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We've never hired a coach from ISUIt seems to be the Nebraska Way these days.
We've never hired a coach from ISUIt seems to be the Nebraska Way these days.
I think his coaching acumen is high. Sievert, TO, Kelly etc... He has done well at all of his coaching stops. From Northern Iowa to Oregon to UCF. First year at UCF ad the best recruit class in the conference. Statistically the are near the top this year. He took over a 0-12 program and has turned it around in 2 years. With another guys kids and implemented his definitive vision if a system. His staff is composed of guys he's coached with. He was a NC QB and spent 6 years (IIRC) in the NFL as a DB. He knows pro style O, option/power O as well as up tempo spread and zone read. He knows what system works in Nebraska and what kind of kids you can recruit to NU. He would bring a definitive, coachable, teachable system that he would recruit specifically for. He knows the nights single factor to increase your chance of winning on either side of the ball is speed....
He would bring energy and enthusiasm to the state and fan base after years of division. Really since 2003......Dude is just a winner. Has the "it" factor. Could create a system to the kids we have. Has 2 years of Florida ties and about 4 of west coast ties. Not to mention the 500 mile radius name recognition...If we don't go after him if we fire Riley, we never will.
I give you you one name. Langsdorf.
Your "lack of acceptance" is exactly the reason we are now in a state of perpetual rebuilding. The only parameters for a head coach should be quality of hiring staff and acquiring recruits. The idea of a Fearless Leader that somehow makes diamonds out of coal simply doesn't work. It's all about the athletes on the field.
Vitalis, you never answered. Do you believe, that give time, MR is capable of returning us to national prominence. Heck do you think he is even capable of winning the Big 10 west?
Is he the bogeyman of the week? I'd point straight at receivers with wooden hands. They cost NU a bunch of points tonight. Do you think firing Riley and hiring somebody with no reputation outside Nebraska like Frost will get us decent receivers? It ain't ever gonna happen. Frost is just a Pelini substitute, but with more class. Tell me all about how Frost's senior recruiting classes have done. Wait, you can't, because he's been using the recruits of other coaches. Think about that.
We get beat, and beat down, and our coach is running off the field tonight laughing and smiling.........WTH does that mean? What does that send out to our players? Fan base?
I saw it as apathy. I saw it as, maybe my time is over here kind of look. It was Wisky, they are elite, its OK to lose like this too them, kind of feeling from my HC.
AM I wrong? HE was jovial leaving the field. ITs ok to lose to Wisky.............F----No its not ok!
No, he's one of the "bogeyman" coaches of MR's entire staff. He's been questionable at best for the entire time.
And no reputation outside of Nebraska?
Guess what, you can take a chance on a less proven or experienced coach and hope he is the one, or you can stay status quo and continue to get more of what you saw tonight. What it the world makes you think MR I said ever going to be better than he's been his entire career?
ABSOLUTELY. It took Tom Osborne 20 years to field a championship team, even after he inherited a national championship squad and all staff from his predecessor. Think about that. People wanted to fire TO for 20 years, and that was in the era when there were just a handful of top team dominating the scene. T.O. had it easy, and it took him 20 years. That's the magic of consistency.
The Huskers lost to a much better team with much better talent. All Whiskey had to do was run the ball. It wasn't coaching brilliance; it was consistent talent.