Mike'l Severe rant on Scott Frost

Bigred_inSD said:
Not surprised. 

Issues at home more than likely 

And Frost probably took to recruiting the way some menbers of this board do

"We are Nebraska! Every kid should be want to be here, and we win with Nebraska kids"
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I never fully got the story about what was going on with SF and his wife?  I caught bits and pieces on here but nothing ever addressed it directly or likely I just didn't see it.

 
gorp512 said:
Anyone who is in the State, was there ever a positive interaction with him? 
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Yes, absolutely. He was our neighbor between his NFL days and beginning his coaching career, and he'd be around in between jobs as well. He was a good neighbor, friendly and a bit chatty, loved showing off his chocolate labs. 

After Scott got the Oregon job, his parents moved in and lived there until Larry passed away in 2019. We'd see Scott and his wife come to visit most Sundays after he got the Nebraska job, loading and unloading baby seats into the car.

Larry and Carol were also very good neighbors, friendly in their way. Carol is very matter-of-fact, but she and my wife chatted quite a bit. Larry helped grade our back yard one year, free of charge. Helped take that from an overgrown prairie to useful grass. 

 
There is likely some element of truth to a lot of it.

But it seems likely that it's pretty exaggerated.  

Most of our top recruits report talking to Frost regularly.  So the only one that I have much insight on - "not making recruiting calls" - seems pretty dubious.

Thus I'm also skeptical about a lot of the rest of it.

 
There's also lots of potential reasons if chunks are true. Maybe he was late to practice because he was hungover. Maybe he was having panic attacks because he could see this wasn't working. Maybe he really sucked at time management as a P5 head coach and decided he needed to be finishing some things up instead of being present at the start of practice. Who knows, but I don't even think it matters at this point - they can say "it wasn't just the losses" all they want, the losses are enough to justify it anyway.

 
I'm gonna go on my own little "rant" here. Some of the gossip and rumors about Frost may or may not be true. I'm going to choose to not believe any of it without further evidence. As some posters have stated above, of course Frost's firing was about wins and losses. Is it possible that personal habits and personal issues contributed to a culture that has led to so many losses? Sure. Is it likely that Frost was simply in over his head and was not capable of a job of this magnitude? Obviously. Is it likely that he stopped caring, decided to slack off, and agreed to take a lot less money if the writing was already on the wall? I don't buy that. Of course he cared, he had more blood sweat and tears in this program than just about anyone. 

The simple answer is that Scott Frost tried and he failed. I'm not angry about it, I'm just sad. In comparison, I am still angry at Bill Callahan, because he tossed away so many of our old traditions and identities. I am still angry at Mike Riley (or at least at Eichorst for hiring him), because Riley never even deserved a shot at this job and never should have been here. But Scott Frost? Of course he deserved the shot. He belonged here. He not only recognized NU's history and traditions, but he was born into it, he lived it, and he delivered it as a player. He is the guy we all wanted when the time came. His shot was well-deserved, and it is absolutely horrible that it worked out the way that it did. 

But bashing him now, spreading unverified rumors, attacking his character...all unnecessary. It wasn't just the losses? No, the losses were enough. Oh, and now Benning knows some dirt? F**k off. This was Benning's teammate. Frost was the guy handing Benning the ball in the Orange Bowl in what I think was Benning's only start after being a career backup. Frost embodies Nebraska more than Damon Benning ever has or will, and Frost was far more successful in the football business than Benning ever was, despite Frost's failures as head coach at Nebraska. I'm not even defending Frost's character. I don't know what the man has or hasn't done in his personal life. But I think it is time to leave him alone. 

Tearing down Frost on a personal level is a bad look for anyone doing it. It doesn't make any of us better, it doesn't help the program, and it doesn't help us heal. Let's move on from Scott and see what Mickey can do. 

 
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Mavric said:
Most of our top recruits report talking to Frost regularly.  So the only one that I have much insight on - "not making recruiting calls" - seems pretty dubious.
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I wonder if that's not specific to one or two players that Severe knows/knows a lot about, who ended up not coming to Nebraska. Legacy kids. I believe Severe is buddies with some of our former Huskers whose kids were in the recruiting cycle the last few years, yes?

 
knapplc said:
I wonder if that's not specific to one or two players that Severe knows/knows a lot about, who ended up not coming to Nebraska. Legacy kids. I believe Severe is buddies with some of our former Huskers whose kids were in the recruiting cycle the last few years, yes?
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Like I said, there is probably some element of truth to a lot of it.  But it seems likely like it's being exaggerated, possibly to a significant extent.  Especially considering the source.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
Just curious why Severe is not a "credible source"?
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For me that dates back years and years. He made some claims about the program that people pushed back on and he went on a massive blocking spree on Twitter rather than discuss it. Very much like Lee Barfknecht, as I recall. 

It's not so much to do with his credibility as his personality. 

 
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knapplc said:
For me that dates back years and years. He made some claims about the program that people pushed back on and he went on a massive blocking spree on Twitter rather than discuss it. Very much like Lee Barfknecht, as I recall. 

It's not so much to do with his credibility as his personality. 
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Yeah I can see that.

 
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