Good Lord those posters like Archie, Backisbroke, Red Rover, and 4.6.3 who thought he was the 2nd coming we’re right…
…at least compared to what the situation is now!
…at least compared to what the situation is now!
Mike Riley come back!
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1000 times better than your Ginger Jesus. But back then, you used to agree that Saturdays matter. Now you need to stick to what outfits they wear, while excusing the trash coaching going on now. I hope you’re enjoying it!
Why would I be enjoying this and where do you get me making excuses now..You make zero sense.. Still agree Saturday’s matter..
Perhaps they were able to see into the future and see what our team would become.
Mike Riley would have posted better results than what we’ve seen the past 5 years; I don’t think that’s even in dispute. There would have been around 5 to 8 wins a year, a bowl game or two. His downfall was listening to too many people going into 2017 and hiring Diaco, who wasn’t a good fit for the program from Day 1 (schematically, personality—you name it). If he had kept Banker and at least maintained that consistency, we’d likely be a 7 win program today and we could center our complaints about December bowl games, not being the laughingstock of the Big Ten.
That’s my understanding, too. Have no firsthand knowledge about how true it is. But Banker was his friend and had been his defensive coordinator for a long time, so I’m guessing his hand was forced.
I agree. Mike Riley at least qualified for bowl games in two out of his three years here. If we hadn't gone from being a 9-4 team to a 4-8 team the very next year, most likely Mike Riley would still be coaching here.
Moos would have never keep him around for two more seasons for 5 years and they would have had 2 losing season as well.. Hell they might have won fewer games in 2018 than SF did..
Wrong he had one winning season 9-4 in 2016..
They still had a losing season and were gifted a bowl..
Neither Eichorst nor Riley made that call. Look further up.
Hank Bounds and his plant Devaney were running the show at the end of 2016. Eichorst and Riley knew they were dead men walking before the 2017 season started. The firing of Banker was one of the moves made for all the wrong reasons
Twas just a matter of when.
I know they still didn’t qualify for a bowl… Made one because of not enough .500 teams and they had a higher grade point average…
Commend them for winning the bowl game..
Callahan could at least recruit. If he were to get a good defensive coordinator I would definitely be for it.
Callahan wasn’t as horrible as many make him out to be. His Offense could score points. He could also recruit really well. Could have developed some players better and also deserved a better D-coordinator.
He would likely bounced for the NFL at some point had he had more success here and not been fired.
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He’s the best offensive line coach. Maybe in the history of football. Milt was good, but in a niche system taught for decades. Callahans lines are very well rounded, and consistent. But he was an outsider, so he had to be drug through the mud by our inbred fanbase.
His biggest downfall was his choice for defensive coordinator. If he had hired a good defensive coordinator instead of his buddy Kevin Cosgrove, he likely would have a job.
That’s the main reason, he was loyal and didn’t want to change if Callahan would have fired him ( which he wouldn’t) I believe he could have stuck around longer..
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Osborne wasn’t going to keep him, after all the lies and stories told because some people didn’t get the access they were used to. Didn’t matter his defense wasn’t good, we have just as bad now, and those same boosters are happy because they get to run an NIL club, and travel with the team.
I think Osborne would have kept Callahan if he could have finished the 2007 season with a winning record. If he had gotten rid of Cosgrove and had started Joe Ganz earlier in the season, he might have saved his job.
Telling you we don’t have enough depth on the D-line currently..
NW line whipped us in the 4thQ .
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Dawsons boys got their **** pushed in. Ruuds guys were trying to overcome no help. The secondary was asked to make way to many run game plays. Too bad the defense ran out of Riley recruits!