Riley most certainly came here for one last shot, and to try it out with what Nebraska had to offer compared to Oregon State. I think his decision to leave Oregon State and take the Nebraska offer had to do a little with the pressure he was starting to get from OSU. But nonetheless, he did not come here to capture a nice paid retirement package. I think Riley's intentions were good, I think his intentions are good, he just simply isn't the answer at Nebraska.
This is a program that expects excellence and winning, whether or not these days that's a realistic expectation at Nebraska, it is what we expect and what this program was built on. So as a coach you have to accept these conditions and do what you can to achieve it. Year 3 and absolutely no progress has been made. You don't date someone for three years knowing you wont marry them when your ultimate end goal is finding that special someone for marriage.
Riley is an incredibly nice guy, as we were all told when he was hired. "He's a nice guy." That stands true and he is a 10000% better image of a coach for this program then Pelini was, but he doesn't win.
