Member what Oregon State fans told us when Riley was hired?

Hayseed said:
Bo wasn’t bad, he just didn’t like feeling that he was being played and that the fix was in, which it obviously was. I’m gonna guess the reason why had more to do with his brother’s off-field actions than his tomato faced ranting. The players seemed to be okay with his demeanor. The ESPN types among us were the ones constantly making it a big deal. From what I could see he ran a clean program and developed players.... and he had the player’s back like a mother if you criticized them.
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agreed- most people get caught up in the crude remarks, sideline blow ups, and that whole secret taping of his comments (rightfully IMO) about our fair-weather fans after the tOSU comeback game, to actually fairly reflect on those positive facts and negative circumstances.

 
I think the OP is mis-remembering.  Many, in fact an extremely large majority of Husker fans knew that Eichorst hiring Riley was doomed to fail right from the start.  The difference was, most of us decided to put away our misgivings and support the new head football coach even though we knew better.  Then there was the constant disconnect between what Riley said, versus what his teams did on the field.  For example, Mike Riley said:

* We want great recruiters, but they also have to be great teachers.

* I want Nebraska to be in the top three in the conference in rushing.

* We're introducing a buddy system to enforce accountability.

Fast forward to now, based on the play we've seen on the field, has any of those metrics been met?

But again, we (meaning most Nebraska fans) already knew Mike Riley would fail.  We just decided to let him hang himself rather than bombarding the board with negativity. 

 
i heard what they said...but still had to hope for the best until riley  had a chance to prove himself.   he has now proved that he wasn't up to the job.   

FWIW....i do like that Scott has had a chance to prove himself as a head coach.   he is climbing up the ladder quite well.    hope his next step up is nebraska and he continues to impress.   

 
SF's team beat a pretty good SMU team yesterday despite the fact they had 3 turnovers

my bet is he's going to go undefeated this year- only one team that might beat him left on the schedule

 
Whistlepig said:
if you believe Herr Eichorst's statement about "why" they fired Bo then your whole premise is mistaken- they couldn't even be publicly honest about their reasons, which is why they are no longer in those positions - integrity is something within a person, that apparently Eichorst nor is boss ever possessed 

also, Bo may have been the despicable human you believe he is/was, but one thing is for sure he spoke his mind and was honest about his thoughts, however crass or crude they were- and all of his behaviors which most fans that hate Bo use as reasons for their negative opinions,  seems a bit strange if you juxtaposition it with your statement that people would ignore those behaviors "if" he won championships. that is not something to be proud of and and certainly doesn't exude integrity or a principled position. 
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Can someone verify that I haven't stroked out? I probably re-read this paragraph 4 times and can't make sense of what is being said. 

 
Redreign22 said:
I was ran off this board for lobbying for Frost to replace Riley his entire first year. I even emailed all the brass at UNL. Posted my reply from Perlman. Some members came at me pretty hard for it. I didnt post for a year. I just stalked anonymously. ; )
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You weren't ran off - you decided to stop putting up with the large amounts of criticism you (rightfully) got for such a misguided and nonsensical idea.

 
Landlord said:
You weren't ran off - you decided to stop putting up with the large amounts of criticism you (rightfully) got for such a misguided and nonsensical idea.
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compared to hiring a .500 career coach in his waning years  and not hiring an up and comer with winning credentials is misguided and non-nonsensical how?

Eichorst knows that answer, oh yeah his logic got him fired and UFC thanks him for being a dipwad

 
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pretty simple concepts- 

So the summary is:

if you believe what Eichost said when he fired Bo then you're whole premise is wrong.
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You need to work on your English composition. I wasn't talking about the content of the post.

But I have zero clue what Eichorst said about Bo. I'm talking about the multiple instances of Bo losing his s#!t. The guy had zero composure.

Or are you denying that there is plenty of evidence to suggest that Bo Pelini is a hot head?

 
Whistlepig said:
compared to hiring a .500 career coach in his waning years  and not hiring an up and comer with winning credentials is misguided and non-nonsensical how?
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No. Seriously suggesting we should fire Mike Riley in his first season after 5-6 games and hire Scott Frost is misguided and non-sensical.

 
HuskerMav11 said:
You need to work on your English composition. I wasn't talking about the content of the post.

But I have zero clue what Eichorst said about Bo. I'm talking about the multiple instances of Bo losing his s#!t. The guy had zero composure.

Or are you denying that there is plenty of evidence to suggest that Bo Pelini is a hot head?
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I don't think so because I'm assuming you'd know what Eichorst said my composition is fine- you need to learn the facts.

Re-read your post I was making specific comments to the bolded type had nothing to do with Bo being a hot head- you said he was fired because of that- my point was clear on that statement.....to make it clear...again the weasels in charge did NOT publicly  cite Bo's behavior as the reason they fired him (even though that was probably the reason they did- that wasn't the point I was making though)

who doesn't remember the Eichorst statement about Iowa???

 
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No. Seriously suggesting we should fire Mike Riley in his first season after 5-6 games and hire Scott Frost is misguided and non-sensical.
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I suggested Riley should have never been hired. 

I was also right when I predicted to Eichorst sticking with Riley would cost him his job. Making that move would have been bold and balzy and correct. We all know Eichorst was too soft for that.

Its all irrelevant at this point.

 
Bold for sure

Definitely ballsy

Correct? No. That would have been the worst possible thing in the world to do. I guess you could argue the second worst thing behind hiring Riley in the first place, but in the moment, there was at least a hypothetical possibility of Riley doing quite well. There is 100% certainty that firing him after 6 games would have been a total disaster. 

 
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