zoogs Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You're a Husker fan and you know it, Lando. C'mon, bring it in for the hug You will always get flak for not being supportive of the current staff or the way things are going, that is just how it is. In 2006, anybody down on Callahan was shooed away. Link to comment
CornKing Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 (sigh), Sorry folks, but this is going to be lengthy. Feel free to pass over. It's my opinions and genuine feelings about this whole deal. I was seriously thinking about starting a new thread with this but this current topic deserves it more. To the OP. Your discontent and disappointment and voicing those concerns perfectly within the boundaries of being a true/loyal fan. I'm sure you did catch some hell. Heck, I was probably one to dish some out, but honestly it does not make you less of a fan. Youre decision to find another team is what takes away the fan label, especially after having so much time invested into this one. It's very dissappointing. With that out of the way, here is a rather in-depth explanation for my wanting to and thinking EVERYONE else on board should stick it out. In 1997, thins were rolling along. We were doing things the right way. We had the best coach in football, he was from our state all his life. He was taking underskilled (yes they were) Nebraska kids and turning them into beasts. We had the best of everything. Our players were graduating. Bla Bla Bla. It was a very special place. Kids wanted to come here no matter what. Osborne built it by keeping coaches around for a very long time and developing a family atmosphere using continuity and things like the unity council. Nebraska had no business being one of if not the most dominant program in the nation, but it was. It was a special thing. Nebraska was different in some many ways. It was a blue collar type of program and there was an attitude and swagger. It was pretty much inexplainable at times. Those things more than made up for all the shortcomings that this program has to deal with such as location/climate, and lack of homegrown talent. Nebraska football was the anomoly of an ever-changing college football world, dating way back to Devaney. Then in 2003, we lost it. We lost it all. Everything that was special about us and gave us the edge we needed to stay on top was gone. We can go around and around about who's fault it is and all the what if's, but that's not what this is about. And I know it cant be used as an excuse or reason, but it really is. Many say we struggle recruiting because none of todays players remember Nebraska being what it once was and that is so true. That Nebraska is dead. It's gone and in the past. In 2003 however, we hired a defensive coordinator that for just 1 year, who had no previous ties with the state or program, got one hell of a taste of something special and unlike anything else in sports, from fan loyalty to dedication to just flat out being a great place to live. When Bo was hired in 2008, he said it was his dream job, it anyone could tell that comment from him was genuine. With Osborne above him, and as he said in his hiring, he is trying to bring everything back into the fold that once made this place special and to make it a family atmosphere again. The problem is it took Osborne 20 years for this program to develop the special intangibles that made it the freight train it was and when Bo was hired our win now and spoiled fan base was expecting it to happen overnight and it's simply not going to. The Nebraska program has to re-invent itself in a new more competitive world of college football, but we also have to make sure that every aspect that was once a special piece comes along in order for us to have that mystique that gives us the advantage we just cannot do without. I know Bo's demeanor and anger upset many, but if one cannot see that his drastic improvements over 4 years in that area dont mean for a good future, then I dont know what to tell you. I would love for everyone to stand behind the coaches and players all the time but I know it doesnt work that way. We have to have patience with this man. I see him making coaching hires of young guys that he knows and has worked with in an effort to develop this family atmosphere. I believe Bo is building for the long term, and as difficult as these 9 win seasons with facepalming losses are to swallow now, we have to remember everything will be fine. Now if the OP wants to go be a fan of another team, that's your perogative, but I'm afraid youre gonna miss out something special when we climb back to the top, because it's going to happen, and when it does, it's gonna make having to go through the lost decade of the 2000's that much more riteous. I also have the feeling that you'll come calling back to us becasue you'll realize there is just no place like Nebraska. This couldve been longer, but so many things that came to mind have been discussed so many times over and over. Amen +1 Growing pains suck but you can't become elite without building a good base first. As many fans that complain about Bo's action on field there are just as many great stories I've heard about his actions with players and fans, and the players actions since he took over. I believe that his priorities are correct 1st thing help players become the best people they can be, 2nd help them do the best they can to win games. I believe that the hires he has made are not only to help players become better but also to help the next generation of coaches to get better. I realize Bo is no Dr. Tom that wouldn't work right now. Remember Tom took over a program that was successful and continued the attitude. Bo has to make a new attitude. Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You ever notice how people in those black and white films seem to clap faster than people now a days? What topic are we talking about again? Link to comment
dutch91701 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You ever notice how people in those black and white films seem to clap faster than people now a days? What topic are we talking about again? I don't know, but that lady in the middle has a little bit of this going on: 3 Link to comment
darkhorse85 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You ever notice how people in those black and white films seem to clap faster than people now a days? What topic are we talking about again? I don't know, but that lady in the middle has a little bit of this going on: Are those two in the front seat brothers? Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You ever notice how people in those black and white films seem to clap faster than people now a days? What topic are we talking about again? I don't know, but that lady in the middle has a little bit of this going on: Come of it, the gentlemen in the back does too! Link to comment
Ratt Mhule Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You just won my vote for head coach, sir. Link to comment
gobiggergoredder Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I would suggest you start figuring out what your Huskerboard login is going to be in two months (when you realize how toolish your OP was) because you'll never be able to use that one again. Link to comment
mrandyk Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 If you are willing to just stop rooting then I have to question how much of a fan you really ever were. 1 Link to comment
Haspula Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 You are right about nobody outside of Nebraska liking Bo, though 1 Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 You are right about nobody outside of Nebraska liking Bo, though ehh, there were plenty that didn't like TO either. What does that tell ya about that being even remotely important? Link to comment
Roark Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 What a crappy coach to hold his players and their development as men above the fans and media. Ugh such a pathetic excuse for a college coach. Oh, I was unaware that Bo was hired on to be the students' life coach. I thought he was getting paid MILLIONS of dollars to win football games (championships if you want to actually hold him to his word). Thanks for clearing that up! /sarcasm Link to comment
darkhorse85 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 What a crappy coach to hold his players and their development as men above the fans and media. Ugh such a pathetic excuse for a college coach. Oh, I was unaware that Bo was hired on to be the students' life coach. I thought he was getting paid MILLIONS of dollars to win football games (championships if you want to actually hold him to his word). Thanks for clearing that up! /sarcasm Thanks for letting us know that was sarcasm. Some of us didn't pick up on that. /sarcasm /sarcasm Link to comment
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