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Modern Nebraska football is based on a 4th choice coach who almost turned down the job and a coach promoted from within and who would have been fired had he not been defended by that 4th choice coach.

 

NU has about as much chance hiring a marquee established coach as Iowa and KSU do.

 

We need to identify young coaches with ability to grow into greatness. Then we need to have some flipping patience. Even through the volitale periods.

 

A couple of more ahitty years, and we'll probably be ready to put the work in again.

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Modern Nebraska football is based on a 4th choice coach who almost turned down the job and a coach promoted from within and who would have been fired had he not been defended by that 4th choice coach.

 

what?

Devaney was the 4th choice of the AD who hired him. In other words, not a "sure fire marquee hire." And he almost turned NU down.

 

Devaney kept the wolves at bay in the 70s when it was very real that TO might be fired or at least encouraged to find a mutual parting of ways.

 

Nebraska fans have an incredibly inflated sense of self worth and therefore entitlement. It's why we are what we are today.

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Nebraska fans have an incredibly inflated sense of self worth and therefore entitlement.

Here's a list of teams whose fans similarly suffer from an "incredibly inflated sense of self worth and therefore entitlement."

 

Air Force

Akron

Alabama

Appalachian State

Arizona

Arizona State

Arkansas

Arkansas State

Army West Point

Auburn

Ball State

Baylor

Boise State

Boston College

Bowling Green

Buffalo

BYU

California

Fresno State

UCLA

UCF

Central Michigan

Charlotte

Cincinnati

Clemson

Colorado

Colorado State

Connecticut

Duke

Eastern Michigan

East Carolina

FIU

Florida

Florida Atlantic

Florida State

Georgia

Georgia Southern

Georgia State

Georgia Tech

Hawai'i

Houston

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Iowa State

Kansas

Kansas State

Kent State

Kentucky

LSU

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana-Lafayette

Louisiana-Monroe

Louisville

Marshall

Maryland

Massachusetts

Memphis

Miami (FL)

Miami (OH)

Michigan

Michigan State

Middle Tennessee

Minnesota

Ole Miss

Mississippi State

Missouri

Navy

Nebraska

Nevada

UNLV

New Mexico

New Mexico State

North Carolina

NC State

North Texas

NIU

Northwestern

Notre Dame

Ohio

Ohio State

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Old Dominion

Oregon

Oregon State

Penn State

Pittsburgh

Purdue

Rice

Rutgers

San Diego State

San Jose State

South Alabama

South Carolina

South Florida

USC

SMU

Southern Miss

Stanford

Syracuse

TCU

Temple

Tennessee

Texas

Texas A&M

Texas State

Texas Tech

UTEP

UTSA

Toledo

Troy

Tulane

Tulsa

Utah

Utah State

Vanderbilt

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

Washington

Washington State

West Virginia

Western Kentucky

Western Michigan

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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Nebraska fans have an incredibly inflated sense of self worth and therefore entitlement.

Here's a list of teams whose fans similarly suffer from an "incredibly inflated sense of self worth and therefore entitlement."

 

Air Force

Akron

Alabama

Appalachian State

Arizona

Arizona State

Arkansas

Arkansas State

Army West Point

Auburn

Ball State

Baylor

Boise State

Boston College

Bowling Green

Buffalo

BYU

California

Fresno State

UCLA

UCF

Central Michigan

Charlotte

Cincinnati

Clemson

Colorado

Colorado State

Connecticut

Duke

Eastern Michigan

East Carolina

FIU

Florida

Florida Atlantic

Florida State

Georgia

Georgia Southern

Georgia State

Georgia Tech

Hawai'i

Houston

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Iowa State

Kansas

Kansas State

Kent State

Kentucky

LSU

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana-Lafayette

Louisiana-Monroe

Louisville

Marshall

Maryland

Massachusetts

Memphis

Miami (FL)

Miami (OH)

Michigan

Michigan State

Middle Tennessee

Minnesota

Ole Miss

Mississippi State

Missouri

Navy

Nebraska

Nevada

UNLV

New Mexico

New Mexico State

North Carolina

NC State

North Texas

NIU

Northwestern

Notre Dame

Ohio

Ohio State

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Old Dominion

Oregon

Oregon State

Penn State

Pittsburgh

Purdue

Rice

Rutgers

San Diego State

San Jose State

South Alabama

South Carolina

South Florida

USC

SMU

Southern Miss

Stanford

Syracuse

TCU

Temple

Tennessee

Texas

Texas A&M

Texas State

Texas Tech

UTEP

UTSA

Toledo

Troy

Tulane

Tulsa

Utah

Utah State

Vanderbilt

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

Washington

Washington State

West Virginia

Western Kentucky

Western Michigan

Wisconsin

Wyoming

 

 

Good point.

 

When Tim Beck caused Ohio State to loose one game last year... there were petitions started and websites created for the sole purpose of demanding that Tim Beck be fired.

 

Entitled fans indeed.

 

 

This is all a natural reaction... a natural part of sports.

 

What some other fans don't like about it is that fan reactions sometimes do have the affect of causing some coaching staffs and athletic directors to loose their jobs. It's been going on since the beginning of football.

 

My loyalty is to the Nebraska Football Program and what's best for the program... not to any particular coach or athletic director, especially if they're doing harm to the program.

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Wow, I didn't know so much could be made out of a preseason coaches poll.

 

So are you advocating that everyone just stop commenting and no one come here ?

 

 

I believe in conversation and discussion. I think it's healthy. It's good for the program and good for "business".

 

People who are constantly coming here and trying to get people to stop talking and attempting to run people off... are bad for the program and bad for "business".

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Don't confuse asking people to stop talking nonsense with asking people to stop talking.

 

3 years before our former coach was fired... there were a few fans calling for the firing of that coach...

 

They were accused a zillion times of talking "nonsense"... they turned out to be right... they turned out to be the wise ones.

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