Jeepy

Another nice synopsis of the past several coaches. That last paragraph about Scott seems spot on. Gawd we want wins that should be wins (Troy.. those to come). The past isn't entirely in the past. It's part of what makes us. It's like a foundation, and sometimes it's shaky. Thus my concerns. Want to forget these terrible coaches? Better not.

I'm new here, gimme a break. I like Redux's post up there: - Frank let himself and his staff lose the team and direction - Callahan was never getting over the hump....ever - Bo needed to cut his teeth elsewhere that didn't happen and he essentially peaked - Riley....also peaked in year 2 and then fell back down to where he normally would have finished So, four hiring mistakes.

Now.. that ^ .. nitty gritty, in my opinion. It's like bad marriages. Or taking college courses that get you nowhere as to career satisfaction, etc: You have to go through it to see that perspective. But.. all those coaches. Could we have had success with Callahan if he stayed? Yep he sure did wreck the old culture here, intentionally. He wanted an NFL seeding camp, it appears. How about Pelini? Another three years might have gelled one hell of a team with Nebraska's resources. I'm wondering if this throwing out the baby with the bath water mentality is going to hit our boosters etc when we see Frost saying "just give it more time" in his third year here.

Well, I'm concerned with what we've done with all these new coaches... Osborne left.. and we've been through four since then. It seems crazy. Were those hires all really mistakes? Should we have let somebody stay longer? Any of them? Or have we been correct in cleaning house four damned times over the past 20 years? How long will it take the powers that be to start feeling the same way about Frost?

For twenty years we've heard 4 coaches say the same thing: We need to be patient and let our new system get in place. We've been very patient for each coach.. generally. Was the mistake in firing coaches too soon? Should we have stuck with (Solich/Callahan/Pelini/Riley)?

I have not watched a replay of the game yet. Just clips and they bear out the lack of spot on play needed to compete, especially as you say: the pathetic O-line. Many of us exaggerate when we're pissed off and hurt as Husker fans. Almost all of us. It's all so "off" from what we used to see out there before Dr. Tom left. So, yeah we blow our stack and we even see it a bit distorted to the negative. Thing is, we know we deserve better.

Likely true, but I keep thinking of how our expectations have morphed downward since the late 90s. Remember? From Solich to Callahan to Pelini to Riley our anger went from national championship anxiety to conference contender anxiety to just making it to any bowl game anxiety to just a winning season PLEASE to now: Can we win a game? Two games? What the hell?

Okay.

My eyes have been opened to that, too. I admit to getting on the Frost hype right away, and believing he'd turn it around big time. The improvement of the defense in that Colorado game was a bit of vindication, but the collapse from then on.. well, it looked like any old Riley team. No change.

Yes, well said. His system needs to gel, and he's inherited a spotty team to say the best. The morale factor alone is low, no matter what they say in front of reporter's mics. They seem to only know how to lose, and they'll find a way to do that until the new system sets in with newer players. That takes years.

How are t-shirt sales?

I'm aware of that. But it has to be resisted strongly.. again, NO team takes the field and does not try their freaking best to win.. every play.. no matter the score. Pass it on.

If this is true, I find it astoundingly reprehensible. I find it downright scandalous. NO team takes the field and does not try their freaking best to win.. every play.. no matter the score. And it's Nebraska now? What? Send a link to this thread to our wonderful savior Head Coach. Send copies to his championship staff.

Hoping you're right.

Coach seems to have lost them here. I don't see team interaction with him.. but watching on TV. Hopefully I'm wrong.

O-line is dysfunctional running or passing.

Martinez can't be a hero if he's not protected. He can't even function.

Melt down. Coach seems to have lost them.

Yeah. Yep, that is what was being said.

If this game were happening under Riley, I'd understand. But...

Second half could be with Nebraska showing some personal fire. Hey, O-line, there is a man across from you.. is he going to own you for the entire game? You're wearing Husker red!

Looks like Michigan is prepared. Looks like Nebraska is not.

Twenty years. We've been waiting twenty years for legitimacy, relevance.

The Nebraska Cornhusker football team does seem to be cursed.

Use this. Do something.