For those of us old enough to remember, this is exactly right. For the younger posters, their history with Nebraska football dates back to the 90's.......and Osborne's legacy was cemented by his final 5 years as head coach. His first 20 years included the things you mention. And Osborne took over a program that had just come off back to back national titles. We were consistent winners between 1973 and 1993, as Pelini has been between 2008 and now. There are advantages to keeping a coach around for 25 years.......just like there are things to be learned from decisions made in 2003........oh, and Dirk's job is to write for a product that sells advertising space.
Well stated. I, myself go back to the beginning of Devaney @ NU. Dennis Claridge, Frank Patrick, Tom Penney and Harry Wilson are a few names I grew up listening to on the radio on Saturday afternoons. The situation existing currently, to me, is no different than when TO took over. In fact, imho, TO stepped into a much more fluent situation as HC. All he had to do was exactly that, be the HC as everything else was already in place for him. I'm basically referring to a coaching staff that was completely in place with experience. Our younger posters cannot relate to the drastic change in the landscape of NCAAF even from the 90's until now. IMHO Bo deserves time but maybe not his staff.