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Nebraska Coach Bowl.




If ISU wins this Saturday, Matt Campbell will have beaten a 2-2 team. In other words, basically meaningless. But if Baylor wins, Dave Aranda should be our next head coach.
 
No matter who NU hires it is a gamble and 50% or more of the fan base will not like it.
One thing about this go around is I don't see it being derisive . It's not like the 2017 search where Frost was the slam dunk, but it's not 2003 where we have no idea what's going on and questions things from day 1 either. I think alot of people will says "huh, not my first choice" but if unless we do something crazy like bring Lovie Smith back to the B1G I think the fans will get behind and support the new staff.
 



One thing about this go around is I don't see it being derisive . It's not like the 2017 search where Frost was the slam dunk, but it's not 2003 where we have no idea what's going on and questions things from day 1 either. I think alot of people will says "huh, not my first choice" but if unless we do something crazy like bring Lovie Smith back to the B1G I think the fans will get behind and support the new staff.

I hope so but I am already seeing people draw lines in the sand for different potential coaches. Hope they are the minority but NU fan history tells me something different.


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I hope so but I am already seeing people draw lines in the sand for different potential coaches. Hope they are the minority but NU fan history tells me something different.


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I think that's pretty common with the minority of fans, and theirs nothing you can really do about it. Certain people always have a "my way or the highway" mindset and anyone that doesn't agree with them is an idiot. I actually think fans here have a pretty good history of supporting coaches - heck, for the most part we even supported Riley, even though he was a controversial hire preceded by a controversial firing. Yes, we fired him after 3 games, but I actually look at our treatment of Frost as being a sign of how patient (apathetic?) we've become. There were people calling for his head, but from here on the board I feel that most were either for retaining or in the "fine either way" camp. How many other blue blood programs would bring back a guy for year five with that record and trending data? Yes, Frost was a native son etc. etc. etc., but, we were still supporting a coach that gave us a lot of reasons not to.
 
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The boosters have to be involved so they know who they are buying out in a few years. :) :) :). That’s a joke by the way in case anyone missed it.
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Yup. He did pretty well with the players he inherited from Dennis Erickson, and did fairly well with the players he inherited from Bo Pelini.

Bo did well with Callahan players. 2009-10 were Bo's best seasons, imo. Solich did well with Osborne players. 1999 team was Frank's best. Frost's best team was his first, with Riley players.

I think what we've learned is that we need to hire a coach for no more than a 3-year contract then dump them so the next coach can succeed with the prior coach's players.

Also, Riley's greatest stretch of winning was 4-6 years after Erickson had departed. 28-12 in that span.
 
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Bo did well with Callahan players. 2009-10 were Bo's best seasons, imo. Solich did well with Osborne players. 1999 team was Frank's best. Frost's best team was his first, with Riley players.

I think what we've learned is that we need to hire a coach for no more than a 3-year contract then dump them so the next coach can succeed with the prior coach's players.

Also, Riley's greatest stretch of winning was 4-6 years after Erickson had departed. 28-12 in that span.
Actually Bo’s winning percentage was higher his last 3 years than it was his 3 first years. And that included transitioning into a new conference.
 
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