And currently all of the mens programs are cellar dwellers. This is not on Trev either, but otherwise on Moos and Eichorst. Yes Trev has his hands full with this school. We was left to muddle thru a mess of contracts and allegations from the start. I think Trev is the right guy for this job. I think Frost will get fired if he can not win 6-7 games this season. I don't think that will come until after the season is over however. I have to think that Trev will be testing the waters come end of October. He will be looking for our Next HC. He will not fire Frost mid season because that would seperate an already separated fanbase even more. This has to be done right and with Class. If we sh!t on one of our own by firing them midseason, who will ever want to coach here again?
Should BOTH Frost and Alberts be replaced?
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Guy Chamberlin
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As calculated risks go?
A substantial number of donors may have bought into the "best 3-9 team in the country" narrative, and there actually are stats to back it up.
Would a new OC, special teams refocus, and immediate portal talent get the Huskers over the hump in a season with an easier schedule? One last all-in on Frost wasn't that crazy. Especially if it got him to reduce his buyout and accept the stakes. If it works, it works. If Frost can't elevate his team in Season Five, there is not a fan, donor, pundit, potential coach or player who will fault Alberts and the Huskers for lack of patience.
Alberts most likely sent a few quiet feelers out last season, and found zero slam dunk HC candidates. You don't want to end the Scott Frost era when you only have Mike Riley 2.0 options.
The extra season and the new buyout clause creates more money to throw at this season's potential hires, and more time to court them.
And you now have some interesting interim options should the occasion arise.
I don't think Alberts was conducting an experiment or being stupid out of Husker loyalty. I think he's playing a bad hand pretty well.
Undone
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I didn't know where to post this in the sea of threads so I put it here.
We really don't need to beat Oklahoma at all in order to talk about retaining Frost. We need to be 4-2 by the halfway point in the season. And we can do that.
My too early to call prediction is that Frost is retained. The four coaches we brought in during the offseason need to step up and improve the team like they were hired to do, and there's still more than enough time to get it done.
We really don't need to beat Oklahoma at all in order to talk about retaining Frost. We need to be 4-2 by the halfway point in the season. And we can do that.
My too early to call prediction is that Frost is retained. The four coaches we brought in during the offseason need to step up and improve the team like they were hired to do, and there's still more than enough time to get it done.
krc1995
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Mavric
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I guess I don't recall him referring to it in those terms. And Google doesn't seem to either.
Guy Chamberlin
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Just remember, the converse is true: who will ever want to hire Scott Frost as head coach again? This isn't a Nebraska thing. It's a football thing.
If Nebraska continues to struggle like they have the first two games, I think every coach and college football observer would consider a midseason firing justified if not overdue.
Honestly? I think coaches are making fun of Scott behind the scenes at this point. He gets outcoached almost every game. They've even gone public with the game plan: just hang in and wait for Nebraska to self-destruct. Scott has started taking potshots of his own. It's not a healthy situation and letting it play out could be detrimental to all parties, including players and fans.
But......there is a chance -- I'm going to say a 27% chance -- that this team has the talent to recover, adjust, dig down and play good football down the stretch, including an upset or two of better teams. The tricky part is if they end up 6-6 or even 7-5. It's hard to say what that would mean going forward. A 6-6 season would be exactly what a cruel God would order.
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krc1995
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He did. When the details were announced last year. “ there is no data to suggest this experiment will work”. I’ve seen it referenced several times on twitter’s this week.
I’ll find it, but I’m at a movie theater right now so it’ll be later.
krc1995
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Really? (BTW, I love the personal attacks, keep showing who you are)
Trev Alberts was AD at tiny UNO, AND he played for TO, so OF COURSE he’s qualified to lead a Big Ten athletic department. (No other Big Ten school would have hired him).
Scott Frost was Head Coach at nothing UCF, AND he played for TO, so OF COURSE he’s qualified to lead a Big Ten football program. (Maybe 2-3 of the Big Ten bottom dwellers would have hired him, but none in the top 70% of the conference would have).
We might actually have the dumbest f***ing fanbase, donor class, and regents in the nation (on a relative basis) if people still don’t get that both Frost and Alberts are COMPLETELY out of their respective elements. Nebraska is a big time school in a big time conference with a football program history that is STILL revered by most who follow college football.
Bottom line, we deserve the best for our state’s #1 entertainment export — and stewards who understand and embrace this.
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Undone
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We brought in a supporting cast of coaches to help fix the problem. We've played two games and won one of them. There are 10 more to see if the plan will work.
You're wrong. I'm positive that almost none of the 18-23 year old kids on the roster care that Nebraska was once great. Only us lifelong fans do. And we are not "STILL revered by most who follow college football." That's your own fan fiction; we're washed up. We're trying to start over from scratch.
Who we used to be 20+ years ago is revered by those who follow college football - but our program is not "revered." We're on a five year skid of losing seasons; nobody "reveres Nebraska football" nationally. Nobody.
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krc1995
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You got me. What can I say? I was wrong you are so technically right. He said experiment without saying experiment.
riddle me this, why go semantics on me when i was even conversing with you? Lots of free time today?
Dogs In A Pile
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Don't feed this troll.