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The list of Exhibits appended to the report had only one item:
Exhibit 1 - Top Team Football Recruiting Rankings 2017
Let no one be so naive as to think the purpose and timing of this consultant's study wasn't political. Hank Bounds is no dummy; he's not going to make one of his first official acts at the University be to accidentally order a study of the only part of his job that could ever cause him to lose it. That doesn't mean he ordered the study to have a reason to fire Eichorst/Riley. He most likely did it to have something to point to so he doesn't have to fire Eichorst/Riley, at least until their results on the field become more definite.
The classic use of consultants in business is for top management to hire them so the consultants can tell them what both top management and middle management already know should be done. Boards and/or Shareholders don't trust their own management to know what to do, so top management hires a consultant with fancy credentials to tell the Board that management should do what management already knows they should do. That's all Bounds has done here. It stops overly-obtrusive Regents from pressuring him to micro-manage the football team. That's pretty smart.
And given that the team hasn't lost any more games in the last few months and recruiting is going well, this brings peace to Lincoln, for now.
But make no mistake, the people who had knives out for Eichorst/Riley have only put them away in a place close by. If Nebraska's record ever dips below .667 at any point during this year, they'll be turning the knives' handles around in their palms again and checking the sharpness of the blades, hoping still to use them. And with a finish below .500, the flimsy paper of this consultant's report will be easily (and rightly) rent through with a single thrust.
Exhibit 1 - Top Team Football Recruiting Rankings 2017
Let no one be so naive as to think the purpose and timing of this consultant's study wasn't political. Hank Bounds is no dummy; he's not going to make one of his first official acts at the University be to accidentally order a study of the only part of his job that could ever cause him to lose it. That doesn't mean he ordered the study to have a reason to fire Eichorst/Riley. He most likely did it to have something to point to so he doesn't have to fire Eichorst/Riley, at least until their results on the field become more definite.
The classic use of consultants in business is for top management to hire them so the consultants can tell them what both top management and middle management already know should be done. Boards and/or Shareholders don't trust their own management to know what to do, so top management hires a consultant with fancy credentials to tell the Board that management should do what management already knows they should do. That's all Bounds has done here. It stops overly-obtrusive Regents from pressuring him to micro-manage the football team. That's pretty smart.
And given that the team hasn't lost any more games in the last few months
and recruiting is going well, this brings peace to Lincoln, for now. But make no mistake, the people who had knives out for Eichorst/Riley have only put them away in a place close by. If Nebraska's record ever dips below .667 at any point during this year, they'll be turning the knives' handles around in their palms again and checking the sharpness of the blades, hoping still to use them. And with a finish below .500, the flimsy paper of this consultant's report will be easily (and rightly) rent through with a single thrust.
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And given that the team hasn't lost any more games in the last few months
I keep hearing that recruiting claim. What is that based on? Last I looked, we are #24. That's about where our program has floundered the last half dozen years.
http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/CompositeTeamRankings
Had it been negative it would be 20 pages by now..........
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Man, I didn't realize that we have a better average star rating than half the teams ranked ahead of us. That's better than I expected.
not a bad ranking considering where our program has been over the last few years...and throw in our record from last year....
I think this all but proves the idea that the previous staff left a toxic environment that it took a while to detox.
A not true.
B no surprise you pick the service that ranks us the lowest
C No surprise you were the first person to try and mae this negative.
:lazybannana: Nailed it. Recruiting appears to be going exactly as it has in years past.
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How, in your opinion, would this report differ had that not been the case. Specifics please. Thanks!
So you want me to give specifics on a negative that does not exhist? I acttually do understand debate and know this is an oft used tactic to try and trap people if they are foolish enough to take the bait. Since I am not that foolish I will not take the bait.
HT, don't fall for his stupid shell game. It's the only schtick he has and I stopped falling for it a long time ago. He's still obsessed with me, though.
No, I was only wondering how specifically (in your opinion) would this report differ had that (i.e. your claim that this all but proves.....) not been the case. Follow up question: what is the negative that does not "exhist." Just seeking some clarification.
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You are asking me to speculate on something that does not exhist because it did not happen. That is called disproving a negative.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophic_burden_of_proof#Proving_a_negative
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