Is Bo an upper-echelon coach?

[Enhance]

I still say he has stuff to prove, to be honest.

We all know that he is a great defensive coach, and definitely one of the best defensive coaches in the entire country. However, we still don't have enough information to gauge his overall head coaching abilities. In his first year, he had a pretty stout offense with no defense. In 2009, the roles were reversed. I think the next few years will tell us what type of coach Bo is. If he can beat the teams he is supposed to beat, win the big games, and stay competitive - then yes, he is an upper echelon coach.

 

[KingBlank]

He will have to prove alot to be upper, examples of quick success like Larry Cocker ( I don't know if I spelled that right, old Miami dude) come to mind. Long term, long term, long term. Its like saying Kiffen is elite when the douche has done nothing, or Richey Rich, or Slick Rick or whoever. And no more personal fouls on himself ever would be great.

 

[huKSer]

Hard to make an argument for upper echelon when your offense sucks so bad.

Don’t get me wrong, I solidly support team Pelini. I just think we need a bit of improvement in the scoring department before we hoist him up on a raised pedestal and throw flower petals at his feet.

Hey - Isn't there another Pelini brother that we can hire as the offensive coordinator?

 

[deedsker15]

in 2007, Nebraska was 5-7. In Bo's first year or 2008, we had 9 wins including the bowl win. Last year, we got to double digit wins with the obvious stomping of Zona in the Holiday Bowl. Next year, I don't see us winning anything short of 11 games (could be lowballing it). So say we win 12 games? Win the Big 12? When is Bo considered among the great coaches? Let me remind you Nick Saban took a 6-7 Bama team to 7-6, 12-2, and then 14-0 as national champs.

Remember that we went 8-4 and 9-5 after Callahan had a year in the system. It looked like things were picking up; we came off a 21-7 loss in the Big 12 CCG against Oklahoma, followed by a close loss in the bowl to Auburn. We were thinking we could've been a 10, even 11 win team that year. And everyone was thinking...okay, 8-4, 9-5. Now it's 10+ win territory. We're going to win 10-12 games this year and challenge for the NCG yearly.

Instead...everything fell apart.

It's dangerous making projections like that.

We're in 9 win territory right now. From here, it's much easier to fall back down than to improve or even just to hold steady. Don't take that as granted, as much as Bo's regime is in its infancy. Sustained long term success will always be hard to find...if we keep making unrealistic predictions, we'll always be disappointed.

but with callahan there were times where we just didn't compete. I remember when we blew a double digit lead to okie st, after that it became a joke of how are we gonna lose this one. With bo it feels like we are gonna win no matter how it looks. Even during the tech game this year i still felt like we were just a play away from clawing back in. With callahan i was never happy even with a 14 point lead in the fourth quarter :facepalm: :wasted

 

[suh_fan93]

He has been an incredible boost for our program. He's basically brought us back into the national spotlight. I can't say I have any gripes except for how badly he got in Zac Lee's face/ear hole last year on the sidelines and on national television. I just felt he took it a little too far. That's the only thing I can think of that I wasn't happy with. He won't be 'upper' anything until he can win some big games but either way I love Pelini as our coach.

 

[Enhance]

in 2007, Nebraska was 5-7. In Bo's first year or 2008, we had 9 wins including the bowl win. Last year, we got to double digit wins with the obvious stomping of Zona in the Holiday Bowl. Next year, I don't see us winning anything short of 11 games (could be lowballing it). So say we win 12 games? Win the Big 12? When is Bo considered among the great coaches? Let me remind you Nick Saban took a 6-7 Bama team to 7-6, 12-2, and then 14-0 as national champs.

Remember that we went 8-4 and 9-5 after Callahan had a year in the system. It looked like things were picking up; we came off a 21-7 loss in the Big 12 CCG against Oklahoma, followed by a close loss in the bowl to Auburn. We were thinking we could've been a 10, even 11 win team that year. And everyone was thinking...okay, 8-4, 9-5. Now it's 10+ win territory. We're going to win 10-12 games this year and challenge for the NCG yearly.

Instead...everything fell apart.

It's dangerous making projections like that.

We're in 9 win territory right now. From here, it's much easier to fall back down than to improve or even just to hold steady. Don't take that as granted, as much as Bo's regime is in its infancy. Sustained long term success will always be hard to find...if we keep making unrealistic predictions, we'll always be disappointed.

but with callahan there were times where we just didn't compete. I remember when we blew a double digit lead to okie st, after that it became a joke of how are we gonna lose this one. With bo it feels like we are gonna win no matter how it looks. Even during the tech game this year i still felt like we were just a play away from clawing back in. With callahan i was never happy even with a 14 point lead in the fourth quarter :facepalm: :wasted

I couldn't agree more with you.

I remember sitting in my buddies living room during the '06 Texas game, and telling everyone that we were going to find some way to blow our lead. Everybody said I was being pessimistic and not having faith. Next thing you know, Nunn fumbles.

With Pelini, I never have the urge or thought to say something like that. I feel pretty good (most of the time) even if we have just a one point lead. I always feel like we are going to win.

 

[huskerswrkhavoc]

I think Bo is doing a fine job so far, but the fact remains, he hasn't beat a top 10-20 team yet, and the offense is in worse shape than when he arrived, but that could prove to be an anomaly. Let's see how this season plays out. If the Huskers take a step up, then I think you can say Bo is knocking on the doorstep of the upper echelon. A little premature at this point though, if you ask me.

It's hard to make that offense much better though... Offense was never the problem... Now it obviously is, but the offense isn't AS bad as what the defense was before him... And we'll get to see this year if that was just a fluke or not, but at least with a bad offense and great defense we are still in games as opposed to a great offense and bad defense where we were blown out so many times...

 

[zoogs]

in 2007, Nebraska was 5-7. In Bo's first year or 2008, we had 9 wins including the bowl win. Last year, we got to double digit wins with the obvious stomping of Zona in the Holiday Bowl. Next year, I don't see us winning anything short of 11 games (could be lowballing it). So say we win 12 games? Win the Big 12? When is Bo considered among the great coaches? Let me remind you Nick Saban took a 6-7 Bama team to 7-6, 12-2, and then 14-0 as national champs.

Remember that we went 8-4 and 9-5 after Callahan had a year in the system. It looked like things were picking up; we came off a 21-7 loss in the Big 12 CCG against Oklahoma, followed by a close loss in the bowl to Auburn. We were thinking we could've been a 10, even 11 win team that year. And everyone was thinking...okay, 8-4, 9-5. Now it's 10+ win territory. We're going to win 10-12 games this year and challenge for the NCG yearly.

Instead...everything fell apart.

It's dangerous making projections like that.

We're in 9 win territory right now. From here, it's much easier to fall back down than to improve or even just to hold steady. Don't take that as granted, as much as Bo's regime is in its infancy. Sustained long term success will always be hard to find...if we keep making unrealistic predictions, we'll always be disappointed.

but with callahan there were times where we just didn't compete. I remember when we blew a double digit lead to okie st, after that it became a joke of how are we gonna lose this one. With bo it feels like we are gonna win no matter how it looks. Even during the tech game this year i still felt like we were just a play away from clawing back in. With callahan i was never happy even with a 14 point lead in the fourth quarter :facepalm: :wasted

I couldn't agree more with you.

I remember sitting in my buddies living room during the '06 Texas game, and telling everyone that we were going to find some way to blow our lead. Everybody said I was being pessimistic and not having faith. Next thing you know, Nunn fumbles.

With Pelini, I never have the urge or thought to say something like that. I feel pretty good (most of the time) even if we have just a one point lead. I always feel like we are going to win.

Haha, good points. Bo now has me believing again that we can play and hang with ANYBODY, and that's something that I haven't felt for a while.

On the other hand, after the VT loss, and the Texas loss as well, it's been just crushing...I remember after that long pass play Tyrod had against us, I was basically throwing things and screaming in my head, "WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS??"

 

[Blaze1up]

BO Knows Defense and don't forget Carl, how long will he last ?

 

[clone]

Is Bo and an upper-echelon coach?

he's looking more and more like one as he gains experience.

the next few years will tell, when all the players are his...

 

[Joe_5700]

Is Bo and an upper-echelon coach?

he's looking more and more like one as he gains experience.

the next few years will tell, when all the players are his...

Exactly. When will people wake up and realize that Bo is having this success because of Callahan's players.... :sarcasm

 

[RockyMountainOySker]

IMO this year will answer the questionlot of. We have a lot of talent on both sides of the ball so we will see what he does with it.

If Bo can pull off a 11+ win season, you have to start thinking he is upper tier coach. If he wins the BigXII, then he's is as good as anyone. I guess I should also say that if we don't live up to the hype, we sure as heck shouldn't be calling for his head.

A ton of questions will be answered this year.

 

[knapplc]

Is Bo and an upper-echelon coach?

hHe's looking more and more like one as he gains experience.

tThe next few years will tell, when all the players are his...

:facepalm:

 

[GMoose]

Is Bo and an upper-echelon coach?

hHe's looking more and more like one as he gains experience.

tThe next few years will tell, when all the players are his...

:facepalm:

Hahahahaha woops. It's summer, no need for basic english skills :LOLtartar

 

[GlobalHusker]

in 2007, Nebraska was 5-7. In Bo's first year or 2008, we had 9 wins including the bowl win. Last year, we got to double digit wins with the obvious stomping of Zona in the Holiday Bowl. Next year, I don't see us winning anything short of 11 games (could be lowballing it). So say we win 12 games? Win the Big 12? When is Bo considered among the great coaches? Let me remind you Nick Saban took a 6-7 Bama team to 7-6, 12-2, and then 14-0 as national champs.

Remember that we went 8-4 and 9-5 after Callahan had a year in the system. It looked like things were picking up; we came off a 21-7 loss in the Big 12 CCG against Oklahoma, followed by a close loss in the bowl to Auburn. We were thinking we could've been a 10, even 11 win team that year. And everyone was thinking...okay, 8-4, 9-5. Now it's 10+ win territory. We're going to win 10-12 games this year and challenge for the NCG yearly.

Instead...everything fell apart.

It's dangerous making projections like that.

We're in 9 win territory right now. From here, it's much easier to fall back down than to improve or even just to hold steady. Don't take that as granted, as much as Bo's regime is in its infancy. Sustained long term success will always be hard to find...if we keep making unrealistic predictions, we'll always be disappointed.

but with callahan there were times where we just didn't compete. I remember when we blew a double digit lead to okie st, after that it became a joke of how are we gonna lose this one. With bo it feels like we are gonna win no matter how it looks. Even during the tech game this year i still felt like we were just a play away from clawing back in. With callahan i was never happy even with a 14 point lead in the fourth quarter :facepalm: :wasted

I couldn't agree more with you.

I remember sitting in my buddies living room during the '06 Texas game, and telling everyone that we were going to find some way to blow our lead. Everybody said I was being pessimistic and not having faith. Next thing you know, Nunn fumbles.

With Pelini, I never have the urge or thought to say something like that. I feel pretty good (most of the time) even if we have just a one point lead. I always feel like we are going to win.

Haha, good points. Bo now has me believing again that we can play and hang with ANYBODY, and that's something that I haven't felt for a while.

On the other hand, after the VT loss, and the Texas loss as well, it's been just crushing...I remember after that long pass play Tyrod had against us, I was basically throwing things and screaming in my head, "WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS??"

Yeah, tell me about it! I went to go take a leak when VT had the ball and was stuffed. I thought we had the game locked up. When I came back it was like 2nd and goal. Unreal...I guess going to the bathroom saved me the agony of actually watching the play unfold as it happened.