kramer Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Frank - actually Frank's wife - pushed TO out of the football program early. How is that? When TO named Frank Asst Head Coach, that was a promise that TO would recommend Frankie to follow in line. (The promise was the same from Frank to Turer, but Frank didn't/couldn't deliver the goods.) Then, after the second (third) MNC in a row, the agitation from Frank started in earnest, with Pam doing the pushing (nagging) to tell TO it was time to step down. TO wanted a few more seasons, which is evident from his serious consideration in 2000 to be head coach at MSU, where I have no doubt he would have created a meatgrinding option monster. Frank was nuts (and greedy) to become head coach in the first place: he was NEVER head coach material, and still isn't. TO let himself get run by this guy, and if there is one flaw in TO it is that he is far to loyal to men of inferior capacity. If TO had stayed a few more years, Frank would never have been head coach, and NU would never have the rebuild problem it has. If Bo Pelini would have spent three years with TO, he sure would have been head coach material for NU now, and Frank could have exited gracefully instead of embarrassing himself and us all over the nation. The irony is that TO retired from coachng at 60, and Frankie still wants to build a program at the same age. Quote Link to comment
HuskerBob Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 whatchu talkin bout willis. what fat guy on a stool at harrys told you this one???? Quote Link to comment
hoyamannn Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I believe Frank started the downfall in the program, but this is definitely a story I've never heard before. Just another internet rumor? Quote Link to comment
rawhide Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I think the whole tragic event could have been prevented if all the involved had smoked numerous pounds of ditch weed. Of course, that is without inhaling Quote Link to comment
gamecocks Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 wow, slow day in husker land when this stuff is brought up. Quote Link to comment
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