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1 minute ago, Huskers93-97 said:

4PM CT or 4PM west coast time. 4PM west coast is 2PM here.

I'm going to assume eastern time since that is where he's at.

12 hours ago, BigRedN said:

Hey, are you  yet?  :-)

I hate the premature use of the 'N'.  I got excited when I scrolled passed it and now I'm just let down.  Sad day.

39 minutes ago, ATS Knight said:

Until/unless some new details emerge, it might be time for me to leave HuskerBoard. 

 

Here's what I know: people don't root for the coaches that leave them. It's a business decision, nothing personal on both sides (though people make it personal). With Frost, UCF fans could root for him because he's SUCH a nice guy and he loves UCF SO MUCH. But here's what else I know:

 

1. Frost didn't have to talk to other schools during the year. It would be better for him to do so and position himself well for any opportunities, but better for UCF if he told schools, I'll talk to you after the season is over. Decision: in the best interests of Frost

 

2. Frost didn't have to accept an offer from another school during the season. He could have said, "I'm interested, I'll only sign after the season". Better for Frost that he does what the new school wants, better for UCF if he waits. Decision: in the best interests of Frost

 

3. Frost didn't have to take the whole staff, there are numerous ways that he could make sure the players had some continuity (find a different TE coach). Maybe even someone that knows how to recruit Nebraska/the midwest. Better for Frost that he keeps every staff member he feels like (including admin asst's), better for UCF if Frost leaves somebody somewhere still in place. Decision: in the best interests of Frost

 

4. Frost doesn't have to take recruits. He went to Nebraska early so that he could get a jump on recruiting, even if it puts UCF behind the 8-ball. UCF is putting a staff together from scratch, but at least Frost's staff got a good start on recruiting, right? Better for Frost if he sets himself up as well as possible and tries to flip all the recruits that were committed to UCF, better for UCF if Frost doesn't take the whole staff AND try to take all the recruits right before signing period. Decision: in the best interests of Frost

 

5. Frost doesn't have to take transfers from UCF. But it's in his best interest to take everyone and everything he wants. Decision: we don't know yet

 

Then there's stuff that isn't as definitive, but doesn't look good in context:

1.  The leak during the championship game. Looks like either Frost wasn't careful on his side or he carelessly dealt with an AD that didn't give a crap. I'm not sure how Frost comes out well in this scenario unless he was fuming about it, but made sure to keep his rage from becoming public. 

 

2. The coaching staff clearly started checking out once the decisions started to be made and the team started looking worse and worse. The lower margin of victory was one of the reasons the CFP listed for ranking UCF so low.  Looks like either Frost wasn't careful on his side or he carelessly dealt with an AD that didn't give a crap. I'm not sure how Frost comes out well in this scenario unless he was fuming about it, but made sure to keep his rage from becoming public. 

 

I'm willing to wait and see if some new information emerges, but it seems like Frost is not the loyal guy I thought he was, or perhaps, loyal to one school instead of two. We'll see. I think the preparation put in the bowl game (if he coaches), the recruits flipped, and the transfers will paint a picture of a loyal Knight and kindly Huskers AD who handled the transition as ham-handedly as possible, or two guys who aren't incompetent and just like playing nice guys on TV. 

 

If it's the latter, there's no reason for me to be here if I'm actively rooting for bad things to happen to Frost and Moos. 

 

I could be everyone's favorite UCF troll?

 

 

This seems like a very (understandably) biased view of the situation.  In my biased view, I don't think you understand how big time football works.  I do appreciate your perspective though and I hope that you at least occasionally drop by HB.

24 minutes ago, ScottyIce said:

Promotions are a part of life and this job specifically.

Do you think Mizzou fans are steaming at UCF for stealing their OC? I doubt it. It's called a promotion.

The Mizzou fans I know are pissed at Nebraska for creating the opening at UCF.  This is the best 4-8 offseason ever!

This has always bothered me.  I have been too hot way more than I have been too cold at a Nebraska game.  Actually the only game I remember being really cold at was 2015 Iowa.  The only game I actually remember significant snow was the 2007 Texas game and it snowed hard but it didn't really stick.  The regular season ends in November well before the heavy snow and cold really hits Nebraska.  Even if the weather was bad, don't these Florida guys want to get a taste of it before playing in Green Bay, Chicago, or anywhere in the northeast in December/January?

2 hours ago, mnhusker said:

I agree, more and more is sounds like Billy D. and Diaco had  real crap show going and unfortunately  Riley didn't have the fortitude  to overcome it.

Billy D was in the Rams front office when they were in St. Louis.  That should be all we need to know about his competence.  To see him go from one team I kinda cared about to a team I very much cared about was a heart breaker.  Get him out of there now!

3 minutes ago, marko polo said:

Some of us thought we should of hired Frost three yrs. ago and if we had think how much further along we would be now.

I think Frost's probability of success is higher now than it was 3 years ago.  He got to experience being a head coach in a much lower stress situation.  He knows what to expect from the job and which will help as he handles the pressure of a big program.  The past 3 years have sucked, but I'm glad Frost is in a better position to help us.

4 minutes ago, DD325 said:

Do you think the transition will be quicker & smoother in the fact that Scott has probably watched a lot of Husker games and may already know a lot of the starters names and is familiar with the facilities?

Watched a lot of games???  How?  The facilities are also drastically different from when he was here.  The N on the helmet is probably the only thing he will recognize from when he was here.

Well the time has come.   It's time to go home from work.  If these really are your last few days and you don't make it to Monday, goodbye dear thread.  I will miss you.  You got me through the longest week of my message board life.  You are the 1990s Nebraska Football of all threads. I hope you live forever, but I know that decision is in the hands of the men upstairs.  May you live in the memory of HB forever.

Just now, Dilly Dilly said:

 

Yes, all players and coaches do.  Someone correct me if I am wrong, because I've never actually been to one -- just my understanding of Fan Day.

Isn't fan day at the start of fall camp, not the spring game?

Steal Josh Heupel from Mizzou. 

3 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Just a rumor...but I am hearing that Moos is targeting Scott Frost.  But, who knows for sure.

It's pretty common knowledge that he's going to UF after his CCG.  I'm pretty sure Gruden is coming here.  If not I'm sure we could end up with Jimbo, Sumlin, Gundy, Brohm, Cutcliffe,  Doeren, or Leach.  Just as long as it's not that Schiano guy.

8 minutes ago, CornhuskerCornPicker said:

 

IF we can get this program turned around, 10-15 years from now it’ll be a great story. For the first time in forever I feel like we have the administration to do it too. 

I'm just saying ESPN isn't going to do a documentary on anyone or anyplace that doesn't create some drama or tension.  They are going to find a good and bad side to every story.  At this rate, ESPN won't even be around in 10-15 years.

3 minutes ago, CornhuskerCornPicker said:

 

Maybe someday, we will finally got that 30 for 30.

 

thanks espn

I think it's in our best interest, as Nebraska fans, that this got cancelled.  They would have questioned TO's morals and shed some negative light on the program.  Just go back and watch some of those highlight cassettes from the 90s instead.

Just now, GamingGlen said:

 

Make it like The Simpson's ever burning tire fire?

Please!  I want their search to live longer than this thread.

4 minutes ago, ladyhawke said:

Did anyone else hear the Joel Klatt vent on Tennesee on TBL this morning?  Severe played the clip. Klatt was on Colin Cowherd's show.  He basically said he hopes Tenn. doesn't get anybody to respond to their cocking search. They deserve everything they get after the way they treated Greg  Schiano.  He was pretty upset.

I don't understand why they don't just make Brady Hoke their head coach. He's already there and has head coaching experience.  Anyone know why they don't just make him their HC?

At this point they just need to make him or another assistant the interim coach for a year.  They need to let this blow over and try again next year with a different selection of coaches.

5 minutes ago, Jason Sitoke said:

 

His only issue was the games.

He definitely is incredibly classy and has tons of dignity, but part of me wonders if he should be more embarrassed by the results.  Am I being too much like "90s fan" by saying he should be more bothered by all the losing? 

4 minutes ago, tattooedhusker said:

In the interview, he said it was more about Oregon not being a fit

It sure sounds like he is in if he is offered.

I hid my playstation so they don't know that I have experience playing NCAA 08.  I'm still expecting a call though.

1 minute ago, HuskerInLostWages said:

I dont know who he is actually, just had to go see volnation and take pity on those guys, they have had a hell of a bad few days.

Yeah, the scary thing is how easily I can see us in their position if Frost had turned us down.  It will be interesting to see how our programs compare when we play them in 10 years.

Just now, HuskerInLostWages said:

Latest on Brohm to TN:

 

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I am told that UT AD John Currie made an offer to Jeff Brohm that Brohm accepted. Currie then asked the chancellor to approve the offer — buyout included — and chancellor said no. So Currie went back to Brohm with lesser offer and Brohm said no. So here we are.
 

If true, WTF are they doing down there?

Clay Travis is an idiot. 

I wonder if UT fans would have reacted differently to Schiano if they knew how pathetic the program would look 3 days later.

5 minutes ago, TAKODA said:

Man HILW is steamed, he is telling people not involved to shut up! 

 

Whoever Freeman is, I hope he gets your message!

 

LOL, jk, sic-em!    

I think it's been a while since anyone has told Josh Freeman to shut up.  I think it's due.  Let's yell at the Gabbert family while we are add it.

5 minutes ago, Husker John said:

Agreed

 

We have 9-10 months to wait for an actual game.  Better buckle in.  Or maybe we can just enjoy having some positive energy around the program again!  I forgot what that was like.

Haha, I don't know how to embed tweets, but now it sounds like Brohm to UT is not a done deal.  This dumpster fire is getting too hot to even watch.

2 minutes ago, MacNCheeze said:

You know whats funny it was said that we had to wait such and such days 2 months ago.  Frankly im tired of waiting.  Nothing i can do about it but yea  over it.

???  Moos said he wasn't firing Riley until the end of the year.  Then Nebraska and Frost basically confirmed it after our season was over.  Frost has one more game.  This is exactly the time line everyone expected except you apparently.