2021 Coaching Carousel

huskerfan74 said:
It is so sad to see how every team with a rich football history is trying hard to regain their former glory while we are looking to save a few million even if it sets us back years in recruiting and player development. Florida, USC, and LSU are going at it hard and willing to do whatever it takes to get their man. Florida got Napier, USC grabbed Riley, and LSU is willing to pay 10 mil or more per year for a good coach. While these teams want to climb back on top, we have to pray and hope that God blesses the Huskers by bestowing wisdom and football game planning knowledge on our HC who managed to be outcoached by every Big Ten coach multiple times including Ferentz in four straight years. If you ask me, that is too much to ask from God. 
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Solid and uncomfortably true.  Are we willing to pay to win?  It would appear not at this moment.  Who besides Rutgers and Duke would keep a coach who is getting worse each year.  And Cutcliffe is stepping away.

And everyone else had made mad cash dashes to hire guys now.  Who are still going bowling and who people never thought would leave.  And we don't even have a ST coach confirmed....

 
huskerfan74 said:
It is so sad to see how every team with a rich football history is trying hard to regain their former glory while we are looking to save a few million even if it sets us back years in recruiting and player development. Florida, USC, and LSU are going at it hard and willing to do whatever it takes to get their man. Florida got Napier, USC grabbed Riley, and LSU is willing to pay 10 mil or more per year for a good coach. While these teams want to climb back on top, we have to pray and hope that God blesses the Huskers by bestowing wisdom and football game planning knowledge on our HC who managed to be outcoached by every Big Ten coach multiple times including Ferentz in four straight years. If you ask me, that is too much to ask from God. 
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Your thoughts mirror my own.  If we desire to not only be relevant once more, but also competitive in terms of league championships, we are going to have to pony up and pay to get "the guy".  Whoever that may be.  The market rate for top flight coaching prospects, in many cases unproved at the Power 5 level, has gone up considerably.  

With this upcoming lame duck season, including Spring / Fall practices and games, it is imperative that the powers that be in and around this program, develop not only a list of prospective candidates, but also determine just how much they are prepared to spend in order to right the ship.  Moreover, we should also consider the possibility of going all in on a proven and successful Power 5 head coach, even if that offer puts us north of $10 million per season.  

If we are prepared to spend significant money on new facilities, it is only logical to assume that the same program would put significant money on the table for a proven, successful Power 5 coach.  

 
Farms said:
Yea he took over a program that was humming along in great shape in a dogs#!t conference and all while their arch rival Texas is a complete dumpster fire. He hasn’t exactly proved much.
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Sour grapes. Riley took a strong OU program and kept it strong and relevant. He had multiple Heisman trophy winners, top rankings, championships, and playoff appearances. If it was so easy why has NO ONE come close to this since Solich left NU?  

 
Looking through OU’s recruiting list and many were already being recruited by USC. OU’s class may get gutted by Riley and Grinch. 

 
chamrocck said:
Sour grapes. Riley took a strong OU program and kept it strong and relevant. He had multiple Heisman trophy winners, top rankings, championships, and playoff appearances. If it was so easy why has NO ONE come close to this since Solich left NU?  
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Solich didn’t leave willingly. Stoops retired. It’s very different. 

 
All Hail Herbie said:
If we are prepared to spend significant money on new facilities, it is only logical to assume that the same program would put significant money on the table for a proven, successful Power 5 coach.
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One would think.  However, it would be something NU has never done.  Money talks, but many seem to think most "proven" P5 coaches would consider NU a lateral move at best.  Maybe Trev and the new facility changes that.

 
Sometimes I wonder if all husker fans are watching the same games because the comments and threads I see are really baffling. We have fans still making fun of Iowa and Texas while others question Lincoln Riley’s accomplishments. Instead of attacking other teams and belittling their accomplishments, how about we focus on the disaster we have on our hands. Iowa came to our house, was down 21-6 towards the end of the third quarter and then scored 22 unanswered points through their special teams and defense play. They pulled a win and now are heading to the big ten championship. They got 10 wins. Yet, some fans keep making fun of them. Kirk Ferentz has done way more with less talent while Frost has wasted the talent he has by mismanagement of his game plans. We lost so much talent through the transfer portal because these players saw what we are seeing now; a team that has no identity on offense that is lead by a coach who believes special teams are unnecessary. Instead, some on this board say good riddance to those who left. I say, it is on Frost to inspire these players to see what he is building and show them results. After a season where most fans forecasted this team to win no more than 3 to 4 games as I remember from last year’s threads, and that ended up happening, why are we not questioning the HC who was given four years to do as he pleases and did not get results on the field. The “we are so close” excuse is no longer valid. Commentators on sports channels say that losing a close game is pulling a Nebraska. Is this the legacy we want to hang on to? So, please stop belittling the Iowa’s and Minnesota’s out there. PJ Fleck continues to outcoach many of his opponents (including Frost 3/4 times) with one or two key players and they just defeated Wisconsin. Iowa has beaten us 7 times in a row. Texas may not be successful right now but they keep trying to find the guy who will get them back to relevance. What do we do? We save a few million by keeping a coach with zero winning seasons in four years. A coach who may or may not hire a special teams coach because it is not as important as the offense. I would not make fun of any other teams because we are bottom of the barrel and in no place to mock anyone at this time. We can start talking smack when we start beating someone with a pulse consistently.

 
Lorewarn said:
Okay, you're almost there.

Now....why do you think we're trying to potentially save those several million dollars? 
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I see what you are hinting at but the damage we will do by saving those few million might not be worth it. We will spend money to bring new assistant coaches. They will cost more than what we were paying the others. There are no guarantees they will be successful since Frost still makes the decisions. Recruiting will suffer. We will lose more players to the transfer portal. We will lose one more year of player development under a coach who might be able to do well in their first year at the helm. I am just saying that saving those few millions is not worth the risk you take on a program that is struggling to find an identity. But then again, I really hope I am wrong and that my Huskers find a way to be really competitive next year and compete for the West title. After all, that should not be a tall order for a coach in his 5th year at the helm, right?

 
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