Cornhuskers keeping Frost
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sad!
They actually are making incremental progress. Problem with not firing him is that they could win 8 or so next year and then are stuck with Frost for at least another year.
AtomicDawg
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Is this a whoosh?
He has gone 3-6, 3-6, 3-5 and now 1-6 in conference and was just retained.
I thought he’d be good for them when hired but they have been absolutely awful in what is a pretty weak division.
It’s not. A lot of close losses this year and when I watch, they look to have some good players. I didn’t notice that the previous couple of years. They are losers tho and program morale seems very low.
Obviously Frost isn’t a great coach, but I don’t think he’s abysmal either. He was a grand slam hire for them that hasn’t worked out and it’s ugly all the way around.
They should probably fire him. He’s not leading them to the top. I do think he could win 8+ next year and after how bad they have been, I bet that gets him another year or two.
creepycoug
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Isn't this the same guy who said you can't recruit 5* talent to Eugene? The Scandy (no offense @NorwegianHusky ) has limitations.
AOG
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They must be getting Stockholm Syndrome or some other mass disorder in Lincoln. Some people say that Lincoln is like an isolated college town, but it's a quick drive from Omaha, I found out. The museum in the stadium grounds is impressive. It's amazing they've taken the Frost era this far even, let alone extending it. Never hire an alum or an assistant with little or sketchy head coaching experience. It just doesn't work most of the time (Frost and Lake I give you).
greenblood
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I think this is more of a Nebraska problem than a Scott Frost problem. They don't have the best facilities, their stadium is outdated, and Lincoln Nebraska isn't a destination city. All Nebraska has is tradition, and that tradition is getting less and less relevant with each mediocre season. Tom Osbourne isn't walking through those doors anymore. College football has changed, and unfortunately, it has left Nebraska behind.
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But Oklahoma
Frost needs to do what Dr Tom finally had to do. Cheat
AtomicDawg
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You must really like frost. The stadium is not a reason their losing. They pick it and it’s a better atmosphere than most anywhere else.
Every time I watch Nebraska they kind of suck on offense and blow coverages or assignments on defense.
creepycoug
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Neither is dead center in the middle of Pennsylvania ... Happy whatever. Norman Oklahoma. Most of the Big 10. Most of the Big 12. Much of the SEC.
Surprised to see this coming from a Duck. The "middle of nowhere" is an old Auburndawg Doog staple. There was a time when Nebraska was pulling the best talent out of LA to come play in Lincoln. It was what it is now back then.
creepycoug
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When nowhere is Mt. Vernon-to-Montlake away from kind of somewhere, nowhere is still nowhere. Otherwise, I'll have to rethink if Aberdeen is really a nowhere.
creepycoug
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Have just enough interest in this for one more post and then out: we should define what we're talking about.
There's Forks "nowhere" and there's Norman, Oklahoma or Happy Valley nowhere. Neither of the latter are tiny little towns out on the prairie or whatever. They're all going to be bigger and less isolated than, say, Walla Walla.
But when Auburndoog is lauding UW's locale in a big and vibrant city where shit's going on, he's also saying these other places suck by comparison and thus are recruiting disadvantages by comparison.
My point is that NGAF if the program is a winner. There aren't many other reasons for a kid in LA with options to find himself in Lincoln other than to play for Big Red. And when they had it rolling, it wasn't a problem.
At this point Pellini looks good to them.
They fired Pelini for winning nine games a year. Ten years later Frost might, if the stars align, he might get them to eight or nine wins. Nebraska is (almost) back (to nine wins)!