Bye Bye Bookie?

[Hoosker Du]

Actually Barf and the rag wanted their bags packed before week one and haven't let up yet. Bookie is a man of his word and has said from day one he is N and only way it changes is if Riley and D Williams K Dub are gone not sure how much more he can do to beat that in people's head. Without those three things may change He spells it out simple for all to see. Again it would not be wise to mess with this class it's small but full of the type of talent this team needs to fill out the west part of the Defense and Wideout talent this team needs going forward. Cleaning house would set us back longer than needed . It can get real Ugly or not around here??

Good Lord, we're talking about the future long-term success of this program, and you guys are worried about keeping this year's recruiting class intact. STOP worrying about personnel, and start concerning yourselves with getting a coach that doesn't have Eric Lee spinning in circles and flailing his arms, while getting yet another PI...or Lamar Jackson whiffing on another tackle.

Worry about getting coaches that can coach, FIRST AND FOREMOST!! We will always be able to recruit better talent than pretty much every West school. When we start winning again, we could do even better. Get good coaches. The rest will fall into place..

 

[Phillipe]

Adults are talking here. Maybe sit this one out.

This is ironic, because I have asked you to present a better timeline of how this should happen, and of course you haven't. I guess you want to avoid the adult questions.

You seem to be avoiding the elephant in the room, probably intentionally. When do you fire SE ? Because you sure as hell aren't gonna let him hire the next guy. So, if you wait to fire SE in December, then how long before you hire a new AD? And then how do you expect the new AD to make a decision at that point? Unless you fire them both in December, but now you are hiring an AD who still needs to hire a coach. When does that get done?

How does that salvage anything? Unless you want to wait until after the first signing date which is dishonest. But, then again, who the hell in the country thinks Riley is surviving this?

So, your whole theory is based on some assumption that Riley was gonna survive this ? Are you the last person to see that this staff is completely incompetent? Or do you just want to pretend that this team got worse after SE was fired?

 

[Hoosker Du]

This is ironic, because I have asked you to present a better timeline of how this should happen, and of course you haven't. I guess you want to avoid the adult questions.

You seem to be avoiding the elephant in the room, probably intentionally. When do you fire SE ? Because you sure as hell aren't gonna let him hire the next guy. So, if you wait to fire SE in December, then how long before you hire a new AD? And then how do you expect the new AD to make a decision at that point? Unless you fire them both in December, but now you are hiring an AD who still needs to hire a coach. When does that get done?

How does that salvage anything? Unless you want to wait until after the first signing date which is dishonest. But, then again, who the hell in the country thinks Riley is surviving this?

So, your whole theory is based on some assumption that Riley was gonna survive this ? Are you the last person to see that this staff is completely incompetent? Or do you just want to pretend that this team got worse after SE was fired?

Exactly! Why worry about something you can't control (keeping recruits committed) when the current staff would have to go 4-1 just to get to 7-5. And that still probably wouldn't save their jobs. And BTW, who honestly thinks they win 4 of the last 5?

 

[RealTucoSalamanca]

Exactly! Why worry about something you can't control (keeping recruits committed) when the current staff would have to go 4-1 just to get to 7-5. And that still probably wouldn't save their jobs. And BTW, who honestly thinks they win 4 of the last 5?

Says the guy talking about who to hire as football coach. Why worry something you can’t control though? Ha ha

 

[Phillipe]

Did you not read the previous posts on what the recruits have said about Nebraska losing to Oregon, NIU, Wisconsin and OSU? Not saying losing doesn't have any effect, but the rumors of our coaches being fired are having a larger effect than our losses this season.

Like the two don't go hand in hand.

 

[huskernaut_rivals292165]

There's no guarantee even if Riley stays, that these players will honor their verbal commitment to Nebraska. Does the name Blades ring a bell?

 

[kaz36_rivals189319]

There's no guarantee even if Riley stays, that these players will honor their verbal commitment to Nebraska. Does the name Blades ring a bell?

Thatsca completely different situation. They sold him on the idea that they had a plan to try and get him eligible after Florida cut him loose because they knew he couldn't do it. When he didn't become eligible, he cut bait and ran away.

 

[Hoosker Du]

Says the guy talking about who to hire as football coach. Why worry something you can’t control though? Ha ha

I could have worded it better, like "Why stress about by far the least important part of this equation? Who we chose as our next head coach is infinitely more important than how many recruits we can salvage from our current recruiting class."

So I was more so saying "if you're going to stress about something, stress about Moos getting qualified candidates lined up now."

 

[bshirt73]

This is why you don't lose to NIU, get **** stomped by OSU and not even force a point, and give up 42 in one half to an unranked team with a new staff.
You're excuses will never end.

The excuses never, ever end here. On the field results? Nahhhh......who cares?

 

[GeauxBigRed]

This would suck

You reap what you sow. Run coaches who are in the middle of a culture change out at year 3 and the big boys won’t want to play here. This fan base thinks we need to be Alabama by year 3 after Bo poisoned this team.

Hell last year the poor guy had a f’n senior captain who openly didn’t give a f*ck. The culture in Lincoln is Toxic and if Scott Frost is smart he would stay far away from there.

 

[Toms Wife]

You reap what you sow. Run coaches who are in the middle of a culture change out at year 3 and the big boys won’t want to play here. This fan base thinks we need to be Alabama by year 3 after Bo poisoned this team.

Hell last year the poor guy had a f’n senior captain who openly didn’t give a f*ck. The culture in Lincoln is Toxic and if Scott Frost is smart he would stay far away from there.

Who would have thought the word toxic would retain such popularity on this board in the last part of year three of Riley's tenure. What a load of toxic waste!

 

[Huskercigar]

Exactly! Why worry about something you can't control (keeping recruits committed) when the current staff would have to go 4-1 just to get to 7-5. And that still probably wouldn't save their jobs. And BTW, who honestly thinks they win 4 of the last 5?

And who honestly thinks the recruits would stay committed at 7-5 or 6-6?

 

[Huskercigar]

. This fan base thinks we need to be Alabama by year 3 after Bo poisoned this team.

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This post is entirely incorrect. Nobody is expecting Alabama by the third year. But we are expecting to be better than Northern Illinois and a 3rd year coach Wisconsin team and 1st year coach Minnesota and Purdue. The Bo cancer is so over blown if you expect your coaches to provide any type of leadership and buy in. We are in the 3rd year and still blaming a Bo cancer. Not to mention that Senior QB you referred to is the only reason Mike Riley had a winning season.

 

[Hoosker Du]

And who honestly thinks the recruits would stay committed at 7-5 or 6-6?

I was suggesting that the coaches will more than likely be gone anyway if they finish 6-6 or even 7-5.

 

[Headcard]

And who honestly thinks the recruits would stay committed at 7-5 or 6-6?

I think they would, most of our commits are really attached to one of the Williams and they have been sold that they are going to come in play right away and turn things around.

But worrying about the commits is kind of the tail wagging the dog.

 

[Hoosker Du]

You reap what you sow. Run coaches who are in the middle of a culture change out at year 3 and the big boys won’t want to play here. This fan base thinks we need to be Alabama by year 3 after Bo poisoned this team.

Hell last year the poor guy had a f’n senior captain who openly didn’t give a f*ck. The culture in Lincoln is Toxic and if Scott Frost is smart he would stay far away from there.

Good Lord, put your tissues away and quit sniffling. Mike Riley knows what is expected of him in year 3, and he knows he hasn't performed at a level that he needs to be at to keep his job.

 

[gw2kpro]

This fan base thinks we need to be Alabama by year 3 after Bo poisoned this team.

You are wrong.

Nobody I know thinks this and I haven't seen anything remotely like this posted up here.

If I'm wrong, go ahead and link it. Should be able to find at least 10-15 examples if "the fan base" thinks this way.

I think most fans believe that we should be able to beat NIU and compete for this weak-*** division. And I CAN link a bunch of posts up here to back that up.

Those expectations are SIGNIFICANTLY lower expectations than this program has had in forever. And we are not even meeting that lowered bar.

 

[GeauxBigRed]

This post is entirely incorrect. Nobody is expecting Alabama by the third year. But we are expecting to be better than Northern Illinois and a 3rd year coach Wisconsin team and 1st year coach Minnesota and Purdue. The Bo cancer is so over blown if you expect your coaches to provide any type of leadership and buy in. We are in the 3rd year and still blaming a Bo cancer. Not to mention that Senior QB you referred to is the only reason Mike Riley had a winning season.

I was referring to how senior Saftey last year who is suppose to be a role model and decided not to go to class.

All these players we have committed said they are sold on the plan, a vast majority of them would sign before people started losing their collect minds and calling for a coaches head after year three.. even though we gave a man who told us to go f*ck ourselves more than twice that. Call it an excuse, say it’s dumb, I just think this needs more time.

Im just glad Moos is the one making the decision and not any of y’all.

 

[GeauxBigRed]

You are wrong.

Nobody I know thinks this and I haven't seen anything remotely like this posted up here.

If I'm wrong, go ahead and link it. Should be able to find at least 10-15 examples if "the fan base" thinks this way.

I think most fans believe that we should be able to beat NIU and compete for this weak-*** division. And I CAN link a bunch of posts up here to back that up.

Those expectations are SIGNIFICANTLY lower expectations than this program has had in forever. And we are not even meeting that lowered bar.

We had a coach that did that. And he was fired because he was a meanie.

 

[Phillipe]

I was referring to how senior Saftey last year who is suppose to be a role model and decided not to go to class.

All these players we have committed said they are sold on the plan, a vast majority of them would sign before people started losing their collect minds and calling for a coaches head after year three.. even though we gave a man who told us to go f*ck ourselves more than twice that. Call it an excuse, say it’s dumb, I just think this needs more time.

Im just glad Moos is the one making the decision and not any of y’all.

Yeah but the guy that told us off was never this bad. Unfortunately for you, we still have to play the games, and they televise them.

Riley took over a team that never got close to a losing season under the coach we fired because he wasn't good enough. That was the beauty of firing a perennial 9 win coach. It meant Nebraska had high expectations. Remember the " win the games that matter" stuff.

Well, now people want us to lower those expectations because our coach sucks and, well, some people like our coach.

Great way to run a program.

 

[GeauxBigRed]

Yeah but the guy that told us off was never this bad. Unfortunately for you, we still have to play the games, and they televise them.

Riley took over a team that never got close to a losing season under the coach we fired because he wasn't good enough. That was the beauty of firing a perennial 9 win coach. It meant Nebraska had high expectations. Remember the " win the games that matter" stuff.

Well, now people want us to lower those expectations because our coach sucks and, well, some people like our coach.

Great way to run a program.

I think there is a slight difference between lowering expectations and being able to live in the real world where there was a lot going against this team and program that is in the process of being fixed without chalking it up as “ people making excuses for this coach”.

Do you really think if we go 5-0 or 4-1 he is gone? I’d be willing to bet money he won’t go anywhere if that’s the case.

 

[Phillipe]

I think there is a slight difference between lowering expectations and being able to live in the real world where there was a lot going against this team and program that is in the process of being fixed without chalking it up as “ people making excuses for this coach”.

Do you really think if we go 5-0 or 4-1 he is gone? I’d be willing to bet money he won’t go anywhere if that’s the case.

Actually, I think saying "there was a lot going against this team and program" is nothing but an excuse. Most coaches in college football have taken over situations worse than a program averaging over 9 wins a season and making the CCG about half the time.

I think to say this train wreck is "in the process of getting fixed"is ridiculous. Maybe go back and listen to the words of the AD when we fired the last coach and hired this one. " I believe we have the players now to win championships". You guys keep moving the goalposts, but Riley was hired to win. He doesn't.

And I think this team is so poorly coached and uninterested there is no way they go 4-1.