This is the reason it will be really hard to hire a new coach. Why would Frost want to come when some fans, like you, are already stating he'll be fired too if he doesn't magically win the championship within a couple/three years?
Two seasons and 3 games in and the Fire Riley crowd was marching in the streets. There were a third of fans who wanted him fired the day he was hired. I can understand being doubtful and even critical of the hire but once the opinion was stated, then move on to support the team and coach, whatever his name is. We are Husker football fans, not HC Riley Coached football fans.
The team and program need our full support and encouragement no matter who the coach is or isn't. I am very disappointed in the team's performance and Riley is largely responsible for that but the players and his coaches and staff bear responsibility as well.
The mindset by so many fans is that Nebraska's football team just needs the right guy calling the plays and aligning up the defense and "eureka!!!" we playing for the national title. This program is FAR FAR FAR from being championship calibler. The next coach will have to be a tremendous recruiter and a player magnet. Anything short of that and he will have similar results to Riley, Callahan, Solich and Pelini (I believe Riley has more championship teams than the other three combined??). Osborne was given 23 seasons to win a title and about 8 years to get the team over the hump of OU and that was after taking over a team with good talent, depth and a couiple national titles and a heisman trophy winner on the roster.
Whether Frost would dare to risk his entire future career on the 'undying' support of Husker fans who will cheerfully burn him at the stake after the second 4 TD loss in year two is a very difficult question. Solich had Osborne to give him some cover for a couple seasons although Tom failed to support him as time went on and I think this was unfair. Tom should have helped him recruit and be involved on some level 'publicly although it did appear that Tom and Solich were not getting along well at that time. Now we have an unknown outsider with no fan appeal as AD hired by a President Greene (basically nobody in Nebraska alumna base knows or cares about really). Who will shield Frost when he needs some cover when things don't go blazingly well right from the start? Ronnie Greene? Not a chance. The Governor? Former Senator Bob Kerry and Ben Nelson? LOL There is nobody folks!
If we don't hire Frost (I would not want to bet my money on that happening because Frost is hopefully smarter than that), then the next coach will be no better than the one we have now in all likelihood. The next one better have thick skin (Mike surely has it as he could have lashed out plenty of times already) and better have lots of patience. He's gong to need a lot of luck and more time than 24 months.
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