How do you know he is the guy to do it? Just because he was a successful QB here his senior year? Or what part of this needs to be explained as to why you think he is some saint or messiah and the only person capable for the role?
We've never had a coach do so poorly the first 2 years in modern times.
While true, he might turn it around, but what if this year is a step back? Then what? Are you going to give him another extension and just tell people to be patient? That Scott is the messiah and they must have faith that one day he will return to resurrect the program that has floundered even worse under his watch.
I'm waiting for him to call out the miracle healer and pretty soon we will be asked to tithe the program some more too. (half kidding, but maybe that new OC will help)
You talk about being realistic, Bill Moos only said that 6 win thing, part way through the year when things were already looking pretty rocky. I'm pretty sure that wasn't his expectation before the season started.
We only gave smiling Mike 3 years, and maybe that is all Scott gets too if this season is another disaster.
Bill Moos said that before any games were played (B1G Media Days on July 18) and Riley wasn't fired with $30MM owed as Frost would be after his 3rd season. Their situations aren't comparable for a lot of reasons, but that's the simplest one.
But, the reasons I believe in Frost?
1) Yes, because he played here during TO's best years. He ate, slept, and breathed the journey of getting Nebraska to its peak. Frost also had the sense to recognize Nebraska stumbling and call it out, noting that our Taj Mahal had been turned into a three-bedroom ranch way back in 2005.
2) He was coached by three HOFers (Walsh, Osborne, Parcells) and a 4th guy (Belichick) who will be there, and a 5th who has a shot (Tomlin) and that's as impressive of an understudy program as there is in football history for a head coach.
3) He played offense and defense at the highest levels of college sports and understands both sides of the ball.
4) He's won everywhere he's been as a position/assistant coach.
5) He's had real success as a college head coach as he's one of only a handful of guys in the game who can say he's led a D1 team to an unbeaten season.
6) I trust his plan (Oregon Speed mixed with Husker Power) and I can see what he's doing in recruiting - big, mutant OL who all redshirt, QBs who are athletes who will also RS as he plans to get one every year, multi-position WRs, and edge rush linebackers that are long and twitchy. What he's doing is clear and I think it's a heck of a plan.
7) He can tell a kid that he can get him to the League and what's it like because he was a 3rd-round pick. He can also tell the same kid that he's going to be on a team that scores a ton because he's been on a bunch of them as a player and a coach. He can also tell that kid what it's like choosing to transfer or attend college out of state because he's lived it. He's uniquely qualified in a lot of valuable ways and it contributes to my belief in him as a coach.
8) He's shown he will try to address an issue (WR depth, LBs, special teams) and his assistants are loyal to him (Fisher staying and Dawson coming back).
9) And let's just call it intuition.
The only thing he hasn't done is win and the only place he hasn't done that is here. And if he doesn't, I'll own my statements where I said he would.