You nailed it-- the key is what "quality" assistants can be attracted when they know full well if Nebraska doesnt meet expectations next year Frost is gone-- and consequently, they'd be out of a job after a year.
What expectations? We go 6-6 and that is improvement. The expectations are you can coach at DONU after 4 consecutive losing seasons. I'd bet Tom Herman would come here as OC for a mil a year and think, holy **** I can take over and look at how low the expectations are... and I'm in the B1G West!?
True but they also know that just making a bowl games means their new current two year deal gets another year added on. This is a dream gig right now because you know you are getting good cash, for two years, fired or not AND you know the expectation is just a bowl game.
No coach makes a move based on "well if I get fired I get this".....especially a young coach who has high aspirations.
I wanted a different kind of certainty, but I am in this camp too. For all the shock and awe with the players, they at least now know for sure who is going to be there next year.
That's not how it works. When Frost goes, the whole staff goes too. This isn't the NFL where the owner tells the new coach that he's keeping certain assistants because he likes them and has them under contract
Agreed. Special teams and OL have been a problem since Frost arrived and they have not been fixed. That’s, on Frost. I am hoping a few new coaches can clean up this OL and special teams mess. Unfortunately the captain of the ship is still here and all this happened on his watch.
I have no idea who he will be able to attract, but people in the know are familiar with every up-and-comer looking to upgrade his resume or prove himself. The life of a coach is fraught with risks. Anyone coming through the doors will have a guaranteed 2 year contract. And if this thing fails at the end of next season, it hardly falls on the shoulders of any single position coach. A lot of upside, not much downside really.
I didn't want Herman as head coach, but he was a hell of a oc with Iowa State and then Ohio State. Give him one and a half to two million to rehabilitate his image for a couple of years and then move on to another head coaching job.
Key quote: "There's not a lot of empirical data out there to suggest this will work, let's be honest. But I also think, if there's a decision point - whether it's football or anything else, you know, Scott's a brother, he's a Husker, and he's a Nebraskan."
I couldn’t care less about the money, it’s not mine, I’m only invested emotionally and it does wear on fans, we are somewhere in between the toxic later years Pelini regime and Smiley Riley cupcakes and sprinkles. I give frost credit for wanting to get this right, he looks beat up and would be easy to take the money and run, I like what trev said, when a decision isn’t clear, error on the side of loyalty, that will go a long way for coaching searches in future if frost ultimately fails next year. I have a hunch this will rejuvenate frost, new coaches, new concepts( old concepts, solid fundamentals would be better)
Just kidding. I agree wholeheartedly.
And before someone say posters such as us have Stockholm Syndrome, or something to that effect, I have thought this through from both sides - neither of which really have an immediate desirable outcome in the short-term, in my opinion. This one was just the most feasible.
I still don't think the buyout is what steered this decision. I know the money is there.
Regarding the money thing, I was merely pointing out that it isn't a factor. People keep talking about "saving $ by keeping him another year," as if that is the overall determining factor. And it isn't.
