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hddude55

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Why not? Surely not because we need to maintain our “tradition” as we thought we were doing when Frank was hired 20 years ago — and every hire since? The only tradition we have anymore is getting steamrolled.

Moos will pick his guy and I doubt he could care less what posters on this board think about it.
 
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Not when he's told he's going to have too run the ball more....

Just kidding. If we can find a kick *** D coord to go with his style it wouldn't take very long to win the West Division.
 
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It seemed he described his Air Raid offense as a means to sell tickets in Pullman and help that school fundraise to build facilities. You guys don't have that issue. I think he wants to hire a proven winner that can fit at Nebraska. Style is less important. Certainly a pass happy style would be low on the list of requirements.
 
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I'm to the point where I don't care who the coach is or what style of offense or defense they use as long as they win and are competitive against the top teams in both the conference and nationally. Just win, ideally not be an ***, and have a team that the state can be proud of. The other stuff, I don't care about anymore, just sick of losing.
 
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CameronKrazie86 said:
I'm to the point where I don't care who the coach is or what style of offense or defense they use as long as they win and are competitive against the top teams in both the conference and nationally. Just win, ideally not be an ***, and have a team that the state can be proud of. The other stuff, I don't care about anymore, just sick of losing.
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Well said, ditto for me: don't care how, just win (and don't be an ***)
 
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BadgerGrove said:
It seemed he described his Air Raid offense as a means to sell tickets in Pullman and help that school fundraise to build facilities. You guys don't have that issue. I think he wants to hire a proven winner that can fit at Nebraska. Style is less important. Certainly a pass happy style would be low on the list of requirements.
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I really doubt he brings Leach with him but he will be on his list..

Leach is a good Coach and would have been a better hire than Riley.
 
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BadgerGrove said:
It seemed he described his Air Raid offense as a means to sell tickets in Pullman and help that school fundraise to build facilities. You guys don't have that issue. I think he wants to hire a proven winner that can fit at Nebraska. Style is less important. Certainly a pass happy style would be low on the list of requirements.
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Funny that a Badger fan would make this case. Alvarez did a great job of exporting what people here think Nebraska football is/at least should be to Madison — and it has survived multiple coaching changes. NU on the other hand tried to keep that bullying style alive under Solich but has mostly failed at it since. In fact with the way we have been physically dominated in recent years, we have been almost forced to rely on passing. Yesterday was the latest example.

I don’t know if you are right that Moos is concerned about fit. At this point in our program — and most of the last 10-15 years, I think even the most die hard proponents of the old NU football would admit the only “fit” that matters is winning.

As for your comment that Leach is running his offense to sell tickets, I think that is nonsense — even if he said it. My understanding is Moos had to convince him to take the job. If so, why would he take the job other than to run the system he wanted — not to be a ticket huckster? Leach is known to say a lot of outrageous stuff and maybe he did say it — in jest.
 
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hddude55 said:
Funny that a Badger fan would make this case. Alvarez did a great job of exporting what people here think Nebraska football is/at least should be to Madison — and it has survived multiple coaching changes. NU on the other hand tried to keep that bullying style alive under Solich but has mostly failed at it since. In fact with the way we have been physically dominated in recent years, we have been almost forced to rely on passing. Yesterday was the latest example.

I don’t know if you are right that Moos is concerned about fit. At this point in our program — and most of the last 10-15 years, I think even the most die hard proponents of the old NU football would admit the only “fit” that matters is winning.

As for your comment that Leach is running his offense to sell tickets, I think that is nonsense — even if he said it. My understanding is Moos had to convince him to take the job. If so, why would he take the job other than to run the system he wanted — not to be a ticket huckster? Leach is known to say a lot of outrageous stuff and maybe he did say it — in jest.
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I was just paraphrasing what Moos said. Thought Leach would be a great fit. Their fan base was apathetic and they had facilty projects underway. And his Air Raid offense would appeal to their fans.

Never said Leach was running that offense to sell tickets. His offensive style certainly appealed to Moos at the time for Pullman.
 
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Don’t know the answer to this, but how many ADs leave a job and bring a football coach or basketball coach with them. I can’t think of any but that don’t mean there aren’t any.
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This.

Rarely, like almost never, does a new A.D. bring along with him from the very beginning his football coach also. Unwritten rule about this so would not expect Leach to be Nebraska's new coach next season.
 
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scarletred said:
Not when he's told he's going to have too run the ball more....

Just kidding. If we can find a kick *** D coord to go with his style it wouldn't take very long to win the West Division.
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Agree, Leach would be Callahan 2.0 unless he brought in a real defensive coordinator. As I recall LSU always played decent defense and their ex coach is available. Leach / miles ?
 
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frydaze said:
This.

Rarely, like almost never, does a new A.D. bring along with him from the very beginning his football coach also. Unwritten rule about this so would not expect Leach to be Nebraska's new coach next season.
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Leach has always had the reputation of being a bit of a strange dude, so I wouldn’t base his future decisions based on what others have done. And if you read some of the articles about his concerns about fit with his AD, it is not absurd to think he would consider the move if Moos wanted him. If you recall Leach had a lot of baggage at the time Moos hired him, but he still wanted him. I wouldn’t expect Leach to be hired but it doesn’t seem that far fetched.
 
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Agree, Leach would be Callahan 2.0 unless he brought in a real defensive coordinator. As I recall LSU always played decent defense and their ex coach is available. Leach / miles ?
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Isn't Leaches record the last three years even worse than Riley?
 
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To answer my own quesyion I went back and looked it up. His first 3 years were worse at 3-9, 6-7 and3-9. He then did better the last two at 9-4 and 8-5. Hardly an up grade
 
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To answer my own quesyion I went back and looked it up. His first 3 years were worse at 3-9, 6-7 and3-9. He then did better the last two at 9-4 and 8-5. Hardly an up grade
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Saban, Sweeney, Frost or bust, am I right?

Gimme a break. There are a lot of reasons to not want Leach, his record at Washington state isn't one of them...
 
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Our defensive coordinator Leach has now is a badass. I'm not kidding he is a badass. A young guy named Grinch who was from Missouri.

His Speed D is amazing. Which is basically like a shifting 4/2/5 with SEC style elements.

#42 in Scoring Defense
#35 in rush defense
#10 in Total Defense
#11 in Turnovers Gained

That's with missing our 2 upperclassmen MLBs
And that's with a paper thin DL depth chart.

We don't have the kind of roster depth you all take for granted. I honestly don't think we have a single 4 star defensive player on the team.

If you all steal Moos AND Leach I will seriously never eat corn again and create the first ever major Soybean Americans who hate Corn because it is grown by thieves lobby
 
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BadgerGrove said:
It seemed he described his Air Raid offense as a means to sell tickets in Pullman and help that school fundraise to build facilities. You guys don't have that issue. I think he wants to hire a proven winner that can fit at Nebraska. Style is less important. Certainly a pass happy style would be low on the list of requirements.
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Agreed. I listened to the press conference and Moos stressed right "fit". Leach was a way to make football fun to watch to bring in fans to the stands.
 
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frydaze said:
This.

Rarely, like almost never, does a new A.D. bring along with him from the very beginning his football coach also. Unwritten rule about this so would not expect Leach to be Nebraska's new coach next season.
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Frost and Altman would be interesting if the opportunity arose.
 
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I don't want Leach. Too weird. And I don't like his offense. There is a reason why no big time school has even snorted in his direction, and it has nothing to do with the incident with the player.
 
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hddude55 said:
Why not? Surely not because we need to maintain our “tradition” as we thought we were doing when Frank was hired 20 years ago — and every hire since? The only tradition we have anymore is getting steamrolled.

Moos will pick his guy and I doubt he could care less what posters on this board think about it.
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shine003 said:
Saban, Sweeney, Frost or bust, am I right?

Gimme a break. There are a lot of reasons to not want Leach, his record at Washington state isn't one of them...
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I'm not sure he would be a good fit-- he turned around programs for sure but he's more like Pelini; there is a reason Washington state was
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Would be a HUGE upgrade
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IMHO Leach would not be a good fit--he's more like Pelini socially than Riley
 
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If you guys have a chance to get Leach and do not take it you're fools. It's going to take an eccentric coach, one who thinks outside the box, to get it going in Lincoln again. That's what Leach is.
 
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Camcon2016 said:
To answer my own quesyion I went back and looked it up. His first 3 years were worse at 3-9, 6-7 and3-9. He then did better the last two at 9-4 and 8-5. Hardly an up grade
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And they were 9-40 in the four years before he got there as opposed to Bo winning 9 here every year. So there was a huge difference in what the two guys inherited.

Nice that you also omitted they are a top 20 team this year.

Riley did do an impressive building job at OSU, probably comparable to Leach. The difference is Riley’s teams then got much worse and we hired him when they were glad to see him go. No one at Wazzu wants Leach to leave now.

Maybe it would help if you let us know what you want to see next year, because your Riley vs Leach comparison is falling a little flat.
 
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