Once he got rid of Bo’s mentally weak players and brought in his guys that thing would have taken off
1) Do you honestly think he didn't try and win at Nebraska?
He coached a team in San Antonio that was attached to the WLAF in the early 1990s, and had kept a home in the Texas Hill Country/San Antonio vicinity ever since (near New Braunfels, I believe). Makes since to me that he'd apply.
What I do know is that 1) Riley clearly wasn't the right fit, 2) many a Husker fan equate winning football games to being a decent human being, and, since Riley didn't win, he is a terrible person, and 3) many folks seem to think they know how he really ran things, despite being nowhere near the program.
made me laugh. 
I blame Riley for being a shitty coach. I blame Eichorst for be a shitty AD and not recognizing MR was a shitty coach. I do think he tried here, or at least tried as hard as he knows how.
I think it's MR the coach that gets trashed. Not MR the human being. Nice guy but not a great coach
Is funny when you act like all level of niceness is the same. Overall I'm sure Pelini is a nice guy, but I think it's pretty obvious Riley is a much nicer guy than Pelini.
Good, point. I think many blend the two. There can be great coach yet crappy human beings. MR is a very nice guy just a horrible coach. Bad mouthing one doesn't mean one is bad mouthing the other. Yes I admit I have probably blurred the 2 when referring to him.
What do you think Riley meant when he said, "one last great adventure" at the time?
And for meddling with the program. Once Eichorst made his hire he needed to butt out and let the coach do what he needed to do.
Yes, I think he tried his absolute best. Unfortunately, his best is subpar.
I don't think his earlier resume is that much of a joke. He got Oregon State to several bowls. Yeah...I know that there's a lot more bowls now that in the old days, but the average record for his bowl teams there was 8-4, which, considering that we're talking about Oregon State, is pretty decent.
You got it. No reason to continue being dorky & implying that (I) he shouldn't continue to coach because of that statement and ending (my) his career at Nebraska sooner than expected.
Riley's failures were in recruiting guys who have the WANT TO to go with the stars and then not being good at getting the most out of his players. Riley is a VERY knowledgeable smart guy. IF you want to learn x's and o's he's a good guy to listen to. IMO, he could have helped himself by being more hands on with his coordinators. Not probably a good match for a school that is serious about winning football games.
He had to be able to predict the outcome. He was about to be fired at OSU, and Wisconsin came in and offered him a job at Nebraska. He had to know he had zero chance to build considering he would be in 70s at the end of the contract and nobody expected him to get an extension. You know how easy it would be to recruit against Nebraska. Um, their coach won't be there when you are a senior....He went from having thousands of D1 players within 800 miles to having maybe 75...that being said he hired some really good assistants...and overall the staff was o.k, combined with some good Bo holdovers and it wasn't awful until the end.
