The debate is over... right?

Pedro Guerrero said:
Rimington said the other day on the radio coaching a football team isn’t hard.  He has the power, let’s see if he has the balls to do what needs to be done.  If it’s not that hard he could Alvarez this thing and name himself interim HC for the remainder of his time.
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Just another example of why Rimington has no business making any major decisions. 

 
Coach Power'T said:
Maybe Jeff Bellar can step in and be interim. Norfolk Catholic looks to have their C1 title already in hand. He could be free. 

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This would be awesome.  :)   If we're going to play like a high school team we should have a HS coach.  Through his motivating ability alone we would win at least 3 more games.

 
San Diego Husker said:
If they Terminate Riley, it will come from the President of the university and not the acting AD.  Not sure any terminations will happen until a new AD is announced.  Would be nice if Trev Albert's changed his mind about the NU Lincoln job.
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Alberts would be a decided downgrade over the names being floated right now.  Nebraska needs to hire someone with existing P5 conference.  AD is not a spot to take a chance on someone.

 
San Diego Husker said:
If they Terminate Riley, it will come from the President of the university and not the acting AD.  Not sure any terminations will happen until a new AD is announced.  Would be nice if Trev Albert's changed his mind about the NU Lincoln job.
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Why? Riley is already toast bro, who cares, lets make the next AD's job a little easier for him and fire Riley for him.

Let the guy focus on finding the right coach. Not helping Grandpa pack his suitcase for his Alaskan cruise...

 
Blackshirt316 said:
I can legitimately give one scenerio to keep Riley.

Instead of maybe only spending 3-4 million on a new coach while also paying Pelini and Riley, Doing a full reboot again, they do this.

For 2018 Riley stays

Cavanaugh and Langsdorf are fired

They bring in a top tier OLine Coach and Pay up for an ELITE Offensive Coordinator on a 1 year deal. An OC who runs a more power run focused version of the WCO.

You hire that elite OC with the understanding that if things go well they will be given the head job within 5 years.  

This gives Diaco a full year to let us see if his D will work, you give yourself a shot at an elite OC with a senior QB without a system change and if you strike gold GREAT. You have solidified your future on Offense and Defense and don't go full panic mode.

If it fails then you fire Riley and reboot with more money (say $5-7M) to put towards a new coach (Pelini, Riley and Eichorsts contracts are 1 more year off the books) and an easier schedule in 2019 for that first year transition.

Basically I'd rather risk 2018 being a complete throwaway year in hopes of getting lucky than to trust our Adminiatration not to just make another on the cheap midlevel hire simply because we're paying Millions of dollars for a bunch of people not to work at Nebraska anymore.

It sounds insane after watching what happened tonight, but honestly I Still would trust Riley's ability to hire an elite OC and OL Coach for next year more than I trust our Admin's abilty to hire a new Head Coach that is what we want them to be.  As long as those coaches have no affiliation with Oregon State.
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Xmas32 said:
Alberts would be a decided downgrade over the names being floated right now.  Nebraska needs to hire someone with existing P5 conference.  AD is not a spot to take a chance on someone.
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Unfortunately we can't get Bill Byrne out of his comfy chair.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
I'm not insecure at all. Where did I ever say that?  It's just ridiculous for anyone to continue to want Riley and his band of merry men to coach this football team. They have no redeeming qualities at this point. 
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The bold is clearly untrue. The Riley era is over except for the shouting at this point, but there's no reason to say stuff like this except to claim a pound of flesh on the way out. And it does nothing except divide us. Be angry with how poorly the Huskers have done under Riley, but let's treat the coaches as professionals and not have insanity reign, like when there were multiple death threats against Cosgrove. Riley's a good guy that failed as HC at Nebraska, let's try to move on without the need to denigrate the man.

 
I've seen a number of posts saying that Riley will be fired this week. Does that really help us in any way? Unless the replacement coach isn't currently coaching, I don't think firing Riley before the end of the season does much for us.

 
RedDenver said:
The bold is clearly untrue. The Riley era is over except for the shouting at this point, but there's no reason to say stuff like this except to claim a pound of flesh on the way out. And it does nothing except divide us. Be angry with how poorly the Huskers have done under Riley, but let's treat the coaches as professionals and not have insanity reign, like when there were multiple death threats against Cosgrove. Riley's a good guy that failed as HC at Nebraska, let's try to move on without the need to denigrate the man.
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Fair enough. Riley and his staff have been "good men", but they haven't done much of anything on the field. 

 
ColoradoHusk said:
Fair enough. Riley and his staff have been "good men", but they haven't done much of anything on the field. 
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I get that, but I as angry as people are, I want to lower that to a simmer and hope that cooler heads prevail. If we really are the best fans in college football, let's move on and wish the former coach well. There's nothing to be gained by being spiteful towards Riley, but it could hurt us in the search for the next coach (or coach after that, or coach for another sport, etc.)

 
The best thing for MR may be to get fired now. That way he doesn't have to do press conferences after bad losses, and suffer through the rest of this season. He gets paid either way, and if he is fired now, he can relax.

 
HuskerInLostWages said:
I don't recall Diaco taking the podium tonight.  I dont think I missed it unless it happened when I went to the head and got my final beer.
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Coordinators don’t go to the podium; only HC and a few players do. Other coaches and players are usually available in the hallway outside the locker room.

 
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