Scott Frost and the Future

TITANIC VS LUSITANIA said:
marko polo said:
grandpasknee said:
Older guy here, and alum. My user name reflects the fact I first became a Husker fan sitting on my grandpa's knee, listening to Husker games in he early/mid 60s...and remember hearing folks saying thing that made me think they were happy to have a winning season. So I remember both sets of glory years...the two in the 70s and those in the 90s. But I became a "love it to the core, this team is, and always will be MY team with the deflected two point try in the 83 orange bowl. I was a big fan of the stability and longevity of the entire coaching staff in those days as much as I was of the actual team on the field. It was all part of one program.

As for Frost, I'll echo what a lot of folks have said already. It is good to see him get some experience at a place other than Nebraska. A young coach like him, if successful at his first gig, is going to be a hot commodity, and want to leverage that spotlight to "take a step up". I think it would be ideal for us to have Riley for another 3 years, maybe 4 (if he can pull it together and get back to having good seasons), then open the door for a successful Frost to return home. He'd have gotten the "hot shot new coach" recognition and might be less likely to bolt in 2 - 3 years if he does well at NU. Maybe then he'd have a chance to put together somewhat of a stable, long term team of coaches here as well.

One can hope. I'd take him if he shows well at UCF for the next few years.

That is an old guy's opinions.

FWIW...welcome to the board, and to the Big Red family young scholar.
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You are missing the point Grandpa.If and probably when he is successful in florida. I seriously doubt he will becoming here, he will be getting better offers than us. Be realisticand not a homer, why would he? Really why would he
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Cuz he likes Nebraska
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And believes he can win championships here?????

 
If he does well at UCF, I think it's safe to assume that he'll be our next HC. I don't see Riley lasting more than 2 more seasons here; I just don't.

Just my two cents.

 
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Way too many variables between now and who knows when in regards to Frost possibly coming to NU. In the end, I don't care who our coach is as long as he gets more way W's then L's, and is good for the players, the team and the university.

 
marko polo said:
grandpasknee said:
Older guy here, and alum. My user name reflects the fact I first became a Husker fan sitting on my grandpa's knee, listening to Husker games in he early/mid 60s...and remember hearing folks saying thing that made me think they were happy to have a winning season. So I remember both sets of glory years...the two in the 70s and those in the 90s. But I became a "love it to the core, this team is, and always will be MY team with the deflected two point try in the 83 orange bowl. I was a big fan of the stability and longevity of the entire coaching staff in those days as much as I was of the actual team on the field. It was all part of one program.

As for Frost, I'll echo what a lot of folks have said already. It is good to see him get some experience at a place other than Nebraska. A young coach like him, if successful at his first gig, is going to be a hot commodity, and want to leverage that spotlight to "take a step up". I think it would be ideal for us to have Riley for another 3 years, maybe 4 (if he can pull it together and get back to having good seasons), then open the door for a successful Frost to return home. He'd have gotten the "hot shot new coach" recognition and might be less likely to bolt in 2 - 3 years if he does well at NU. Maybe then he'd have a chance to put together somewhat of a stable, long term team of coaches here as well.

One can hope. I'd take him if he shows well at UCF for the next few years.

That is an old guy's opinions.

FWIW...welcome to the board, and to the Big Red family young scholar.
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You are missing the point Grandpa.If and probably when he is successful in florida. I seriously doubt he will becoming here, he will be getting better offers than us. Be realistic

and not a homer, why would he? Really why would he
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I'm sure the pay will be on par if not more than any other offers that he gets.

If he thinks he can win a national championship at NU then he has a shot at being TO 2.0 in the since of being the most iconic figure in Nebraska.

He will be able to recruit here after having some roots in the west coast and in Florida.

 
My gut says Frost will never coach at Nebraska for a myriad of reasons. Timing for one. Last year Sean Eichorst hires Mike Riley after interviewing no one else but Mike Riley and low and behold one year later there's Scott Frost landing his first head coaching gig at UCF. In terms of the future of the program which should always be priority #1 you can count that as one pretty big missed opportunity.

Secondly Frost is inheriting a team that didn't win a single game this year. That isn't going to be an easy task as far as turning things around but that's what he's going to be asked to do. My point is that when or if people see that Frost's UCF team is barely winning any games which is pretty likely starting off most Husker fans probably won't want him any longer. Lastly is Eichorst retained as our AD once Pearlman leaves? If so then you can forget about Scott Frost coming to Nebraska imo.

Nebraska had an opportunity last year and Sean Eichorst simply blew it monumentally even if it didn't involve trying to get Frost here.

 
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I think Frost is in a great situation. UCF was pretty good just a couple years ago. They are in a hotbed of talent. And there's nowhere to go but up. I see him getting them back into a bowl game in the 6-6 range his first season. That's going to make him a hot commodity immediately.

 
I don't know suh_fan, maybe it's good to see what Frost can do at a non-P5 school before handing him the keys to a larger school. There was some pretty major backlash among fans about Bo Pelini being a first time head coach and that Nebraska shouldn't be a training ground for coaches, that we should hire an established name.

So, let's see if Frost can establish himself as a hot commodity at UCF before considering him for the Nebraska job. The timing of this does work out pretty well though. Mike Riley is older and isn't too far from retirement (maybe 3-4 years away). I think Frost will do well at UCF (and honestly, the bar shouldn't be set very high after going 0-12 this season), well enough to be considered for the Nebraska job, which may be a job he holds near and dear to his heart (a la Harbaugh--Michigan)

 
man eating mastodon said:
GBRedneck said:
GOAT said:
If he does well at UCF, I think it's safe to assume that he'll be our next HC. I don't see Riley lasting more than 2 more seasons here; I just don't.

Just my two cents.
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As long as Eichorst is gone. Frost won't work for Eichorst.
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is he quoted as saying this or just a guess?
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There's nothing I can link to. You'll have to assume it's just my opinion.
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I don't always put credence in this type of stuff... but in this "modern" world it matters.

Has anyone seen a video of an interview of Scott Frost? There was one around on YT a while back.

Scott Frost has some serious CHARISMA.

He projects a very self confident, determined, smart personality. That stuff is important not only in coaching but also in recruiting. He projects that "cool jock" image to the max. As much as we might not want to admit it... that stuff matters... and it's something Nebraska could use a lot more of considering how the program might now be "perceived" from the outside.

If, and I am saying IF he can coach as well as he projects himself in public he could bring a lot of needed qualities to Nebraska.

As any good parent would say... you can come home any time. I think there should always be a place for Scott Frost here... and Trev Alberts too... LOL. But seriously, I think those two would be an AWESOME combination.

edit: I almost forgot... Retain Boyd Epply... bring back Marvin Sanders to coach DB's... and bring back Ron Brown to coach RB's. AWESOME.

 
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BlitzFirst said:
marko polo said:
grandpasknee said:
Older guy here, and alum. My user name reflects the fact I first became a Husker fan sitting on my grandpa's knee, listening to Husker games in he early/mid 60s...and remember hearing folks saying thing that made me think they were happy to have a winning season. So I remember both sets of glory years...the two in the 70s and those in the 90s. But I became a "love it to the core, this team is, and always will be MY team with the deflected two point try in the 83 orange bowl. I was a big fan of the stability and longevity of the entire coaching staff in those days as much as I was of the actual team on the field. It was all part of one program.

As for Frost, I'll echo what a lot of folks have said already. It is good to see him get some experience at a place other than Nebraska. A young coach like him, if successful at his first gig, is going to be a hot commodity, and want to leverage that spotlight to "take a step up". I think it would be ideal for us to have Riley for another 3 years, maybe 4 (if he can pull it together and get back to having good seasons), then open the door for a successful Frost to return home. He'd have gotten the "hot shot new coach" recognition and might be less likely to bolt in 2 - 3 years if he does well at NU. Maybe then he'd have a chance to put together somewhat of a stable, long term team of coaches here as well.

One can hope. I'd take him if he shows well at UCF for the next few years.

That is an old guy's opinions.

FWIW...welcome to the board, and to the Big Red family young scholar.
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You are missing the point Grandpa.If and probably when he is successful in florida. I seriously doubt he will becoming here, he will be getting better offers than us. Be realistic

and not a homer, why would he? Really why would he
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Simply because he won a natty here silly. I ran with Scott in track in high school and he loves the state, the people, and is a HUGE husker fan. You want to know why he'd come here, look no further than that.
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BlitzFirst... good stuff.

 
It'sNotAFakeID said:
I don't know suh_fan, maybe it's good to see what Frost can do at a non-P5 school before handing him the keys to a larger school. There was some pretty major backlash among fans about Bo Pelini being a first time head coach and that Nebraska shouldn't be a training ground for coaches, that we should hire an established name.

So, let's see if Frost can establish himself as a hot commodity at UCF before considering him for the Nebraska job. The timing of this does work out pretty well though. Mike Riley is older and isn't too far from retirement (maybe 3-4 years away). I think Frost will do well at UCF (and honestly, the bar shouldn't be set very high after going 0-12 this season), well enough to be considered for the Nebraska job, which may be a job he holds near and dear to his heart (a la Harbaugh--Michigan)
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Good points. So many 'if's' and I'm actually more worried about how our current coaching situation plays out than getting Scott Frost here. So many things come into play. Our administration, our current coaching staffs future success or lack thereof. Then there's ol Frost. He's taking on the UCF opportunity which is a tough situation to step into and that's probably an understatement in terms of where their program is at. How do things play out for him?

I just hope in the end or after Riley Nebraska lands a solid coach.

 
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