Riley Supporters...
- Thread starter ScottyIce
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NUance
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I still support Riley. But shake my head at some of the boneheaded things that happened in the last minute of all three losses. Let's hope the staff can pull things together so we aren't circling the drain for the next two months. And hopefully they'll get it done on the recruiting trail.
RedRedJarvisRedwine
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I'm making Coach Riley a Christmas sweater to show my support. It's looking like he may have to wear it golfing at his warm weather holiday destination as coaching in a bowl game is looking less likely by the Saturday. I will continue to support him like an extra small jock strap on a sumo wrestler. I don't how much longer I can hold up to all that is pouring out.
StPaulHusker
Banned
This is funny.
I don't think you have to be in one corner or the other. There is nothing wrong with letting this season play out (good or bad) and then see where things are next season. Everyone wants a smooth transition into new coaches.
Some go bad and then get better-Saban
Some start great and then go bad-Hoke
Some stay the same-Pelini
If Riley isn't the guy, he's not the guy. On to the next. But I think he deserves 2 full seasons to show what he can do before pitchforks get brought out of storage.
True2tRA
Banned
Agree. The people who are letting this play out are all good with me, that's what I expect.
Now a guy like myself, I kind of appreciate a guy like Riley and his approach to things. I like his even keel mentality and I like the way he talks to people. I can respect a guy like that, and I aspire to be more and more like that.
So maybe I root for these guys a bit, maybe I give them the benefit of the doubt, but a lot of that also has to do with the way I just truly grew sick of the garbage from the last staff. All the negativity on the outside was somehow brought into the program and built into this huge feeling of hatred and resentment between fans and players. That's just sad in my opinion. One guy and his crap attitude was able to do so much damage to what I thought was one of the most unified programs in history.
Maybe it's not as bad as I think it is, but when we've got a captain on the offensive line saying and doing the things he's doing, then I can say with almost certainty that he echoes the feelings of too many of his teammates. If he didn't, then why the hell would he be an elected captain?
Either way, my issue lies with the guys who've been in waiting, sitting here anticipating failure so they could open their mouth's. Just hoping for the moment they could say how much we'd regret firing thier beloved coach Bo Pelini. That's moronic. That's a symbol of misplaced loyalty. This is the Huskers, not the Pelini's. It ain't the Riley's either. If these guys don't get it done, they'll move on too, and if it's to the benefit of the program, so be it. Pelini moving on was to the benefit of the program.
Riley deserves a chance to show whether or not he and his staff will bring this program up or down. One year, five games in, we don't know......
zoogs
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We pride ourselves on being the classiest fanbase in America, but when it comes down to it a large number of Husker fans will put up with any a$$ of a coach as long as they get to see an unranked 9-win product. Failing that, there's no patience, only any variety of ad hominems against an AD and head coach that have shown nothing but professionalism themselves.
So we're kind of your average fanbase.
So we're kind of your average fanbase.
Redux
Donor
Lets not pretend our reputation comes from our support of the staff and treatment of eachother. We earned the reputation we have from our outstanding hospitality towards other fans and teams and being knowledgeable. We cut other teams and fans slack because we have known success and failure, but we all hold certain standards concerning our own team.
zoogs
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Yeah, but it's possible to have both standards and class. Calling our AD names or suggesting he's sabotaging Nebraska or just waiting for the Wisconsin job -- because of what? -- isn't standards. It's bush league.
If some of the fans who show good hospitality are the same ones spewing some of the personally directed vitriol (at players, coaches, the AD, or each other) we've seen ...I guess I feel that's no less hypocritical than the environmentalist with no qualms about wearing sweatshop clothing.
If some of the fans who show good hospitality are the same ones spewing some of the personally directed vitriol (at players, coaches, the AD, or each other) we've seen ...I guess I feel that's no less hypocritical than the environmentalist with no qualms about wearing sweatshop clothing.
Redux
Donor
Heres the thing. Social media and the internet gave everyone a voice. Some choose to use that voice to b!^@h harder than they could in person to anyone who will listen. Sometimes their viewpoints are adapted by others, how internet works.
But to lump us in as not special becauee a few people want the AD's head? I mean yeah, we aren't special in that regard, most programs have qualms with the higher ups for one reason or another.
JJ Husker
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Boy howdy.......the expectations bar really got lowered there. So all we need to be able to do is beat Illinois? That isn't even Iowa worthy.
GBRedneck
Banned
I don't think Pederhorst is a saboteur. I just think he's clueless when it comes to hiring football coaches. WTH was he thinking?
The total WTF factor of the Riley hire is what makes people speculate about sabotage and such. They're just looking for explanations of the inexplicable.