Where we discuss our fondness - or lack thereof - for former coaches now departed

[cm husker]

It's also wrong to assume that because a name shows up as the "recruiter" on rivals, that's the sole or even primary recruiter. Those sites are making best guesses based on limited info.

[Count 'Bility]

 

 

 

Ha ha! The title of this thread is: "Where we discuss our fondness - or lack thereof - for former coaches now departed." Don't we have any fondness? No fondness at all for any of them? Really? Okay, here's some.

 

Turner Gill. Could you ask for a better role model for young men to look up to? I mean, he was great at his job and got along well with everyone—players, other coaches, fans, everyone. Was there ever a controversy or scandal this guy was involved in? If so, it must have minor because I can't remember any. And it seems like he has surrounded himself with like minded staff members in his new gig at Liberty. If I had a high school aged son who was looking at small schools to play football for, I'd feel he was in good hands playing for Gill and his staff. :

Turner Gill left the quarterback position in shambles for Callahan and Pelini when Nebraska tried to modernize the offense. Horrible. Just horrible.

 

I never cease to be amazed at fans who expect coaching staffs, who were fired (for whatever reason they want to believe), feel it is that staff's responsibility to recruit players for the replacement coaching staff which fit their in-coming offense. See for example, Joe Dailey and how he was mercilessly trashed.

 

Ha ha! You realize Count was being sarcastic, right? I mean, the recruiting process often starts years before signing day. If you remember Steve Pederson's clusterf#@k coaching search back in 2003, I don't think anyone—even Steve Pederson—had any clue who our next coach would be even into the first week of 2004.

 

Got him. LOL See what i did.

 

Dude's pretty new. Im not surprised.

[Guy Chamberlin]

I just remember a third down where Joe Dailey was flushed out of the pocket and had a first down for the taking, but trotted out of bounds well before the sticks.

 

I remember him doing it more than once.

 

That's when I decided he was not The Man.

 

Just because it didn't work out for him doesn't mean he was treated unfairly.

[Landlord]

^ it wasn't third down. It was fourth down, in the fourth quarter, with less than two minutes left in the game, losing to Southern Miss. That was my first Husker game - he just casually ran out of bounds to fail at trying to drive and take the lead.

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8_zQKWWfjg?t=314

[Count 'Bility]

It was fourth and goal. final shot of the game.

 

He wasnt gonna make it..

 

To this day I fail to see what the big deal was. 2nd game of the year witht whole season to go, and now being trained to not take hits. he wasnt gonna make it. He 8 yards away with 3 defenders there.

[Landlord]

The point is that you at least have to try.

[husker98]

I haven't seen this come up yet but Kudos to Craig Bohl on the big win over Boise state. He's Wyoming out of the gutter it would seem.

[Guy Chamberlin]

^ it wasn't third down. It was fourth down, in the fourth quarter, with less than two minutes left in the game, losing to Southern Miss. That was my first Husker game - he just casually ran out of bounds to fail at trying to drive and take the lead.

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8_zQKWWfjg?t=314

 

Then I'm thinking of another game. Definitely third down, and Dailey goes out of bounds standing straight up one yard from the first down.

 

It was commented about at the time.

[cm husker]

Dailey had it pounded into his head by the new staff day after day for about 8 months that he absolutely should stop running like an NU QB and start "protecting himself" against hits.

 

Dailey displayed plenty of toughness previously.

[RunMickeyRun02]

Don't you get it? The fans can say, post, tweet anything we want, no matter how mean or nasty...but the players and staff have to totally be cool with it and think it is great.

 

Watch...this very post will get people will worked, mad, upset and even more. Yet, many of you expect the players and coaches to be totally cool with it, come on.

 

I don't think Beck is some great coach, I don't think he is some bad coach. I think he is probably in the upper half and I can't imagine Meyer hiring just because he is from Ohio.

This is an excellent point. +1

[RunMickeyRun02]

I was definitely anti-Bo when he was here and wanted him gone but I have to hand it to him. He did not leave the cupboard bare and he and his staff did recruit some pretty good football players after it was all said and done. His problem was development imo among other things and being able to 'put it all together'.

 

He was in over his head as a head coach here and it clearly, clearly showed but he and his staff did recruit better than the rankings might have reflected.

I know the 9 win 4 loss thing has been beaten to death but it became like watching scooby-doo you knew exactly how it was going to end you just didn't know how we'd get there. I remember right after the Iowa game like "damned if he didn't pull it out his @@@ again...."

 

Ha ha! The title of this thread is: "Where we discuss our fondness - or lack thereof - for former coaches now departed." Don't we have any fondness? No fondness at all for any of them? Really? Okay, here's some.

 

Turner Gill. Could you ask for a better role model for young men to look up to? I mean, he was great at his job and got along well with everyone—players, other coaches, fans, everyone. Was there ever a controversy or scandal this guy was involved in? If so, it must have minor because I can't remember any. And it seems like he has surrounded himself with like minded staff members in his new gig at Liberty. If I had a high school aged son who was looking at small schools to play football for, I'd feel he was in good hands playing for Gill and his staff. :

Not if you ask my wife, she hates Gill with a passion. She tried to get an autograph for her younger brother while she was at UNL and he totally went off on her. To this day I can't bring him up or have her see him on tv without hearing the story again and again...a commercial came on for Liberty last night and she commented on it, she doesn't know he coaches their so I didn't say anything......

[Guy Chamberlin]

Dailey had it pounded into his head by the new staff day after day for about 8 months that he absolutely should stop running like an NU QB and start "protecting himself" against hits.

 

Dailey displayed plenty of toughness previously.

 

Sometimes players just aren't good enough to be great, CM. It's not always on the coaching staff.

 

Like other QB phenoms who didn't work out and transferred to other schools, Joe Dailey did not blossom under his next coaching staff, and was playing wide receiver at North Carolina his senior year.

[NUance]

 

I was definitely anti-Bo when he was here and wanted him gone but I have to hand it to him. He did not leave the cupboard bare and he and his staff did recruit some pretty good football players after it was all said and done. His problem was development imo among other things and being able to 'put it all together'.

 

He was in over his head as a head coach here and it clearly, clearly showed but he and his staff did recruit better than the rankings might have reflected.

I know the 9 win 4 loss thing has been beaten to death but it became like watching scooby-doo you knew exactly how it was going to end you just didn't know how we'd get there. I remember right after the Iowa game like "damned if he didn't pull it out his @@@ again...."

 

Ha ha! The title of this thread is: "Where we discuss our fondness - or lack thereof - for former coaches now departed." Don't we have any fondness? No fondness at all for any of them? Really? Okay, here's some.

 

Turner Gill. Could you ask for a better role model for young men to look up to? I mean, he was great at his job and got along well with everyone—players, other coaches, fans, everyone. Was there ever a controversy or scandal this guy was involved in? If so, it must have minor because I can't remember any. And it seems like he has surrounded himself with like minded staff members in his new gig at Liberty. If I had a high school aged son who was looking at small schools to play football for, I'd feel he was in good hands playing for Gill and his staff. :

Not if you ask my wife, she hates Gill with a passion. She tried to get an autograph for her younger brother while she was at UNL and he totally went off on her. To this day I can't bring him up or have her see him on tv without hearing the story again and again...a commercial came on for Liberty last night and she commented on it, she doesn't know he coaches their so I didn't say anything......

 

 

Just an autograph? Why, that bum!

 

 

 

[cm husker]

 

Dailey had it pounded into his head by the new staff day after day for about 8 months that he absolutely should stop running like an NU QB and start "protecting himself" against hits.

 

Dailey displayed plenty of toughness previously.

 

Sometimes players just aren't good enough to be great, CM. It's not always on the coaching staff.

 

Like other QB phenoms who didn't work out and transferred to other schools, Joe Dailey did not blossom under his next coaching staff, and was playing wide receiver at North Carolina his senior year.

 

 

Do I think that Dailey was destined to be all american? No. But he was severely hindered by the coaching changes - and a lot goes into position changes after transfers.

 

Armstrong is different imo. I actually think he would have been, at worst, 2nd team all B10 if he hadn't had to deal with the switch. That guy has a ton of ability for a more suitable system.

[Landlord]

What kind of system?