louisianared
Special Teams Player
I agree that his stride needs to be much better at Nebraska, not even an issue on that. Nebraska isn't Oregon State and our expectations are much more. If his stride is leading us to 7-5, 8-4 seasons, that isn't acceptable. If his system gets in place and we improve to consistent 9-10 win seasons with a conference title every few years I would be happy.Riley is exactly 149-149 lifetime as a HC. He's exactly .500. I guess if he hits his stride, his norm of .500 would be an improvement over his current .400 winning percentage at Nebraska. Just not sure anyone would be excited about Riley hitting his stride. He needs to walk a lot faster than his normal stride if he wants to keep his job.Not good. Tons of talent but also tons of internal issues, many of which were caused by Dinardo (He destroyed what was a loaded QB position). LSU had gone 4-8 and then 2-9 in Dinardo's last two years. Dinardo's coaching the last two years at LSU may be the worst college coaching I've ever seen.Louisiana, I was referring to Sabans time at Bama.
How good was LSU in the years prior to his time there?
My point wasn't that Riley is the next Saban or even comparable to Saban, they simply aren't near the same level coaching wise (very few are on/near Saban's level). Just that it took Saban's teams more than a year to hit their stride. It took him 4 years at LSU to hit his stride and took him 2 years at Alabama. Realistically it might take Riley over a year to hit his stride/peak.
I'm not happy about the results this season at all. I just think calling for his head after 5 games isn't the way to go either.
I don't know what his stride will be at Nebraska. His first five games were not enough, not even close....at Nebraska you have to win those games. If the first five games are the best he has to offer, simply put he is not the right guy. If this is the bottom of the rebuilding process and we improve throughout the year and into next he may just end up being a good coach for the program.
Too early to tell.