1620: "What have you been hearing about the mood and the atmosphere as this fall camp has rolled on?"
Clouse: "Well it's much more relaxed, much more professional. From everything that I've seen and from the people that I've talked to, everything, the day-to-day operations are much more organized and professional. When talking to people that are still inside the program that run into the coaches or have contact with the coaches, they tell me the biggest difference between this staff and the old staff is that these guys seem to fully embrace Nebraska and everything that goes along with coaching at Nebraska. They almost go out of their way to say hi to you or ask you how's it going.
Little things like eating at the training table down at the Hewitt Center. It used to be that the coaching staff would eat by themselves or get their food to go and go back up to the offices. It seems this coaching staff will eat down there and engage with everyone down at the cafeteria. If there is a player or another employee within the athletic department eating by themselves they'll go out of their way to go eat with them at that table. Just the overall atmosphere is much more relaxed and professional. I just think that everyone seems to be much happier, to be honest with you.
Sometimes with the previous staff you never knew what you were gonna get. Were you gonna get happy-go-lucky Bo Pelini or doom and gloom, scowling Bo Pelini. You know stay away from me Bo Pelini. You know that's kind of across the board. And we've all experienced it ourselves as the media, the atmosphere at practice before and after, it's a much lighter atmosphere, less pressure. You know I've talked with the players and player's parents that told me that some kids dealt with anxiety problems because there was so much pressure to execute and to not screw up, that they had panic attacks. And we're not hearing about that type of thing anymore. I think that has completely changed the culture. If you talk with the players, talk with people inside the program, the entire culture is completely different. I think that has made this transition a smooth one."
Clouse: "Well it's much more relaxed, much more professional. From everything that I've seen and from the people that I've talked to, everything, the day-to-day operations are much more organized and professional. When talking to people that are still inside the program that run into the coaches or have contact with the coaches, they tell me the biggest difference between this staff and the old staff is that these guys seem to fully embrace Nebraska and everything that goes along with coaching at Nebraska. They almost go out of their way to say hi to you or ask you how's it going.
Little things like eating at the training table down at the Hewitt Center. It used to be that the coaching staff would eat by themselves or get their food to go and go back up to the offices. It seems this coaching staff will eat down there and engage with everyone down at the cafeteria. If there is a player or another employee within the athletic department eating by themselves they'll go out of their way to go eat with them at that table. Just the overall atmosphere is much more relaxed and professional. I just think that everyone seems to be much happier, to be honest with you.
Sometimes with the previous staff you never knew what you were gonna get. Were you gonna get happy-go-lucky Bo Pelini or doom and gloom, scowling Bo Pelini. You know stay away from me Bo Pelini. You know that's kind of across the board. And we've all experienced it ourselves as the media, the atmosphere at practice before and after, it's a much lighter atmosphere, less pressure. You know I've talked with the players and player's parents that told me that some kids dealt with anxiety problems because there was so much pressure to execute and to not screw up, that they had panic attacks. And we're not hearing about that type of thing anymore. I think that has completely changed the culture. If you talk with the players, talk with people inside the program, the entire culture is completely different. I think that has made this transition a smooth one."
