Mike Riley - new HC at Nebraska

Nebraska is showing they don't care about winning. They were fed up with Pelini's antics so they replaced him with a mild, all around good guy.
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This is kind of sad. I grew up watching N win consistently the right way with Osborne. They were always good for at least 9-2. 7-4 to them was a disaster. Granted the Kansas schools and Iowa St were horrible most years. I had a lot of respect for their program.

Now they clearly don't care about being a top ten team. They play fucking Rutgers and Illinois. None of this feels right.
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The right way? Bro do you even Lawrence Phillips?
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I was more talking recruiting/general NCAA violations. I remember him. They weren't perfect but better than Jokelahoma, Miami, FSU or SEC trash.
 
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Nebraska fires Bo: 7 straight 9+ win seasons and an overall record of 67-27

Hires Riley: 93-80 overall with not bowl-eligible for 3 or the last 5 seasons
 
Good coaches get results no matter what yada yada yada, but I think there is some legitimacy to Riley doing "more with less".

Don't underestimate just how much OSU has to scrape the bottom of the barrel for talent. It's embarrassing to lose to OSU because they are big sky in a lot of areas. It's a shitty fucking gig, probably worse than wazzu.

The Nebraska AD is really putting his neck out with the hire, and I agree a place like Nebraska should have put a serious search on before pulling the trigger on a schlep like Riley, but LIPO.

That being said, on the surface this is a worse hire than Wilingham to U-Dub. Holee shit i'd be pissed if i was a classy corn shucking alum.

 
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Good coaches get results no matter what yada yada yada, but I think there is some legitimacy to Riley doing "more with less".

Don't underestimate just how much OSU has to scrape the bottom of the barrel for talent. It's embarrassing to lose to OSU because they are big sky in a lot of areas. It's a shitty fucking gig, probably worse than wazzu.

The Nebraska AD is really putting his neck out with the hire, and I agree a place like Nebraska should have put a serious search on before pulling the trigger on a schlep like Riley, but LIPO.

That being said, on the surface this is a worse hire than Wilingham to U-Dub. Holee shit i'd be pissed if i was a classy corn shucking alum.
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The recruiting rankings generally have them in the middle. He had more than enough talent to at least get shit tier bowl eligible every year.
 
Good coaches get results no matter what yada yada yada, but I think there is some legitimacy to Riley doing "more with less".

Don't underestimate just how much OSU has to scrape the bottom of the barrel for talent. It's embarrassing to lose to OSU because they are big sky in a lot of areas. It's a shitty fucking gig, probably worse than wazzu.

The Nebraska AD is really putting his neck out with the hire, and I agree a place like Nebraska should have put a serious search on before pulling the trigger on a schlep like Riley, but LIPO.

That being said, on the surface this is a worse hire than Wilingham to U-Dub. Holee shit i'd be pissed if i was a classy corn shucking alum.
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Bingo.
 
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I've got to think Nebraksa boosters will be out in full force with pitchforks and torches tonight to surround the university president's house.
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#fergusonstrong
 
The more I think about this, the more dumbfounded I am. This is fucking Nebraska man. Maybe I am living in the football past but places like Oklahoma, Nebraska, USC and Ohio State should never have to scrape the bottom of the shit barrel for a coach.

As I said, PatHadenFS has some serious comp. Fucking idiots. Both of them. Praise be to Allah.
 
I have a slightly higher opinion on Riley than the consensus in the thread but when I first saw the thread I honestly thought it was a joke. Riley is 61! How long is he going to be there and how much energy will he have to recruit and glad hand, etc. Hire doesn't make any sense.
 
Holy shithttp://twitter.com/EvanWebeck/status/540572405874163712
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Yep, and Dennis Erickson also added 3 more after taking over Riley's program. I know everyone mocks the "didn't have to deal with a ranked Oregon State" bullshit from tLPT, but Oregon state was really really bad before the RileyEricksonRiley days.

Still not a great hire. Riley was pretty bad this season and he'll be 62 next year. It is the Big10 though. Any fucktard can make a bowel in that conference.
 
Honestly, we knew about this for a while, but there are some things that we can report but some things we're asked by very important people to keep quiet. But I'm surprised, that you all are surprised.
 
http://twitter.com/BrockESPN/status/540580615377002497
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You know the hire sucks when you have to resort to, "Wait till you see the rest of the staff!" Riley will get a chance to prove himself, but it's bad hire.
 
I look at this as Riley maxing out on what he could accomplish in Corvallis and professionally knowing that he needed a new challenge.

Whether that is a good or bad thing for Nebraska, we'll know in about 3 years.
 
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