I remember suggesting Nebraska should've hired Mark Dantonio 5 years ago...

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AngryHusker88 said:
In response to #4, Nebraska was a lot more respectable program nationally than it is now; was paying Bo Pelini more at the time than Mark Dantonio was making at Michigan State, and Nebraska had 60 hung on them in a noncompetitive conference championship game that they were favored to win, against 7-5 Wisconsin team that didnt' even win their own division.

Anyway, I'm not even suggesting Mark Dantonio would've come here had that *** Eichorst tried to hire him. I'm only saying that I suggested it 5 years ago & I basically got told how stupid my idea was (not because it was implausible, the people on this board who blasted my idea thought Dantonio would've been a bad hire). So now I'm calling out those same know-it-alls, just felt like letting them know that don't actually know everything. Not saying I do, by any means.
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Eichorst was announced as AD on October 4th, but didn't take over until January 1, 2013.  You wanted him to fire Pelini, after a 10 win season a division championship and a January 1 bowl game with like a month until signing day on his first day on the job?

Solid plan, dude.  Solid.

 
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B.B. Hemingway said:
 MSU was 3-9 Las year. How do you think that would of went over in Nebraska?
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I didn't follow Michigan State too much last year, but I remember they gave Ohio State a hell of a game. I also remember how Nebraska fared against Ohio State, Urban Meyer could've hung 80 on us that game had he wanted to.

 
In the Deed the Glory said:
Eichorst was announced as AD on October 4th, but didn't take over until January 1, 2013.  You wanted him to fire Pelini, after a 10 win season a division championship and a January 1 bowl game with less than a month until signing day on his first day on the job?

Solid plan, dude.  Solid.
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Well I'm not saying I should be an athletic director or anything, but it seems at least as solid an idea as hiring a 63-year-old career .500 head coach & expecting championships.

Plus under my plan (supposing I was magically made the AD at that time), the school could've done it for a fraction of the cost to Nebraska taxpayers !!

 
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AngryHusker88 said:
Well I'm not saying I should be an athletic director or anything, but it seems at least as solid an idea as hiring a 63-year-old career .500 head coach & expecting championships.
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But, he didn't hire that coach in 2012.  He kept Pelini and had two more 9 win seasons before Pelini's actions got him relieved of his duties.

Make no mistake, it is looking like the decision to hire Mike Riley in December of 2014 was a mistake.  However, the decisions up to that point were correct.

You can not like Riley and realize the Dantonio idea was a little far fetched, right?  Those things are not mutually exclusive.

 
AngryHusker88 said:
Well I'm not saying I should be an athletic director or anything, but it seems at least as solid an idea as hiring a 63-year-old career .500 head coach & expecting championships.

Plus under my plan (supposing I was magically made the AD at that time), the school could've done it for a fraction of the cost to Nebraska taxpayers !!
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As a Nebraska fan, I'm sure you are aware that the Athletic program at the University of Nebraska uses ZERO public funds and in fact gives back to the university to help fund projects in academics.

You knew that, right?  I hope so considering you edited your post to add that...

 
You know what isn't far-fetched, In The Deed The Glory?? Money. The fact is that in 2012, Nebraska was paying Bo Pelini more than Michigan State was paying Mark Dantonio. Isn't money what its all about? Why do I wake up at 5:30 AM even though every part of me wants to stay in bed? What ultimately drives everything in this country, when it comes down to it? What do you need (if you live in the city) in order not to starve to death? MONEY!!! That's a cold hard ****ing fact. So if Mark Dantonio was making less in 2012 than the Nebraska head coach, yes there's a chance we could've hired him.

Admittedly, Nebraska had done well from 2008-2012, minus the blow out loss to Wisconsin in 2011 where our defense looked clueless, & having 63 hung on us by Ohio State the next year. But getting blown out in the CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP like that, against a 7-5 Wisconsin team, was REALLY REALLY BAD. I don't know how anyone could've watched that game & come to the conclusion that we might still win championships under this coach. But if championships are not the goal, then yes it wouldn't have made any sense to attempt to hire a better coach following the 2012 season.

Anyway, all I'm really saying is that a suggested Nebraska should hire Mark Dantonio in 2012 (who the **** cares anyway, I don't have any say in anything), the usual board know-it-alls all said what a bad hire that would be. & patiently, after 5 years, I am giving those same board know it alls the "**** you" because my meaningless suggestion has stood the test of time, while there whiny know-it-all posts haven't.

 
In the Deed the Glory said:
As a Nebraska fan, I'm sure you are aware that the Athletic program at the University of Nebraska uses ZERO public funds and in fact gives back to the university to help fund projects in academics.

You knew that, right?  I hope so considering you edited your post to add that...
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Does the athletic program pay the Athletic Director, or does the University pay the Athletic Director? Because the University is certainly tax-dollar dependent

https://sdn.unl.edu/funding_sources

Straight from the Omaha World-Hearld "link below" "The NU system receives well over $560 million a year in state money, which makes up about two-thirds of NU's operating budget. The rest of the NU budget is covered by tuition revenue, an NU spokeswoman said".

http://www.omaha.com/news/education/nebraska-higher-ed-officials-brace-for-news-on-state-funding/article_f7ab20ce-d785-11e6-a0a2-bbd4a276599c.html

So which is it, does the athletic program pay the Athletic Director's salary, or does the University do it???

 
knapplc said:
How many championships has Dantonio won in the past five years?
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He's been competitive on a national stage every year, more than Nebraska can currently say. Even the 2 years with a losing season, his team nearly beat national power Ohio State.

 
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I'll put myself in the camp that I knew guys like Dantonio, Patterson, and Petersen would have been great hires 5 years ago.  Ship has sailed now though.  It's Scott Frost...he is forcing our hand.  UCF would beat us by 2 TD's or more.  

 
He's won two conference championships in the past five years.

How do you create this thread and defend your claim in half a dozen replies but you don't know that?

 
I may be in a minority here, but I'd actually prefer a losing season where the team is competitive in every game, than a mediocre season 9-3 where Ohio State could've literally named the score on us, & Iowa used us to mop the floor in our own stadium.

 
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