Saunders
Heisman Trophy Winner
It's an unquantifiable mental state that you can't prove. Allegedly, we "wanted it more" than Texas in 2010, and we were the better team. And it didn't mean jack squat.
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Saunders
Heisman Trophy Winner
When the guys asking you questions are baiting you, or twisting your words to sell ad space and newspapers, you're not gonna want to talk to them. Afterall, they tried to blame the bowl game loss on his sideline outburst, which was proven decidedly false.
BigRedTheory
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He represents the University of Nebraska, if he can't deal with the media on the first day of practice without scowling, maybe its time to reconsider being a head coach and return to being a defensive coordinator somewhere else. I've seen him be good with the media so I'm not asking for a miracle, he can improve. I just don't know how long Dr. Tom will put up with him appearing to be such a jerk?
I don't want Bo to go anywhere, but the last coach I saw be so angry with the media was Paterno. To think that being a positive image in the eyes of the media is not important for a college head coach, is foolish.
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Personally I think Bo has done a fantastic job of fixing the culture of the program. I think that was really shown just recently with Ryan Klachko. Now that the programs culture seems to have stabilized, I hope that the playing can stabilize. For this to happen, we need to get our coaching tree on lock down, get the same system in place, keep it in place, and allow players to learn systems. The championships will come eventually, be they conference or MNC's.
Saunders
Heisman Trophy Winner
You just compared Bo to guy who covered up for a child molester, and got caught... Ok.
When exactly did Bo act like he couldn't deal with the media on day 1? I just watched his whole interview, and he seemed fine. Please give examples.
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i get tired of listening to people sit back and judge bo for alot of his actions, i would venture to say that most of us dont know what its like to have every word we say and very move we make put under a microscope and scrutinized. i think bo has gotten better than when he first started and he is going to continue to get better. and if he sucks it up with the media so what, as long as he keeps improving the program then i'll be happy
BigRedTheory
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I'm not a hater...just a little tired of Bo's "grumpy gus" act, wish he would appear to happy just to have practice starting. I know it doesn't matter, the last thing I want for the Huskers is a salesman instead of a coach.
saunders45 you are right, I watched it again with better camera and audio and he was fine, normal Bo reaction, it's probably just that Sean Callahan looks scared to death when he asks a question
saunders45 you are right, I watched it again with better camera and audio and he was fine, normal Bo reaction, it's probably just that Sean Callahan looks scared to death when he asks a question
In the Deed the Glory
All-Conference
Listen man, I mean no disrespect, but I doubt you have ever been a coach. I can tell you when I have had to answer some media questions after a practice that either didn't go the way I wanted or was low on energy or had to chew the team for something, I have trouble putting on that happy face...and I'm a high school basketball coach.I'm not a hater...just a little tired of Bo's "grumpy gus" act, wish he would appear to happy just to have practice starting. I know it doesn't matter, the last thing I want for the Huskers is a salesman instead of a coach.
saunders45 you are right, I watched it again with better camera and audio and he was fine, normal Bo reaction, it's probably just that Sean Callahan looks scared to death when he asks a question
Imagine that at Nebraska with 25 reporters asking stupid questions, I would struggle. I am actually amazed he does as well as he does. You should see how Stoops and Saban treat the media. Bo is fine.
As far as Jason Peter, he is a defensive tackle who smashed his head for a living, had trouble with drugs, then wrote a memoir about it, and now some are surprised he has lower than average intelligence and is an attention whore?? Sounds about right to me.
tschu
Banned
I don't think anyone is surprised...we're just taking the opportunity to remind everyone again how unlistenable he is as a radio host.
tschu
Banned
Bo in general is wildly entertaining. He has many hilarious habits and subtleties that go unappreciated.
Mierin
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This pretty much sums up my point for me and why I still contend that Peter says a lot of stupid things.Goal-line said:
All else is NOT equal between what the 90s Nebraska players had and what they have now. He's dumbing it down and saying desire is the only difference and that's BS. He had a coaching staff with decades more experience, and back then Nebraska had a much bigger advantage as far as facilities are concerned. Then there's the fact that the program wasn't in the middle of being resurrected. It was a well-oiled machine.
If he's arguing that Bo can't motivate and the evidence is that the teams he was on won NC because they wanted it more, then Osborne apparently took 20+ years to learn how to motivate.
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Your sports history has little relevance. I've played sports almost every year of my life. I've played in select baseball leagues and I played on really sad YMCA basketball teams. I know what it means to play at a high level and a low level. And after all of that, I say the idea of "wanting it more" is little else than sensationalist crap.Goal-line said:
As I pointed out, the "wanting it more" argument is completely invalid if you really know what it means to be an athlete. Let me pull my quote from above:
So, do you think any of those teams wanted to lose? Of course they didn't. "Lebron James wanted it more than Kevin Durant." Complete and utter B.S. There are a multitude of reasons why the Thunder lost to the Heat, for example, none of which involved desire and passion. The Thunder's abysmal three-shooting, poor defense, non-existent James Harden, over-confident Westbrook, the Heat's amazing field goal shooting in the last half of their series, etc., are far more relevant than "the Heat wanted it more." No they freakin' didn't. They had way more experience and executed far better.
I had a coach who said emotion and passion was for before and after competition, focus and execution is what you need on the field, and he was the most successful coach I ever played under. Clearly, he disagrees with you - does this make him a "fool's fool?"
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Exactly. And I'm not saying desire and passion aren't a part of sports, because they most definitely are, but they're impossible to calculate or measure. We can only analyze what we know, and we know what good execution is and what isn't - we can measure it, we can quantify it, we can describe it with acute detail. As you mentioned, there's no denying Nebraska wanted to beat Texas more, especially after the '09 championship game. And as we all witnessed, it meant absolutely nothing when it came down to it.
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