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  1. Where we should be recruiting our players from, and how our past coaches were doing it wrong/right, is argued about a lot, so I decided to make these. These are not really of recruits, they're of the rosters. The way I assigned players was by the first time they showed up on the roster. If a player was on the roster in 2007 and 2008 (like Suh) he was assigned to Callahan. If a player is on Osborne's roster from 1992-1996, they're only included once. One small issue with this is I think someone on the scout team (like when they were huge in the 90s) who moves onto the roster might be assigned to the wrong coach, but I think this would be rare, and they're probably almost always from Nebraska. One other small thing is we've had about 8 players from different countries and some from Hawaii that obviously don't show up on here, so the percentages don't quite add up to 100. (Solich had 3 Hawaiian players, Osborne 1, Callahan 1, and Callahan had 1 Alaskan). I only included the players from 1990 on. If I have more time in the future and people like these I can go back further and see how Osborne's recruiting changed over the years. Another thing I might do is make a Nebraska map showing player recruiting by county. The numbers are the percentages in decimal form. So for the Osborne map, 53.08% of the players are from Nebraska, 5.62% are from California, and so on. Lastly, the color scales are exactly the same for each coach. So if 3% of Solich's roster was from Idaho and 3% of Pelini's roster was from Idaho, they'd be the same shade of red. (except with Nebraska which is always bright red).
  2. Coach changes are very upsetting to both players and fans. We, my wife and I traveled to Wisconsin last year and witnessed Pelini cuss out a player. At the time we were up 17-0 and the players shut down on Pelini literally, it was an embarrassment for all Nebraskans. Pelini was pictured constantly on the big board; everyone could read the lips of foul mouthed Pelini trash talk a player as he pointed his finger and followed the player for two plays with his back to the field. Pelini should have been fired, probably never hired! Frank Solich inherited a wonderful program from Tom Osborne. Nebraska had the potential to win several more National Championships with the talent he inherited; Unfortunately Frank Solich’s was terminated due to his indiscretions with students [this has never been disputed by the UNL athletic department]. Solich’s years of very poor recruiting fell in the lap of Bill Callahan, who picked up pieces, knowing you don’t recruit experienced juniors and seniors, you get what the prior coach left you. Callahan was criticized for recruiting and filling the recruiting void with Junior college players remember? We jumped the horn with Callahan who did a wonderful job recruiting, remember Suh? Fans and alumni took him out in two years; the strong recruiting efforts by Callahan, Pelini got credit for the next four years. We as Nebraskans have a long history of decorum, demeanor and respect for our opponents, and it took Tom Osborne years of disappointing seasons with alumni calling for his job too! I am for Scott Frost as a coach, however not at this time; the clean-up that has to be done is being done by a soft spoken Mike Riley which is needed at this time, Riley has enough experience to weather consequences of losses as he tries to build upon recruiting talent for a future coach, possibly Scott Frost. Then we may, if we as fans, alumni and faculty support this effort united we may be able to lick our wounds, learn by past mistakes and build upon this experience for a stronger program in the future. Tom Osborne’s humility gave us strength during challenging times, lest we forget.
  3. This is very interesting. Definitely worth a read. http://regressing.deadspin.com/chart-which-fired-ncaa-football-coaches-were-biggest-d-1669044736
  4. I've silently stalked Huskerboard for over seven years now, lazily dropping in to get the pulse of the Husker nation, as it were. Perhaps the forum's not representative, maybe it tilts towards a dissatisfied, cynically-critical cohort of fans, but I believe it to be enthusiastic, insightful, and if nothing else, engaged. It's great for a relatively casual observer-fan to read the opinions and debates of people more knowledgeable than myself. There's no question in my mind that Bo Pelini was a crucial and marked upgrade from Bill Callahan, a man who should never have set foot in Lincoln, let alone have been given free rein to demolish a storied program while demoralizing a loyal fan community along with it. Pelini pulled the program up from absolute disarray, and for that I grant him sincere credit, and thank him. But Bo's successful EMT efforts to stabilize this patient-- to stop the bleeding --have not transitioned into true rehabilitation. A full recovery hasn't happened. Instead, it's one relapse scare after another, with furthering complications like his managing to rack up lots of low-quality wins along with soul-damaging defeats. He's not bad, he has just ascended to his level of incompetence, unable to go any further. Today's game should solidify this reality in many minds. A game that should have been won. Up two scores at home, it's as if Bo Pelini projects his own insecurities and resignations onto opposing coaches and teams, expecting them to melt down as disastrously as his team often has, desperate and grappling. Judging from his expressions and body language alone, it seems almost foreign to him that Wisconsin and Minnesota, down two touchdowns, would actually knuckle down to implement a gameplan to create momentum, seize the lead, and secure victory when his own approach has been panicked, hasty desperation. If you believe the former is what a good coach (and leader) does, then Pelini is simply getting out-coached whenever an important game is on the line. There's certainly no guarantee that Pelini's replacement won't be worse than him-- far from it--but from my perspective it's now certain that this truly is as good as Bo Pelini gets.
  5. What is wrong with you people???? I am new to this board but am a life long Husker fan. Really? Fire a coach who has won 9 games EVERY YEAR??? Here is some comments from people smarter than me and really smarter than the people who want him fired! I will post the links below! So you whiners need to stop dreaming of the 1990s. They are gone and might never come back. But 9-3 program every year is nothing to be embarrassed about. Who the hell wants to come to Nebraska when we whine about 9-3? I assume if Nebraska went 7-5 there would be riots in Lincoln. We run a pretty clean program. We have a good school. The players seem to like him. Want to be like Michigan State? They freaking went 6-6 in 2012! Fire the coach? NOPE! Hell, in 2007-2009 they went 7-6, 9-3, 6-6! Fire the coach? NOPE! Read the same numbers for Michigan or Wisconsin for the last 7 years. Get back to me. I really have trouble believing this place is so full of whiners. Get back to reality. Bye! http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports/tegler-pelini-s-record-stands-out-among-coaches-despite-fans/article_9fea7a20-5d75-11e3-9072-0019bb30f31a.html http://www.cornnation.com/2014/11/18/7237381/slow-your-roll-with-the-fire-pelini-talk
  6. Given the current turmoil, I am curious to know: When Pelini was hired on, what were your short term expectations? Long term expectations? As seasons have passed, how have those expectations changed? Did you expect a national title every year, conference titles and a bowl win (50/50 bowl win-loss?), just conference titles and bowl appearances with no determination of W/L, perennial top 10 ranking, etc? I expect snarky responses but at least put an honest response too. I am interested to hear where people had set the bar when Pelini took the helm. I feel like this season specifically people have had high expectations which may not have been entirely realistic or had reasonable expectations but as the season progressed and the awfulness ensued that people maintained those high expectations when it wasn't as obvious the team could reach them anymore. It's one thing to support the team to that level, thats fine but it's another to entirely ignore the situation at hand. I feel like people have rightly criticized the team but also kept that bar at that high level when it should be brought down a little. Might just be my perception of the discussions between people I have talked to though. I have always been dis-interested in the "Fire x-coach" talk because I think it frequently is an over-reaction. So, with that I present some statistics that may be of interest. In 5 complete seasons, plus one partial, (1st head coaching job) Bo Pelini's stat line: 54 Wins 22 losses. 31-22 conference record. 0 conference titles, 4 Division titles. 6 Bowl Games with a 3-3 record. 0 National titles, 1 Unranked season (with potential for another this season). Highest ranking 14th with an average ranking of 20th. In his first 6 full seasons (first head coaching job) Tom Osborne stat line: 55 Wins 16 losses 2 ties. 30-11-1 conference record, 2 conf titles, 6 Bowls with a 4-2 record, 0 National titles, 0 unranked seasons, highest ranking 7th with an avg of 9th. In his first 6 full seasons (second head coaching job): Bob Devaney stat line: 53 wins 12 losses 2 ties, 34-8 conference record, 4 conference titles, 5 Bowl games with a 2-3 record, 0 National Titles, 2 unranked seasons, highest ranking 3rd with an avg of 5/6th. While its not complete apples to apples because of conference alignment, existent/nonexistent divisions, etc, you can still see that Bo is not far off from the "Holy Ones". I am sure I could have left off names and certain statistics like #of conf titles or whatever and many wouldn't be able to quickly identify which stat line belonged to which coach. That is not to mention that it took Devaney 3 more seasons and TO another 16 seasons to get that National title ball rolling. So this is why I guess I am curious of everyone's previous expectations for success and where you all set the bar. Obviously hindsight is 20/20 and people can BS but I am being honest here when I say I thought that the Huskers could have been a perennial conference title contender and say a once every 5 year top 5 team (maybe national title appearance) and while I am disappointed with how it turned out in 6 seasons so far, I am also not in the fire-pelini camp...yet, because I tend to be more impatiently patient and I think that while setting a bar is good, the season is so dynamic that it can be really hard to reach that bar. Maybe that is my "tough season, we'll get them next year" mentality showing through after going through so many terrible seasons in support of MN Twins baseball. What say you?
  7. Taking the lead from IA State Husker, here's Caption Contest #2. You know the drill.
  8. Here is a little something to chew on for all the Pelini apologists. I was once one of them, but facts are facts and I've only seen a stubborn man cling to a scheme that worked against the spread only when he had a once in a lifetime DT named Suh. Cosgrove doesn't look so bad now does he? FML.
  9. After the bare bottom beatdown tOSU gave us Pelini and Co. have been true to their word, WE HAVE BEEN WINNING! It looks like Pelini looked long and hard into the abyss then found a solution. Pump the sunshine.
  10. Hey all, I've been so out of the loop! & wanted to know whether BO & others were still irate over forums, in particular NCIU, & their rumor-mills & leaks -???  Last season/yr BO was really PO'ed & blasting the Husker Forum which operates under the guise "National Cable Installers Union" who he believed started certain rumors,etc.. After being 'outted' & getting so much bad-attention NCIU was discussing changing its name-alias, tho unsure if they did. You see, my hubby Drew cocky-cox is a member of NCIU, which in all honestly I find rather CULT-ISH ! It's so secretive (& paranoid), is invite only, thoroughly checks potential members, & even if-once approved they're forbidden to discuss or show the Site/Forum (&it's real-time chatroom during games) with Anyone At All !! Moreover, they must pay-pal $12 a month for the priviledge to discuss NE football, other NE sports (& misc. topics) & varying hush-hush news -supposingly!- to the founder Adam Bahr, an UNIV. of NE ALUMNI Associate who's directly claimed to be connected to the Huskers football team (management or whatnot)...Mr. Bahr says he's "In-The-Know" & from what I've seen & heard to some degree he does seem to have detailed info &/or pre-press stuff , But he's become somekind of figurehead & if you displease him/his forum you're gone... SO are he & the members of NCIU responsible for the propaganda that esp. BO was so angry over -well I'm unsure becuz there's so many HUSKER forums, chat-rooms, blogs, etc. web-wide & too easy for rumors to be started, fed on & spread like wildfire... But I'm weary of NCIU or any "group" that claims to have the Inside Info for a very very selective, paying, & gagged few..! Was wondering if BO's anger continues & anything else has gone on in relation to such forums... whats the latest !?
  11. Well, I believe it's pretty much official and there is suppose to be a news conference on Monday, December 5th announcing him as the new HC at FAU? I'm not sure what to think as far as how it will affect our program? I don't think it will hurt us at all since Bo is HC and it actually could be a blessing in some indirect way, especially if he takes Cotton with him!
  12. No matter how we lose, people can use the result to suit their own predispositions about the coach and the team. It is damn funny to read the board after a loss like this. This loss falls COMPLETELY on Bo because: a) It's his job to motivate the players and keep them focused on the next game b) He's not playing the players that are difference makers (Osborne, SJB, etc) c) He loses to a bad team every year, so it's a pattern with him and his staff or Bo is a great coach and it's ludicrous to blame this loss on him because: a) His D-line is thin and secondary is inexperienced b) Sometimes Nebraska loses. Get over it. c) Coaches don't play the game, the players do Aren't there some reasonable people on here that have an abstract enough mind to conceive of the possibility that several factors contributed to the loss today. It reminds of people who think that we need to adopt a certain offensive scheme or formation and that will answer all of our prayers. I believe that we learned today that Northwestern was capable of playing 60 minutes of sound football. Nebraska is not talented enough (and hasn't been in over a decade) to overlook any team in the FBS. The defense is still a struggling unit, despite last weeks over achieving performance against a similarly over rated Michigan St team. And the Nebraska running attack is not a given against anyone. Nebraska should be ranked in the 20-25 range. They remain a second tier program, vying for a chance to win a perpetually mediocre conference. Pelini has pulled the program from the doldrums, but they are obviously far from elite. There should be no talk of firing the coach, and likewise no more threads about how 'we could win the national title if .......'. Yes, Nebraska lost a game you wouldn't think they should lose. But it happens. That being said, it does NOT excuse the loss nor should it alleviate the coach from being accountable for how his team fell short today. I think that's a reasonable response to this loss. But this is a forum, so let the volatility commence.
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