Popular Post California Husker Posted November 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2015 I'm getting so tired of the "Mike Riley is a nice guy" or "Mike guy is a real man of character" line. I call BULLS**T. Riley came to Nebraska with the opportunity to bring a quality coaching staff to help him provide the fans with the best possible product on the field that the talent would allow. The coaching staff he brought in seems mediocre at best, and in the case of Mark Banker, it seems down right incompetent. MR has used this program as a place to protect some of his buddies from unemployment, and in fact gotten most of them big fat raises at the expense of the Nebraska program (which by extension comes out of the pockets of Nebraska fans - yes I take this personally). When a politician uses his position to provide jobs for his pals we call that cronyism and we consider that corruption. Not the kind of behavior a man of character would take part in. Yeah, if he's your buddy you use words like friend and loyal...but I think corrupt is a better fit...I mean he is basically misappropriating public funds by overpaying his incompetent, unqualified friends, isn't he? Character guy my ass. Riley is not a "nice guy" either, he is a stubborn jackass just like every other head football coach. What? just because he doesn't yell and spit on the refs or look angry and surly at press conferences, people think he's a nice guy? I don't think so. He lied to our faces. He told us he wasn't going to force his system on these players. He said he would work with the talent that was here and stay within their skill sets. I would have to say, passing 50 freaking times a game is NOTHING like what this team does well. Mike Riley is a freaking liar and that makes him the opposite of a nice guy.So if some people want to give him more time because of all the excuses that have been listed, then fine. Or if others want him fired yesterday, hey, I'm down with that as well. Just stop pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining. Just because this jackass smiles and says "awe shucks" and rides a bike to work and drives a Prius and talks calmly with the media and make nice, nice with the refs doesn't make him a good guy. It's all an act. Look at what he has done to us. He is Bill Callahan with less coaching talent. 10 Quote Link to comment
Sargon Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Some stubborn people are nice. NU's RB run game is worse than it's passing game. Players contribute to this (more than coaches). Coaching new players in a new place is harder than coaching in the same place. Some of our apparent coaching failures may be due that and if so, perhaps next September the team is "better coached" even if we have most or all of the same coaches. Quote Link to comment
California Husker Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Some stubborn people are nice. NU's RB run game is worse than it's passing game. Players contribute to this (more than coaches). Coaching new players in a new place is harder than coaching in the same place. Some of our apparent coaching failures may be due that and if so, perhaps next September the team is "better coached" even if we have most or all of the same coaches. Yeah but he lied about not forcing his system on these players (50+ passes a game) and he has been guilty of cronyism in hiring incompetent assistant coaches (or at least inferior to what was available). Not a nice guy as we are always fed by the media. He ACTS nice. 1 Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Isnt there like umpteen other theeads for this uneducated bullsh#t to be rolled into? 4 Quote Link to comment
Bowfin Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 NU's RB run game is worse than it's passing game. I disagree, though we might have to put a pencil to it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sargon Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 NU's RB run game is worse than it's passing game. I disagree, though we might have to put a pencil to it. Lulz. I wouldn't argue it I'd just crack sarcastic jokes about both to ease my pain. Quote Link to comment
California Husker Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Isnt there like umpteen other theeads for this uneducated bullsh#t to be rolled into? Well, I don't think so, because everything I have ever seen says he's a nice guy. I don't think he is. I think he's an A-hole and that's the point of this thread. Quote Link to comment
Quornhusker Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Really getting tired of people getting hung up on Riley being a nice guy. I live in Oregon, so I have been familiar with Riley as a coach for a while, and I can't remember his niceness ever being such a topic as it is in Nebraska. 1 Quote Link to comment
Elf Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Isnt there like umpteen other theeads for this uneducated bullsh#t to be rolled into? I know right? Quote Link to comment
BoNeyard Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Here's the thing, Riley must fire Banker to save his job. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Well, I still think he's a nice guy. He's not screwing us with his buddies on purpose or maliciously. He probably thinks they're good at what they do. He would just be wrong and that makes him inept not the a-hole you portray him as. Might be a case of some misdirected anger. Might be time to relax a bit. Quote Link to comment
California Husker Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Here's the thing, Riley must fire Banker to save his job. It would be the only way he would have any semblance of credibility, but I say he's basically Callahan, so he's going to do the same thing Callahan did when Cosgrove was an unmitigated disaster as a D-coordinator....absolutely nothing. He's going to be a stubborn A-hole and keep his buddies and give the Husker fans a big giant F-YOU 2 Quote Link to comment
California Husker Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Well, I still think he's a nice guy. He's not screwing us with his buddies on purpose or maliciously. He probably thinks they're good at what they do. He would just be wrong and that makes him inept not the a-hole you portray him as. Might be a case of some misdirected anger. Might be time to relax a bit. Explain the lies. He said he wasn't going to force his system on these players. So explain the 50+ passes a game. He's an A-hole. He doesn't care what anyone thinks or says, he's like every coach that ever coached, he has an agenda and he's going to push that agenda come hell or high water and he will NEVER admit he's wrong. There is no misdirected anger. I'm not angry at him. I'm just tired of being told something that's not true. I bought all the nice guy crap at first, I wanted to believe it, but he's not a nice guy, he just plays one on TV. Quote Link to comment
huskerfan92 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Here's the thing, Riley must fire Banker to save his job. I will be able to eat my own head before Riley ever fires that guy Quote Link to comment
California Husker Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Here's the thing, Riley must fire Banker to save his job. I will be able to eat my own head before Riley ever fires that guy And that's the problem Quote Link to comment
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