ExPlayer

The first thing that comes to mind when reading some of these posts is..."How old are some of you who are posting here?" To say there's no problem, be satisfied or the way we played (no matter how many wins we had) is acceptable is something foreign to me (as well as most of the players I came through the system with). Had we accepted this type of play there never would have been the "old days" to remember. TM is not going to improve, period (but his talent can be used in another position). If he can go a second season with a stance that looks like my sister throwing a football there's no way anything's going to change with him. That in itself is 90% a coaching issue. He throws dead ducks down the field and coaches don't correct his stance to improve on that passing ability? Pa-leeeeez! Defense: Yes, we had our moments, but over all...God, I don't even want to think about it. There were times we got steamrolled this year and you can't make it any prettier by bringing up our win/loss numbers. To watch us on television when we stink up the place should be getting old for newbie fans. For fans who know how it used to be it's a killer. Let's look at this from the standpoint of a top notch recruit. Do you really want to sit home and watch a team quit (be humiliated) on national tv while at the same time saying "I could be going there"? What will the parents of that recruit do? Push him to (name your other school) or say "Hey, go be part of that NE program" (and the parents have likely seen this happen to NE numerous times). Now, ad the "Pelini effect" to the equation. Will NE allow everything that has been discussed in these forums to continue? Depends....it depends on money flow. I honestly think that's the reason (or a big part of it) that "you know who" is now coaching at Ohio U. and not NE, i.e. he didn't fit into fundraising plans going forward. We'll see if mediocrity and embarrasing tv appearances work for us over the next year or so. Once fundraising efforts start taking a hit, well... Once we're "satisfied" it's all over.

I'm not really hinting at anything. I'm willing to give this another year. I can tell you I've become "fatigued" with watching us over the last few years. I never know who's going to show up, i.e. if the coaches will have their act together, individual players will collapse, if the team as a whole will act as though they all went home by 3 minutes into the second half and on and on and on. I'm getting fatigued at watching us make fools of ourselves as we're showcased to a national audience. We can only ride the glory days so far and that seems to give us a bit of a 'pass'...but the rubber needs to meet the road once again. I always wonder how we can recruit top talent while the person we're trying to recruit sits at home watching another television embarrassment (which is not new to Pelini and his bunch). Then there's another aspect to all of this...the "money". I'm not talking about legal or illegal compensation of players (that's another thread...but I'll tell you, this program has been clean and any allegations or accusations of something like that would bring the media to us by the boatload salivating to help "make the mighty fall"). I'm getting at the money this program has been bringing in as well as the money they continue to solicit. At some point they're going to have to produce if they plan to keep asking for money all the time. I'm so "Red" it hurts...and always will be, but my wallet may still shut. As far as this staff is concerned, I'll give it another year. If they haven't figured it out by now they never will. Now, as a first step, let's get a QB who doesn't look like he's throwing a football for the very first time. Put him in a position where he can be more beneficial to the program.

People will not think you're a lunatic, a loose cannon, crazy, someone who appears to have been bitten by a rabid raccoon days earlier if you don't present that face on national tv. I used to play for Osborne and I've also been in the media for 30yrs. Two things are true. 1) Osborne and Pelini have different personalities...and there's nothing wrong with that, 2) The media is like the person who goes to the car race for no other purpose than to see a crash (or fight at a hockey match). It's just like the Tebow thing. The media is lurking in the shadows waiting for him to fail. You can bet your last dollar on it. We could have a long discussion about how people in my profession act, but I digress. As I said earlier, I'm not calling for Pelini to go anywhere. I honestly don't know anymore about this than what I see on television or when wandering the sideline at the Spring Game, but I do know that this perception comes from the "power of the visual medium, i.e. the television camera". Walking the sideline looking like a crazy man doesn't do you, me or the school any good...and there is no excuse for not knowing how this looks to the nation when they're watching us across the nation and likely around the globe. If you're ability to be a successful coach is based on how crazy you look/act on the sideline...we're doomed. I find it hard to believe that TO would have hired someone that "needs" to be that way.

Some are saying the word "Hothead" does not appear outside of Nebraska. I'm in Ohio. I can tell you for a fact that "hothead" is being used. I can also tell you the word "crazy" is being tossed around too. Only pointing out a reality...I'm not saying I'm against him or want him to go, just stating a fact.

Let me say, I'm not for tossing T.M. under the bus, but we'll find out how serious these folks are about winning when we find out who our QB will be next year. T.M (by any stretch of the imagination) is not a QB at this level. I'm surprise the ball makes it to it's target half the time. What amazes me is how they haven't taken care of that horrible stance and throwing motion. Can T.M. catch? I'm guessing he can and he would probably be better utilized at a tight-end or end position. He's too skinny to be a runner. Find a place he can benefit us...assuming he would make the change and be positive about it (we won't get into what Daddy might would think). What amazes me is how our coaches can sit around and watch that stance and throwing motion and continue to let him play the position (since it hasn't changed at all the entire season). Does someone have nude pictures of someone else, or is this a case of stubborness from someone playing him just because many are calling for a change? All I know is I played football at this place...and I'm getting fatigued watching the last couple seasons. I can accept that we will lose a few games, but I can't accept watching the implosion that inevitably takes place. You never know if this teams going to "show up". I haven't given up on BO, but I am getting tired of hearing my friends at work attach the word "crazy" to him. Then again, that face that he presents a national audience does little to make things better.