BO wasn't going to continue to win 9 and 10 a year! He was running out of player recruited by Callahan. BO was notorious for waiting till the end of the recruiting cycle to see what he could grab.
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Bo was delusional about his own ability, due to the success the defense had with Suh. That was the worst thing that could have happened to him. He is not a very insightful person, he still holds a grudge to this day, and I can imagine what happened to anybody who tried to give him some advice, especially after the 2009-2010 seasons. Firing him was the wrong decision made by the wrong person because there wasn't a better option lined up. Memo to Penn State, only fire a winning coach if you have somebody better.
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We’ll never know. Kind of sad but even Tom has said multiple times he made a mistake in hiring Bo. Frank warned him against it.
That makes two head coach hiring mistakes that can be attributed to Osborne.
Jeezus not this again. This assertion, you’ve made it before and know it to be a complete falsehood. Osborne never said he made a ”mistake” in hiring Bo. Never. He said it didn’t work out and he went with the best information he had at the time. Google “Osborne mistake hiring Pelini” and finally get this through your thick fiction writing skull. You will not find a single of these supposed multiple times, much less this new Frank tidbit. Lay off the barolo and this story.
For as much as I disliked Bo and thought firing him was a good move, you're probably right.
So many close losses that year.
Wow, you are able to predict the future? I am not the biggest Bo fan, but I think you are trying to distort factual history. I like facts and not guesses. Bo coached Nebraska for 7 years. I am betting he didn't have too many of Callahan's players towards the end of his tenure, especially his sixth and seventh seasons. As bad as you say Bo's recruiting then why could he win at least 9 games a season when Riley did it once, Frost never and Rhule so far has not done it either. Makes them all look pretty bad. The worst thing about firing Bo was Eichorst had no idea who he or what he needed to replace him.
Someone's third cousin's brother-in-law's dental hygenist probably heard Dr. Tom say it.
Personally and firsthand!
Any player on that Minnesota team has never lost a game to Nebraska in football. It’s the feeling Nebraska used to have when they went and played Kansas and Iowa State the 70s and 80s. Now Nebraska is the hapless loser program.
Bo was running out of Callahans players? What?
Bo hated recruiting? Okay, I am guessing all coaches do, it is a sales job, it is annoying. (Still has dudes playing in the NFL)
Bo wasnt going to with 9 and 10 games forever. Oh, I mean, probably not but that is all he did while he was here so...
I know some fans hate Bo because Bo didn't like the fans but you have to understand that none of the coaches like us. We are annoying. None of us like the annoying "customers" that are part of our jobs.
Bo hated recruiting? Okay, I am guessing all coaches do, it is a sales job, it is annoying. (Still has dudes playing in the NFL)
Bo wasnt going to with 9 and 10 games forever. Oh, I mean, probably not but that is all he did while he was here so...
I know some fans hate Bo because Bo didn't like the fans but you have to understand that none of the coaches like us. We are annoying. None of us like the annoying "customers" that are part of our jobs.
Ha...Sooo true!
Also imagine that "warning" from Frank!
"Tom, whatever you do, DO NOT hire Bo...he will ONLY a lot of games and get to two conference championship games, yikes, don't do it"
Hahaha. It is why those "exit interviews" are so important and totally change company practices! Haha
I wonder if Bo would consider giving it another shot? unlikely, but I'd like the happy ending.. would love watching him turn the place into a beast a second time around.
Yep. He's killing it where he's at after jumping ship from hometown YSU, where he was getting ready to be fired, to LSU where he was quickly fired.
I nominate this for dumbest post of the year. Or most sarcastic (hopefully for you).
IDK. I know Matt said "we are building a beast" so the statement that we were not ready for a fist fight kind of flies in face of that statement for sure. If we are indeed building a beast here, then we should be STARTING a fist fight every time we take the field. Some people say the team is soft. I worry more about the players knowing certain plays/formations/blocking assignments/ defensive alignments do not work, and having the feeling that at this point in the season, knowing some things never work, get down and become frustrated.
So many things we cannot know. What is the true morale of the team? What do team leaders REALLY think about what we are running or trying to run? DO the coaches want/take/encourage feedback from players? Does Matt get honest feedback from them? If information does not flow from the bottom to the top, organizations fail. We see a few talking heads at the podium every week. Basically all saying the same thing. We see the problems. We have to get this or that fixed. And then it isn't fixed. Most of what is said is out of loyalty which is good up to a point.
I still question running the 3-3-5 in the B1G. I have no clue what the hell our S & C guys are doing, but it is not working. And more than all that I question the idea that the O line should only have to hold their blocks for 3 seconds. The 30 for 20 doc on the 1985 Bears, Richard Dent said their opponents had 2.5 seconds to throw the ball. The 85 Bears. Running the 46. We sure as hell are not playing against any defenses that good. Maybe in todays game the goal is to get it out in 3 seconds?? Maybe if your running a 7 yard route?? No doubt I am missing something here.
So many things we cannot know. What is the true morale of the team? What do team leaders REALLY think about what we are running or trying to run? DO the coaches want/take/encourage feedback from players? Does Matt get honest feedback from them? If information does not flow from the bottom to the top, organizations fail. We see a few talking heads at the podium every week. Basically all saying the same thing. We see the problems. We have to get this or that fixed. And then it isn't fixed. Most of what is said is out of loyalty which is good up to a point.
I still question running the 3-3-5 in the B1G. I have no clue what the hell our S & C guys are doing, but it is not working. And more than all that I question the idea that the O line should only have to hold their blocks for 3 seconds. The 30 for 20 doc on the 1985 Bears, Richard Dent said their opponents had 2.5 seconds to throw the ball. The 85 Bears. Running the 46. We sure as hell are not playing against any defenses that good. Maybe in todays game the goal is to get it out in 3 seconds?? Maybe if your running a 7 yard route?? No doubt I am missing something here.
There have been multiple interviews where he made that statement. Since you apparently live out of state it’s unlikely you heard those when they were aired.
It was in interviews on the radio. You can chose to believe it or not. I don’t really care.
I disagree. If you do a simple Google search, "Did Tom Osborne ever pubicly say hiring Bo Pelini was a mistake?" You will find multiple, multiple, multiple articles where Tom makes comments similar to that.
Did he technically use the word, "Mistake", NO, but there are several comments that say that in different terms.
Things like Bo didn't have a good relationship with the press, fans, etc and how some of those things "bit him and bit the program." I guess if that's not a mistake in hiring, I don't know what is.
Osborne said Pelini won a lot of games but didn't relate well to the press or the fans, and the hire didn't turn out as well as he had hoped. What's he supposed to say, after Pelini's been fired?
I'm fairly certain Solich being named head coach didn't turn out as well as Osborne had hoped either. But TO would never say that was a mistake.