Beyond the pale?

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I am here dude.  :D

I dont know how to unwreck it.  

LET HIM KEEP HIS MONEY

Maybe we can pass the hat for moving expenses, or at least some bubble gum?  

There, are we all happy now? 

 
knapplc said:
Best part about this thread is going to be OP coming back over and over trying to unwreck this train.
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Judging by the length of the OP there was some real hard thought put into this. Unwrecking this train is going to be ammmaaaazingly awesome. I smell gif bombs shortly.

 
knapplc said:
This is not only not how contracts work, asking or even suggesting that this happens would be a bad faith act on Nebraska's part and would be an even bigger red flag to future coaches than to fire coaches who won nine games the year they were fired - twice. 
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So what I was getting at, ( it obviously has been taken too literally) is the principle or idea that you shouldn't take money for doing nothing, and the point it would make to him if he were asked to give back.

 
FlipPhone said:
The guy worked his butt off.  I wouldn't call that doing nothing.  I didnt work out.  Enjoy retirement, coach, next coach up.  Moving on.
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Right on point. People need to realize just because you don't get the desired results doesn't mean you didn't try to. 

 
dvdcrr said:
So what I was getting at, ( it obviously has been taken too literally) is the principle or idea that you shouldn't take money for doing nothing, and the point it would make to him if he were asked to give back.
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Mike Riley hasn't "done nothing." He's been here coaching every day since he was hired, doing the best he can.  He hasn't had the results you or he wanted, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been doing anything.

If absolutely nothing else, he has been an amazing ambassador of Nebraska football for three years, running this program with grace and class, so much so that after he was fired the new AD allowed him to stand at Nebraska's podium, wearing Nebraska's gear, and speak to the media unfettered.  Why?  Because Moos trusts that whatever Riley says, it will be to the benefit of the school that just fired him. 

Think about how rare that is.  He wasn't marched out with security, he wasn't summarily dismissed on the tarmac, he was given just short of a hero's sendoff. 

During his time here he cultivated relationships with high schools across the country, many of which we had no inroads with before Riley's arrival.  Doors are open now, thanks to Mike Riley, that we never had the opportunity to walk through before. 

It is beyond the pale to accuse that man, whose only fault was not to win enough games, of taking money he didn't earn. 

If anything, Riley was underpaid.

 
It's not crazy to think Riley might voluntarily offer a refund for being one of the worst coaches in program history. Riley is no Gary Anderson though. Anderson was at least honest admitting he couldn't get the job done whereas Riley stated he thought he could turn our program around after running it into the ground.

 
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