[Husker] So anybody watching the NU/OU game?

[David Strong]

 >Imagine, the coach, who spent much of the game cursing and screaming into his headset at
>his assistants, telling a player to be more disciplined.  Talk about
>chutzpah.  This guy scares the hell out of me.  Do you all think that a
>"boss" can scream/curse at his "workers" during the game, apologize after,
>claim "we are a family", and all is forgiven???  Life doesn't work that way:
>I learned that growing up.  Blo (no typo...think volcano) will have to
>change the way he treats people during his tirades or he'll lose them(and
>the players).  The Woody Hays ways are over; people won't nor should they
>have to put up with that BS any more. 
> According to the web piece I read referencing the post game press
> conference, Pelini said when Moore left the field he told him to go sit down
> and compose himself.  He said he was not aware that he had been rejected. I
> don't know if the post was accurate or not.  It doesn't really matter either
> way.  I still believe Bo is behaving like a jerk on occasions.  When I moved
> here to MI and started watching Big 10 games, I couldn't believe what total
> jerks Woody Hayes and Bo Schembeckler were.  I hated those guys.  I would
> never let my kids play for them.  You can be passionate and intense w/o
> screaming and cursing at people.  Guess I'm just too sensitive.   
> 

Nope, you're not too sensitive.  Your original post is right on the money.  Coach is out of line.  A head coach that can't control himself is in a bad place with his players.  These coaches preach over and over to the players "Keep your cool", "Don't loose you head", "Don't do anything to hurt the team", "Late hits, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, a big sins" "If a guy starts a fight, back off, let the other team get the flag" "Don't let yourself get provoked into doing something stupid" "Stay smart all the time" and on and on and on.  Yet the players see the coach loosing his mind and getting flagged (the biggest sin of all), how do they take him seriously?  He throws temper tantrums like a child, or even worse, like a baseball manager.  I don't want a guy acting like that as head coach at Nebraska.  Don't even go the "fiery, emotional" route.  Lots of fiery, emotional guys that act with class and professionalism...Bo isn't one of them.

Let's face it, Bo has a crazy side.  We knew it before he got hired, we knew it when he got the job.  Bo has got to get the crazy under control.  He's got a long way to go with the team, and I'm ready to give him the time he needs in that area.  But he has got to stop acting like an a-hole.

Dave

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