Pelini's temper

Blackshirtsguru said:
They guy is intense, he can't help it. I guess you have never seen highlites of Nick Saban, Bob Stoops, Mack Brown, or MANY other coaches who get pissed during a game. Would you prefer a guy by the name of (starts with a B and ends in an L), display throat slashes, and pop his jaw 400 times a game?
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totally agree....we could have an emotionless goof in charge like we have here in Buffalo with the Bills- d!(k head Jauron

I'd take Bo any day of the week !!

 
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I like firey with a sense of humor. The guys who aren't afraid to smile when they win, or use some profanity in the locker room because hey....it's football. John Madden and Devaney come to mind.

Anyone watch Bill Bellichick's press conference today? Dude is a helluva coach, but one of these days I think his head is going to explode.

 
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Reading this has been entertaining. I'm leaning on the side of Bo needing a little more tact on the sidelines and thinking he shouldn't be berating a fellow coach in front of his scribes but then again....... he can't take them to the locker and do it in private at the moment. This also isn't life and death decisions so leave the military out of it. If you think the Husker fans are in a hurry to :restore , we aren't even close as to Bo's desire to be there. If anyone in Husker Nation thinks Bo is getting out of line and needs to straighten up....... how about we let Tom worry about it? Every time I get upset about something I forget about how much better I felt after Tom took over. It was just 2 years ago and look at the Huskers now!! I have faith in TO.

 
cscott2win said:
Reading this has been entertaining. I'm leaning on the side of Bo needing a little more tact on the sidelines and thinking he shouldn't be berating a fellow coach in front of his scribes but then again....... he can't take them to the locker and do it in private at the moment. This also isn't life and death decisions so leave the military out of it. If you think the Husker fans are in a hurry to :restore , we aren't even close as to Bo's desire to be there. If anyone in Husker Nation thinks Bo is getting out of line and needs to straighten up....... how about we let Tom worry about it? Every time I get upset about something I forget about how much better I felt after Tom took over. It was just 2 years ago and look at the Huskers now!! I have faith in TO.
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I agree with everything you said. however, if TO did take care of it, i do not think we would ever know about it.

 
C N Red said:
np_husker said:
I'm sure this won't win me any friends on this board, but...

Pelini's outbursts on the sideline are boorish and serve no purpose. Does he really think making fools of his assistants and players on national TV does anything positive? It doesn't. Come on, you're a highly paid coach at a major college, show some class.

I'm not taking anything away from his coaching and what he has done with the team in the past two seasons. I think he will end up being a great coach, but watch the temper.
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Do his assisstants or players have a huge problem with it? Is he like that all of the time? My guess is he gets into the game, a very competitive enviroment, and he hates to lose. I swear, there are some real cupcakes on this board. When I played ball in high school(I know, long time ago) our coaches were hard asses. We were held responsible for mistakes and yes we got yelled at, OMG. Then I got home and got yelled at by my dad. Then in a couple hours it was over and everyone forgot about it. My coaches back in high school are still people I talk to and consider friends, and I love my dad to death. It's football, it's competitive, and it's not for cupcakes. Other coaches get just as mad as Pelini does but Pelini's face just shows the anger more whereas other coaches can keep it off their faces, but believe me, it still comes out of their mouths. Please toughen up people!!!
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Everyone knows football coaches are intense. I think what some are saying is that his style is abnormally caustic. Of course no one knows if his assistants have a problem with it. Truthfully, probably most don't, and those that do vary in their opinions.

Maybe its just his facial expressions. He really looks pissed. Of course a minute later he is fine, but that minute has gotten him into trouble e.g. the VTech game last year.

BTW, anyone have some inside information on what exactly he said to that official? As much as I hated to see that penalty, I bet it was hilarious. I wonder if the refs get together after the season and tell war stories. The poor bastard that got an earful of Bo probably had the best story hands down.

 
sd said:
cscott2win said:
Reading this has been entertaining. I'm leaning on the side of Bo needing a little more tact on the sidelines and thinking he shouldn't be berating a fellow coach in front of his scribes but then again....... he can't take them to the locker and do it in private at the moment. This also isn't life and death decisions so leave the military out of it. If you think the Husker fans are in a hurry to :restore , we aren't even close as to Bo's desire to be there. If anyone in Husker Nation thinks Bo is getting out of line and needs to straighten up....... how about we let Tom worry about it? Every time I get upset about something I forget about how much better I felt after Tom took over. It was just 2 years ago and look at the Huskers now!! I have faith in TO.
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I agree with everything you said. however, if TO did take care of it, i do not think we would ever know about it.
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Definately agree with that. That is the utopia as a leader. TO's in that position.

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Tom Osborne never let his emotions show.

On the other hand, he needed a quadruple bypass.

Such is the choice in coaching.
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It was very rare, but he did. There's a quote in Jason Peter's book about Osborne blowing his top a little at the Orange Bowl in 1997, and there were several instances where he got pretty agitated in various games throughout the years. But if Bo is a 10, overall Osborne was a 2 on the rage scale.

 
Paul in WI said:
b-rad said:
In the Deed the Glory said:
b-rad said:
knapplc said:
b-rad said:
My opinion, based on my experience, is that blowing your top with blow up in your face eventually.
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Your anecdotal experience doth not a trend make. My anecdotal experience with jagermeister is that whenever I drink it, I hurl uncontrollably. So nobody should drink jager because it'll make you hurl.

Doesn't work that way.
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I don't know what you're doing here but I'm hanging out giving my opinion which (based on anecdotal evidence), which I think is what most people are doing. I cannot give you a research paper with citations at this point. I can see I've struck a nerve with a few people, and, obviously some didn't read all my posts (which I wouldn't expect them to do). To sum up my OPINION:

Calm assertive leadership is the ideal because that is how good decisions are made in the heat of battle. No doubt sometimes a calm assertive leader will lose his temper, that's part of the deal. Problems with motivation and poor performance can be dealt with by "fear" or "anger" after action but it is of little use in the heat of battle because the troops/player are scared, tired, frustrated, or whatever. What they need are clear instructions on how to proceed. If they are not motivated at that point, the leader failed to prepare them correctly. It sounds like some of you have had a good experience with a coach with a short fuse, that's fine I'm not doubting you. In my experience, calm assertive leadership has been much more successful in my life in high pressure situations (football, the USMC, kickboxing, work). Good luck to all.
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major difference, sir. The heat of battle as you put it is an actual war. LIVES ARE ON THE LINE. You can't be emotional because bullets will hit you if you dive right into battle.

Football is not a war. Emotion, especially for a defense, is key. I will say what Bo does on the sideline is paltry compared to many across the country. Ever watched Spurrier? Saban? Carroll? Stoops? Meyer? Leach? Nutt? Bobby Knight? Chuck Daly? Pat Riley? Parcels? Switzer? Hell even Paterno in his 80s chews his assistants a$$ on TV.

I could keep going, but the point is the stoic coach who is successful is the exception, not the norm.

Your anecdotal evidence is completely unrelated because it is from a different world than a football field.
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This is a honestly a good point. I've never been anything close to a head coach in college football. I'm only guessing what I think it could be like. That being said, it's no surprise TO is my hero. He got it done without a lot of hair pullling.
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Tom Osborne also had a degree in psychology.
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So did Jimmy Johnson.

 
How many of us get upset just watching the game. We only have our emotions invested into it (and the time watching). The HC has everything invested.

 
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