OT: Nebraska Media/Fans Turning on Riley/Eichorst
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Oh and by the way, I 100% disagree with Larry. No, college football is NOT better when Nebraska is top 5. College football is better when Nebraska gets beat....EVERY...SINGLE...WEEEKEND
Getting rid of a winning coach because he is not winning enough (Solich, Pelini) has proven to be the catalyst for the current state of Husker Football.
The coaching fraternity is pretty small, and no quality head coach wants to be in a fishbowl and get fired for winning 8-9 games a year.
Iowa was wise to keep Ferentz, even during some of the down years. Nebby now serves us up that example almost every weekend.
No one will be safe from the monkey shit fight that will be going on in Lincoln.
The coaching fraternity is pretty small, and no quality head coach wants to be in a fishbowl and get fired for winning 8-9 games a year.
Iowa was wise to keep Ferentz, even during some of the down years. Nebby now serves us up that example almost every weekend.
No one will be safe from the monkey shit fight that will be going on in Lincoln.
The Riley hire was a strange hire because he only had moderate success at Oregon State in his best years and was on verge of being fired.
I have already forgotten he last Nebraska coach, but he was an azz and blowhard and was the best fit for Nebraska.
I have already forgotten he last Nebraska coach, but he was an azz and blowhard and was the best fit for Nebraska.
If Nebraska really were a top 5 program, I would expect a much better hire than Riley. He never came close to winning anything at Oregon State and probably would have been fired by now had he stayed. When you see the bottom 3 teams of this division hire Brohm, Fleck and Lovie Smith, the Riley hire is still a total head scratcher to me. He is arguably the least accomplished coach in the Big Ten
Total guess on my part, but they hired Riley cuz they needed a coach they could put in front of the camera who wouldn't: embarrass Nebraska with his mouth.
Yesterdays comment by Eichorst tells me that he's feeling the heat on hiring Riley and he thinks his job is on the line. Kinda chicken shxt that he wold throw Riley under the bus publicly like that.
Yesterdays comment by Eichorst tells me that he's feeling the heat on hiring Riley and he thinks his job is on the line. Kinda chicken shxt that he wold throw Riley under the bus publicly like that.
Funny thing school just gave him a year extension this week (most likely for recruiting purposes to say coach contract runs through time players is there). If he continues the huskers streak of 13+ seasons of 4 losses or more which odds are very likely they will. Be good chance he will be on the hot seat next year with a very difficult schedule. Michigan, Osu and Sparty as cross overs playing first 2 on the road along with an improved Colorado for non conference and on the road at Wisconsin and Iowa. Things aren't looking great for mediocre mike if he doesn't right the ship.
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-18/2018-nebraska-cornhuskers-football-schedule.php
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They hired Riley as a place holder while frost cut his teeth as a HC to bring him in a few yrs.
UN is arrogant enough to think that they could brong in a "nice guy" like riley to tread water until frost ia ready. They over estimated their own brand and value. Oops
UN is arrogant enough to think that they could brong in a "nice guy" like riley to tread water until frost ia ready. They over estimated their own brand and value. Oops
Regardless of what AD they hire, and no matter what coach they convince to replace Riley, the historic run the Huskers experienced in 70's, 80's, and 90's will never be duplicated again in Lincoln. Those days are long gone, and if their fans don't learn to accept this, the constant instability in their coaching ranks will lead to even more losing in the long run. Their program is not elite anymore.
Bringing such a garbage program into the B1G was a mistake! 
I don't see what was so strange about it. He was the best candidate available! Haha!
The extension was given back in January....the public just found out about it last week....and yes, it was for recruiting purposes
Wow first article sums up it perfect Riley is only 16-13 in his time at Nebraska so far.
There really isn't any incentive for a coach to win at Nebraska. If you win 8, 9, or 10 games, they'll just fire you anyway.
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Notre Dame is another example of a college who has
hired and fired numerous coaches in the last 20 years.
Stability comes from having a solid coach like Kirk
Ferentz who averages perhaps 8 wins a year and
runs a clean program.
hired and fired numerous coaches in the last 20 years.
Stability comes from having a solid coach like Kirk
Ferentz who averages perhaps 8 wins a year and
runs a clean program.
Nebraska will flounder for another 40 years until almost every Husker fan who has a vivid memory of Cornhusker Football, and the near stranglehold it shared between itself and Oklahoma over the long dead and nearly forgotten Big 8 has themselves also died. Feasting upon forlorn patsies before facing the Sooners for the tarnished glory of long ago relevent conference crown has spoiled the average Nebraska fan and infected them with a sort of groupspeak that causes them to endlessly circulate amongst themselves the myth of a permanent Cornhusker superiority...something of a birthright if you will.
Nebraska and its fans, along with programs like Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Texas, etc. are fascinating to watch as they slowly and reluctantly begin the process of accepting where they really are in the modern landscape of college football, while trying to properly catalog an admirable past.
Nebraska and its fans, along with programs like Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Texas, etc. are fascinating to watch as they slowly and reluctantly begin the process of accepting where they really are in the modern landscape of college football, while trying to properly catalog an admirable past.
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Bingo. Nebbie is gonna have a tough time getting a name coach. They let a good man go in Frank Solich, then Pelini wins 9 a year and gets canned. Coaching is its own fraternity... they notice things like this. Nobody wants a job where the expectations are unrealistic.
Bo was a POS. Just look at what the guy is doing to not only the program but the institution of YSU. His recruitment of a convicted rapist to play football at YSU has that entire place in an uproar. Nebraska was right to let him go.
Where Nebraska went wrong is in the beginning firing Solich. That guy won double digit games and got fired. That set the precedent that Nebraska football has unrealistic expectations.
No disagreement...firing Solich was a bad move. But still when you fire a guy with the kind of winning record Pellini had.. other coaches notice.
I think they are learning the hard way right now. Riley was a head scratching hire. Firing solich was a big mistake several years ago. Now they have went deep into the rabbit hole with the carousel of coaches they have had. Why would anyone want to come and coach at Nebraska right now. It is the coaching death sentence. They almost have to keep Riley another 2 years just to show some stability.
IMO, eichorst should be fired immediately. Way to go and cover your own ass by throwing your coach under the bus. What a punk.
Problem is in two years that program may be beyond recovery. Probably not because the recruiting classes are still solid. But two more years of treading water then 2-3 more years for the next guy to rebuild. Wow, it's going to be a long time waiting for Nebby fans, if ever.
That's why I found the Diacco DC 3-4 switch little odd. Sometimes the transition works well but lot of times you see that bumpy transition and getting the right players to fit the scheme and Riley and Diacco may not get that time. Granted I don't know as much about huskers D personnel. Maybe an Apples to oranges comparison as a Bears fan seen how 3-4 it finally looks right and could be a solid unit this season in year 3 after switching from 4-3.
Why is Solich still at the same place now it is a honest question if he was all that good he would of took a job with a much better program by now I would think.
I agree. The whole "what have you done for me lately" mentality by school's and fan bases border on the absurd. Coaches who take over programs have to overcome a lot of obstacles, losing culture, getting players to buy in, etc...now that isn't to say it can't be done, but most people have unrealistic expectations and want instant results.
I don't know, but he has done a really nice job there. Considering that guys perceived personality, and his experience at Nebraska, I would guess he found a comfortable job and stayed.
I was going to say this. Not surprising since he came from a coaching tree where the head guy (Osborne) was a long time coach. Solich just has that personality that doesn't scream "job jumper". He had his time as a big time P5 head coach. After that experience of winning yet still getting dumped is anyone surprised he has chosen tenure and stability now?
I'm scratching my head as to why some want Trev Alberts as AD. He's as big of douche as Pelini. He seems like a narcissistic egomaniac. I hope they do it just to continue the train wreck.
Q: When will Husker fans be satisfied with an 8 win season?
A: After five 4 win ones.
A: After five 4 win ones.
The era of Knute Rockne is over at Notre Dame.
The era of Tom Osborne is over at Nebraska
The era of Darrell Royal is over at Texas
Bottom Line: " It is over, It is over, It is all over."
Quote from the late, great, Howard Cosell
The era of Tom Osborne is over at Nebraska
The era of Darrell Royal is over at Texas
Bottom Line: " It is over, It is over, It is all over."
Quote from the late, great, Howard Cosell
How many "candidates" were even interested? Lincoln, hell, the entire wasteland of Nebraska, is a cesspool of shit.
When will Fusker Hans be satisfied with a 4-win season? After 5 zero-win seasons. They're approaching the point when they won't even have to think before bartering their first born for even the slightest reason to rationalize their schizophrenic delusion that Nebraska is still considered an elite school.
I say barter because they're quaint. I say considered because that's different than actually being one. And I say schizophrenic because they are.
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At the end of the day, we have to look at where Eichorst is as an AD.
As one poster said, they won't be able to move on in Lincoln until every last fan who witnessed their glory years are dead. They don't realize they are now recruiting kids that weren't alive the last time they won a NC.
They also don't understand that college football as a whole has leveled out. The high school players across America are getting better and mid level schools now have a lot of talent. Every weekend no matter who you are playing are probably going to be a dog fight (North Texas, NDSU etc). Speaking of NDSU I guarantee if Debby was playing them next weekend they'd be shaking in their boots because their confidence is about 0 right now.
They also don't understand that college football as a whole has leveled out. The high school players across America are getting better and mid level schools now have a lot of talent. Every weekend no matter who you are playing are probably going to be a dog fight (North Texas, NDSU etc). Speaking of NDSU I guarantee if Debby was playing them next weekend they'd be shaking in their boots because their confidence is about 0 right now.
It's not that Nebraska fans wouldn't be satisfied with an 8- or 9-win season. It's the fact that the team is routinely taken to the woodshed by the upper echelon teams.
Nebraska fans just want a team that is consistently competitive. Do that, and wins and the chance at championships will follow.
Once Riley is fired in a year or two we will hear about how Nebraska expects more and deserves more. Their expectations and their actual yearly team are on two different grids.
I don't think the top college coaches are interested in coaching at Nebraska. The Riley hire leads me to believe that.
