Bill Moos Press Conference - Announces Mike Riley Firing

It’s been awhile since I’ve been as impressed by anyone as I am by Bill Moos. He’s smart, articulate, knowledgeable, experienced, and just gets Nebraska. He was an absolute home run hire and the perfect person to get the football program back on track.

 
I think we did good with Mr. Moos, and watching the video, he isn't going to get stuck in Nebraska snow.  That video is impressive.  I have never seen that before.

 
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So, what was he referring to when he mentioned clean locker rooms, charter airplanes etc?  What's goin' on there?  Clean in what way?  Hygienically/bad conduct or verbally or what?

 
FlipPhone said:
So, what was he referring to when he mentioned clean locker rooms, charter airplanes etc?  What's goin' on there?  Clean in what way?  Hygienically/bad conduct or verbally or what?
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Thought that was an interesting line to bring up as well.  I think it was literally, physically not cleaned up.  Especially as it applies to not having pride in the program and/or doing things the right way.

I'm not sure how much I'd blame Riley himself for those types of things.  But I do think there was a general lack of Riley being able to put his foot down and say "No, that's not going to happen.  We're going to do it this way."  And in a lot of ways more costly than not cleaning up the locker room or plane.

 
Riley really was a class act in that exit press conference. He is a class act and he could not have represented himself and his staff better.  Moos and co handled this very well. 

 
FlipPhone said:
Yeah, his lack of discipline in even the smallest things seems to have been a big part of his downfall.  
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Reminds me of a former boss of mine. Very likable, but couldn't really put the foot down with the underlings, and people slacked off.

 
So a 65 year old guy that isn't a coach thinks having a non-statue at QB is a good idea...but a 65 year old guy that IS a coach thinks a statue is the way to go.  Hmmmm

 
Mavric said:
Thought that was an interesting line to bring up as well.  I think it was literally, physically not cleaned up.  Especially as it applies to not having pride in the program and/or doing things the right way.

I'm not sure how much I'd blame Riley himself for those types of things.  But I do think there was a general lack of Riley being able to put his foot down and say "No, that's not going to happen.  We're going to do it this way."  And in a lot of ways more costly than not cleaning up the locker room or plane.
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Think Mav hit it right on the head - the next layer to that is keeping coaches in line / followed by are players lifting and working as hard as they can.  It looks more and more like MR went from being a NICE GUY 8 years ago to a NICE GUY that was afraid or didn't care anymore to put his foot down. These are 18-20 year old kids and they don't always make the best decisions unless there is somebody there to force the issue.

 
Mavric said:
Thought that was an interesting line to bring up as well.  I think it was literally, physically not cleaned up.  Especially as it applies to not having pride in the program and/or doing things the right way.

I'm not sure how much I'd blame Riley himself for those types of things.  But I do think there was a general lack of Riley being able to put his foot down and say "No, that's not going to happen.  We're going to do it this way."  And in a lot of ways more costly than not cleaning up the locker room or plane.
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If there isn’t a high standard on how the coaches and the players are going to treat minor things within the program (locker room, weight room, team charter, etc.), then there isn’t going to be a high standard on the major things within the program. Simply put, Riley and his staff were too lenient with their players, and they weren’t able to manage things appropriately. We saw this with penalties, turnovers, coming out slowly in games, poor clock management, receivers consistently short of the first downs on pass routes, etc.

Riley ran a loose ship. He was more interested in being friends with players and having the players like them, than being demanding from them. There is nothing wrong with building relationships with your players, but you also have to be demanding and expect greatness from them. That’s what the best coaches do.

Riley is like the grandpa who takes his kid out for ice cream, toys, and candy, and not like the father who has to raise and discipline the kid on a day to day basis. Shoot, Riley gave the team concert tickets to a rap concert that came thru Lincoln in August.  Nothing wrong with rap concerts or that stuff, but it was all over Twitter how Riley is the “coolest 65 year old coach in America”. Again, he wanted to be the cool grandpa.  It’s not surprise that he wasn’t able to get greatness out of his players. 

 
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