NU Football Is NOT Dead

[jflores]

Keep this in mind...

Everyone on this board has things they are satisfied with, and things they are not. They have people that they blame and wishlists for how they'd run the program.

Great.

NU football is not dead, and will not die, unless the fan base allows it to. Maybe you think the problem is Stewart. Or Banker. Or Langsdorf, or Riley. Or Eichorst. Or Pearlman.

Remember this, no matter who you think the problem is, you *will* outlast them. Coaches and AD's come and go, fans are forever. The program only dies if we walk away from it.

 

[OmahaSker]

I can think of a few "fans" this board could afford to lose

 

[redwine65]

I think the main problem is:

decide if we are going to be pass happy or not.

if we are in pass happy mode again, GO ALL OUT..get a passing qb, pass blocking line and great receivers.

if not, GO ALL OUT and bring back the option.get the best run/pass qb, a workhorse at I back and full back, and run blocking road graders up front, and receivers who will block and catch that pass everyone in a while to keep the defense honest.

we went from solich's bumbling of DR.Toms system to a one dimensional qb running system under solich.
then we went pass happy under calahan.
then we went to bo's defense with no offense, then to somewhat a run offense with ameer.

(why is it every time I want to type ameer it changes it to amber?"

now we are back to pass happy with riley..

 

[Nebraska Gator II]

I agree. Program is not even close to dead. These things run in cycles and a lot of it has to do with who is the coach. Maybe Riley gets it figured out...maybe he doesn't. Either way, Nebraska will be back.

 

[leodisflowers]

Keep this in mind...

Everyone on this board has things they are satisfied with, and things they are not. They have people that they blame and wishlists for how they'd run the program.

Great.

NU football is not dead, and will not die, unless the fan base allows it to. Maybe you think the problem is Stewart. Or Banker. Or Langsdorf, or Riley. Or Eichorst. Or Pearlman.

Remember this, no matter who you think the problem is, you *will* outlast them. Coaches and AD's come and go, fans are forever. The program only dies if we walk away from it.

That is a true statement, but in the generation of give it to me now it makes it tougher and tougher. As I stated in another thread Riley is the best shot we have to turn it around otherwise we won't be even close to relevant for at least 6-10 years. There is a lot of pressure tied to Riley. Hopefully he can get it done.

 

[D_Patrick]

Life support, maybe? Trust in RiLLLLey.

 

[HudsonValleyHusker]

Life support, maybe? Trust in RiLLLLey.

Probably going to need another 4 L's to spell his name before this disaster season is over.

 

[Husker.Wed.]

In the first 6 games NU rushed 216 times and passed 218 times. If that is their plan going forward, it is not what I would call pass happy, more than the last few years no doubt, but not Washington St.

 

[jflores]

That is a true statement, but in the generation of give it to me now it makes it tougher and tougher. As I stated in another thread Riley is the best shot we have to turn it around otherwise we won't be even close to relevant for at least 6-10 years. There is a lot of pressure tied to Riley. Hopefully he can get it done.

I have a strong suspicion that a goodly chunk of younger fans, many who came of age during the Callahan years and later, don't have extreme expectations that NU should be carrying the blue blood flag like is 1995.

If there's a "win now and to hell with protocol if you don't" attitude, I would gather its from fans in their mid 30's and later.

 

[ChiLoopHawk]

You know things are in the shytter when people are resigned to being philosophical...

 

[red rover 70]

The Pelini lovers are trying like hell to plant that seed of doubt. Your hero earned all the LLLL's. Even with all the problems we are so close! In the moment that fact makes it hurt that much worse. But after some time you are left with a clear head and understanding that our goals are well within reach. Riley and the staff need to clean up their coaching decisions and the rest will work itself out.

 

[Tulsa Tom]

Part of being a fan at Nebraska is not lowering our expectations. Because the program is full of outsiders (new players come every year from outside of Nebraska plus this new batch of coaches), there needs to be an adaptation to a culture that says, "Yeah we're nice and we want that out of our players and coaches. But we buy Husker gear, show up at games, donate to the program because we want to see W's."

 

[jflores]

Part of being a fan at Nebraska is not lowering our expectations. Because the program is full of outsiders (new players come every year from outside of Nebraska plus this new batch of coaches), there needs to be an adaptation to a culture that says, "Yeah we're nice and we want that out of our players and coaches. But we buy Husker gear, show up at games, donate to the program because we want to see W's."

I don't count giving a coach the requisite time as lowering expectations. Certainly this train need not take 7 years before we disembark, but a year 1 to year 2 transition is probably a necessary minimum first stop.

 

[Tulsa Tom]

I don't count giving a coach the requisite time as lowering expectations. Certainly this train need not take 7 years before we disembark, but a year 1 to year 2 transition is probably a necessary minimum first stop.

No problem with any that. Any talk of firing is asinine. At the same time, critical evaluation of the job performance is fine at every stage.