BigRedPowerWagon

So, we hired Kirk Ferenz

That one makes me sad face. I am hoping that Banker is not DC. Maybe DB or recruiting coordinator. Please not DC. i feel like we are getting a lump of coal in our stocking!.........half the staff from a 5-7 team.......sh#t! Everything is going to be sun shiny yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Just a snipped of an article i picked up. Hope it hasnt been posted yet but take it for what its worth. Riley knew that, but everyone also knew that that major change wouldn't include firing Riley, as the University couldn't afford to pay him for 7 more seasons, as they were contractually obligated to do so, unless someone else paid the buyout bill. And it had come to the point where some of his assistants could not continue, though that's the kind of change Riley didn't want to make.

Could it be that some of you are so anti Bo Pelini and his crew that ANYONE who comes in here is an automatic upgrade.

Thats cool.

I think Kill had a better record and that is why most of us are freaking out.

Its not like hes restoring an old chevy nova with mechanical injection. Nebraska football is more like an 80s ferrerri testarosa. Were expected to be fast but were finike. Hes gonna need to bring someone better than a amc mechanic to get this thing moving.

Ok checking stats.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... nope mine check out. 5-7 last year. We can look at ISU stats also..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ok so there 2 and 10 but they played lots of top 25 teams so they must be really stellar as well. Cummon man, im not trying to be a debbie downer but im wearing a chasity belt to keep some of you guys from pumping sunshine up my a**

What if he was offered along with a big fat raise? What would that say? It would say to me that he was pissed he didnt get offered the HC job.

Well lets put this into perspective. You ask santa for a cd of The Who, but your mom screws up and gets you a CD of The Guess Who. And after that its revealed that there is no santa and youve been lied to. People dont want to be given hope then have it taken away. Alot of people wanted hope that when bo left the person that replaced him would be better, on paper hes not. The guy who replaces him says hes not above getting people in here who knows more about things then he does. Rumor mill flys that hes not. Hence the freak out. Do you want 4 more years of sh**ty football with a guy who says golly and thats swell. I like Riley but hes is on a very very short leash with the fans. So now you are a psychic. No, but stats dont lie. Mike Riley does not have the best stats and that would let you know that if he doesnt recognize on his areas that he needs to prove then he isnt doing what he says he needs to do and he needs to take his happy ass back to oreagon st. Can you honestly tell me even if hes building his staft and trying to get something rolling here. If he does 2 5-7 seasons here back to back hes gone. No way, no way in hell he survives that. He has 2 seasons to make it to the champ game or hes gone. Fans and boosters wont put up with it.

Weve been dropping the ball for 15 years now.

I wonder if he was at least asked. If he was asked but turned it down, then i can see that. If they never even tried.

Well lets put this into perspective. You ask santa for a cd of The Who, but your mom screws up and gets you a CD of The Guess Who. And after that its revealed that there is no santa and youve been lied to. People dont want to be given hope then have it taken away. Alot of people wanted hope that when bo left the person that replaced him would be better, on paper hes not. The guy who replaces him says hes not above getting people in here who knows more about things then he does. Rumor mill flys that hes not. Hence the freak out. Do you want 4 more years of sh**ty football with a guy who says golly and thats swell. I like Riley but hes is on a very very short leash with the fans.

I'm starting a fire Riley threadWhy, because of a tweet made by a SI reporter. This is typical media BS. It may happen or it may not! Lets see what happens.If Riley brings the OSU DC to NU as DC, I start a fire Riley thread. SE made it clear that NU has resources. We might as well keep Paps. I also question the judgement of someone that is encouraged to hire the best but chooses to hire homers. As bad as many of Bo's staff decisions were . i can understand where a first time head coach would surround himself with people he trusts and people who he thinks understand his systems and philosophies. But for the new guy, for a long as he's been in the business and for the supposed open checkbook be has. For him not to go outside his inner circle is probable career suicide. Especially when he has people asking to join his staff.

If Riley brings in the staff i hope he doesnt, ill be thinking alot about frost and what could of been.

Its what i feared the most. We wont get Callahan 2.0, well get Pelini betamax. Ill go back to my previous bitchfest if this is the deal.

Yes indeed. Going for two was the right call. It was a ballsy call but if it was the right one or not is up for debate. Never know how OT would of worked out.