think he's the best coach in the world. But I think what he's navigated through with this team after coming off of a 5-7 season where, before, players like Tommy and Nate and other leaders tweeted about how firing Bo was the biggest mistake the school ever made, and then leading over a hundred guys through the death of a teammate, and choosing to bring people like Brenda Tracy to Nebraska to educate the team, and really embracing the culture, I just think that's a hell of a lot for a head coach like him to do.
And then being 7-2 and almost beating a really good Wisconsin team on the road in OT and getting a top 10 ranking and then getting blown out at #6 Ohio State, I just don't think it's that much to hang our heads about. And I'm probably some dumb sensitive millennial haha but it just seems he represents us well and better than most other coaches would in this same scenario. Just thinking out loud