Assuming at least a plurality of boosters involved for both. Stevie P thought he could do better than Frank, but he bungled the hire and the pool may have not too deep, given Frank’s record. Urban remarked some years ago that he’d think twice before taking a job where they just fired a 10 win Coach. Eichorst and Harvey P hated Pelini. One could look at the Riley hire as an attempt (successful in the rear view mirror) to sabotage the program.
Whats there to disagree with? That solich doesnt deserve any credit for crouch?
That's not what I said. Sheesh.
To be fair, the reason he chose Pelini was because of what he did here back in 03 as DC as it was the defensive side of the ball that was the shit show in 07. Osborne even stated, had it been the offense that was the problem he would've hired Gill as the HC.
One could argue that Frank was really the only hire we could make. Pelini while he won some was a terrible fit who had his foot out the door the whole time he was in Nebraska
To be HONEST the reason he hired Bo was that a mega donor who was a golf buddy of Bo’s wanted him hired. Yeah Tom thought Bo was a good defensive mind but that was hardly the deciding factor. He was cheap and the Hawks wanted him.
As a NU fan, I'm going to be supportive of whoever gets the HC job. Some I will like better than others, but once that decision has been made, I will give the new guy a year or two to prove he is the man for the job.
Actually Osborne only had 2 candidates on the list Bo and Turner and Pelini was chosen because at that point, that was the worst defense DONU ever fielded in the modern era and that is why he was chosen and it would've been Gill had it been the offense. Had it been the O, Bo woulda never been here. There is a special bone to pick with Pelini anyway from he previous stint in 03 after the seaon when Stoops hired him as co-DC with Venebles when Pelini famously stated that there wasn't anyone good enough here to even be in their 2 deep but there was. Josh Bullocks who had 10 int's in 03 and super Demorio.
Wrong. Tom interviewed multiple guys but wouldn’t meet the demands of at least one guy who was a successful head coach.
The interviews he did with others were tokens as he already knew it was gonna be 1 of the 2. Same type of token search Stevie P pulled when we got Callahan.
It was Duval's family that created Husker Power, Eppley did have a hand in it but was mostly Duval.
That's who is most likely going to be the starter on Saturday.
Chubba needs to realize he is not a difference-maker.
I would state it differently, but you're correct.
Chubba had that one game he started at FSU. Granted, they were playing an undermanned squad, but he did a nice job. Seemed to play within himself.
Wrong again. Pederson was set on Wannstedt but when Wannie got an extension Pedie interviewed Mike Zimmer and Houston Nutt at the very least before finally getting Callahan to say yes. Zimmer and Nutt we’re both offered the job.
He was one. There was at least one other. Grobe I think was the only one where they got down to assistants and terms of a hire. Grobe didn’t want to retain Watson or any other of Callahans staff. I think he wanted a million more as well than Tom gave Bo.
You realize, during that same period of time, a very young Urban Meyer had just coached Ball State from a previous year 2 win season and the first year won 8 games, at the time the largest turnaround in NCAA history.
You take the prize for a little person who craves attention on this board. It’s a shame you were neglected as a kid, but I hate that we all have to pay for it with your self absorbed drivel…
Urban had thoughts on it at the time. He would have been “very leery” of coming to a school that canned a 9 win coach.
www.huskermax.com
67-27, or an average of 9.4 wins per season.
Did Meyer actually say that, or is that your interpretation?Urban had thoughts on it at the time. He would have been “very leery” of coming to a school that canned a 9 win coach.
Monday Morning Quarterback: Was the firing of Frank Solich the biggest Husker football mistake?
Coach Frank Solich became head coach in 1998 after the retirement of the legendary Tom Osborne. He had played for […]
And a ton of Husker fans wanted him too. So it was a popular hire and therefore an easy way to please a huge donor. It is sad though since Osborne had been warned about Pelini’s temper.
NU has already wasted, what will soon be 5 straight years of losing ground in the S & C area.
The link article has it as “very leery”. The only words” in quotes in the article.
Not trying to dispute it WV, I just find it hard to believe that Meyer would have been afraid to take on the NU job and all the things that were already in place.
We could have had Mack Brown instead or Solich so this isn't the win you think it is
The good news is that they're stronger than what Frost had when he got here (lifting optional Riley). I'd rather adjust nutrition and training to lose weight and gain mobility than try to have to build strength up on dudes with natural false ceiling.
Urban knows 9 wins are about all that can be demanded or expected of a good coach. Anything on top of that simply sorts the good from the best.
The thing to remember is that Urban was just on the way to becoming Urban, as he had just taken the job at Utah in 03, which was Frank's last season. I could easily see a young coach on the rise looking at a program that just fired a 9 win (10 with Bo's bowl win) coach and thinking probably not. I have no idea if Pederson even considered Meyer.
