Guess I'll try it a third time......
Eichorst says "we're lucky to have Bo".
Ok, fine. Does he mean it?
I'm asking you too, look at those teams I listed. Who do you think Nebraska, on it's historical level, should lose to on any given year? What coach couldn't beat those teams with Nebraska's resources?
You know NUPolo, EVERY game should be a win on our schedule, but to answer your question, All of those you listed should be outright wins. No excuse. I will get back to this later in my post as well.
Now when you speak "historic level", you do realize these past 15 years aren't close to being what we were, right? Even outside of Bo's tenure. I see everyone b!^@h and complain about Bo, but at least this guy has done things no other coach after TO has been able to do, with taking over a pile of crap. Sure, Callahan recruited good players, but those players also had to be recoached. Bo has at least won our division outright 3 times in a 6 year period. More than Callahan and Solich combined. Bo has also brought a level of consistency, something neither of them were able to do. Sure you can bring up SOS, but lets not get blindsided here and really believe that our scheduling was much easier in the Big 12. When your EXPECTED to win the Big 12 North and fall short, what do you say to that? Bo won it twice in the 3 years he was there. Both CCG games were very competitive and came down to a few plays. Bo's fault? Sure, but it was more than just his, it was the players fault as well.
I believe we are lucky to have him here as well. For those things I spoke of, and more. I love the passion he has for this program, and its rubbing off on these kids. Each loss, turnover and mess up goes right back to the Head Coach. Is that fair? Not at all, but that is the way it is. I just don't get all the dislike for him. Many of our "blowout" losses, Bo has put kids in the right position to make plays (defensively). Now I am not saying EVERY play, but the majority of them. These kids need to be held to a higher level of accountability for their actions on the field. Maybe not by the coaches, maybe by the players themselves. What happened to players getting on each other for not sticking to the basics of football. Why did we lose most of our games? It wasn't the scheme (outside the Minnesota and Iowa game last year offensively), it was the fact these kids couldn't do the basics. They couldn't hold onto the ball. They couldn't tackle in the open field, or they were missing tackles in the backfield. It also doesn't help when your lineman are being held majority of the game! This is no excuse, go rewatch last years film and you will see it. You can coach and it teach it all you want, its up to those kids to put it together on the field.
Now you say, they should be pulled if they aren't doing their job! How many games do we win if we pull Armstrong after his fumbles? Abdullah? Hell, how many games do we win if we would have pulled Martinez?
2012 season was the only season where I believe players on the defense should have been pulled for true freshman to play and make the right cuts. Something that should be natural to those kids. Bo did take responsibility on not doing that.
Besides the defensive debacle in 2012, where I believe we were playing the best players, not most talented, what would you have done? Bo has played the players who needed to be on the field, despite the lack of basic fundamentals they were having. Not a single on of us know what goes on in practice after these games, or in the locker room to say these issues aren't being addressed, so I don't want to hear that, unless your a player or on the staff.
This year is personally my make it or break it year with Bo. Do we need to win a B1G title? No, but it sure would be nice. At least be competitive in the race, and not play to our opponents level.
Please, don't take this post as me being argumentative, or saying 9 wins is enough. I don't look at it as a 9 win plateau, I see it as a continuity of blowouts us pooping our pants on national TV . What I care about is the fashion its done in. The lack of competitiveness in some of these games.
