In a word, no.
I am sick and tired of people saying Bo is a mean guy or just being mean to be mean or needs to show more respect. His attitude is what MOST of us wanted back in 2003 AND 2007, and then complained that Solich and Callahan didn't show enough emotion or looked like they didn't care as much as they should and that their teams weren't tough. You can't have it both ways.
Do not lie.
Do you really want to go back to that? If you think Bo needs to be a little nicer, go watch 2004-2007 tapes and tell me how much you like your mediocre "Media Savvy Coach"
I wanted Bo to be the head coach in 2003, because of his passion and fire. He is a Nebraska guy because he was on the staff that year and understood what it means to be here. He understands Nebraska and he gets his players to play to their best and beyond, and his players respect him, unlike Mike Leach or Mark Mangino. His attitude has turned our program around when it was at it's absolute worse in November 2007 and nothing current looked like it could save us. Sure, there were/are some doubters that didn't like the move basically based on his attitude, and they have fair arguments, but don't be hypocrites.
If you want to know more, ask legitimate questions about scheme, learn the game, not just "How do you feel about so and so", go ask the position coaches if you don't like Bo's responses, don't go calling parents to check up on their son when they don't even know anything about it.
Seriously, Bo is sick and tired of the same questions over and over and over and you would be too. After a loss, what should he say? "Yeah we played very well, loved the fact we came up short, but give credit to X, they are a heckuva football team, hats off to them, they played tremendous, we aren't there yet, but they made all the plays and we didn't make enough plays and that's on the players to execute, we didn't execute, but we sure coached out there today I tell you."
Or how about "It's too complicated for you to understand". "Geez don't you people have anything better to do, go play in the Sandhills, I'm going to read a real paper like the New York Times". Or how about "A crusty old ****." Bo has not throat slashed the refs either.
Granted that wasn't directed at media, but it's known for being said somewhere.
Would you really want that back? I mean really? Mediocrity to bad levels, with good media skills? Or Top 10 back to national prominence with an in your face attitude us against the world and we're going to kick your a$$ attitude and I'm the first one going into battle for you guys? Family comes first.
Besides, the media ALWAYS asks stupid questions, stupid questions deserve stupid answers. The heck do you want him to say after a loss? After a win? Ask about the game, scheme, ANYTHING except how he may feel about something SO obvious. Bo is emotional, his emotions have our guys playing on a high level, guys have different ways of doing things. Pete Carroll is all cuddly, Mack Brown is a country boy, Billy C is all professional when he's winning but an idiot when he loses, Bo Pelini is hard love no matter a win or a loss, Tom Osborne was soft spoken and has a big heart, Turner Gill seems to incorporate religion and no swearing to work, and Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin are well just snakes.
But you catch my drift.
He's not dropping F bombs or flipping the reporters off, or even just cursing at them, he is answering very honestly and that's how he feels and if he comes off being not classy then that's your problem. Go root for another team if you're so worked up over a coaches attitude that it makes you question him as a great coach in general. He is getting better at it. If we were losing, I'm sure he might change his styles, but it's working, we are winning, we are moving up.
I'm not saying winning is the end all either. Osborne said it best that it's not about winning or the final score, but how you get there, and they are very different from each other and Osborne says Bo reminds him of the Bobfather.
Bo understands that and that's always been the motto around here. Winning is very important, but shaping them into grown men is always priority number 1A here, with winning being 1B.
His toughness turned us around when nothing else would. Nothing will satisfy Bo. Even if we go 14-0 and shut everyone out 100 to 00, he will still give the same answers and always want more. That's what the best do, they are never satisfied and they want more and different people have different approaches to success.
Some players respond, some don't. Our players, past and present, state they would run through a brick wall for Coach Pelini, and so would I.
