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Maybe not if we finish 3-9 this season. Perlman will not fire this guy regardless of the record. Just stop. The donors to this program have more influence over these matters than you seem to realize.

I've been a season-ticket holding Husker fan for over 10 years. Just found this board after Saturday's loss, and I'll still be here when we begin winning again...whenever that happens.

Just taking the pulse of the board.

Since I feel like Solich never should have lost his job here in the first place & he's been doing a decent job all these years in Ohio when considering the talent he's had to work with, he's my pick. (Ferentz would be my #2 pick).

Maybe not if we finish 3-9 this season.

I like it.

If our record this season ends up between 2-10 and 4-8 (which is very possible), I don't see how SE retains his job with NU after this football season ends, even if they do keep Riley one more year

Wisconsin 16 Nebraska 14 Passing Yards: 244 Rushing Yards: 110

With all due respect, I think you are being a little over sensitive, I think that a lot of us need to chill out. These new cats might end up being valuable members. I don't think that this board needs to be a good ole boy club. Just my 2 cents. Apologies if I spoke out of turn. Wait, 74hunter isn't new? Could've fooled me with his ridiculous posts.If ridiculous posts you mean spot on analysis that you happen to disagree with, then you would be correct. Why so hostile? I'm fed up with posters who are willing to throw out the pink slip after 5 damn games. If you were hired and paid millions of dollars to do a job (any job)...and then your boss very soon figured out that you in fact could not do the job you claimed you could. Are you saying, in this scenario, that your boss should cross his fingers and hope for the best even though in his gut he knows he made a mistake by hiring you...all the while, he's paying you millions of dollars per year? That's not how the real world works.

The Husker football program is estimated to generate a $35 million - $40 million NET PROFIT annually. If we go 0-5 in October, the damage to recruiting and reputation will continue to snowball but at an accelerated pace. This all comes down to dollars and cents. After the fan-base's collective reaction to Saturday's loss, coupled with the hard-hitting articles from the World-Herald...I imagine there are some heated discussions happening right now between administration, the coaching staff, and the donor class. If our sell-out record falls, irreparable damage will have been done to the Program and the stewards of the Program will do whatever it takes (within their power) to protect it...if we go 0-5 in October, I will not be at all surprised if both Riley and the A.D. are fired shortly thereafter. Have you watched these other Big 10 teams this year? They are TOUGH...tougher than us...all of them. This is shaping up to possibly be the darkest month in the history of Husker football.

Nope...my initial post indeed was for "constructive comments"...of which I have seen plenty. Guess you're not a mind-reader. And nothing against Coach Riley, but he's not the man for this job...he never was. Getting back to my original question, if we go 0-5 in October, does it make sense to flush them all (including the A.D.) and start over? Why waste 3 more years just to have the inevitable happen?

Yep...next Head Coach will cost $5 million per year minimum if we do it right (plus a few more million per year for his staff).

Well said.

Janovich isn't the fastest or strongest guy on the field, but almost every time he runs the ball he gets plenty of yards and I'll bet the defender(s) that engage him are getting worn down from the impacts. The dude is a beast.

You started the name-calling, "tough guy"...I just chose not to look the other way after your flabby fingers typed the word "troll" - get it? That's not how we do things here, to both of you. Next time a moderator has to step in, there'll be time off. Understood.

Not if it's presented the right way, but it only works if the A.D. gets fired too. With our rich Tradition and the right contractual terms, most big-time coaches would at least entertain the conversation if the timing was right on their end.

You started the name-calling, "tough guy"...I just chose not to look the other way after your flabby fingers typed the word "troll" - get it?

Unless you own this place, I suggest you STFU and move on.

I'd put the odds at 65% (at this point), that we go 0-5 in October. If we do, I say fire everyone and make a $5 million offer to the first Big-Name, PROVEN WINNER who is in his PRIME, who becomes available. (and it goes without saying at this point, that this coach would have to be a fit for Big 10 football).