Scott Frost fired at Nebraska

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Glocker_Alum_2005 said:
Going to B1G put them in this recruiting/talent mess, however the are lucky the B1G has stability. Bo Pelini proved you can win there. They are alot like KState, location wise. Klieman has done well there. I would go after someone with a niche offense. The Pirate, he might just want to ditch SECW. If not, Chadwell, maybe BYU coach. Shame what they and Colorado have become since realignment in 2000s.
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Edit: I would keep Harsin in my back pocket. They had trouble with SJ St this weekend. He will be canned by November. Seems a way better fit out that way than on the Plains.
 
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Boston Vol said:
I like it. They basically said **** the buyout, you don’t deserve to be the coach here anymore.
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It might be the other way around. I think the AD did Frost a solid and gave him the extra money because of Scott's loyalty to the university. They could have easily waited until October to whack him but Frost is a Nebraska hero from the past. I figured they would fire him after the Oklahoma game during the bye week though.
 
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Probably_in_Class said:
You can say a lot of things about Frost, but he's not a bad coach. That UCF season was solid at worst and more likely very impressive, especially when you consider that program was winless only a few seasons earlier.
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Didn’t O’Leary have a great team one yr then go winless a couple seasons later?
 
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Glocker_Alum_2005 said:
Going to B1G put them in this recruiting/talent mess, however the are lucky the B1G has stability. Bo Pelini proved you can win there. They are alot like KState, location wise. Klieman has done well there. I would go after someone with a niche offense. The Pirate, he might just want to ditch SECW. If not, Chadwell, maybe BYU coach. Shame what they and Colorado have become since realignment in 2000s.
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I was kinda thinking they need to go triple option, but that's a death sentence too. I could see leech there. Pitman or Bielema make a lot of sense too, but at best it's a side step for either. But the corn fed big OL thing may work for Nebraska.
 
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If you do a quick search of boosters for NU you get according to the list the #19 guy so the money is there

19. Nebraska: Howard Hawks
Hawks is the founder and chairman of Tenaska, one of the largest private energy companies in the country, specializing in power plants, natural gas, and private equity. Nebraska’s new football training facility is named after him, and he and his son donated generously to the Huskers’ new basketball facility. Hawks spent nearly $200,000 of his own money to get on the University of Nebraska’s Board of Regents. He is also a major donor to Republican and “nonpartisan” Nebraska politicians.
 
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wmcovol said:
Didn’t O’Leary have a great team one yr then go winless a couple seasons later?
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Never really looked at O'Leary's career, but calling it a rollercoaster would be generous. He opened 0-11, then bumped up to 8-5. From there they went up and down seemingly every year: 4-8, 10-4, 4-8, and on and on...
 
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VOL_Lyfe said:
Cruising the Husker boards and more than a few want Aranda. Better look out, BUBear :p;)
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I doubt Aranda is that dumb. We signed Aranda to a new contract with a huge buyout through 2029 after the Sugar Bowl as insurance. We did the same thing with Matt Rhule and the Carolina Panthers are still paying Aranda's salary. Nebraska's best bet is to hire Rhule until he finds another NFL gig.

Edit: Arizona State fans have Rhule high on their wish list as a possibility in the dessert.
 
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Nebraska I think is one of the oddest jobs in America. On one hand you have a HUGE diehard fan base that travels VERY well everywhere, you have great tradition and history, you've B1G tv money............but then on the other hand you have a region where it's VERY hard to recruit against other regional powerhouses.
 
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Firebirdparts said:
I am skeptical that they can get better. They can get different.
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I think it’s very possible that Matt Rhule is looking for a job in 4 months. He might not want to deal with the **** show at Auburn. It’s possible Nebraska might be the most attractive job.
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
Nebraska I think is one of the oddest jobs in America. On one hand you have a HUGE diehard fan base that travels VERY well everywhere, you have great tradition and history, you've B1G tv money............but then on the other hand you have a region where it's VERY hard to recruit against other regional powerhouses.
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That's always been the case, but they figured it out when Devaney/Osborne were there.

In their heyday, Nebraska succeeded by doing things unconventionally. Even though they are a traditional power, they never really have beaten their rivals at their own game. They ran an unconventional offense, used a walk-on program no other state had, and were way ahead of the curve on strength and conditioning. They have to find the modern day versions of those things if they want to compete again. The "...but they aren't close to good recruiting areas" angle is overblown; they've always had to deal with that.

The question with Nebraska shouldn't be "Why aren't they good anymore" but rather "How were they so good in the first place."
 
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BUBear said:
I doubt Aranda is that dumb. We signed Aranda to a new contract with a huge buyout through 2029 after the Sugar Bowl as insurance. We did the same thing with Matt Rhule and the Carolina Panthers are still paying Aranda's salary. Nebraska's best bet is to hire Rhule until he finds another NFL gig.

Edit: Arizona State fans have Rhule high on their wish list as a possibility in the dessert.
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For a guy that’s 12-10 vs P5 teams 😂
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I know Nebraska wants to win, but they couldn’t handle Pellini’s language. Now they’d be ok with this scumbag? I don’t see it.
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They deny it, but they fired Bo because they thought (at the time) he didn't win enough. They'd take 9-10 wins today in a heartbeat, but not in the mid 2010s. The rants he went on were an excuse to quickly fire him instead of having a debate about whether or not they should. Nobody gives a s**t that he said that about the fans (hell, he probably never says that stuff to begin with) if they were winning conference titles.

Edit: I forgot - the public became aware he said this via an audiotape that was leaked to Deadspin 2 years after the fact. People had decided he wasn't winning enough and leaked this out there to up the pressure on him.
 
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