RUMOR--Trev Alberts for AD

StPaulHusker said:
Has anyone thought about what would happen to this program if we hired not one but 2 "Native Sons" to get Nebraska back and they failed?  And they had to be fired?

How much rope are you willing to give them?

How toxic this university might be to other coaches later on?
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I saw or heard a quote from someone (I think an ex player) last night.  They claimed we should go after a "native son" because the fan base would be willing to give them more time to turn it around.

My reaction was....WTF????  Why should that matter?  If we have a really good coach and, unfortunately, it takes a little longer than we would like to get it turned around.....then that's what we should give them no matter if they are a "native son" or not....OR...we should be impatient as hell no matter what.

 
BigRedBuster said:
I saw or heard a quote from someone (I think an ex player) last night.  They claimed we should go after a "native son" because the fan base would be willing to give them more time to turn it around.

My reaction was....WTF????  Why should that matter?  If we have a really good coach and, unfortunately, it takes a little longer than we would like to get it turned around.....then that's what we should give them no matter if they are a "native son" or not....OR...we should be impatient as hell no matter what.
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I agree. You last as long as your promise of success allows....which is why Pelini got longer than Callahan and almost certainly Riley. All that native son talk changes the minute you take the job.

Because there is one universal rule of all leadership positions....someone is always complaining about them.

 
This is not about conducting a national search. This is about bringing back a Nebraska guy like Trev or Dave Rimington. Someone who understands the culture.

Do a national search and end up with a guy who is approximately Eichorst.

@BigRedBuster, I'm with you. Why should that matter? But it does -- hugely. That's how we are. That appears to be the path we're going to take. But I don't know. Maybe they'll surprise!

 
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BigRedBuster said:
I saw or heard a quote from someone (I think an ex player) last night.  They claimed we should go after a "native son" because the fan base would be willing to give them more time to turn it around.

My reaction was....WTF????  Why should that matter?  If we have a really good coach and, unfortunately, it takes a little longer than we would like to get it turned around.....then that's what we should give them no matter if they are a "native son" or not....OR...we should be impatient as hell no matter what.
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Because people naively think that if we bring back a native son, they will resort to winning the way Osborne did.

Don't get me wrong, I am all aboard the Frost train but not because I think he will magically be able to resurrect option football and lead us to a streak that is more impressive than current-day Alabama. Football has changed tremendously over the last 20+ years and Osborne's style of football would not be as successful today as it was then. I am looking for a coach to instill a fiery passion that comes with the brand of husker football, one that can compete for conference championships. If a team like Wisconsin can continue to enjoy the success they do, there is no reason why Nebraska cannot compete at that same level and I think a native son, who understands the culture, would get us to the Wisconsin level.

 
teachercd said:
The Wrestling Program ran on their own cash.  Denny is a decent guy and wrestling is a very tight group.  
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The best way to describe Coach Denney is that he was the Osborne of wrestling at UNO.  When I was there in the mid/late 90s I helped him train his wrestlers in the  school Judo program that he taught.  Good times.   :thumbs

 
NM11046 said:
I heard that goes to Johnny Rogers.

Also, IM Hipp = dance squad.
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ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT ROZIER?

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I know nothing about him.  Would like to hear some thoughts from people that do.  At face value from someone who knows absolutely nothing about him, I don't like it.

 
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