[Husker] Wah Wah Wah

[Shawn Sherlock]

I know it is a cliched management thought (and book), but good and great are not synonyms but antonyms. If good is good enough great will not happen.  

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On Jan 1, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Patrick Gaule <pgaule at cox.net> wrote:

> On 1/1/2013 3:54 PM, rczeranko at juno.com wrote:
>> I heard the same thing about Nebraska when Tom Osborne was coaching. What in the heck do people want? This was a good season. In the second year in the B1G Nebraska went to the championship game and had 10 wins.
> 
> I bet people *want* to see Nebraska be competitive in postseason games (they're 0-5 going back to the 2010 CCG, and four of those losses were by double digits)
> I imagine they *want* to see Nebraska give up less than 70 points to a 7-5 team they beat earlier in the year
> I think they *want* to see Nebraska make it to a BCS bowl game at least once per decade.  Here's a surprising list of teams who have gone BCS bowling since Nebraska's last appearance in 2001 (seriously?  Looking at this list is eye-opening and just depressing):
> 
>   * Louisville (twice)
>   * Kansas State (twice)
>   * Boise State (twice)
>   * Utah (twice)
>   * Iowa (twice)
>   * TCU (twice)
>   * Cincinnati (twice)
>   * Illinois (twice)
>   * Kansas
>   * UConn
>   * Hawaii
>   * Maryland
>   * Pitt
>   * Wake Forest
>   * Washington State
>   * Northern Illinois
> 
> Nebraska fans want better than 10-4 every year. *I'm sure Bo wants better.*  If he doesn't, then he's not the right man for the job.  Was this a good season?  Yea, it was.  But "good seasons" are expected and pretty much mandatory if a coach wants to stick around at Nebraska.  At some point, Nebraska has to make the leap from good to great.  Every year won't be a great season, but Nebraska needs to show some signs sooner rather than later.  I am hoping that this is the bottom, but only time will tell.
> 
>> 
>> Am I disappointed? Yes, but late season injuries hurt this team. Is is fixable? Yes, and unless Nebraska loses assistant coaches, next season should be a lot better. Nebraska played to toughest schedule in the B1G in back to back seasons. Next year will be a cake walk in comparison.
> 
> Nebraska is losing their fair share of defensive starters going into 2013:
> 
> Eric Martin
> Cameron Meredith
> Sean Fisher
> Will Compton
> Alonzo Whaley
> P.J. Smith
> Daimion Stafford
> 
> As bad as the defense was this year, I sure hope the guys behind them are better.  Next season isn't going to be a "cake walk" just because Wisconsin and Ohio State drop off the schedule.  Purdue's program is improving, and I believe Nebraska's division will be very competitive next year.  Northwestern isn't a punching bag, and we have to play Michigan in Ann Arbor.  Another 4 loss season is very possible next season.  Of course, there are some delusional fans on huskermax.com who think NU will run the table and contend for a national title next year, but I'm guessing those people are also betting on the Cubbies to win the World Series in 2013.
> 
> So what am I saying here?  Pelini should keep his job, and as long as he wins 9+ games per season, he probably will.  I just want to see better results from him.  I'm sure he expects the same of himself.
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