Simple: Will Riley be back for a 4th year?

[REDFANATIC]

Riely has already made "adjustments" to his staff. Thinking this is ones on his head.

 

[alwayshusking]

None that Eichorst entertained or interviewed. Riley was his sole interview and hire because Eichorst wanted to bring him on as a head coach at one of his previous jobs.

Yeah, fired Pelini on Sunday. Met with Riley on Monday or Tuesday. Hammered out a deal by Thurs night and announced on Friday I believe. Crazy.

No one saw it coming, likely for good reason.

 

[BIG ERN]

3-6 in the last 9 games.....heading in the wrong direction. The first half woes, inconsistent play calling, and play clock management hasn't changed since Mike took over. 

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

Yeah seriously.  We're tried out all sorts of guys in the last decade: the narcissist/aloof guy, the psychotic emotional disaster guy, and now the nice guy.  The result doesn't seem to change much except we get worse talent then the regime before.  

I assure you, coaching matters.

 

[krc1995]

3-6 in the last 9 games.....heading in the wrong direction. The first half woes, consistent play calling, and play clock management hasn't changed since Mike took over. 

Wow- just seeing these kind of stats is very enlightening.  

 

[Excel]

I hope it was SE's way of putting out his own resume to Wisconsin

Don't you dare wish that evil on us.  :lol:

Arkansas is going to need a new guy soon, send him there.

 

[Apathy]

God I hope not

 

[In the Deed the Glory]

At this point, I have to say no.  SE will probably lose his job over this loss and the guy he put in charge.  A new AD will come in (please Trev Alberts) and will find his guy.  I can't think Riley survives this.  He basically has to win the B1G West to keep his job.

No way that is happening this season.

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

Oh how the times have changed. 6 wins is now good enough at Nebraska. Maybe next year we can lower it to 4!

Say what you want about Bo, but the guy can coach circles around nice guy Mike.

No, it's not. He wins 6 games he'll be gone.

 

[chamrocck]

I think if he gets to 6 wins and a bowl he'll save his job.  But at this time this is  a very difficult task.  Losses are coming vs. OSU, Wisky, and Ped State.  I also think Purdue and Minny likely beat us (pissed at how easy it is for other teams to change coaches and have instant success).  Iowa is a toss-up.  So we need to win the next 2 games vs Rutgers and Illinois.  I say we beat Northwestern. So we have to have wins vs. Rutgers, Illinois, and Northwestern.  That only gets us to 4 wins.  Holy crap.  Plus a couple of these losses are likely blow outs.  We have to get serious about a plan B (Stoops as AD and a new coach like Frost, Aranda, or ?).    

 

[REDFANATIC]

Less Miles was in Lincoln today... So

 

[krc1995]

Less Miles was in Lincoln today... So

He probably put Ben on the team just so he could get his foot in the door.  That Mad Hatter is sly.  

 

[Whistlepig]

They certainly wont but you can't keep buying out contracts and firing coaches.  For one thing, we can never quite catch up with recruiting if keep firing guys.  We're going to have to ride Riley down.  

recruiting isn't the problem- ask the coach who just beat us how many 4 stars he had on his team

 

[krc1995]

recruiting isn't the problem- ask the coach who just beat us how many 4 stars he had on his team

I'm not using stars I'm using my eyes.  

 

[JJ Husker]

For what it's worth, I don't think Riley will be back and I hope he isn't. The ginger assassin speaking today is not a good sign. If he had to consider where Iowa was at for Pelini, there is no way in hell he can apply that same logic to Northern Illinois and come to and different conclusion. The only real question is if Eichorst will have the opportunity to make the change or if it will be his replacement. I'm guessing the latter.