Fire Moos, bring in Joe Moglia as A.D. to right the ship. If anyone can fix the culture here, it would be Moglia.
Time to fire Moos
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That's my feeling as well. John Cook is the only man in the state of Nebraska who knows how to run a program at national championship level, recruit the type of talent necessary, and keep it going through multiple coaching changes. Unlike football, where Frank Solich got his first head coaching job without an interview, the volleyball transition from Terry Pettit to John Cook was a textbook example of maintaining momentum through a major transition. And Cook's successor Tyler Hildebrand, hired away from volleyball power Long Beach State, is already on campus working with the team.
Tom Osborne might be the only other person like that within Nebraska's borders, but he's 83 years old and retired. As athletic director he clearly didn't have the energy he once exhibited, and that's not a criticism. I'll be lucky to be above ground at that age.
I don't know about John Cook. How much does he know about football and basketball? I'm hoping those are our two major sports in the future and we don't turn into a volleyball school.
And didn’t someone mention in post having hired Nebraska guy with ties like Osborne and Pederson hasn’t been all that successful..
I remember a lot of fans, including me thinking Nebraska should do a national search to get the best coach available instead of Solich. The concern was he had never been a head coach and his demeanor didn't seem to inspire a lot of confidence. I was disappointed in the man I thought Osborne was by going around the AD the way he did to appoint Frank. And anyway, Solich was "encouraged" to keep assistants and there was the scandal with Bohl so he had tough sledding from the start. If he had been given some more time, things may have turned out alright and we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
Pederson had success at Pitt and was well-regarded as AD at the time. At the time of his hire message boards were coming into their own and we were warned he was a jerk by Pitt fans and that gave me pause. He was hated by a lot of traditional Pitt fans for demolishing the on campus stadium and changing logos and I think he abolished a traditional booster club or something like that. I seem to recall people were split about whether he would be a good hire or not.
I'm guilty of really wanting Bo as did most fans.
I'm guilty of really wanting Frost as did most fans.
Oh....and BTW....in regard to your other post, I predict you will live long past 83 and be popping Viagra and having a good old time.
Any 9 win Pelini team is better than what we have with Frost. Sadly most here would disagree with me on this.
And I’m not a Boliever
Completely agree. At least you could take some pride in those teams. It's just flat out embarrassing how bad we've been the last 6 years.
I think he’s more polarizing than Callahan or Riley. That means he gets talked about more. Riley would definitely be the most bashed if people felt he was worth the time of day to even discuss.
