RADAR Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another crap thread about something that will not happen and should not happen. The team improved from start to finish. The coaching is good. The recruiting is better than it has been in years. Riley will be here for a long time. More turnovers More flags (maybe) More losses 1-5 in division so what is your point but posting jibberish? Quote Link to comment
Branno Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another crap thread about something that will not happen and should not happen. The team improved from start to finish. The coaching is good. The recruiting is better than it has been in years. Riley will be here for a long time. The team did not improve, and with the start they had it should have been easy to improve. The coaching is not good. We'll see with the recruiting, it's a claim we've heard every year since 2008. We'll see about Riley. If we aren't in the running for a CCG Riley better not be back. Everything you said is wrong, but you can spell it out if you like. I'd like some of what you're smoking. Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Same Fire Riley thread that has been posted 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another crap thread about something that will not happen and should not happen. The team improved from start to finish. The coaching is good. The recruiting is better than it has been in years. Riley will be here for a long time. More turnovers More flags (maybe) More losses 1-5 in division so what is your point but posting jibberish? More TO's than last year. (Even when we had 35 TO's in 2012, our margin was -12 vs -13 now) Incredibly penalized this year. (88 this year) Losing record- 1st home opener loss in over 30 years (poor clock management), 1st home losing season EVER, worst November ever, 1-5 in our division, a loss to Purdue (their first B1G win in 3 years IIRC) I don't think Riley will be fired. My question for you, are you defending not firing him or do you think he is a good coach. Defending not firing I can understand. I don't necessarily agree, but defending him as a good coach is crazy IMO.... Given his history as a coach and the first year here. Quote Link to comment
Tomhusker64 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Oh good. It's about time somebody came on here and posted about firing a coach after one season. Takes a special person to address the elephant in the room. I can't believe there wasn't a thread about this on here before. Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another crap thread about something that will not happen and should not happen. The team improved from start to finish. The coaching is good. The recruiting is better than it has been in years. Riley will be here for a long time. More turnovers More flags (maybe) More losses 1-5 in division so what is your point but posting jibberish? I know, right. Totally forgot the generosity that was Purdue. Now they can mock Kansas without feeling guilty. Quote Link to comment
RADAR Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another crap thread about something that will not happen and should not happen. The team improved from start to finish. The coaching is good. The recruiting is better than it has been in years. Riley will be here for a long time. More turnovers More flags (maybe) More losses 1-5 in division so what is your point but posting jibberish? More TO's than last year. (Even when we had 35 TO's in 2012, our margin was -12 vs -13 now) Incredibly penalized this year. (88 this year) Losing record- 1st home opener loss in over 30 years (poor clock management), 1st home losing season EVER, worst November ever, 1-5 in our division, a loss to Purdue (their first B1G win in 3 years IIRC) I don't think Riley will be fired. My question for you, are you defending not firing him or do you think he is a good coach. Defending not firing I can understand. I don't necessarily agree, but defending him as a good coach is crazy IMO.... Given his history as a coach and the first year here. He and his staff are good coaches and very good recruiters. Got 2 more commits today. Our punter of the future and a safety from Florida. Quote Link to comment
huskers15 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another crap thread about something that will not happen and should not happen. The team improved from start to finish. The coaching is good. The recruiting is better than it has been in years. Riley will be here for a long time. More turnovers More flags (maybe) More losses 1-5 in division so what is your point but posting jibberish? More TO's than last year. (Even when we had 35 TO's in 2012, our margin was -12 vs -13 now) Incredibly penalized this year. (88 this year) Losing record- 1st home opener loss in over 30 years (poor clock management), 1st home losing season EVER, worst November ever, 1-5 in our division, a loss to Purdue (their first B1G win in 3 years IIRC) I don't think Riley will be fired. My question for you, are you defending not firing him or do you think he is a good coach. Defending not firing I can understand. I don't necessarily agree, but defending him as a good coach is crazy IMO.... Given his history as a coach and the first year here. He and his staff are good coaches and very good recruiters. Got 2 more commits today. Our punter of the future and a safety from Florida. Sweet. We can punt on 2nd down! And our new safety will lock down the middle. Quote Link to comment
olddominionhusker Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another crap thread about something that will not happen and should not happen. The team improved from start to finish. The coaching is good. The recruiting is better than it has been in years. Riley will be here for a long time. More turnovers More flags (maybe) More losses 1-5 in division so what is your point but posting jibberish? More TO's than last year. (Even when we had 35 TO's in 2012, our margin was -12 vs -13 now)Incredibly penalized this year. (88 this year) Losing record- 1st home opener loss in over 30 years (poor clock management), 1st home losing season EVER, worst November ever, 1-5 in our division, a loss to Purdue (their first B1G win in 3 years IIRC) I don't think Riley will be fired. My question for you, are you defending not firing him or do you think he is a good coach. Defending not firing I can understand. I don't necessarily agree, but defending him as a good coach is crazy IMO.... Given his history as a coach and the first year here. He and his staff are good coaches and very good recruiters. Got 2 more commits today. Our punter of the future and a safety from Florida. Sweet. We can punt on 2nd down! And our new safety will lock down the middle. Hey at least Riley is smart enough to realize he better lock down a good punter with this offense 2 Quote Link to comment
RADAR Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Another crap thread about something that will not happen and should not happen. The team improved from start to finish. The coaching is good. The recruiting is better than it has been in years. Riley will be here for a long time. More turnovers More flags (maybe) More losses 1-5 in division so what is your point but posting jibberish? More TO's than last year. (Even when we had 35 TO's in 2012, our margin was -12 vs -13 now)Incredibly penalized this year. (88 this year) Losing record- 1st home opener loss in over 30 years (poor clock management), 1st home losing season EVER, worst November ever, 1-5 in our division, a loss to Purdue (their first B1G win in 3 years IIRC) I don't think Riley will be fired. My question for you, are you defending not firing him or do you think he is a good coach. Defending not firing I can understand. I don't necessarily agree, but defending him as a good coach is crazy IMO.... Given his history as a coach and the first year here. He and his staff are good coaches and very good recruiters. Got 2 more commits today. Our punter of the future and a safety from Florida. Sweet. We can punt on 2nd down! And our new safety will lock down the middle. Hey at least Riley is smart enough to realize he better lock down a good punter with this offense Yes he is. The punter will redshirt next season and take over for another great punter in Foltz. You must mean the offense that beat Michigan St and dominated Iowa, the two teams in the championship game. yup pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Reasons why Mike Riley should be let go. Identity Fit: Nebraska people and Nebraska football pride themselves in the identity of being honest, tough, hardworking people with a hard nosed football team. Mike Riley’s teams have continuously been considered soft, finesse, and undisciplined. It just doesn’t fit. An A.D. who knows Nebraska would not hire Riley on fit alone. Play Style: Nebraska football is synonymous with smash-mouth, running game, tough Blackshirt defense. Even when announcers see a good power run they say “that’s Nebraska football”. Mike Riley runs a pass-first, dinky-dunk, west coast/pro style offense which is finesse, soft, and quite the opposite of what many Nebraskans love. Mark Banker has never been known to have tough or good defenses. He may not even be in football if his buddy wasn’t a head coach. Countless Husker fans find MR’s offensive style to be uninspiring and not entertaining (hence the big cheers for a fullback trap). Tom Osborne started with a passing offense and realized that it is difficult with the unpredictable midwest weather (like this years Illinois game) so he changed to a running game which can be more consistent regardless of weather. NE tried it once and it didn’t work with Callahan, why would trying it again produce different results. An A.D. who knew Nebraska would not have hired Riley on his play stye alone. Coaching Acumen: Mike Riley has had decades to prove his coaching ability. In the NCAA, he has never even won his division! Riley’s BEST season in the NCAA is 4 losses. Another coach (Dennis Erikson) took Riley’s players and coached them to the best season OSU has ever had. Riley has the worst record in San Diego Charger franchise HISTORY. Every team in the NFL has the same salary cap so “lack of resources” is not an excuse. It seems that excuses for poor performance are the only thing you hear from the Riley camp. Only a very poor coach could take a 9 win Nebraska team with 17 returning starters and lose to BYU, Northwestern, Illinios, and Purdue. His job was under fire at Oregon State. In case you don’t believe me, here is what outside sources ranked the coaching staff before this season (posted before): Phil Steele - 11/14 in the BIG Sporting News - 7 in the BIG, 46 nationally Athlon - 40th Fox Sports - not in top 25 CBSports - 48/66 in just the "power 5" An A.D. who has watched college football over the last 20 years would not have hired Riley on this alone. Future-Longevity-Stability: Mike Riley is 62 years old. Tom Osborne RETIRED at a younger age. Even if MR was a good coach (which many would argue he isn’t), he does not provide a long-term solution. How many years do you really think he would coach? There are no decent assistants on the staff that anyone wants as a head coach. Regardless of performance, we are likely looking at hiring a new coach in a few years anyway. When he does leave, we will have a non-mobile QB which is not what fits Nebraska’s identity and style. He offers no future for Nebraska. An A.D. who wants a promising future for Nebraska would not hire a 62 yr old coach. Lack of fan backing/excitement: I don’t know of anyone besides mark banker who said “Yes! Nebraska hired Mike Riley as head coach!” Most people didn’t even know who he was. Fans who watch all of college football seemed to be like “WTF, why would Nebraska hire him?”. Probably most fans were in a wait-and-hope approach to the season. Some had little-no hope that he could do what he was hired to do (win >9 games and championships). This season has not helped fan excitement for NU football. Most I know have gotten to the point where didn’t even care if they watched the game live. Their Saturdays used to revolve around the game. Recruting: Riley nor his assistants are known as great recruiters. He is familiar with California but doesn’t know important Nebraska recruiting areas such as the midwest and Texas. An A.D. who knows college football recruiting would not have hired Riley for this reason alone. Husker nation divided: Husker nation had become divided with Pelini. It seems that hiring a replacement who would unite Nebraskans would be important. So what would reunite Husker nation. - A coach who Nebraskans know, with Nebraska ties. Scott Frost would fit this bill. There would be uncertainties in never being a head coach but he feels like family and everyone would be 100% behind him. - A coach who is a proven winner. Good coaches win, period. Getting a coach who has won wherever he goes would have Huskers backing and excitement. (Harbaugh, Gary Patterson...) - A coach who provides hope for the future. Young, up and coming coaches who are a good fit would unite Nebraska. Frost, Tom Herman, Pat Narduzzi, Troy Calhoun would at least feel like a good fit, have good reputations, and provide hope for a future. I see Husker nation as divided (or as hopeless) as ever. Actually maybe many more on the little-hope, bad coaches side. An A.D. who knows Nebraska and football would not have hired a coach with a poor resume, no Nebraska ties, knows or cares nothing about Nebraska, and offers no future. When you make a mistake, the best thing to do is rectify it as soon as possible. Don’t leave the mistake to linger. Keeping this A.D. and coaching staff will just make it more difficult and longer for Nebraska to recover. Bring in a good coach, who is appropriate for Nebraska, and he will have a lot to work with (such as a Sr. QB who runs the option very well) to turn it back around next year. A good coach would be happy to take over this team who has only won 5 games but have the talent to win many more. And they don’t have to follow a 9 win coach. It’s a perfect time to correct the mistake that is Eichorst/Riley! Quote Link to comment
commando Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 how many more of these threads will we see today? Quote Link to comment
RADAR Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 how many more of these threads will we see today? The haters have to keep the narrative alive, otherwise they have nothing. Quote Link to comment
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