Hindsight is 20/20

kshusker89

kshusker89

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Bo Pelini is going through a rougher hell than Tom Osborne did when he couldn't produce, keep in mind he took over after an all time legend. Pelini us being criticized because let's face it he's not exactly a seasoned vet when it comes to head coaching. Growing pains suck but hindsight is 20/20 and I hope 10 years from now he rises from this mediocrity and builds nebraska back to the program it once was. I know this is wishful thinking but optimism is key. After all you are all just disappointed because we feel we have the talent to be great, we show glimpses and then collapse however I'm sure osborne was getting the same criticisms as he went though growing pains. Instilling a culture is hard enough even osbornes culture took time coming off Devaney. Imagine trYing to rebuild a culture that was completely trampled and ruined by the Callihan era. All the negativity is only making these growing pains harder. What happened to family? I see what snyder is doing at k state and I really wish our fans would come back to the old school values. Give Bo a break!

 
Bo Pelini is going through a rougher hell than Tom Osborne did when he couldn't produce, keep in mind he took over after an all time legend. Pelini is being criticized because let's face it he's not exactly a seasoned vet when it comes to head coaching. Growing pains suck but hindsight is 20/20 and I hope 10 years from now he rises from this mediocrity and builds nebraska back to the program it once was. I know this is wishful thinking but optimism is key. After all you are all just disappointed because we feel we have the talent to be great, we show glimpses and then collapse however I'm sure osborne was getting the same criticisms as he went though growing pains. Instilling a culture is hard enough even osbornes culture took time coming off Devaney. Imagine trYing to rebuild a culture that was completely trampled and ruined by the Callihan era. All the negativity is only making these growing pains harder. What happened to family? I see what snyder is doing at k state and I really wish our fans would come back to the old school values. Give Bo a break!

 
Lol I could care less....I don't post much to begin with. Love to read comments here usually but as of late I find myself going elsewhere due to all the negativity

 
If we keep him, as I suspect will happen, I don't think anyone here wants to see Bo lose. I would be downright ecstatic if, next season, he shut us all the hell up, and went 15-0 and lifted the national championship trophy. We all want him to succeed.

But, to say that this is the same as Osborne went through, look, Osborne had a couple shared conference titles by this point, and regularly finished in the top 10, and had some very, very impressive wins during those first 7 years.

The issue is not the wins of Bo. 9 wins, 10 wins, those are nice, yes. I give Bo credit for that. But the losses...they are atrocious, and we never get wins over really good teams. That is frustrating beyond all belief. I mean, even Osborne had some great wins over ranked teams in his first 7 years. Bo has like, 7, and none against really, truly good opposition. Best was an overrated #7 Missouri that was coming off an emotional win over Oklahoma.

 
And, trust me, I was a full Bo defender up until the Wisconsin game this year. It was that game that made me realize nothing will change.

I like Bo. I wish he was the answer. But he just isn't it seems.

 
Not flamed, but just stating that it is obvious that neither one of you know what you are talking about when it comes to NU's football history. As just about everything you said is either wrong (BC killing NU, that was Frank) or irrelevant (comparing Tom to Bo).

I don't know why so many people have so low expectations for this program and embrace/defend mediocrity as much as they do.

 
Yea of course he had some shared conference titles and Bo played in the last 2 of the big 12....boo hoo. Osborne was handed a dynasty and was told to win with it. Pelini was handed a 3 legged dog and we expect it to be a champion runner in 7 years. Again culture takes time. Callahan did a number. Pelini is still a young buck at head coach. Give it time.

 
AFhusker said:
Not flamed, but just stating that it is obvious that neither one of you know what you are talking about when it comes to NU's football history. As just about everything you said is either wrong (BC killing NU, that was Frank) or irrelevant (comparing Tom to Bo).

I don't know why so many people have so low expectations for this program and embrace/defend mediocrity as much as they do.
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Believing that Bo can do better and that in the meantime 9-10 wins is acceptable is different than embracing mediocrity. You guys keep building up a straw man that simply doesn't exist.

 
presidentjlh said:
If we keep him, as I suspect will happen, I don't think anyone here wants to see Bo lose. I would be downright ecstatic if, next season, he shut us all the hell up, and went 15-0 and lifted the national championship trophy. We all want him to succeed.

But, to say that this is the same as Osborne went through, look, Osborne had a couple shared conference titles by this point, and regularly finished in the top 10, and had some very, very impressive wins during those first 7 years.

The issue is not the wins of Bo. 9 wins, 10 wins, those are nice, yes. I give Bo credit for that. But the losses...they are atrocious, and we never get wins over really good teams. That is frustrating beyond all belief. I mean, even Osborne had some great wins over ranked teams in his first 7 years. Bo has like, 7, and none against really, truly good opposition. Best was an overrated #7 Missouri that was coming off an emotional win over Oklahoma.
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Point #1 Well said, we all want NU to win. I would be one of the first on here to say that I was wrong if he did finally accomplish something at NU. But I don't think he will and has had more than enough time to prove that he isn't the man for the job.

Points #2 and #3 are spot on. The only thing that kept Tom from having a run like he did in the 90's earler was another all time great in Barry Switzer and OU. But while trying to slay that dragon, he was still beating top competion. Bo can't get past Minnesota, struggles against a bad Iowa team and gets blown out by every team that has a heartbeat.

 
kshusker89 said:
Yea of course he had some shared conference titles and Bo played in the last 2 of the big 12....boo hoo. Osborne was handed a dynasty and was told to win with it. Pelini was handed a 3 legged dog and we expect it to be a champion runner in 7 years. Again culture takes time. Callahan did a number. Pelini is still a young buck at head coach. Give it time.
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Callahan's 4 years have not been as damaging to this program as you would think. And, also, to say it takes 7 years to completely turn around a program, there have been plenty of coaches across this nation who have done such in much less time than that. Alabama was really struggling before Saban arrived, 3 years later, title, then another, then another a couple years later, like another one this year.

Baylor, a no-name nothing program that Art Briles has turned into a machine. Hell, Devaney took a crappy Nebraska team to bowls and relevance in 4 years in the 60s.

 
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