Our fan base is made of fanatics that experienced arguably the greatest coach of all time, a coach that was his team's top recruiter, while being known in coaching circles as the best play-caller and offensive coordinator in the entire sport, working 18 hour days, while carrying himself with obsessive dignity and representing the program and state in literally a perfect manner. To the point that he supported players who hurt his legacy and reputation because it was the right thing to do. On top of this he built the greatest team in the history of the sport and one of the greatest dynasties, all the while using Nebraska kids as the core of his team.
Now we have a coach who is making 65 million guaranteed, nearly 80 million over 8 years who hired his best friends or friends kids, despite clear analytical data that they are some of the poorest coaches in the nation..this 80 million dollar coach doesn't have a position of specialty, is not a play-caller, doesn't take over any unit and make it better, and when his terrible hires are exposed he spends more of the fan's money to bring in another coach mid-season, while still taking his 65 million with no qualms or apparent awareness of how worthless he is in his position. He should quit, give back the money and take time off, saying he wasn't ready to come back to coaching and he obviously can't do the job Nebraskans deserve. This is why people are cynical and angry...experience a supernova in Tom Osborne in the 70s-90s, and then getting the exact opposite for the last decade of just pure scammers, and worse.