Yes, and NU and Wisconsin going the other way. That's the nature of coaching changes. If we didn't change, we'd still be stuck in neutral or slowly idling backwards, so I commend the decision to make a change, but after 5 games this season, I don't commend the choice that was made. This time I hope we don't wait 7 years to make another change.
The reason coaches make the money that they do is because this game has fans with a tremendous amount of interest. Such interest invokes passionate and emotional reactions to the outcome on the field. The abundant frustration most are feeling is most certainly not the product of a single game. Many had reservations about this coach the moment he was hired. I have been very unimpressed with not only the loss column, but the direction, style of play, and intensity of the program.
you weren't embarrassed to root for a team that lost to Illinois because of some inexcusable coaching errors?
I don't get paid 1.5 million dollars a year by the state...sorry but a coaching staff with this much experience has made too many mistakes for my liking
I am just the opposite, I am proud to be a part of a fan base that wants to win and recognizes that an inept coaching staff has cost us 2 games so far.
I agree that we will not make a coaching change after one year, as frustrated as any of us are. I also expected us to struggle this year, but the Illinois game is a bit different in that I put the loss squarely on the coaches. Some of the other mistakes in prior losses appears to be primarily a result of players out of position or not executing the plan. I think NU fans have been so frustrated Callahan and Pelini that patience for Riley (or whoever the new coach would have been) is very thin.
