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This may be long, I apologize, but hear me out. After giving it a night to process this loss, yet another game that we lost in the closing seconds, I've tried to figure out how to put into rational words what I'm feeling at this point. My immediate reaction is to get extremely negative and bitter about the situation as I think that's a normal human reaction and my initial reaction was just that. Which is why I chose to step away from the board last night and give myself some time to process things to think more rationally. Another last second loss..............another moment where I allowed myself to expect us to pull this one out and my heart was ripped out of my chest again by this team. "I'm not watching another game all season, I'm sick of this crap!" Sleep, let the emotions fade, rational thought..............sigh. Do I think Mike Riley is the right man for the job? Probably not, but I'm not unrealistic and expecting him to resign mid-season, at the end of the season, or be fired after one season of mediocrity. I just don't think that's going to happen and it's not realistic to think otherwise, at least in my opinion. Why would he walk away from millions of dollars, because it's right? Would you walk away from millions of dollars? I know my answer to that question............. Does this coaching staff have hurdles? Sure they do, the injuries are piling up, the players don't "fit" their system or idea of the system they want to run, there is an apparent battle that continues to go on with the previous coaching staff or at least the mental seeds they planted after years of verbal abuse and head games are still there, and learning a new conference and the ins and outs of that conference as well. There are probably other hurdles we know nothing about and I'm leaving out. Those hurdles aren't me accepting the product being put out on the field, those are me recognizing those hurdles and understanding that those hurdles have to be tough to deal with. Doesn't mean I'm a Riley apologist, doesn't mean I'm happy with what I'm seeing, far from it, deep down inside I'm fuming. Then I start to think about those hurdles and how those are affecting what I see on the field. The injuries are the most glaring problem, but do those injuries cause us to mismanage the clock in these games? No, they don't. Do they cause the offensive coordinator to call boneheaded plays that make no sense? No, they don't. Do they cause personnel mismanagement to occur? Possibly, but that doesn't explain the personnel mismanagement that's occurring in the backfield by the coaching staff. Do they cause penalty after penalty to occur? No, they don't. Do they cause our defensive line to not get their hands up during pass attempts? No, they don't. Do they cause our DB's to not turn around and simply look for the ball? No, they don't. Most if not all those things are coaching, period. Riley is here for a few years folks, doesn't mean we have to like it, doesn't mean if people say "patience" that they like it and it doesn't mean any of us are happy with what we're seeing on the field. What I'm saying is stop jumping on folks and reading into everything and twisting it to fit your anger. Discuss things, get your outlet for that anger and rage out here, but try to do it rationally and in a constructive manner. NO Husker fan is happy with what they're seeing, some stress patience, some stress knee jerk reactions, some have no idea what they want to express, ALL have an opinion. Respect those and take them for what they're worth. We all share one thing, the love for the Huskers, try and remember that.