I think Bo had done an adequate job. Nothing special unless you call a couple of close games more than that. I do think he has us headed in the right direction and if given the time will turn the corner to making us relevant again. I do not see us ever returning to the top of college football, no matter who was our coach, with the exception of Miles or Saben. Kiffen and Kelly in the second tier.
Bo has won most of the games he should have with a few exceptions along the way. He has never beaten or finished ahead of team he was not supposed to beat. That to me me is average at best. Bo has three victories over top 15 BCS teams, but at the end of the season finished behind them. Elite coaches do not do that. He has 4 years with 9 wins, but those victories have not been over eilite teams by any means and some of those teams, that would be considered low level tier 2 teams have given us some very tough games. Seldom does an elite/top coach have those problems. He has lost to several losing teams in his time here.
But in his defense, he is a young head coach, with absolutely no proven/battle won assistants. He is learning his trade at Nebraska and he is teaching others to do their jobs, and may not have the basic knowledge to do that. Most do not in their first HC gig. Most surround themselves with proven coaches to help them overcome obstacles that they have never faced. He does have Tom to help. Some question if he takes advantage of that Fort Knox coach down the hall. I think Bo is a smart man and that he does seek out Coach Osborne for help. If he does not, then the problems are far greater than I think.
Until the fan base understands where we are, what we have the expectations may be higher than they should be. We have not taken a step forward in the last two years, that again screams average.
But that is exactly what we are, a slightly above average program, with a new head coach, in a new tough conference in its furthest outreach area. We have problems recruiting under the best of circumstances and we have not had the big wins that turn recruits heads like back in the day.
My expectations of this team is to win the ones we should, never be laughed off the field and occasionally win a CCG and possibly play in a BCS game. I think that is where we are at now. With time we may move up the ladder, but we are never going to be like BAMA, LSU or USC again. Play respectable football, graduate our players and make great young men out of them I will be happy with Bo. At this point I am very happy overall with Bo. He took on a very tough job, is doing the best he can with what he has. Now if he would just take a class on winning friends it would help.
Bo has won most of the games he should have with a few exceptions along the way. He has never beaten or finished ahead of team he was not supposed to beat. That to me me is average at best. Bo has three victories over top 15 BCS teams, but at the end of the season finished behind them. Elite coaches do not do that. He has 4 years with 9 wins, but those victories have not been over eilite teams by any means and some of those teams, that would be considered low level tier 2 teams have given us some very tough games. Seldom does an elite/top coach have those problems. He has lost to several losing teams in his time here.
But in his defense, he is a young head coach, with absolutely no proven/battle won assistants. He is learning his trade at Nebraska and he is teaching others to do their jobs, and may not have the basic knowledge to do that. Most do not in their first HC gig. Most surround themselves with proven coaches to help them overcome obstacles that they have never faced. He does have Tom to help. Some question if he takes advantage of that Fort Knox coach down the hall. I think Bo is a smart man and that he does seek out Coach Osborne for help. If he does not, then the problems are far greater than I think.
Until the fan base understands where we are, what we have the expectations may be higher than they should be. We have not taken a step forward in the last two years, that again screams average.
But that is exactly what we are, a slightly above average program, with a new head coach, in a new tough conference in its furthest outreach area. We have problems recruiting under the best of circumstances and we have not had the big wins that turn recruits heads like back in the day.
My expectations of this team is to win the ones we should, never be laughed off the field and occasionally win a CCG and possibly play in a BCS game. I think that is where we are at now. With time we may move up the ladder, but we are never going to be like BAMA, LSU or USC again. Play respectable football, graduate our players and make great young men out of them I will be happy with Bo. At this point I am very happy overall with Bo. He took on a very tough job, is doing the best he can with what he has. Now if he would just take a class on winning friends it would help.
