Bo closes practice to former players indefinitely

[JJ Husker]

Wow, this thread is at 4 pages already?
I guess we needed to get one final offseason meltdown out of our system, or something. Well done.

No sh#t. The thread that wouldn't die a deserving death.

 

[Foppa]

Many people don't realize that TO was one of the top college football coaches ever.

Who? Who doesn't realize that?

The Kazakhstani chess team, that's who.

 

[HuskerNationNick]

Many people don't realize that TO was one of the top college football coaches ever.

Who? Who doesn't realize that?

Anyone who thinks that we can just be dominant at the snap of a finger. I understand fans aren't happy with how things have been, but I for one, have not forgotten how South this program recently was. I admire and I will always remember TO's tenure, but its reality, that we won't be that for a while after Callahan ripping this program apart. We are going in that direction, and it would be false to say we aren't. Sure we have lost 4 games each year. We have had some embarrassing blowouts. Will Bo be the guy who takes us there? I believe he is, but only time will tell. It takes years, and years of experience for someone to produce what TO had done. Bo has had 5, and its unfair to compare his tenure, to TO's good days here.

 

[The Dude]

Many people don't realize that TO was one of the top college football coaches ever.

Who? Who doesn't realize that?

The Kazakhstani chess team, that's who.

 

[macroboy]

 

[TAKODA]

This thread realy turned out to be something! Hehehehe

 

[NUinID]

Many people don't realize that TO was one of the top college football coaches ever.

Who? Who doesn't realize that?

I think everyone realizes that TO is one of the greatest college FB coaches ever. What most don't realize is that it is not going to be duplicated. Unfortunately most Nebraska fans, if they truly were to admit it, want a TO clone coaching their team. That's not going to happen.

The funny thing is that up until about 1981 most Nebraska fans wanted a Bob Deveney clone coaching Nebraska. TO didn't show enough emotion, he was to vanilla on the sideline, he couldn't beat OU etc.

To me it truly is amazing. Anyone that I talk to that truly doesn't like BP comes back to, he yells to much on the sideline, why can't he be calmer. What they really want is why can't he be more like TO.

BP has got to be himself, he can't be a clone of TO. Solich tried to be a TO clone when he first took over as head coach. It didn't work for him. Watch him coach at Ohio now he looks completely different than he did at NU.

 

[ShawnWatson]

Has any former players even shown any fake outrage over this yet?

I heard Dave Rimington had a real temper tantrum, really let Barney Cotton have it.

 

[Count 'Bility]

Here after nearly 4 full pages, I'd a thunk the title would've been changed to "Bo closes practice indefinitely" instead the misleading title it currently has in trying to protray that Bo is in fact Bill Callahan.

 

[Hunter94]

Many people don't realize that TO was one of the top college football coaches ever.

Who? Who doesn't realize that?

I think everyone realizes that TO is one of the greatest college FB coaches ever. What most don't realize is that it is not going to be duplicated. Unfortunately most Nebraska fans, if they truly were to admit it, want a TO clone coaching their team. That's not going to happen.

The funny thing is that up until about 1981 most Nebraska fans wanted a Bob Deveney clone coaching Nebraska. TO didn't show enough emotion, he was to vanilla on the sideline, he couldn't beat OU etc.

To me it truly is amazing. Anyone that I talk to that truly doesn't like BP comes back to, he yells to much on the sideline, why can't he be calmer. What they really want is why can't he be more like TO.

BP has got to be himself, he can't be a clone of TO. Solich tried to be a TO clone when he first took over as head coach. It didn't work for him. Watch him coach at Ohio now he looks completely different than he did at NU.

good observations...agree.

 

[TAKODA]

Here after nearly 4 full pages, I'd a thunk the title would've been changed to "Bo closes practice indefinitely" instead the misleading title it currently has in trying to protray that Bo is in fact Bill Callahan.

Mr. Accountability; come on man, can’t you see the pattern of Bo and BC is exactly the same? (lolololololol) You do know that Bo can Morph right?

 

[EbylHusker]

My impersonation of some people in this thread.

 

[jmfb]

It's Bo's team. He can do what he wants. I don't have a problem with limiting media or former player access to practices. I do hope there are some legitimate reasons forthcoming about why this has apparently been extended/widened to include former players though. Pretty leery after the crap Cally pulled but am a lot more confident that Bo would only do this for very good reasons.

Too often the media and fans feel/act like they have a "right" to know everything that goes on in the program. We/they actually have no such right. There are tons of good and legitimate reasons to keep secret what could be viewed at a practice. But it's also a double edged sword. If you play it this way, you sure as hell better put a product on the field that is worthy of being kept under cover.

I do not know you so this is not a personal shot at you, but what you said here pretty much sums up the hypocrisy of a majority of the Nebraska fan base. And I think it is pretty disgusting how so many excuses are made for Bo when he does the same things that Callahan did.

I know several former players pretty well

To a man, the LIKE Bo

To a man, they DISLIKED Callahan

Callahan tried to "flip" the culture, no respect for the past

No respect for the traditions

No respect for the accomplishments

No respect for his "supervisor" Coach Osborne

No respect for the fans or their passion

He closed off the Athletic Offices and Weight Room to FORMER PLAYERs- EVEN ERIC CROUCH

It was all about HIM- with Pelini, it's all about the team

Bo's not perfect by any stretch, but him and Callahan are as far apart as the East is to the West

Pelini respects the tradition, the history, the accomplishments of the guys who built and maintained the program

 

[Mavric]

Callahan respects the tradition, the history, the accomplishments of the guys who built and maintained the program

I assume you meant Bo?

 

[StPaulHusker]

It's Bo's team. He can do what he wants. I don't have a problem with limiting media or former player access to practices. I do hope there are some legitimate reasons forthcoming about why this has apparently been extended/widened to include former players though. Pretty leery after the crap Cally pulled but am a lot more confident that Bo would only do this for very good reasons.

Too often the media and fans feel/act like they have a "right" to know everything that goes on in the program. We/they actually have no such right. There are tons of good and legitimate reasons to keep secret what could be viewed at a practice. But it's also a double edged sword. If you play it this way, you sure as hell better put a product on the field that is worthy of being kept under cover.

I do not know you so this is not a personal shot at you, but what you said here pretty much sums up the hypocrisy of a majority of the Nebraska fan base. And I think it is pretty disgusting how so many excuses are made for Bo when he does the same things that Callahan did.

I know several former players pretty well

To a man, the LIKE Bo

To a man, they DISLIKED Callahan

Callahan tried to "flip" the culture, no respect for the past

No respect for the traditions

No respect for the accomplishments

No respect for his "supervisor" Coach Osborne

No respect for the fans or their passion

It was all about HIM- with Pelini, it's all about the team

Bo's not perfect by any stretch, but him and Callahan are as far apart as the East is to the West

Callahan respects the tradition, the history, the accomplishments of the guys who built and maintained the program

Is this a poem or a sonnet?