Agree about it not being comparable. But all “normalcy” went out the window when Frost was fired.
perhaps negative was too strong of a word and i threw u in the bucket of the negative nancy crowd prematurely. I reread your posts and largely I agree, whether you (not you personally, but a fan of nebraska is general) are in the optimistic or pessimistic crowd regarding the search, the fact of the matter is none of us will know how this turns out until a hire is made and said hire's track record plays out. I think i read your line of "Trev has yet to make a hire" and assumed you were insinuating this was a bad thing (like others have posted)- when in reality, its extremely unlikely to expect an announcement to be made prior to the current season wrapping.
Just for fun let's go back to see how every coach since Bob Devaney was chosen. Ole Bob picked Tom O as his choice. Tom all by himself picked Frank to be his successor. Peterson screwed the pooch when he fired Frank without a clue what he was doing then hired Callahan as a last resort. Then Tom came back, put his finger in the air to test the wind and saved the day by hiring Bo. When Tom left the AD position our admins took the word of Barry Alvarez who was more than happy to recommend Shawn Eichorst knowing full well he would be a puppet. When Bo kept stealing Eichorsts lunch money he made it unbearable for Bo who was happy to take his buy out. Eichorst then picked "Sprinkles Riley" to lead this program. The next choice for AD was "Wild Bill Moos" who would have been hung in a grain bin if he had not hired our last coach who shall go unnamed. Now we have Trev Alberts who has consulted with numerous other coaches around the country and used a top notch search firm to narrow down the list. For me it has nothing to do with Trev being a former Husker. He acts like a professional CEO which we haven't had for 47 years. I have met Trev and he was more than gracious to talk and joke with this nobody. I feel he is an honorable man.runningblind said:
I think whomever made the bolded argument was being a bit goofy. Mid-season firings are less than ideal but still quite common. (Unless my memory has lapsed, and I made that argument. In that case, please don't find the receipts. Let's pretend it didn't happen. :lol: )
I think this depends on the hire. Obviously can’t do it if the guy is still coaching. But if it is Rhule or someone else not currently coaching then we should announce.
The key piece here worth mentioning is even it ends up being Rhule or an Urban (someone not coaching), their entire staff they'd bring with them presumably would be. My hope is Trev already has his guy and said guy is in the process of formulating his supporting staff. Typically when a HC announcement is made, the majority of his staff is announced shortly thereafter with maybe a spot or 2 needing to be figured out.
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