Hello, Mike Riley
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BIGREDIOWAN
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He isn't a great recruiter, so that's just simply not true, he develops players and gets the most out of them. OSU averaged 2 star athletes while he was there............
Bigred_inSD
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And how do we know Bert was option one? And riley isnt pick 5 or 6? Im sure these questions will get answered in due time
billdozer15
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Im with you BRI. Eichorst had one job........Im in disbelief of what just occured. The only thing that makes sense is we truly have become a 3rd tier program and have accepted that kind of thinking.
Joe_5700
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It also from a hilarious show from the UK called the IT Crowd.Nice animated gif. I have a cousin who actually did that in his workplace. They fired him for it. Not sure why.
TGHusker
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This tells me an aggressive D and a disciplined O - something that has been missing. I'll take that wt NU talent - we could go places.
presidentjlh
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We are the new Minnesota.
nebraskared
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Given what he had at his disposal in Corvallis, he probably did the best he could. Going up against Oregon (and the other power programs in the PAC 12) for recruits must have been tough, but, he'll face similar recruiting issues in the Midwest and beyond. Not to mention the actual games.
Is this guy being brought in as he is the absolute opposite, personality wise , to Bo Pellini? Does Eichorst think that a more affable coach is going to placate all the fans who were sick of "the antics"? That may work in the preseason games, but if he gets hammered in the Big 10 games...
Like others have said, you have to hope that there is something else coming down the pike, like a Scott Frost.
I get the feeling that this is a "safe" choice for a head coach after all those seasons the team was coached by a "hothead" who won 9 games a season. Hopefully, Nebraska will not be hoping for the comfort of 9 win seasons further down the road.
Is this guy being brought in as he is the absolute opposite, personality wise , to Bo Pellini? Does Eichorst think that a more affable coach is going to placate all the fans who were sick of "the antics"? That may work in the preseason games, but if he gets hammered in the Big 10 games...
Like others have said, you have to hope that there is something else coming down the pike, like a Scott Frost.
I get the feeling that this is a "safe" choice for a head coach after all those seasons the team was coached by a "hothead" who won 9 games a season. Hopefully, Nebraska will not be hoping for the comfort of 9 win seasons further down the road.
southernoregonhusker
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He's not. That's a sack of crap. Oregon State's cupboard is bare right now because of his poor recruiting.
He can, however, develop players. He'll be WAY better than Bo ever was in that department.
HotGrillonGrillAction
Five-Star Recruit
Well the year we lost to UCLA 36-30 and Wisc 70-31...he did beat both, 27-20 and 10-7. He held that Wiscy team to 7. That's roughly 63 points better than NU.
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Street Novelist
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My thoughts exactly. I feel completely empty inside. This was not a homerun hire. This was not a splash. I would challenge anyone to argue this is an upgrade over Pelini. Go on; someone explain how we are far better off with Riley as our head coach than Bo.
Comish
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Yeah, Details DO matter.
And I'm guessing that you don't know many more details than the rest of us in Husker Nation about Riley and his strengths etc. except for the win/loss comparison which is hard to compare across conferences......
So, (since we can't alter the decision anyway), why aren't folks willing to let him introduce himself, hire a staff and explain his philosophies??
Sounds like the "most knowledgable fans" in America aren't really quite so open minded after all........
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