Highway6 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 First of all the guy never played for Mike Riley so his opinion is not a first hand account of his coaching ability. I don't know if Riley was a good hire or not, but it happened and we will live with what ever transpires for at least 3 years IMO. FWIW I was sitting in the Boise airport bar in July and struck up a conversation with a guy in his 50's with a OSU polo on. He said he was acquainted with MR as they had some mutual friends. Said he was a great guy and great coach. But, that he was getting a little heat lately about his teams. Was actually surprised he took the Nebraska Job. ok... would you be willing to say that a broad spectrum analysis of his coaching sucsess provided in a numerical figure would suffice? I've got some bad news.. Quote Link to comment
commando Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school He could throw that speedball by you Make you look like a fool boy Saw him the other night at this roadside bar I was walking in, he was walking out We went back inside sat down had a few drinks but all he kept talking about was Mike Riley wut? Quote Link to comment
ndobney Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 in the 1980's. I was going to say something about Riley, but I thought better against it, because he's got bigger things on his mind. Unsolicited by me, he said to me "Hey, I am sorry that Riley isn't doing well for Nebraska. I didn't think it was a good hire at the time, and I don't understand why a program like Nebraska would hire him in the first place. Don't get me wrong, Riley is a nice guy, but he's not a great coach." We chatted for a couple minutes in the hallway, and then he ended it with "Banker is not a good defensive coordinator. We had been trying to get ride of him for a long time." I just replied "Yeah, I don't know what Banker is trying to do out there." I just thought this was an interesting perspective. I know this isn't the first time we have heard this chatter from Oregon State fans/alums. This was a guy who played football at Oregon State, so he knows his stuff. It's almost like he felt sorry for me, in that I (as a Husker fan) have to deal with Riley now. The most telling part to me was the way he interjected "He's a nice guy". When we keep on hearing that about Riley, it tells me that they struggle to find other positives about Riley, so they always fall back on "well, he's a nice guy". I get the feeling that you made this conversation up in your head. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Oregon State had a .205 winning percentage in the 80s. I wonder what your imaginary old boss thought about his coach(es). Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I had a pet rock once. Laziest pet I ever owned, just laid around doing nothing. Quote Link to comment
huskered17 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I bid a job Last Tuesday, the guy walked me out to my truck, and the first thing he said as he saw the Husker stickers was, what do you think of your new coach. I could tell by the way he asked, it is not just Husker fans, that are surprised by this hire. GBR!!! Quote Link to comment
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