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I wanted to liven up the board a bit because I've noticed that its become a bit stagnant, so please be patient as I spell out what I am trying to do here. If I am like any of you, which I probably am, I just have no real clue what to expect this year. I've heard the arguments that M.R. isn't cut out for Nebraska, that his nice guy persona isn't going to fly, and the arguments that M.R. did more with less OSU than Bo did with NU. From he sucks and it was a bad hire, to he's going to take us all the way...we've all heard them. So, maybe, here is a little more concrete way to compare Mike Riley to Bo Pelini. (Background) I am currently coming up on year number 10 in the Navy. Many of those years have been in the Reserves, and for several years I've been placed in a room with several others who hold the same rank as I do. We are asked to rank other sailors based only on the information provided in their evaluations. There are areas of their evaluations that are not subjective and that all people scoring should have the same or very close to the same point totals for these areas. (Usually agreed upon through a discussion) Then there are other areas that are subjective between ranges. So if there was an evaluation of coaching careers between M.R. and Bo starting in 2008 ending in 2014....what would the area's of evaluation cover that would best represent the coach as a leader of an organization? I threw together some categories that we can play with. I provided the non subjective point totals below. Non Subjective Areas worth 10 Points Each Bowl Games Played MR 5 Bo 7 Number of Winning Seasons MR 4 Bo 7 Blow Out Wins(defined by wins of 2 TD or more) MR 24 Bo 39 Blow out Losses (defined by losses of 2 TD or more) MR 19 Bo 13 Players Drafted MR 18 Bo 25 Games Against Top 25 Teams MR 29 Bo 27 Wins against top 25 teams MR 8 Bo 10 Losses against top 25 teams MR 21 Bo 17 How I graded areas Non Subjective Bowl Games - 3 points for 1-2 games, 6 points for 3-4 games, 9 points for 5-6 games, 10 points for 7 games Winning seasons - 3 points for 1-2 seasons, 6 points for 3-4 seasons, 9 points for 5-6 seasons, 10 points for 7 seasons Blow out Wins - 2.5 points for 1-10, 5 points for 11-20, 7.5 points for 21-30, 10 points for 31-40 Blow out Losses - 2.5 points for 31-40, 5 points for 21-30, 7.5 points for 11-20, 10 points for 1-10 Players Drafted - 2.5 points for 1-10, 5 points for 11-20, 7.5 points for 21-30, 10 points for 31-40 Games Played Against Top 25 Teams - 2.5 points for 1-10, 5 points for 11-20, 7.5 points for 21-30, 10 points for 31-40 Wins Against Top 25 - 2 points for 1-2, 4 point for 3-4, 6 point for 5-6, 8 points to 7-8, 10 points for 9-10 Wins Loses Against Top 25 - 2 point for 21-25, 4 points for 16-20, 6 points for 11-15, 8 points for 6-10, 10 points for 1-5 Non Subjective Point Total Mike Riley 52.5 Bo Pelini 66.5 Rate Each coach where you think their skill sets are within each category below. Each category can be scored between 1-10 Perception (Grade on how he is perceived by his players and public) Community Involvement (What did he do outside of the game) Opponent Game Planning Player Management Staff Management In Game Adjustments Recruiting (Grade on ability to recruit vs what their recruiting classes are at the end of the recruiting cycle) Player Development (Grade on their ability to develop players vs who has the better talent at the end of a players Senior Year) Rank each coach on the Subjective Categories and then add up the points, and add to the Non Subjective Point Total I provided and answer the the poll questions. Enjoy! GBR!