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What doesn't seem encouraging? The look that Houston seems to practice on a field that is also used for rec soccer? Or no funny one liners about finding nemo? lol. if he coaches soccer, he would automatically become the best coach on staff in my book. Yeah who wants to watch a guy coach fundamentals and attention to detail. Better to focus on big picture stuff i wasn't necessarily looking at him only. i also looked at the response of his guys and their body language.

the video isn't very encouraging... but again, maybe i'm just overthinking things.

Here's some data. maybe i'm overthinking though. a bit garbled, but the data is good. from NCAA website. pass efficiency rankings: Maryland - 2012-Present: Assistant Coach - Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Houston Cougars - 2010-11: Assistant Coach - Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Philadelphia Eagles - 2009: Assistant Coach - Defensive Special Assistant Dallas Cowboys - 2007-08: Assistant Coach - Defensive Coordinator San Diego Chargers - 2004-06: Assistant Coach - Defensive Backs Houston Texans - 2002-03: Assistant Coach - Defensive Backs Assistant Syracuse - 2001: Assistant Coach - Defensive Backs Missouri - 1999-00: Assistant Coach - Defensive Backs San Jose State - 1997-98: Assistant Coach - Defensive Backs: 1997, 1998 year pass defense pass efficiency def. interceptions 1997(SJS) 63 38 7 (20 ints) 1998(SJS) 49 N/A (13) 1999(MIZ) 33 81 (from 27 previous year) 76 (10), 13 ints previous year 2000(MIZ) 47 65 34(14) 2001(SYR) 24 (11 prev. yr) 28(14 prev. yr) 46 (13, up from 7) 2010(HOU) 68 (72) 73 (67) 49 (13) up from 66(11) 2011(HOU) 40 12 3(21) 2012(MAR) 30 (from 75) 65 (93) 114 (4) down from 68 (11) 2013(MAR) N/A 64 73(11) 2014(MAR) N/A 40 91(9)

I'm secretly hoping he's not the new DB coach... for all the reasons already mentioned, and in addition, i'm not too sure he's actually a good teacher, tbh.

This reminds me of the time one of the professors in lincoln told me to drop out of engineering because "maybe engineering just isn't for you..." because i went to ask him a question during his office hours. My GPA at the time as a junior was 3.5. i'm not white. if you don't understand how those two incidents are related, and/or don't think that making statements like that is highly inappropriate and counterproductive for a prospective mentor/instructor/coach, then you may need to just learn about a few new things on leadership and development.

haha this is funny. based on what exactly?

I think David Walker, the pitt rb coach could be coming here. just an opinion. it could be waay off base, and is unsubstantiated.

YES!

so much of it is so bizarre. bo's pity for himself and not getting enough support. wondering what he was doing here. just coach football, man. no one is out to get you. and what did he want from the AD? seriously. what is he talking about? did he really want the AD hanging around practices and the locker? what would he have said then? then when he talked about core values. again, what is he talking about? and the only value of bo's seems to be blind loyalty to incompetence. his incessant need for support, which what that exactly means is vague. and what did he do to foster a relationship with the AD. and why could he not just coach? just worry about the upcoming games. he has only himself for getting so wrapped up in any other drama, mostly self-created. just bizarre. Yep. Add to it him telling the players that its ok for them to leave or stay if they choose. wow. What was most striking to me was the fact that the players were snickering and laughing as he called his boss names. i really want to be shocked that anyone would still try to defend bo after this, but meh. looks like if someone had made up their mind to stick with Bo over the state of nebraska and the school, then nothing ever will.

That played into it, but my opinion on that is that players were really more concerned about winning the starting spot in practice than they were about the actual game. i don't know if that makes sense to people, but from all the comments from players and coaches, and with body language, it really seemed like the most emphasis was placed on winning a gameday playing spot by practicing harder than other guys and sounding smartest in meeting rooms. so then players only put their best out during practice, and just go through the motions on gameday, because, hey, the goal was winning a starting spot and looking good on tv, as opposed to beating the team on the other sideline. except if bo really liked you and wasn't going to start/play anyone else no matter what.

lol you clearly still don't know how bo did things while he was here... Please. Clear things up.for me. Tell me how a coach goes 9/10-4 6 consecutive years by not starting and playing the best players at the position? riiiiight. because those two are mutually exclusive... smh. like i said in my last post, some of these arguments are needlessly revisionist. if you really think that with the talent that has been on that lincoln campus, we could not have dropped less than 4 games a year, and in the ways we did, then there's no need to discuss more.

lol you clearly still don't know how bo did things while he was here... If you're going to call him out at least provide some form of proof. i'm not calling stpaul out. i'm calling bo out. problem is whatever argument i have is going to be subjective at best because i'm not/wasn't a coach on the inside. but some of those examples have been pointed out already. but there are many more examples. any coach that would look at nebraska's players and not have kalu playing almost every snap is doing something wrong. but thats a decaying horse.

lol you clearly still don't know how bo did things while he was here...

This thread gets epicer by the minute second

The players deserve a lot of credit for the win yesterday. I was hosting a post thanksgiving party and didnt have time to post this, but it seemed from the little i watched, that the comeback was pretty dependent on crazy catches that wouldn't be made: TA to bell - in double coverage. TA to Allen - basically just ran somewhere and waited for him to get open. same for the last touchdown. Basically, it feels like they really just reverted to backyard football and played their hearts out. on the other side of the ball, Iowa really did all they could to giftwrap the game for us. from their quarterback play, to their playcalling (i'll take their sillyness, but why would you call 3 passes in a row when you have the lead and about 10 minutes left in the game?) and to the coaching on their side (kicking to DPE). too bad the coaches on our side have shown that they cannot get them to play with that determination the whole season. I'm glad they played well yesterday.