Mostly Rational Thoughts on Pelini

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TheBreeze521

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Bo is not a championship head coach. His teams don't have "it" because he doesn't have "it". He may or may not find "it".

Parallels to Frank Solich are emerging. Won some with previous coach's recruits but hasn't recruited as well himself and isn't able to manage or develop the talent he does have. Solich's learning time as head coach was cut short. Tom Osborne was a bowl loss away from being fired in 1977. He learned how to be a head coach just in time.

Bo needs to stay viable with 9 wins a year until he figures it out. The danger comes if he thinks he's already a championship coach. He's been in championship programs and programs that have won championships but HE is not a championship head coach. He still has to make that step to get off the current treadmill.

Championship coaches convince their players every game is important by focusing on the right things.

Championship coaches develop depth on o-line and d-line. See Alabama and LSU.

<End of the rational part.>

First time I've seen a coach ice the receiving team before an onside kick with a timeout...

 
Bo's fine. He's growing. We'll finish 9-3 and play in the Gator Bowl. If we win, that will be good. Starting next year, the talent level will get better. Bo will progress. I have no desire to throw Bo out. What, do you want Turner Gill to take over? Look at Tennessee and Colorado. Those are ship wrecks. Be thankful that you are worried about a 7-2 record for a team that plays hard each week and that we haven't become Tennessee and Colorado.

We all knew in our heart-of-hearts that this year was not the year. Way too much youth on the line and too much talent lost on the D. Next year will be different. I'm fine with Bo staying so long as he keeps winning 9 games. If he turns in a NC every 7 years, we'll be happy. Need I remind you that Callahan's 4th season was the infamous 2007 season. Keep that in mind when you start claiming that our 4th year coach is blowing it.

 
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Uh, nowhere did I say there needs there needs to be a new coach.

Bo has a corner that needs to be turned and time to turn it. I hope that happens, he's something of a last, best chance to get back to prominence in my lifetime.

 
TheBreeze521 said:
Bo is not a championship head coach. His teams don't have "it" because he doesn't have "it". He may or may not find "it".

Parallels to Frank Solich are emerging. Won some with previous coach's recruits but hasn't recruited as well himself and isn't able to manage or develop the talent he does have. Solich's learning time as head coach was cut short. Tom Osborne was a bowl loss away from being fired in 1977. He learned how to be a head coach just in time.

Bo needs to stay viable with 9 wins a year until he figures it out. The danger comes if he thinks he's already a championship coach. He's been in championship programs and programs that have won championships but HE is not a championship head coach. He still has to make that step to get off the current treadmill.

Championship coaches convince their players every game is important by focusing on the right things.

Championship coaches develop depth on o-line and d-line. See Alabama and LSU.

<End of the rational part.>

First time I've seen a coach ice the receiving team before an onside kick with a timeout...
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Isn't that what people were saying about Tom when he started?

 
How many Bo threads do we need? I count nine threads on the front page with either "Bo" or "Pelini" in the title.

 
TheBreeze521 said:
Bo is not a championship head coach. His teams don't have "it" because he doesn't have "it". He may or may not find "it".

Parallels to Frank Solich are emerging. Won some with previous coach's recruits but hasn't recruited as well himself and isn't able to manage or develop the talent he does have. Solich's learning time as head coach was cut short. Tom Osborne was a bowl loss away from being fired in 1977. He learned how to be a head coach just in time.

Bo needs to stay viable with 9 wins a year until he figures it out. The danger comes if he thinks he's already a championship coach. He's been in championship programs and programs that have won championships but HE is not a championship head coach. He still has to make that step to get off the current treadmill.

Championship coaches convince their players every game is important by focusing on the right things.

Championship coaches develop depth on o-line and d-line. See Alabama and LSU.

<End of the rational part.>
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That was the rational part?

Tom Osborne was a championship coach. Not all of his teams were championship teams.

You bring up 1977 as if 1978 was the year that Osborne suddenly and finally became a "championship coach" where he finally fixed all those things your criticizing Bo for. Guess what? In 1978, Tom Osborne did have that huge breakthrough - he beat Oklahoma. You know what happened one week later? He lost to unranked Missouri at home.

It wasn't until 4 years after that when Osborne finally had a pair of "championship teams," in 1982 and 1983 - and even they weren't quite good enough to go the distance. It took Osborne 22 years to get a team that could do that.

 
Hercules said:
TheBreeze521 said:
Bo is not a championship head coach. His teams don't have "it" because he doesn't have "it". He may or may not find "it".

Parallels to Frank Solich are emerging. Won some with previous coach's recruits but hasn't recruited as well himself and isn't able to manage or develop the talent he does have. Solich's learning time as head coach was cut short. Tom Osborne was a bowl loss away from being fired in 1977. He learned how to be a head coach just in time.

Bo needs to stay viable with 9 wins a year until he figures it out. The danger comes if he thinks he's already a championship coach. He's been in championship programs and programs that have won championships but HE is not a championship head coach. He still has to make that step to get off the current treadmill.

Championship coaches convince their players every game is important by focusing on the right things.

Championship coaches develop depth on o-line and d-line. See Alabama and LSU.

<End of the rational part.>
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That was the rational part?

Tom Osborne was a championship coach. Not all of his teams were championship teams.

You bring up 1977 as if 1978 was the year that Osborne suddenly and finally became a "championship coach" where he finally fixed all those things your criticizing Bo for. Guess what? In 1978, Tom Osborne did have that huge breakthrough - he beat Oklahoma. You know what happened one week later? He lost to unranked Missouri at home.

It wasn't until 4 years after that when Osborne finally had a pair of "championship teams," in 1982 and 1983 - and even they weren't quite good enough to go the distance. It took Osborne 22 years to get a team that could do that.
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Yep, completely rational. Bo has done all right. But losing at home to losing teams 3 straight years is a pattern. He might become a championship head coach (conference championship or better) but he has a step up to make to get there. His current MO isn't enough.

Same with Osborne. He wasn't a championship coach out of the gate. He made the step up. I'm rooting for Bo, we'll see if he has the intellect to get there.

If I had made the title of the thread "Bo should stay but has to get better" it would have been more obvious.

 
I think losing at home to unranked opponents says as much about Husker fans and Memorial Stadium as it does about the team that plays there.

 
TheBreeze521 said:
Bo is not a championship head coach. His teams don't have "it" because he doesn't have "it". He may or may not find "it".

Parallels to Frank Solich are emerging. Won some with previous coach's recruits but hasn't recruited as well himself and isn't able to manage or develop the talent he does have. Solich's learning time as head coach was cut short. Tom Osborne was a bowl loss away from being fired in 1977. He learned how to be a head coach just in time.

Bo needs to stay viable with 9 wins a year until he figures it out. The danger comes if he thinks he's already a championship coach. He's been in championship programs and programs that have won championships but HE is not a championship head coach. He still has to make that step to get off the current treadmill.

Championship coaches convince their players every game is important by focusing on the right things.

Championship coaches develop depth on o-line and d-line. See Alabama and LSU.

<End of the rational part.>

First time I've seen a coach ice the receiving team before an onside kick with a timeout...
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Bo did preach all week about being ready for this team, problem is is this young and mentally inexperienced team was told all week by fans, students and media how great they are again. Gutcheck, dun.

 
accountability said:
TheBreeze521 said:
Bo is not a championship head coach. His teams don't have "it" because he doesn't have "it". He may or may not find "it".

Parallels to Frank Solich are emerging. Won some with previous coach's recruits but hasn't recruited as well himself and isn't able to manage or develop the talent he does have. Solich's learning time as head coach was cut short. Tom Osborne was a bowl loss away from being fired in 1977. He learned how to be a head coach just in time.

Bo needs to stay viable with 9 wins a year until he figures it out. The danger comes if he thinks he's already a championship coach. He's been in championship programs and programs that have won championships but HE is not a championship head coach. He still has to make that step to get off the current treadmill.

Championship coaches convince their players every game is important by focusing on the right things.

Championship coaches develop depth on o-line and d-line. See Alabama and LSU.

<End of the rational part.>

First time I've seen a coach ice the receiving team before an onside kick with a timeout...
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Bo did preach all week about being ready for this team, problem is is this young and mentally inexperienced team was told all week by fans, students and media how great they are again. Gutcheck, dun.
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Yes, BUT do think we had a solid game plan? Even if the gameplan had been executed perfectly, he and the coaching staff were just flat out-coached. Preach all you want to your players but back it up with some coaching effort. I still have faith in him as he is developing as well. Last time I post on of the Pelini threads

 
jgreen727 said:
I think losing at home to unranked opponents says as much about Husker fans and Memorial Stadium as it does about the team that plays there.
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Are you being sarcastic, or for real? I am guessing a troll or just didnt use the sarcasm sign.........

 
Bo hit the nail on the head in his post game interview. We lost this game because we couldn't run the ball. We couldn't run the ball because of extremely pi$$ poor offensive line play. It's finally time to cut ties with the root of the problem at the OL. He did it with other offensive coaches last year, and he needs to finally rid himself of most of the problem this year. The next time I see everyone of our OL standing there watching the running back get smacked I'm going to puke. If we could have run the ball and kept our defense off the field, we win this game easily. Frankly, I thought B. Stein played his best game ever since putting on the Husker Red.

 
Forge... I can't point out the fact that crowd was drastically different from one weekend to the next without being called a troll?

I 100% believe that college kids feed off the atmosphere and support from the crowd and when 85,000 plus sit on their hands it has an impact on the game.

 
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