14 or 15 portal players will be taken. Updated 11 and counting
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Tom didnt meddle enough. He stayed out when pedo hired callahan and wanted to step in but didnt. Wish he would have. BC ruined this program, but pedo is to blame. Dont believe any of that crap about BC needing a different DC he was aHORRIBLE head coach, period.
Hiring Solich was THE critical mistake of Husker football!!! Nebraska was the cock of the walk when TO retired. We needed a tremendous hire, and we went in-house with a guy who ended up coaching at Ohio for the rest of his career. TO is a top 3 college coach of all time. Very hard to replace. Definitely cannot replace him with an internal hire.
I don't know if it was thee critical mistake, but I can definitely understand the argument that it was one of them. Others include hiring Pelini and moving to the B1G. All three were on TO's watch.
I think this could be true, but I’m worried about the interior defensive line next year. Could be a liability if we can’t address it with the portal. Also have some things to get sorted out in the secondary. McCollough is a HUGE get and will help, but we need another CB with some size. Maybe another safety too.
Many fan bases are treating the Portal like it's some kind of magic but keep in mind, teams that are taking a huge about of transfers from the Portal have huge holes in their roster. And keep in mind many players - not all - are in the Portal due to lack of playing time at their previous school.
Are there top players in the Portal - sure - but if you follow closely, many of the top programs gobble them up.......OSU, Georgia, Texas, etc. In fact. I could be wrong, but I believe Clemson and Dabo refuse to use the Portal. OSU only took 6 Portal players last year and almost all of them were top players that contributed big-time this year
Are there top players in the Portal - sure - but if you follow closely, many of the top programs gobble them up.......OSU, Georgia, Texas, etc. In fact. I could be wrong, but I believe Clemson and Dabo refuse to use the Portal. OSU only took 6 Portal players last year and almost all of them were top players that contributed big-time this year
Is it just me? Or do other people think the portal opening and closing and/or extending for circumstances and/or exempting for certain circumstances and so on is just ridiculous? Why don’t we have just 1 or maybe 2 portal “openings”? Open the portal once all conference championship games are played and bowls/playoff matchups are announced, close it before spring practices start and then open it after all teams have completed spring ball. Then close it again before fall camp. Simplify this shit and make it consistent and clear.
I believe there are just 2 portal windows already.
One before the spring semester begins (now) and another before the fall semester begins (summer)
Then they should change it so closes before spring ball and close it before fall camp. I just hate that kids can leave in the middle of practices or right before the 1st game of the season. Giving kids the option to leave is fair, but allow your coaches and teammates a little consideration.
I think he is referring to all of the exceptions to the window closing last night. Why not just wait until all the games are over?
It has more to do with school than sport (STUDENT-athletes)
I agree that shouldn’t matter at all
Frank was the logical choice and the biggest mistake was hiring Bo and letting him bring Carl. Carl and Bo got Frank fired IMO.
IMO, Frank got fired because he didn't bow down to the AD's wishes and the AD thought Frank acted too independently and wasn't controllable.
Wow, I obviously knew he was good but I didn't realize he actually had that many catches.
There’s no doubt Pedie tried to give Frank directions on recruiting and the staff’s personal behavior. Ultimately that’s what I’m saying and Pedie wasn’t wrong about our recruiting organization and the off field problems. It was a no win situation where Frank mistakenly thought that he didn’t answer to anybody and that the substance abuse and personal behavior didn’t matter. When Tom said “I thought we could have worked things out” I believe he was talking about the personal issues and recruiting organization. Carl’s issues will influence staff expectations and retention for decades. We’ve already seen. It play out this past summer. Moos had his own substance abuse problem so Frost got a pass….for a while.
I’ll add, I don’t believe Frank would have won conference championships had he been kept but he would have won a lot more bowl games than the clowns that followed including Bo.
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The critical mistake was letting TO retire. Imagine where we would have been had he coached until Saban's retirement age.
Disagreement from me. Hiring Pederson was the biggest mistake imo
Don't think I agree with any of those. Riley, Frost, and Callahan were far worse and produced losing seasons.
These are student-athletes and they have to get signed up for classes. So the timing coincides with that. Can't wait until all the bowl games/playoffs are over as you're running well into the spring semester at that point.
Why shouldn't it matter? The schools have their academic schedule already set. To allow transfers, that should coincide with school enrollment periods as it already does.
That’s not what I said at all, go back and read it again. Everything I said would 100% be in line with classes starting.
You're right. It was Tuco confusing things as usual and what I happened to go off of. As for your original comment, I think they want shorter portal windows so there isn't tampering going on all throughout the year, or that's the theory anyway. Don't know if it makes much difference in practice.
No, he agreed with my assessment as evidence by his like. The fact remains that there will be players that go into the portal after last night. Hell if a coach is fired or quits the players from that team will have 30 days to enter the portal. That doesn’t coincide with anybody starting classes. The fact remains there are many exceptions to the rule based on when a season ends or if a coach leaves. If I’m not mistaken, there are about 25 teams that are still playing. Players on those rosters can enter the portal after their season ends, again, no concern about when school starts for the spring semester.
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None of those hires happen if Bill Byrne is allowed to make the hire following the 1997 season and not Tom Osborne.
Yes, I agree that Pederson turned out to be a huge mistake. And I was pushing for his hire so I admit how wrong I was on that call.
I agreed with respect to simplifying the windows and getting rid of all the exemptions and extensions making things different from one team to another. I would open the portal right after the bowls and playoff bracket is announced. Players can opt out or enter the portal all the way through bowl season until spring ball. But as oldjar pointed the portal would probably have to close sometime around classes starting. (mid January) Or I guess you can leave it open until spring ball and those who choose to transfer before spring ball just wouldn’t enroll in classes until fall?
There’s probably something wrong with my simplified window that i don’t see/understand. Just seems to make more sense to my simple mind.
Critical mistake was letting him retire.. Jeezus it was his and his family decision to retire.
No we could’ve had someone kidnap Nancy and hold her hostage until Tom wins another NC. (and then hire Urban Meyer as his successor) It’s was all very doable, we just didn’t have the necessary commitment to winning.
T.O. went over Byrne to the Chancellor(who ended up being a lame duck) to get Frank elevated and retain his whole staff. It was a loyal and honorable move but probably created long term challenges for the program.
Correct. And when you change 1 variable in that chain of events, the odds of Callahan, Riley or Frost ever being the HC at Nebraska is .000000000001. Byrne probably stays a bit longer which means Pedey is never hired. The whole chain is different. Which was my point to old timer
I think there were going to be long term problems no matter what. Look at Bama this year. OU after Switzer. Florida after Urban. It was logical to think Frank was the best chance to keep things going. Unfortunately Frank didn’t have the organizational skills at that point or the offensive mind he needed.
Apparently he didn’t know how big of a arrogant azz he was..
His doctor highly recommended he retire. He nearly died before that last bowl game. I know more about that situation than I can share.
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