Another insult to used car salesmen.
I meant to insult used car salesmen and anyone who tried to hire Houston Nutt.
Another insult to used car salesmen.
No, unlike you I am not only capable but also happy to admit when I'm wrong. I thought Pedey was a great hire.
Thanks guys, for reminding me why we put this in the rules.
It's been at least three years since I've seen someone make a new argument in one of these threads.
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?
It's really hard to have these discussions with you without getting vacationed.
That said...Doc Sadler. Only a simpleton couldn't see HE'S not cut out for the job. So let's not talk like you have some sort of stranglehold on who is and who is not a coach "heading in the right direction".
Solich should not have been fired after 2003. That does not mean that he was absolutely on the right track. Fact is we will never know. What's happened SINCE? Obviously Callahan sucked. His suckitude still does NOT mean that Solich was going to get Nebraska back to where people think it should be. NU is where it is now. None of that other crap really means squat now. Those of you fearing that there is some groundswell to get rid of Bo are simply just paranoid or, more likely, diverting attention away from criticisms of him (there are legit criticisms) by flaming this "OH MY GOD!!! YOU WANNA FIRE HIM????" bullcrap.
I may have for practical reasons, such as what I've argued about the '03 firing of Solich, been ok (but not happy) with giving him another year or two, but I was vocal that calllllllly would never get it done and we'd have to suffer until a minimal amount of time passed. Many had similar feelings. They certainly didn't feel extensions for callllllly and pedey was warranted.... of course some on here did, right HnC?
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!
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?
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!
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).