TE Coach Bob Wager resigns

[Redmich]

Bob Huggins would be proud

 

[SuperBigFan]

He was popped at 1:30 in the morning with an open container driving around. If the .15 BAC is true. That could result in a felony.

Remember when booze bottles came with a strip over the top of the cap? I remember (maybe an old wives tale) that if that strip/seal was broken and you were driving, that you could be cited for having an "open container"

 

[king_kong_]

He was popped at 1:30 in the morning with an open container driving around. If the .15 BAC is true. That could result in a felony.

1:30am is the most distressing fact to me

Partially blame his wife for enabling this

Everyone knows open container 2x legal limit driving is best done during daylight hours

 

[SuperBigFan]

1:30am is the most distressing fact to me

I can't remember the last time I was out that late.

Years, for sure.

I do remember back in the day where at 1:30am we were finishing off some McDoubles and fries, checking for scores for all the games we bet and saying "Yeah, we can just clean this up in the morning"

 

[Huskers123456]

It is crazy to think and I have said this before, but if you go out to happy hour after work with co-workers, you have driven home buzzed or drunk or both

Now, before the perfect posters attack me with bible quotes and stories about how their van filled with orphans was hit by a drunk driver and everyone died, including the poster who is now posting from heaven and the drunk driver lived and got off on a technicality, I am NOT saying it is some great thing to do. Just saying that it is probably super common.

An Applebee's waitress or a construction worker isn't the same as the TE coach at Nebraska making $315,000 a year. You can get another waitress or blue-collar job. That might be his only shot at coaching big-time cfb. Terrible decision making.

 

[Huskers123456]

Does it seem very Rhule like that he has an experienced TE coach in an analyst role who also has ties to Texas?

 

[SuperBigFan]

1:30am is the most distressing fact to me

Partially blame his wife for enabling this

Everyone knows open container 2x legal limit driving is best done during daylight hours

I almost spit out my drink! hahaha

 

[SuperBigFan]

An Applebee's waitress or a construction worker isn't the same as the TE coach at Nebraska making $315,000 a year. You can get another waitress or blue-collar job. That might be his only shot at coaching big-time cfb. Terrible decision making.

For sure. Totally agree.

Doesn't change the fact that what I said is pretty accurate.

 

[SeaOfRed75]

.15? A pro.

 

[king_kong_]

.15? A pro.

Disagree

.15 is breakfast for pros

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Ouch .. this wasn’t just one or two many at happy hour. He was wasted

 

[Charlie Marlow_rivals363743]

I would assume he resigned so Rhule wasn't put in a position of making that decision.

I would assume he’s going to pull a Bobby Huggins a month from now

 

[regoratsginrom]

1:30 am is a good time to be popped but not in a car with one open. He’s got a problem that Rhule didn’t know about when he hired him.

He knew.

 

[SuperBigFan]

Ouch .. this wasn’t just one or two many at happy hour. He was wasted

He is the guy at the party that thinks EVERYTHING is the best idea around 1am.

And tells you that he totally loves you and that you need to hang out more...then you don't see him for another 4 months.

 

[RedJensen]

You can take the country hillbilly outta Texas…but…

 

[EmormousDouchebag]

then you don't see him for another 4 months.

Well, he's certainly taken care of that part.

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

Josh Martin has good experience. We'll be fine.

 

[steinek11]

1:30am is the most distressing fact to me

Partially blame his wife for enabling this

Everyone knows open container 2x legal limit driving is best done during daylight hours

Yep, VERY few cars on the road that late. He stuck out like a sore thumb with any erratic driving

 

[steinek11]

Remember when booze bottles came with a strip over the top of the cap? I remember (maybe an old wives tale) that if that strip/seal was broken and you were driving, that you could be cited for having an "open container"

In Iowa, if the beers are even accessible in the front seat, that is open container.

I feel bad that this went down. Not condemning the guy. In high school and college, I drove several dozen times, completely trashed, as in pull over, I need to heave. Thankfully never got into any accidents, but just an incredibly, incredibly stupid and dangerous thing I did.

 

[NikkiSixx_rivals269993]

Just a guess, but other than the embarrassment, he probably thought this is a good time to head back home.

This is a guy who was used to high school football and that environment, and it's entirely possible that he may not have liked the college environment, so it's not necessarily a reflection on Nebraska or Rhule either.

Anyway, there goes our Texas recruiting connection.

 

[RBigredMax]

Yeah, I agree.

If he agrees to it in his contract it should. Which I’m assuming he did. Can’t hold the team accountable if you can’t hold coaches accountable

 

[steinek11]

Just a guess, but other than the embarrassment, he probably thought this is a good time to head back home.

This is a guy who was used to high school football and that environment, and it's entirely possible that he may not have liked the college environment, so it's not necessarily a reflection on Nebraska or Rhule either.

Anyway, there goes our Texas recruiting connection.

No. Comedy.

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

Just a guess, but other than the embarrassment, he probably thought this is a good time to head back home.

This is a guy who was used to high school football and that environment, and it's entirely possible that he may not have liked the college environment, so it's not necessarily a reflection on Nebraska or Rhule either.

Anyway, there goes our Texas recruiting connection.

We've got plenty of Texas connections.

 

[NikkiSixx_rivals269993]

No. Comedy.

?

 

[Bremser_rivals74172]

Shoot, just create a position, a "driver" job, for a current student that is basically like an intern and a gopher,

Take coaches to the airport, pick them up if they need a ride, pick up their kids if they need to be picked up.

****, back in the day, maybe still today, executives had a car service.

MLB, IIRC, has a 1-800 number any employee / player can call, anywhere, any time (year round) to be given a ride home at MLB’s expense. This apparently works. I don’t follow MLB, but have they had recent DUIs?

Every salient organization should consider doing the same or similar. …would save a ton of consternation and money.

 

[timnsun]

Just a guess, but other than the embarrassment, he probably thought this is a good time to head back home.

This is a guy who was used to high school football and that environment, and it's entirely possible that he may not have liked the college environment, so it's not necessarily a reflection on Nebraska or Rhule either.

Anyway, there goes our Texas recruiting connection.

Like others have said, we have many who are connected to Texas. Wager was extremely highly respected, and will absolutely be a loss, but Texas recruiting won’t dry up because of this.

 

[steinek11]

?

Texas recruiting will be just fine. His secret weapon is SJ Hulme. She is deeply connected to HS football in TX.

 

[Antwill]

How old is the guy? 1:30am?

He definitely has a problem. Rhule probably wanted to give him a shot, but there very well may be a good reason he hired a consultant who has 3 years experience as a TE coach.

 

[NikkiSixx_rivals269993]

.15? A pro.

not even close, especially at 1:30 am

if it was closer to .25 or over, then I would say he's a club member

 

[OmahaSker]

He was popped at 1:30 in the morning with an open container driving around. If the .15 BAC is true. That could result in a felony.

Lol not even close to a felony

 

[king_kong_]

not even close, especially at 1:30 am

if it was closer to .25 or over, then I would say he's a club member

agreed

if anything, 1:30am makes me think much less problem than bad luck/bad choice

real boozehounds are 3 sheets at 11:50am and calling it a workday

 

[Walleye 1]

Lol not even close to a felony

Not that it matters. But this is not true. .15 or higher can constitute a felony.

 

[Scat_Back]

I would assume he resigned so Rhule wasn't put in a position of making that decision.

Lol if you really think his resignation was not the result of a conversation with Rhule before hand then you’re unbelievably socially inept. Yowsers

 

[Baxter48_rivals204143]

Josh Martin has good experience. We'll be fine.

It looks that way on paper, it just seems that the hits keep coming, just can’t catch a break

 

[NikkiSixx_rivals269993]

MLB, IIRC, has a 1-800 number any employee / player can call, anywhere, any time (year round) to be given a ride home at MLB’s expense. This apparently works. I don’t follow MLB, but have they had recent DUIs?

Every salient organization should consider doing the same or similar. …would save a time of consternation and money.

Something else I want to add to this..

Back in the day, we didn't have ride hailing services. A taxi was mega expensive, so as Sam Kinison used to say, there was no other way to get the car home, so you drove, and you pulled it of.

But today with Ubers and Lyft and such, you make those choices before you even go out for the evening.

It seems incredibly dumb to get a DUI these days if you're going to go out celebrating for the night.

 

[dinglefritz]

agreed

if anything, 1:30am makes me think much less problem than bad luck/bad choice

real boozehounds are 3 sheets at 11:50am and calling it a workday

Open container and driving drunk at 1:30 am seems a lot out of the norm for a man in his position unless he has an alcohol problem. Isn’t he married?

 

[JOHNNY N]

Welp that settles it. He was in fact a dumbass

 

[dinglefritz]

Something else I want to add to this..

Back in the day, we didn't have ride hailing services. A taxi was mega expensive, so as Sam Kinison used to say, there was no other way to get the car home, so you drove, and you pulled it of.

But today with Ubers and Lyft and such, you make those choices before you even go out for the evening.

It seems incredibly dumb to get a DUI these days if you're going to go out celebrating for the night.

We’ve ubered to parties in Omaha 10 blocks from our hotel for that reason.

 

[otismotis08]

Don't act like this was a one time occurrence. Most times it's just that they finally got caught.