Tough Riley question?
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I think age does play a factor. That and the fact that he was a .500 career percentage coach prior to NU made it a unfavorable hire. He's only getting older and his win percentage is hovering around that same mark.
None of it matters if you're taking care of business. And it's clear that we are not doing that.
Young, old, blind, one leg, irritable bowel syndrome.
Snyder is 118 years old. Saban wears an *** for a hat 100% of the time, both on and off the field. Gundy can't lose the '80's look. Leach probably has a human hair collection somewhere in his house.
Nobody cares about that stuff if the team is doing well.
Young, old, blind, one leg, irritable bowel syndrome.
Snyder is 118 years old. Saban wears an *** for a hat 100% of the time, both on and off the field. Gundy can't lose the '80's look. Leach probably has a human hair collection somewhere in his house.
Nobody cares about that stuff if the team is doing well.
Bo could have verbally abused Dirk C on a daily basis if he beat Iowa and Wisconsin consistently.
My personal opinion is age has nothing to do with it. Being just 7 games above .500 over his 30 career has far more to do with it.
It would help him a lot if he was younger, right now I see a 30 year coach who is a 500 win coach. If he was younger I might have hope he is a better coach than what he turned out to be.
What matters is his record as a CFB head coach. What was "sold" to the fans is that he could become so much more when given the facilities and recruiting resources. I think it is clear at this point it's not going to materialize. He would be the first CFB ever to turn around from 20 years of .500 football and become a winner.
He's here simply on the recommendation of Alvarez...there never was a real search.
He's here simply on the recommendation of Alvarez...there never was a real search.
For me it is a little bit. Say we keep Riley and it takes and he got it rolling next year. Man at that point he's starting to get up there and you have to be thinking what if. Now you bring in the Frost factor and the potential to maybe hire a guy that would be our coach for the next couple of decades and you have to wonder why wait and have to start all over a few years from now. Age wasn't an issue for me when we hired Riley but it's starting to creep in there now.
But the question was is age a factor on whether or not his seat would be as hot. If Mike Riley was 50, took over a 9 win team, went 6-7, 9-4 and 4-4 with ugly losses, his seat would be just as hot as it is now. Especially if there was a fan favorite 40 year old former Husker in the candidate pool.
Nail meets head.
Any other year where NU fans are just pining for Frost or Gill or someone Nebraska Way....AD brushes that off for another year.
In a year where the rest of the nation has basically said "its now or never Husker nation...ya boy is the top candidate in the country" to go with all the self driven panic and Nebraska way stuff...there's really not much to question about whether Riley would be better off if he were 50.
maybe for most. Part of my concern about Riley is even if he does get it going now after 4 years, how much longer is he going to go. IF the prospect of starting over is looming 5 years down the road for me it makes it easier to pull the plug.
There's a mitigation factor to this though. If Riley bounces in 5 years and he's had a couple of really great years...you are probably taking a hard look at a Langsdorf or a Diaco for HC and several other candidates, and you have basically vetted the staff as a whole as some of the better in CFB.
Nebraska would like to get a guy who will keep us at the top of CFB for 25 years...but its not a necessity. Before we really jumped on the Frost train, there was a lot of talk about Miles or Stoops or even a Chip Kelly, and you were probably not getting any more time out of those guys for one reason or another, than you were getting out of Riley.
The market is uber polarized this year...a couple of maybe "insta win" guys who are definitely older, and a bunch of younger risks that might have long term benefits
His age makes it worse. I am 2 years younger than him and pretty set in my ways. He has not been able to take the pro talent he has had and put it together for anything better than a 9 win season except for one 10 win season. I can't see any evidence he is going to change his ways now. I respect the man and think he could return us back up to mediocrity but that is his proven limit. He might win 8 next year if we can get past Troy. He needs to retire and we need to be reborn