I meant to insult used car salesmen and anyone who tried to hire Houston Nutt.
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I meant to insult used car salesmen and anyone who tried to hire Houston Nutt.
I've admitted a million times I was wrong on this site, so I'm not sure where you're getting the 'unlike you' part of the equation. Is it akin to 'I know you are, but what am I?' or 'sticks and stones may break my bones' or some other playground antic I'm not aware of?
There's at least one new argument. Frank took one of the worst teams in history to their first ever bowl win. That's no small feat.
He's proved himself at every level. People who can't admit that Frank is a great coach are simply wrong, and stubborn.
I think Frank is a great coach - as an assistant at Nebraska and as a head coach at Ohio U. At the risk of repeating myself, he couldn't even get the Minnesota job, and no school that would be considered a lateral move or a step up from Nebraska has been beating his door down. But what do they know, right?
Well, since this thread is 12 pages long maybe this will help it go to 24.
Here is why I wanted Frank out.
When it became a fact that something was not right in Huskerland, I wanted Frank to step down and just admit that being a head coach at Nebraska was just not working. So what does Frank do instead he fires two asst coaches that had just as many years in the husker system as he and back then I thought that this was wrong!
Now, the fact that Frank was fired along with his New Coaching staff was also very very wrong! But I guess I did not lose too much sleep over it because of the way that Frank dumped on the two of the coaches that he fired!
Did I want to believe in Peddy and BIlly??? sure I did, but I found out that that was wrong and thank heaven they are out of here!
Now those of you on here that want to bash me for not being a fan of Frank as a head coach go ahead, but the way Frank fired his staff was NOT the Nebraska way and I will always believe that!
Here is why I wanted Frank out.
When it became a fact that something was not right in Huskerland, I wanted Frank to step down and just admit that being a head coach at Nebraska was just not working. So what does Frank do instead he fires two asst coaches that had just as many years in the husker system as he and back then I thought that this was wrong!
Now, the fact that Frank was fired along with his New Coaching staff was also very very wrong! But I guess I did not lose too much sleep over it because of the way that Frank dumped on the two of the coaches that he fired!
Did I want to believe in Peddy and BIlly??? sure I did, but I found out that that was wrong and thank heaven they are out of here!
Now those of you on here that want to bash me for not being a fan of Frank as a head coach go ahead, but the way Frank fired his staff was NOT the Nebraska way and I will always believe that!
Well, looking at ADs like pedey, it's not shocking that many of these guys don't recognize talent.
And even good, knowledgeable ADs are going to be looking for someone they think can last at least 10 years at a program. When Frank was hired at 60 or 61, that was no guarantee.
No one is banging down Snyder's door, either. Is that because he's not a good coach?
By the way, Minnesota didn't have a coach opening in '05. Glen Mason was there until 2007. So... what are you talking about?
That's exactly how I saw it. I was never impressed with Cally as a coach, easecially after that first season. Then all the pathetic chest pounding from his butt boys after the next two seasons was laughable considering that type of performance by Solich was inexcusable.
My hopes were pinned on getting rid of Pedey, and bringing in an honest evaluator to deem the worthiness of our coaching staff. Those hopes were pretty much squashed when Pearlman handed out unearned extensions to Pedey & Cally.
Even though I was expecting another collapse in '07, how things transpired was incredible. As far as firing Cally, I was ok if Osborne decided to give him more time because I knew the decision was made by an honest broker. I'm not convinced that he would have fired Cally if we'd have beaten CU in the last game.
This is factually wrong.
Again, factually wrong, but he actually fired 3 coaches (Darlington, Bohl and Barnes).
You also harbor more animosity than either GD or Bohl have expressed since the changes were made.
Have you read the interviews that Darlington gave about the firing. Frank handled it in a very forthright manner. Do you think that every head coach should be locked into each assistant and should fall on his sword rather than being allowed to make adjustments?
I stand by what I said. it's how I feel.
But I will admit that it has been long enough ago that if it was three instead of two then my bad.
Just letting all you great GREAT Husker fans know how the simple mind of the Skunk works!
When Frank was fired, he had a winning percentage at 74%. Same rate as TO and BD at the same juncture of their career. Talk about things not working. You would expect a head coach to quit, rather than adjusting his staff to bring in coaches that improve things? How many times has that been done in your world?
It was actually one, if you mean people who had just as much time as a Husker as Frank (Darlington had been an assistant since '73... Bohl and Barnes were both at NU less than 8 years).
By adjusting you mean firing Coaches who bleed Nebraska Red as much as the head coach? Then yes I was not pleased by how Frank did this.
Not too many folks seem to get too worked up about Darlington being fired, in spite of the success he had at NU. I can understand to a point folks getting upset about Milt and Dan getting canned because of the tremendous success they had for 20+ years. But you would think the recruitniks that preside around here could recognize and understand they weren't travelling and were barely mobile at practice.
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