Empathy is a wonderful thing to possess with family, neighbors ... hell, in just about every life endeavor that doesn't involve shitloads of money and/or life itself.
And despite his having more wealth now and into the future than I'll ever possess (and I've been mostly very successful in my 37-year career), I feel empathy for just about anyone experiencing failure, especially very public failure. So I have a soft spot in my heart for Scott Frost, just as I did for Mike Riley, Bill Callahan and Frank Solich before him.
But failure in a business as high-profile as Nebraska football can't be put up with for this long, and at this rate. When I first became a manager, someone told me the about the most important phrase a manager can have in their lexicon: "This just isn't working out." It doesn't place blame. It doesn't assign motives. It just states facts.
- 4-8, 3-6 in the conference
- 5-7, 3-6
- 3-5, 3-5
- 3-7, 1-6
Trev needs to steel himself today or Monday, and prepare to say these words as soon as he and his managers are ready for him to do so:
"This just isn't working out."