Good question, but if he was a top notch coach, age wouldn't have mattered.
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Have we learned anything as fans.
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I was referring to the sell out streak. Also, to my knowledge, season ticket sales have not declined.
Well if you ask some
It seems as though it does.
There's nothing wrong with finding a place you like and settling in. He would have done the same at Nebraska, at least until some egomaniacal AD and chancellor wanted to replace him with Houston Nutt. Solich was the best coach Nebraska has had since Tom Osborne...let that sink in. (Frost may eventual own that title, but you can't give it to him at this point in time, unless you're basing it on "feelz."
Pelini was fired because another egomaniacal AD and chancellor decided that they could find a polished guy who could do a better job of
We find ourselves where we are today because of two bad AD hires and a chancellor who should have kept his nose out of the athletic department.
Nice to see that the real Sonuvahusker is still in there somewhere!
Agree. Solich was loyal but I still contend he is not a top notch coach. Ohio is the perfect fit, IMO.
I'm drunk on English. It's kind of like fun with phonics but with jello shots.
He's no Dave Wannstedt or Houston Nutt, that's for sure.
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Good post. As I said at the time, Bo probably needed to go, but not if the replacement is Riley.
True. But -- when you start to see large chunks of empty seats in a season when they are already sold out -- it's an indicator of what may come soon if changes aren't made.
If we are struggling to get to .500 again next season, sure it will be a sellout. But, empty seats will start to appear.
Bad athletic directors and university management had more to do with this than the fans. That being said:
Solich cooked his own goose with poor recruiting and thus the pressure was put on the AD to make a change.
Callahan was a D Coord away from being successful here. Easily the best recruiter since Osborne.
Pelini and Shawn Eichorst were a toxic mess... they destroyed each other. Pelini had success early with Cally's recruits.
Mike Riley was one of the worst hires in big time football history.
Combine those four things and you have your answer.
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I can tell you it's already pretty roomie up in the 96th row.
Maybe so. But if Eichorst hadn't forced Bob Diaco on Riley (and Riley didn't bend over to accept it), there's a good chance Riley would still be here -- and winning 7-9 games per season. Diaco and Eichorst destroyed that regime -- for better or worse. Probably wouldn't have lasted much longer though, as Husker fans have little interest in anything sub-championship.
I can't blame anyone for preferring Frost over Riley. Any Nebraska fan would, understandably so. Unfortunately, we've thus far been given a big heaping pile of downgrade with the Frost hire. Hope and prayers won't work for sports, but it would be nice if Frost actually was a better Nebraska coach than Mike Riley.
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