I guess because I had followed him a little because of his upsets of USC, I was not terribly surprised. Good guy, the last coach was not fired because of wins or losses. He was destroying the image of Nebraska. The change had to be a positive on that side.
But who could we have gotten that would have been that splash hire some seem to think we needed.
I would not want Harbaugh anywhere near this program. David Shaw was not leaving Stanford to come to Nebraska. Patterson, he is a god in Texas now.
Some new up and comer from the FCS ranks would have been met with questions at the least. We tried a supposed up and comer and see where that got us.
I truly wanted Tressel, a big enough splash hire.
But Coach Riley is a good man, and I think he will prove to be just what we needed. But I said that about Coach Solich and Coach Callahan, Supported both till the date they were shown the door. The past moron, not a single minute did I want him here. But this coach has potential, desires to wear the Nebraska Red, wants to make the fans happy, appears to love his job. Those things make up for a lot for me. I did not want someone that was using this great program as a stepping stone. I wanted a guy that said this is my chance to do great things, thank you God and Nebraska. I know he will give us everything he has, and I personally can not ask for more.