California Husker
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I'm getting so tired of the "Mike Riley is a nice guy" or "Mike guy is a real man of character" line. I call BULLS**T.
Riley came to Nebraska with the opportunity to bring a quality coaching staff to help him provide the fans with the best possible product on the field that the talent would allow. The coaching staff he brought in seems mediocre at best, and in the case of Mark Banker, it seems down right incompetent. MR has used this program as a place to protect some of his buddies from unemployment, and in fact gotten most of them big fat raises at the expense of the Nebraska program (which by extension comes out of the pockets of Nebraska fans - yes I take this personally).
When a politician uses his position to provide jobs for his pals we call that cronyism and we consider that corruption. Not the kind of behavior a man of character would take part in. Yeah, if he's your buddy you use words like friend and loyal...but I think corrupt is a better fit...I mean he is basically misappropriating public funds by overpaying his incompetent, unqualified friends, isn't he? Character guy my a$$.
Riley is not a "nice guy" either, he is a stubborn jacka$$ just like every other head football coach. What? just because he doesn't yell and spit on the refs or look angry and surly at press conferences, people think he's a nice guy? I don't think so. He lied to our faces. He told us he wasn't going to force his system on these players. He said he would work with the talent that was here and stay within their skill sets. I would have to say, passing 50 freaking times a game is NOTHING like what this team does well. Mike Riley is a freaking liar and that makes him the opposite of a nice guy.
So if some people want to give him more time because of all the excuses that have been listed, then fine. Or if others want him fired yesterday, hey, I'm down with that as well. Just stop pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining. Just because this jacka$$ smiles and says "awe shucks" and rides a bike to work and drives a Prius and talks calmly with the media and make nice, nice with the refs doesn't make him a good guy. It's all an act. Look at what he has done to us. He is Bill Callahan with less coaching talent.
Riley came to Nebraska with the opportunity to bring a quality coaching staff to help him provide the fans with the best possible product on the field that the talent would allow. The coaching staff he brought in seems mediocre at best, and in the case of Mark Banker, it seems down right incompetent. MR has used this program as a place to protect some of his buddies from unemployment, and in fact gotten most of them big fat raises at the expense of the Nebraska program (which by extension comes out of the pockets of Nebraska fans - yes I take this personally).
When a politician uses his position to provide jobs for his pals we call that cronyism and we consider that corruption. Not the kind of behavior a man of character would take part in. Yeah, if he's your buddy you use words like friend and loyal...but I think corrupt is a better fit...I mean he is basically misappropriating public funds by overpaying his incompetent, unqualified friends, isn't he? Character guy my a$$.
Riley is not a "nice guy" either, he is a stubborn jacka$$ just like every other head football coach. What? just because he doesn't yell and spit on the refs or look angry and surly at press conferences, people think he's a nice guy? I don't think so. He lied to our faces. He told us he wasn't going to force his system on these players. He said he would work with the talent that was here and stay within their skill sets. I would have to say, passing 50 freaking times a game is NOTHING like what this team does well. Mike Riley is a freaking liar and that makes him the opposite of a nice guy.
So if some people want to give him more time because of all the excuses that have been listed, then fine. Or if others want him fired yesterday, hey, I'm down with that as well. Just stop pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining. Just because this jacka$$ smiles and says "awe shucks" and rides a bike to work and drives a Prius and talks calmly with the media and make nice, nice with the refs doesn't make him a good guy. It's all an act. Look at what he has done to us. He is Bill Callahan with less coaching talent.
