OWH: Bo Pelini insults A.D. Shawn Eichorst in expletive-filled rant during final meeting with players

zoogies said:
OWH: Bo Pelini insults A.D. Shawn Eichorst in expletive-filled rant during final meeting with players

OWH: Transcript

Tell me if Im wrong, Pelini told players, but the environment at Nebraska wore on you as the past several seasons progressed. It gets harder and harder and harder.

It is a b---- here. It is hard enough when you have the negativity that comes from the media and the negativity from a lot of former players, this talk show and that talk show, you win and it aint good enough. Its not good enough how you won. There is a lot of things that go on there and if you dont have a grown man staying in front of the thing and getting everybody, rallying, I can do all I want, but theyre b----ing at me, too.... (...)

If any of you guys have on your mind, hey, should I go or should I stay? At the end of the day, you gotta sit there and think, This is how many years I got left. These ought to be the best of my life. And if I dont think its going to be this way this place, then you shouldnt stay. But if you feel like, hey, this is the place for me, this is the place Im going to enjoy my career, then you should stay. Thats what it should come down to.
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Wow.

I'm sorry Bo felt so under siege he responded in this way.

If the players bought any of this garbage, the incoming staff has a lot of work to do. It's too bad that such a coaching talent as Pelini is, lacks so much in the "getting it" department.

I compare this to the parting message and advice Muschamp had for his players. Look, not all coaching hires are going to make it big. But if you fail and get fired as a result, that's the way to go out -- having left a positive imprint on the team.

Bo's now 2/2 in attempts to poison the well on his way out of Lincoln. Don't come back.
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Pretty scary to know he is still a coach after reading that transcript. Much of what he says the players did not need to hear or know. He crossed the line. I think he needs anger management. SMH

 
suh_fan93 said:
So the university has released a statement without any sort of tape being made public. I feel like I am watching two 12 year olds fight on the internet.

I never thought I would see this kind of lame drama at Nebraska. Seriously. This is becoming a joke.
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The transcript has been made public and of course they've heard it. There was nothing wrong with what they said and that's going to be the end of it.

 
Gosh the more I read the comments and think about all this...it's all good. I mean talk about rallying our fan base Bo. A lot of the people that didn't want you fired are realizing a big part of why you were fired and are now okay with it. Also mentioned above, it's good for the nation to see this...although most felt Pelini should go just because his 9 wins shouldn't be good enough for an elite program.

 
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Bo-lievers........We Bo-leavers welcome you with open arms
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Boliever species are now extinct.

Way beyond anger manager class.

I used to be a member of Bo-Liever club for the first 6-1/2 years in Bo's era but not anymore.

Good riddance.

 
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zoogies said:
Per Sam McKewon, this is not accurate. The Deadspin transcript said one thing, the OWH transcript said another. Given that the OWH actually had a tape, listened to it, and are making this point, I would go with them.
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About a week ago, about 10 days ago, I said, I went to a couple of the members of the board, who — and I don't even really know what those guys do — and I said "Hey, you know what, if this guy ain't gonna do his job, and if he doesn't have the balls to go out there and support me, support these kids, support this program, then do me a favor and get rid of me.
Knowing Bo's friendship with a big group of those BoR members, they were never going to be in on any attempt to fire him. After how the Regent members acted post-Iowa last year to protect Bo's job, Bo knew he had certain members in his corner completely. It's one of the major reasons Eichorst completely cut them out of any information related to Bo's firing.

To me, and I should clarify this as JMO, it is a situation where Bo made it 'either him or me'. It would not be the first time Bo has went to Regent members trying to help himself.

 
Moiraine said:
suh_fan93 said:
So the university has released a statement without any sort of tape being made public. I feel like I am watching two 12 year olds fight on the internet.

I never thought I would see this kind of lame drama at Nebraska. Seriously. This is becoming a joke.
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The transcript has been made public and of course they've heard it. There was nothing wrong with what they said and that's going to be the end of it.
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They read a transcript and that's exactly what they state. This whole thing is ridiculous and the sad thing is it does actually seem as there is some incompetency at the top. Again I never thought I would see this kind of drama here. Enough of the soap opera.

 
I was happy when they fired Bo but not because of his on/off field antics but just that we couldn't get over the hump and were not improving. However, when I read what he said to the players I don't fault him one bit and it actually endears me to him. For those who say he should have been more professional or that his salary dictates a more professional response, I couldn't agree less. I worked for a NBA team for over 18 years and the sh%$ that happens in these environments is absolutely crazy. If I had a boss that never showed his face and acted more like a lawyer than an AD, I would be pissed off too. I love how much passion Bo had for the game and his players and his rants just proved that to me.

 
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