[Husker] 9-win seasons

[Steve Reichenbach]

If it were so easy nowadays, as you suggest, then why have only 15
coaches accomplished it in the history of college football, with
many of those not so recent (e.g., Devaney, Osborne, Switzer) meaning
only a few coaches have done it recently?

Moreover, other things have changed besides now having a 12 game
schedule, including fewer scholarships and other restrictions,
increased parity, more in-conference games, etc.

You write as if losing 25% of games really isn't all that terrific
or remarkable, but here are some lifetime numbers of famously
successful coaches at top programs:
    Woody Hayes 76%
    Bo Schembechler 78%
    Bear Bryant 78%
    Bob Stoops 81%
    Bob Devaney 81%
    Urban Meyer 82%
    Bud Wilkinson 83%
    Tom Osborne 84%
    Barry Switzer 84%
So, it is pretty clear that winning 75% or more year-in and year-out is
pretty stellar coaching.

Everyone wants to win championships, but not everything aligns every
year for that to happen.  Ergo, some patience is required, which also
means keeping a realistic outlook.  The consequences of an unrealistic
outlook (such as NU firing a coach at the end of the regular season
of a 10-3 year and who a few years earlier had coached to the BCS
Championship game) still should be fresh in the minds of observant
Husker fans.

Pelini's record at NU: 30-11 including two division titles.  That's
real success, not propaganda.



> Saw this article put out by the athletic department.
> 
> http://huskernsider.tumblr.com/post/14585646200/bo-pelini-is-in-rare-coaching-company
> 
> Man...this feels like propaganda. Comparing 9-win regular seasons now with
> a 12-game regular season to those who accomplished it with an 11-game
> regular season.  You've got to get to 10 wins now to compare to a 9-win
> season before. Now with a 12-game regular season, winning 9 games is
> exactly as terrific and remarkable as losing 25% or your games.