Why did Bo fail at NU

[JohnRossEwing]

People are going to believe what they want to believe. However I know more than a few factual stories about Bo and his antics. None have been mentioned on here yet that are not factual. Argue all one wants I do not care. Truth is truth!

Bo is the only head coach that could somehow be sleuth enough to do all these horrible things, on the highway, at middle school basketball games, at softball games, in basements of hotels and so on and so on but yet...there was not one person around with a cell phone to take a picture or video...

What are the chances??? Hmmmm

 

[oldjar07]

That lame story again, man does that fan fiction have legs.

That board is just a cult that follows whatever their leader, the guy who started the board, Durden says. He's the one that made up the story. They had a love affair with Riley and didn't allow any opinion that went against that which is why so many of their members have left. And get this, the only reason Durden was so high on Riley is because it would create too much work for him to have to go through a coaching change.RollingLaugh

 

[Wasker77]

His first 3-4 years looked promising but then the product on the field started to drop off a bit. What was it that caused the wheels to fall off?

Bo wanted to coach the team and not be bothered by anyone or anything on the outside. He didn't like to recruit, but was so stubborn he stuck to a staff that weren't great recruiters either. When challenged Bo did not know how to react. He let Taylor Martinez and his dad manipulate him.,The Huskers never had a good alternative at quarterback so they were forced to play Taylor when his toe was so bad he had no business being out there. Then the same thing happened later with Armstrong, under Riley. (Why didn't Riley go out and get a hot shot Qb; Juco, transfer, recruit that first winter, 2014-2015, he was here? He arrived in December, 2014. No plan Riley! Notice Scott isn't waiting around to get a Qb that fits his scheme)

I still believe IF Bo was a nice guy like Riley and kissed a few babies, laughed with the fans when he screwed up and continued to win 9-10 games every year he would have a statue next to TO in front of Memorial Stadium. Like ALL of us Bo knew his flaws and still wasn't going to change to become more successful.

 

[oldjar07]

People are going to believe what they want to believe. However I know more than a few factual stories about Bo and his antics. None have been mentioned on here yet that are not factual. Argue all one wants I do not care. Truth is truth!

Factual? All the stories come from the same source from a guy who had it out for Bo.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

That board is just a cult that follows whatever their leader, the guy who started the board, Durden says. He's the one that made up the story. They had a love affair with Riley and didn't allow any opinion that went against that which is why so many of their members have left. And get this, the only reason Durden was so high on Riley is because it would create too much work for him to have to go through a coaching change.RollingLaugh

Ha! I get it, Bo was crazy...but man...the head coach at NU did all these "other" horrible things in so many public venues but there is not one second of cell phone video of him...

1. Running others off the road and flipping them off
2. Being removed from a middle school basketball game for being abusive
3. Being asked to leave a girls softball game for being abusive
4. Bullying some dude in a hotel

 

[oldjar07]

Bo's Defense was fairly unique. His first few years he had a trio of coaches who all knew how to coach it as a unit (Marvin in the secondary, Carl at the line and Bo himself at Linebacker) and a couple good recruiters in Papuchis and Eckler.

Once Carl and Marvin (and a much lesser extent Eckler) left Bo contantly spent half the springs coaching a revolving door of assistants how to understand his sceme themselves - let alone how to teach it to players.

At the same time when he promoted Beck and Papuchis to coordinator roles he scaled back their travel, effectively taking his best two recruiters off the road. Plus Ross Els was possibly the worst recruiting coordinator in the P5.

It could easily be said that aside from maybe Gilmore to Fisher every single position coach vacancy Bo filled in his tenure was a downgrade from the guy being replaced.

As a result coaching suffered, recruiting and depth and suffered and Bo's mental fragility suffered.

This certainly explains why the coaching dropped off the latter half of his tenure here. I didn't know Bo was that involved with the linebackers. I thought he was a DB guy. But the trio of Sanders, Carl, and Bo definitely worked very well together as the 2009 and 2010 defenses showed.

 

[The_Glove_Man_rivals300278]

He forgot how to defend the run.

 

[huskerhooligansdotcom]

I still believe IF Bo was a nice guy like Riley and kissed a few babies, laughed with the fans when he screwed up and continued to win 9-10 games every year he would have a statue next to TO in front of Memorial Stadium. Like ALL of us Bo knew his flaws and still wasn't going to change to become more successful.

That is very true.

 

[oldjar07]

Ha! I get it, Bo was crazy...but man...the head coach at NU did all these "other" horrible things in so many public venues but there is not one second of cell phone video of him...

1. Running others off the road and flipping them off
2. Being removed from a middle school basketball game for being abusive
3. Being asked to leave a girls softball game for being abusive
4. Bullying some dude in a hotel

Exactly, no proof at all that any of this is true but a few posters on an anonymous message board who didn't like Bo made it up and it was publicized from there.

 

[coachDubs]

People are going to believe what they want to believe. However I know more than a few factual stories about Bo and his antics. None have been mentioned on here yet that are not factual. Argue all one wants I do not care. Truth is truth!

I'll warn you now, this forum is at an all-time high with idiots posting. You're wasting time with the Peelini cult, led by king *******, blowhard & fraud @h3

 

[Huskercigar]

I'll warn you now, this forum is at an all-time high with idiots posting. You're wasting time with the Peelini cult, led by king *******, blowhard & fraud @h3

speaking of idiots posting......how is the your Mike Riley cult going?

 

[coachDubs]

4. Bullying some dude in a hotel

I was at the tailgate where Nebraska officials, including Milliken and Osborne, were scrambling. What you, and many others have no clue about, is this individual was (still is) considered a son with a family that has a building on campus named after a family member. And the ribbon cutting was done earlier that same year.

I love it when people speak out like this never happened. Absolutely love it.

 

[HuskerO58]

(Why didn't Riley go out and get a hot shot Qb; Juco, transfer, recruit that first winter, 2014-2015, he was here? He arrived in December, 2014. No plan Riley! Notice Scott isn't waiting around to get a Qb that fits his scheme)

Exactly which players should Riley have got for that 2015 class that fit his system? Juco or grad transfer? Specific name.

 

[Sporty]

Everybody has to be right ya know. And when someone challenges them they have to strike out. At my old age I have figured out that being right is enough and let the others fend for themselves. I like when other things are thrown into what is said to make it appear that one does not know what one is talking about. Thanks Dubs.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

Carl leaving probably was not good for Bo - but my understanding is that was an ultimatum. Bo helped him get the FAU job. Rumors were swirling on some bad behavior stuff around Carl and Bo was forced to unload him. In retrospect - the D never played to the same level after that. Let's see what happens to YSU's D with Carl moving to DC at Bowling Green.

I have been told here that a good AD would never force a coach to make a staff move. This cannot be true

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

That's a bunch of BS. Completely made-up. That guy made the story up because he felt he was shafted by the coaching staff somehow. Probably limited access to him and he had to get back at Bo.

Well, you obviously have no idea, but good looking out.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

His teams were tough minded - but that did not work against teams that were just as tough - as soon as Bo had the mandatory sideline melt down you could expect the team to fail. Almost every time.

He blew recruiting.....roster management, talent, development. All not good enough. His inability to hire a staff that could help him was part of it - wanted yes men.

He was hard headed - the Wisky 400 yard game for Gordon. ADJUST Bo. No...too stubborn. He would rather get his way then change the defense to stop the run (in that game). Got badly outcoached in a few games - but overall he actually coached OK - especially D. Again - I don't think he could accept/adjust when he was getting snookered by other coaches. Ego.

The easiest money ever was betting the other team in the 2nd half spread when Bo started to lose it in the 1st half. I bought a few nice tv's and golf club sets thanks to that. Lol

 

[Huskercigar]

The easiest money ever was betting the other team in the 2nd half spread when Bo started to lose it in the 1st half. I bought a few nice tv's and golf club sets thanks to that. Lol

Did you double up on the first half massacres MR was bending over for?

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

Did you double up on the first half massacres MR was bending over for?

Nope. Did I strike a nerve? Keep fighting the good fight for the human trash that was No Pelini. It fits someone like yourself very, very well. Like 2 peas in a pod. See ya at the Cigar fest!

 

[kaz36_rivals189319]

That lame story again, man does that fan fiction have legs.

LOL!!!

 

[kaz36_rivals189319]

People are going to believe what they want to believe. However I know more than a few factual stories about Bo and his antics. None have been mentioned on here yet that are not factual. Argue all one wants I do not care. Truth is truth!

Some of these people should go over to RSS and hear some of the stories Callahan has told about Bo.

 

[dragonraider1]

The Bo Pellini coaching ship has sailed long ago from the coasts of Nebraska as have many before him. He has a team in Ohio for those that still harbor interest in him.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

The Bo Pellini coaching ship has sailed long ago from the coasts of Nebraska as have many before him. He has a team in Ohio for those that still harbor interest in him.

There are many that yearn to be abused. This thread proves it.

 

[c2o]

Ha! I get it, Bo was crazy...but man...the head coach at NU did all these "other" horrible things in so many public venues but there is not one second of cell phone video of him...

1. Running others off the road and flipping them off
2. Being removed from a middle school basketball game for being abusive
3. Being asked to leave a girls softball game for being abusive
4. Bullying some dude in a hotel

You forgot about Hy-Vee when he took every single pack of regular lil smokies and then threw a pack of jalepeno lil smokies across the aisle and yelled "who the f wants jalepeno lil smokies?"

 

[Cash68847]

it applies to both. I find it funny that people think we have binary choices with coaching faults. One need only examine both of their game decisions to see they were out of their depth in making in-game changes.

Both coaches hurt our program far more than they helped it.

Bo was much better at managing a game then Riley and that isn’t saying much. Riley would rate as one of the worst game managers i have ever seen. People blame Bo for Riley’s first year, but Riley’s horrible game management lost multiple games and kept us out of a bowl. I can’t believe people kept buying in after year one.

 

[CatColumbia]

Bo was much better at managing a game then Riley and that isn’t saying much. Riley would rate as one of the worst game managers i have ever seen. People blame Bo for Riley’s first year, but Riley’s horrible game management lost multiple games and kept us out of a bowl. I can’t believe people kept buying in after year one.

We actually went to a bowl his first year and SHOCKED the nation when we beat UCLA. That's when Calibraska started to gain traction.

Having said that, Bo would have won 9 games during Riley's first year.

 

[huskerhooligansdotcom]

We actually went to a bowl his first year and SHOCKED the nation when we beat UCLA. That's when Calibraska started to gain traction.

Having said that, Bo would have won 9 games during Riley's first year.

We were 6-7 in 2015, there were easily three games that we could have won if we just got out of our own way.

If Bo was the coach in 2015, we probably would have beaten BYU, Illinois, Purdue, and NW. We also probably would have lost to MSU and got blown out by Wisconsin instead of losing close. However you want to slice it... we would have been 9-4... nothing better nothing worse

 

[Huskercigar]

Nope. Did I strike a nerve? Keep fighting the good fight for the human trash that was No Pelini. It fits someone like yourself very, very well. Like 2 peas in a pod. See ya at the Cigar fest!

No didn't strike a nerve. It just seems it was much easier to win money these last few years betting against Nebraska. Just wondering if you did.

 

[BeautifulDayintheNeighborhood]

He didn't fail. He won nine games every year. #BOLIeve #BOKnows

 

[JohnRossEwing]

I was at the tailgate where Nebraska officials, including Milliken and Osborne, were scrambling. What you, and many others have no clue about, is this individual was (still is) considered a son with a family that has a building on campus named after a family member. And the ribbon cutting was done earlier that same year.

I love it when people speak out like this never happened. Absolutely love it.

Guess what...I was there too. So were a lot of people.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

You forgot about Hy-Vee when he took every single pack of regular lil smokies and then threw a pack of jalepeno lil smokies across the aisle and yelled "who the f wants jalepeno lil smokies?"

Oh man! That is right! Ha!

I hate that store!

 

[JohnRossEwing]

The easiest money ever was betting the other team in the 2nd half spread when Bo started to lose it in the 1st half. I bought a few nice tv's and golf club sets thanks to that. Lol

Yes! The Wisconsin game when that dude went for 600 yards..the second half line was like 7?!?!?!

 

[coachDubs]

Guess what...

Then don't post.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

Then don't post.

I will think about it...

 

[coachDubs]

I will think about it...

Here comes a brain explosion.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

Here comes a brain explosion.

Credit due...that was clever. Well done.

 

[Bleed Husker Red]

In a year where it seemed like half of the Division 1 teams were looking for coaches his name was not uttered once.

That is all you need to know.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

In a year where it seemed like half of the Division 1 teams were looking for coached his name was not uttered once.

That is all you need to know.

No joke...I have always thought that "Udders" would be a great name for a strip club.

 

[HuskerNate79]

In a year where it seemed like half of the Division 1 teams were looking for coached his name was not uttered once.

That is all you need to know.

Especially considering that he almost certainly farmed his name out for all of them, as he did when he was still here.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

I can't imagine anyone will hire him or was even interested. Why would they be? He is annoying and a dick.