[Husker] Raymond to LSU

Tue Feb 28 16:46:21 CST 2012

Because I love some arguments just for the sake of themselves....

Even if he didn't interview or seriously consider the Miami job, the fact
that Miami (an "name brand" BCS school) was interested in him may have been
enough to trip the "give him some more money because we don't want to lose
him to another school" switch.

If you're doing threat analysis, just because Bo wasn't interested in THIS
job, at THIS time (or that & then depending on how I structure my grammar)
doesn't mean that the THREAT of losing him hasn't been increase by the mere
fact of a BCS school being interested in him.  If you're the AD, you want
to minimize any possible future threat by incentivizing (why doesn't my
spell check like that word??) your head coach to have less reason to be
interested in another position due to salary.  Obviously due to budgeting
and other (probably political) considerations, even if you wanted your head
coach to stay forever, you can only raise a salary so much.

And obviously there's a whole slew of issues, concerns, incentives, etc
that go beyond the scope of cash that either cause a coach to stay or go.
The draw of coaching at your alma mater is one that hard to compete
against, as we saw with Raymond.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:

> So when he didn't interview or consider the Miami job, he just
> coincidentally got a raise and contract extension after that?  I doubt
> Osborne would have done that had the threat to leave not been real.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Mike Jaixen
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:29 PM
> To: David Strong; Mike Nolan
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> Subject: Re: [Husker] Raymond to LSU
>
> Frankly, this whole debate comes down to the following question:
>
> Did Bo Pelini call Miami (FL), Ohio State, and Penn State and say "I want
> to
> be your next coach!"
>
> Or did Miami (FL), Ohio State, and Penn State call Bo Pelini and say "Would
> you be interested in interviewing for our open head coaching job?"
>
> David and Skylar believe the former.  With nothing else to go on other than
> the statements of Pelini and Tom Osborne, I believe it was the latter.
>
>
> Mike Jaixen
> http://huskermike.blogspot.com
> http://www.cornnation.com
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com>
> To: Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com>
> Cc: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Raymond to LSU
>
> Agree that Pelini's job is safe from the NU side while Tom is AD. But that
> doesn't mean Pelini won't choose to go somewhere else.  However, in my
> opinion only, this idea that Pelini is some kind of hot head coaching
> target
> is WAY overblown.  This guy has misbehaved his way out of consideration for
> top tier head coaching jobs.  I believe that no way he gets an offer from
> any school that is not a significant step down from where he is now.
> Prestigious programs, of which the University of Nebraska is one, are not
> going to hire someone who behaves this way.  Honestly now, if Bo Pelini had
> been a head coach at another school the last four years, and behaved the
> exact same way as he has here, do you really think that Tom Osborne would
> hire him?  Nonsense.  Doesn't mean he won't go somewhere else, but it won't
> be for a better college job than the one he has now.  And could you see him
> as a pro head coach!? The press would eat him alive if his players  didn't
> beat the crap out of him
>
> Dave
>
> On Feb 28, 2012, at 4:55 PM, nolan at tssi.com (Mike Nolan) wrote:
>
> >> Bo has put his name in for 3 jobs over the past 24 months.  What
> >> makes you think he's long term?
> >
> > The key may be what happens when Osborne steps down as AD, which will
> > probably be in 2014 or 2015, after the latest round of construction at
> > Memorial Stadium is done, the basketball teams are moved into their
> > new basketball arena and the Devaney Center has been renovated to
> > become the new home of the volleball team.
> >
> > He has until then to fix the men's basketball team.  But if Doc can't
> > win one of the last two games or at least look COMPETITIVE, even
> > Osborne's patience may be stretched to the breaking point.
> >
> > Until Osborne retires, I don't see Bo going anywhere.  The only two
> > people whose opinion really matters, Osborne and Perlman, are solidly
> > in his corner.
> >
> > However, I still think Bo will be at Nebraska after Urban has left OSU.
> > --
> > Mike Nolan
>
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