Without getting into too many details out of respect for those who were also present to witness what I heard it appears the plan to get rid of Riley started even before Moos was hired (after Northern Illinois before Eichorst was canned).
I’m a big Frost fan and hope he will be the coach someday down the line but do feel there was somewhat of a sabotage to get Riley out. I can’t say for sure if Frost will take the job or not but can assume it is likely if certain metrics are met. I do know some talks have already been had. Please don’t get me wrong because I know Riley hasn’t helped his cause either.
I feel I’m stating the obvious however considering a verbal or written statement of even the slightest confidence was never provided regarding Riley and staff. Based on that it was only a matter of time before the recruiting class (the one Riley crutch he had) would go into disarray.
I do hope the next coaching hire works out because we seem to be putting a lot of eggs in one basket with this next coach, regardless of who it is.
Hopefully that offers a little something but Riley being gone is about 100% based on what I’ve heard and look for it to happen fairly quickly after the Iowa game.
I’m a big Frost fan and hope he will be the coach someday down the line but do feel there was somewhat of a sabotage to get Riley out. I can’t say for sure if Frost will take the job or not but can assume it is likely if certain metrics are met. I do know some talks have already been had. Please don’t get me wrong because I know Riley hasn’t helped his cause either.
I feel I’m stating the obvious however considering a verbal or written statement of even the slightest confidence was never provided regarding Riley and staff. Based on that it was only a matter of time before the recruiting class (the one Riley crutch he had) would go into disarray.
I do hope the next coaching hire works out because we seem to be putting a lot of eggs in one basket with this next coach, regardless of who it is.
Hopefully that offers a little something but Riley being gone is about 100% based on what I’ve heard and look for it to happen fairly quickly after the Iowa game.
