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I would go with Glassford.I don’t know why Frank Solich is even considered for worse Head Coach..
No Bill Glassford? No Bill Jennings?
Maybe Riley would stand a chance in this race with those two.
A. Edwin Branch in 1899. His record was 1-7-1. That was following Fielding Yost's 8-3 team of 1898. Bummy Booth went 6-1-1 the following year (1900).
Edwin just needed more time. The torches and pitchforks crowd ran him out of town just as things were falling into place. They were apparently too bitter to accept a pro-style offense.A. Edwin Branch in 1899. His record was 1-7-1. That was following Fielding Yost's 8-3 team of 1898. Bummy Booth went 6-1-1 the following year (1900).
I would go with Glassford.
It really bothers me that people say. Riley is worse than Callahan. Callahan came into a great culture and did everything he could to tear it down. Riley walked into a lot of problems and culture-wise did a lot of good. Sure, he was not a good coach x’s and o’s wise but as far as being a good genuine person and being a good role model for his players and the community, and welcoming back former players and trying to restore some of what was lost he did pretty good imho.Gotta put Riley at the Top of this list of 4.
1. Riley
2. Callahan
3. Pelini
4. Solich was much better than the previous 3, IMO.
It really bothers me that people say. Riley is worse than Callahan. Callahan came into a great culture and did everything he could to tear it down. Riley walked into a lot of problems and culture-wise did a lot of good. Sure, he was not a good coach x’s and o’s wise but as far as being a good genuine person and being a good role model for his players and the community, and welcoming back former players and trying to restore some of what was lost he did pretty good imho.
Glassford actually revived the program to an extent after the disastrous era that included World War II and the post-war years — eight consecutive losing seasons for a program that sustained only three in its first 51 seasons.I would go with Glassford.
I agree that he did more on the field. I guess, imo it’s easier to correct losing on the field. That turnaround can happen real quick. 11 years later we’re still trying to get our culture back..imo that’s more detrimental to a program.Sure, Riley was a nicer guy, but the fact that Callahan accomplished more on the field as our head coach is what I'm going by.
Sure, he was not a good coach x’s and o’s wise but as far as being a good genuine person and being a good role model for his players and the community, and welcoming back former players and trying to restore some of what was lost he did pretty good imho.
That’s part of being a head coach though. You’re the head and face of the program. So if only want to talk about on field results then okQuestion was about being a coach, not being an ambassador.
You can get someone in house to kiss babies, nod your head "yes" to everything asked of you, and head up the glee club for 50k or less. Just ask Oregon State.
This year's Minnesota game and second half against Iowa were as much of an unconditional surrender as those blowouts at the end of the Callahan regime.I also hate dwelling on the past, in particular the negative past, but I think it’s Callahan hands down. I think the players put forth effort for Riley. At times during the end for Callahan, there was no effort at all. Blowouts (on the negative side) became expected. Even the Penn State game, Nebraska seemed to compete until the end.
This year's Minnesota game and second half against Iowa were as much of an unconditional surrender as those blowouts at the end of the Callahan regime.
At least Callahan's teams were getting boatraced by high-powered offenses. After hanging 54 on NU, Minnesota didn't score another point.
Yeah, Callahan even showed distain toward NU before he was fired even Stopped wearing Husker gearBased purely on empirical results I think you have to conclude that Riley is the worst of those four. But subjectively, my gut says Callahan due mainly to his arrogance and his disrespect for TO and our tradition.
Pelini if you can look past 9 wins a year....
My point was that Callahan wasn't as bad as Cosgrove made him look.He wasn’t a head coach..